First, the bad news. A study suggests that the process of cold water currents in the Atlantic Ocean are at risk of changing rapidly this century, earlier than predicted from past models. 2025 could bring the tipping point, or 2050, we don’t know yet. This is being driven by climate
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In This Corner: This is perfect, thank you so much … not
The other day, while on an extended old-man rant about words and phrases that irk me, my son asked why I let such trivial things bother me. There’s nothing you can do about them, he reasoned, so why let them bother you? First of all, as an old man, it
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Nuke Happy And Spendy
I don't buy it, literally.Saskatchewan has an extremely pro SMR nuclear government, and produces a lot of the world's uranium. @SaskPower has no plan to finalize SMR plans until 2029, and won't have one in operation until 2035. In contrast, 1/2 — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) July 25, 2023 bonus:By 2029,
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Defining ‘Foreign Influence’
‘Foreign influence’ is a highly subjective phrase that I think we all have to understand a little better before we get too whipped up about China. The post Defining ‘Foreign Influence’ first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Break the Law, Get More than $11M
If you donate thousands of dollars to the Saskatchewan Party, there are rewards. A private company wanted a glass office building in Wascana Park. They’re chums with the SaskParty and “Brandt Industries, Brandt Tractor and Brandt Tractor (Saskatoon) have donated a total of $176,246 to the Saskatchewan Party since 2006.”
Continue readingIn This Corner: Remember when $100,000 was a great salary?
You may have heard the news last week that the Alberta government – that’s us, by the way – shelled out more than $3.5 million in compensation to 23 executives, directors, managers or advisors for Alberta Health in Premier Danielle Smith’s purge of people she didn’t like. While that seems
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Housing Shortages Being Accelerated by Our Own Cities
Cities are profiting from conversion of rental units to short-term vacation rentals. Maybe if our cities stopped this, we’d face less of a housing crisis? The post Housing Shortages Being Accelerated by Our Own Cities first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: ‘Tech Giants’ vs ‘Media Giants’: Who Do We Want to Win?
There is a vicious false narrative spreading in the context of Bill C-18 and Bil C-11, blaming ‘tech giants’ for not playing ball with our sycophantic ‘local’ (but foreign-owned) media. Let’s try to set the record straight. The post ‘Tech Giants’ vs ‘Media Giants’: Who Do We Want to Win?
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Low-impact renewables and energy efficiency = JOBS
Before British Columbia’s 2017 general election, a person who would be appointed to a senior position in John Horgan’s cabinet indicated that Site C would not be cancelled. He asked, “Would you eliminate 3,000 jobs?” Months of political theatre followed, directed by Horgan et all, until December 2017 when BC
Continue readingExcited Delirium: A Hole in One for Extinction Rebellion
Extinction Rebellion: a ‘hole in one’ as a protest. The post A Hole in One for Extinction Rebellion first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Add PostMedia to ‘Foreign Influence’ File
Canadians should demand a ‘foriegn influence inquiry’ into PostMedia, especially in the wake of the announcement of a plan to merge with TorStar. The post Add PostMedia to ‘Foreign Influence’ File first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingIn This Corner: It’s time to free the children
Spring is officially over (although we’re already had a month or more of summertime temperatures) and summer is officially here. Glorious sunshine. Everything is green. Mosquitoes are ready to hatch. The outdoors beckon. So tell me this … why are kids still in school? Why are we still torturing our
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Fairy Creek – Losing Our Monuments
Pay heed to how things have evolved in Fairy Creek on Vancouver Island. Its ruin is ours. The post Fairy Creek – Losing Our Monuments first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Climate destruction
The Donnie Creek wildfire, having now scorched more than 1.3 million acres, is burning in one of the world’s biggest gas deposits. The Narwhal reporter Sarah Cox believes this raises questions about potential dangers to human health. And, of course, we cannot forget the wood pellet industry is converting BC
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Idle Math
Your gas car burns at least 0.5gal/h while bigger trucks can burn .8gal/h of fuel when just sitting there running doing nothing for transportation. 0.5gal is 1.89L. That’s 1.89 * $1.599/L = $3.02 worth of gas per hour burnt idling. 60 minutes in an hour. 5 cents per minute. The
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: D. Smith Suspended From Facebook
The Premier of Alberta was whining about being temporarily suspended from posting to Facebook yesterday. 1. Smith, you block people, constituents, all the time!2. You post deadly disinformation about hoaxes routinely.3. Meta/Facebook has blocked links to my website despite it not hosting misinformation, and provides no opportunity to appeal, so
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: 2035 Is Too Hard: NDP and Sask Party and now UCP
A month ago the Sask Party and the SK NDP both said for different reasons, that getting our energy system to net-zero emissions was too hard. The NDP said this was because the Sask Party did nothing so far to improve emissions, while the Sask Party prefers to believe the
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Reality Sinks In For Trump, Indicted Again
The Reality is that Trump is no Winner. He’s Snowed-In. He’s headed to the big house, not the White House. Reality got 5 years for one document. — Chuckadero (@ChuckScheper) June 9, 2023 How did Snowden, with not even a high school education, get access to top secret U.S. records.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: More Religious & Military PR from the CBC
War and religion both need a few things to get converts: fear, tax breaks and public handouts. The post More Religious & Military PR from the CBC first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Fake Conservative Crises
Fake Conservative crises yield very real votes. We have to educate ourselves so we don’t get sucked into the hype. The post Fake Conservative Crises first appeared on Excited Delirium.
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