A Raymi the Minx original
Unbeknownst to many, I suspect, she is a very good painter. I purchased the painting below from her some years ago. I have yet to receive it. This is become…
January 2014
The Republican Hamster Wheel – Arizona GOP Censures John McCain’s "Liberal" Record
Better Times? Apparently being all for bombing just about any place, anywhere, any time for damned near any reason isn’t enough to earn Republican street cred these days. Arizona’s GOP…
Sunday Afternoon Tea With Bertolt Brecht
A little something to share with those nearest and dearest who are disengaged, so to speak: Recommend this Post
Saturday Photo: Skating Lessons
The picture isn’t of Jeanne and me, but we had a siimilar delightful session Saturday morning when she tried out skating for the first time. I’d come prepared with a…
Peering Through Inequality to Discern the Spark of Revolution
To Canadians, revolution is something that other people do. We really have no history of great, national revolt. That can blind us to the fact of how commonplace revolution has…
Greenland Inuit Village Fights for Survival
The people of Uummannaq are trying to adapt in order to survive. Photo: Mark Brooks My documentary on the impacts of climate change in the Greenlandic village of Uummannaq aired…
Every minister is an ‘oilsands minister’
The response to Brian Jean’s resignation and request for the oilsands to slow down has been dismissed by the Alberta and Federal “environment” ministers. Not sure how this one slipped…
Wiped out skating – there is an upside
At least you won’t have to put up with any more annoying running posts for a while.
The Mac celebrates 30 years
A recent article on Gizmodo shows off some previously unseen (or perhaps just forgotten) footage of a young Steve Jobs unveiling the Macintosh computer, back on January 30, 1984. Thirty…
B.C. Needs a More Centrist NDP
“B.C. doesn’t need two Liberal parties.” With those words, B.C. NDP leader Adrian Dix made the announcement last September 23 that he was going to hold the reins of the…
Athabasca Chipewyan Nation pulls out of govt Oil Sands program
ACFN Chief Allan Adam on tour recently with Neil Young (Canadian Press) FORT MCMURRAY, Alta. – The First Nation that was the main focus of Neil Young’s recent concert tour…
Tim Hudak and Scott Walker
Tim Hudak is leader of the Ontario PC party while Scott Walker is Governor of Wisconsin and a beacon to those on the North American right who see his small…
Britain’s Buggered-Up Banks
When I moved to London in the 60s, I brought a hefty stack of American Express traveller’s cheques (yes, kids, we did that back when ships were made of oak…
Things I hate*
Well, Saskboy, I tried.Saskboy had a post about my town of Saskatoon, so of course I tried to leave a comment. Then his website wouldn’t accept my login or maybe…
How Good Have the Conservatives Actually Been for Canadian Consumers?
While the Harper government’s degradation of Canadian democracy has been scary, I find its economic policies to be by far the most disappointing aspect of its record. This fact was…
Democracies Do Not Operate This Way.
One of the saddest parts of contemporary Canada is that we have a government that doesn’t hesitate to use the power vested in it by the Canadian people against them.…
Why Do Conservatives Accuse Everyone Of Marxism & Nazism So Much?
Anyone familiar with politics online has encountered the very common strain of right winger (some are "libertarians" instead of conservatives, but I didn't want to burden the title too much)…
Why Do Conservatives Accuse Everyone Of Marxism & Nazism So Much?
Anyone familiar with politics online has encountered the very common strain of right winger (some are “libertarians” instead of conservatives, but I didn’t want to burden the title too much)…
Why Do Conservatives Accuse Everyone Of Marxism & Nazism So Much?
Anyone familiar with politics online has encountered the very common strain of right winger (some are "libertarians" instead of conservatives, but I didn't want to burden the title too much)…
Is it a #WhiteFeminist thing?
I’ve seen a lot of articles in my newsfeed/ facebook feed about feminists being concerned with hypocritical icons of feminism. I think some of them are satire, but some of