Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Robert Reich discusses the unfairness of requiring workers to take all the risk of precarious jobs while sharing few of the rewards: On…
August 2015
Stephen Harper getting ready for Thanksgiving and October 19, 2015 elections
It is hoped that after October 19, 2015 he will have a lot of time to dance preferably in Calgary, Alberta.
Free This Country from the Scourge of Harperism
These days you might get the impression that this election is all and only about the economy.The economy that Stephen Harper has helped drive into the ground.But today two very…
Wishful Thinking. Oh, to Dream.
Got an email this morning from the Green Party. It spoke of an “independent poll” that showed the Greens in second place on my home turf, Vancouver Island. No information…
Why the Far Right is Always Wrong
Neoconservatism of the type practiced in the U.S. and worshiped at the secret shrine in the closet at 24 Sussex Drive is a mental infirmity. That’s why since it was…
Living (Usually Broke) in Harper’s Petro-WonderLand
Shifty Harper constantly blames setbacks to Canada’s economy on problems abroad. It’s his “heads I win, tails you lose” ploy and it usually works with the gullabillies who form a…
Your Daily Digital Digest for Wednesday, August 26, 2015
Your news links for today: When surveillance is a feature, not a bug – Al Jazeera America New Zealand gov’t promises secret courts for accused terrorists – Cory Doctorow Malaysia…
The (un)fortunate Luck of our Oligarch. . .
The widespread belief that Stephen Harper is some kind of political genius does not even vaguely conform to anything in reality. In fact, I suggest that like most petty oligarchs…
In Which The Globe And Mail Continues To Service Its Ideological Master
Were it possible for a corporate entity to be appointed to the Senate, I am sure that The Globe and Mail would now be making its presence felt in the…
Rethinking Addiction
Johann Hari wanted to find out why people get addicted to drugs and ended up making some startling conclusions. Yet, not surprisingly, all the war on drugs policies countries have…
No Ordinary Election
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/ This is no ordinary election. Ralph Surette has been around quite awhile and he’s seen a lot of governments. And, he writes, the Harper government is no ordinary government…
Long (but interesting) National Observer piece on Trudeau, with one “wow”
Two things about Charles Mandel’s story, before I head off to the beach. One, I was delighted to read the insights of one Lisa Kinsella, formerly Kirbie, in Charles’ tale:…
Stephen Harper Breaches Economic & Political Etiquette
What kind of relationship should a candidate have with the Bank of Canada Governor during unsettling market moments during a campaign? Shouldn’t a process be followed instead of private one-to-one…
The New Normal: How Social Networks Make "Migrating" Possible
Last year a photo of African migrants holding cell phones up in Djibouti won the World Press Photo prize. The men were trying to pick up a good signal in…
It is really about leadership Justin.
Being more of a contemporary of his father than of Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau, maybe we can be excused for offering him some advice. Yes Justin, you have answered those…
in which i help a skunk and it kind of says thank you
My apologies to wmtc readers who saw this on Facebook, but this story must be recorded on this blog! Yesterday morning the dogs were barking at the back door, really…
We should put up a statue or something #nlpoli
There’s something a bit surreal about the news this week. Well, not really the news itself, so much as the way people are reacting to it. The drop in oil…
Seismic Testing for Oil Reserves a Threat to Arctic Marine Life, Study Warns
Seismic airguns are being fired underwater off the east coast of Greenland to find new oil reserves in the Arctic Ocean. But this activity “could seriously injure” whales and other…
NDP strength in Calgary-Foothills riding suggests May 5 election was no fluke – and could rattle federal Tory narrative
PHOTOS: A Chinook arch moves across the sky of Calgary in 2007, bringing warmer temperatures and, for some people, headaches. The same kind of thing happens in politics. Below: NDP…