On weak attempts
Following up on these earlier posts, here’s a quick look at the last of the messages Bob Hepburn thinks the NDP may face from the Cons in particular as the…
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Hats, Manners and Society
I was at a local restaurant on the weekend, enjoying a nice meal with my wife. Of the six males – I hesitate to call them ‘men’ for reasons below…
The Greek Debacle
Photo by Jubilee Debt Campaign The Greek crisis has provoked a predictable mixture of indignation and self-satisfaction in Europe, alternatively lamenting the harshness of the settlement imposed on Athens or…
Federal leaders must come up with a substitute for oil
Photo by Dawn Ellner The longest election campaign in recent Canadian history is an opportunity to point to the contradictions of the major parties on the question of ecology. If…
Now this Is Getting Ridiculous
Apparently, Stephen Harper feels that Canadians are real whores for tax cuts: Stephen Harper is kicking off a quiet day on the federal election campaign trial by promising tax relief…
Trump: Finally, someone gets it
Let loose the reptiles Here’s what I think is a really really good analysis of Trumpmania, from the August 22 New York Times: But the breadth of Mr. Trump’s coalitionis…
On separation anxieties
Following up on this post, let’s take a look at the first of Bob Hepburn’s theorized lines of attack against the NDP – which gets its own separate post since…
Dangers of fracking
Contamination of groundwaterMethane pollution and its impact on climate changeAir pollution impactsExposure to toxic chemicalsBlowouts due to gas explosionWaste disposalLarge volume water use in water-deficient regionsFracking-induced earthquakesWorkplace safetyInfrastructure degradation Read…
Lifeboat Europe. Man the Oars!
You’ve got 20 people huddled in a lifeboat designed to hold 25. There are 60 people in the water, swimming toward you, each of them intent on getting aboard. The…
Meaning of life!
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August 23:There are none so blind….
….as those who will not see. For over 80 years, war has meant the mass slaughter of civilians. It’s the result of using weapons that cannot be precise killers –…
First You Stabilize Your Population. Then You Stabilize Your Economy.
Humanity lives in a Petri jar. The vessel is called Earth. It has a diameter of just under 8,000 miles, pole to pole; just under 25,000 miles in circumference at…
Stephen Harper dancing
I don’t know what is he celebrating.
On messaging tests
Following up on yesterday’s post, I’ll make clear that nobody should hold any illusions that the NDP’s opponents will abandon their own efforts to pursue seats simply because the NDP…
Margaret Atwood column pulled, re-posted on National Post website
One of the advantages of the second longest campaign in Canadian history is that there is more time for voters and pundits to observe and comment on the various leaders,…
Canadian Federal election
Any predictions, folks.
Stephen Harper faces media on campaign trail
Harper is doing okay. >
Stuff Happens, week 32: Markets dive; Calgary has arena envy
OK, now I don’t want to panic anyone, but if you’re in the stock market, I have a few words of advice. GET OUT NOW!! IT’S A BLOODBATH, PEOPLE!! Just…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Laurie Penny argues that Jeremy Corbyn’s remarkable run to lead the Labour Party represents an important challenge to the theory that left-wing…
Angry For Good Reason
Every evening at 6:30, I try to take about 10 minutes to watch NBC Nightly News, the object of my interest not American politics but the apocalyptic imagery of the…