An Inse Suggestion
In my morning post, I reprinted the following letter from The toronto Star: With Stephen Harper’s Conservatives intent to push science back to medieval times, it may be time for…
2015
Plumbing the rural press for hints of how the Mudville Nine were induced to join the Prentice PCs
Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Rod Fox sure didn’t sound very enthused about his recent switch from the Wildrose Party to the Progressive Conservative Party in the apologetic open letter he wrote to…
My favourite 2014 films…
Actor Ellar Coltrane as seen in “Boyhood” from age 6 to 18 My Top Ten Films of 2014: 1) Boyhood (One of my favourite directors, Richard Linklater, finally looks poised…
Politics and its Discontents 2015-01-02 11:29:00
Yesterday, The Mound of Sound had a post on the role that Pope Francis is playing in the climate change debate. Given his growing moral authority and extensive popularity throughout…
Facebook, Likes and Big Data
I suppose you could call it ironic. There was a story from a ‘friend’ on my Facebook news feed today called “Quitting the Like” all about escaping Facebook’s data collection…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Mariana Mazzucato discusses how inequality and financialization have teamed up to create an economy with little upside and serious risks for most people:…
In Whose Pocket?
https://www.colourbox.com/ We on the Left like to think that the Harper government is in the pocket of Big Business. But, Jim Stanford writes, recent decisions have caused business to re-evaluate…
“We Are All Seeds”
“As 2015 has been declared the Year of Soil, let us recognize that in the seed and the soil we can find answers to every one of the crisis we…
New column day
Here, on how we’ll soon be seeing both federal and provincial governments alike try to block out their real history with glossy ad campaigns – and why we shouldn’t let…
2015: Day Two
H/t The Toronto Star Well, it is good to know that Star letter-writers have lost none of their edge over the holiday season. Responding to the paper’s recent editorial lacerating…
Nine
Almost a decade. I take a lot of photos of Mallory. And each in each one I see a child who is so grown up. It’s always been like that.…
A look at Israel
With the coming election in Israel, I thought it might be wise to introduce those unfamiliar with the country to Israel; in particular it’s people, it’s politics, and some of…
2015 Might Be a Big Peak Year for Climate Change
While every year is crucial when it comes to reducing the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases polluting our atmosphere, 2015 is looking to be a super year and a possible…
2015 Might Be a Big Peak Year for Climate Change
While every year is crucial when it comes to reducing the amount of heat-trapping greenhouse gases polluting our atmosphere, 2015 is looking to be a super year and a possible…
The mediocre measures of M. Mulcair.
If there was one sure sign of the desperation of Thomas Mulcair and his federal New Democrats, it is the promise to institute proportional voting in Canada’s elections. What we…
The Robocall Scandal and the Monstrous Con Conspiracy
If you remember that the judge who sentenced Michael Sona to nine months in jail, for his role in the robocall scandal, said he didn't believe the former Con operative…
The Void #nlpoli
For its last editorial of 2014, the Telegram decided to discuss the fate of the province’s New Democrats. A quick summary: things were good for the Dippers. Now things are…
Capitalists Working on Climate Change?
As you know, I’m not one to tout the marvels of capitalism, however there is this. Out of the 6 of the most hopeful climate stories of this year at…
Happy New Year From Julian Fantino!
The Veterans Affairs department says some veterans are exaggerating their injuries to continue receiving financial benefits from the government and to avoid joining the work force. Rumour has it he…
7 unbelievable things people do to ruin your mobile web browsing experience! Complete with click-bait headline!
1) Pages that don’t zoom. I want the text a bit bigger so I can read it. You want to show me ads. You disable zoom for your page. I’m…