Only In Your Dreams
Old myths die hard. One of them is the wild delusion of Canada as an "energy superpower."First problem. A superpower, by definition, calls the shots. When it comes to oil…
April 2016
April 30: Why count killings by U.S. police?
It's not an attack on the U.S. police in particular or on police in general though, sometimes, I think The Guardian leans a bit to placing all the blame on…
Saturday Photo: Forsythia
Next up: forsythia. The first week in May is the week when the trees leaf out here. While the last week was pretty cold, with temperatures below freezing several mornings,…
Saturday Photo: Forsythia
Next up: forsythia. The first week in May is the week when the trees leaf out here. While the last week was pretty cold, with temperatures below freezing several mornings,…
On The Earl’s Thing: A Brief Note
From an employee's Facebook page:The intention of this post is NOT to state my opinion or upset anyone but simply make a plea. That plea being that no matter what…
On The Earl’s Thing: A Brief Note
From an employee's Facebook page:The intention of this post is NOT to state my opinion or upset anyone but simply make a plea. That plea being that no matter what…
Disobedience-The Rise Of Global Fossil Fuel Resistance
It has become crystal clear that our governments will only move as far and fast as they have to. The pressure from the corporate fossil fuel world, their bankers,…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Martin Lukacs highlights the Canadian public's broad support for the Leap Manifesto - and the opportunity available to any party willing to put its…
rtod: we only want the earth
On the 100th anniversary of the Easter Rising, these Revolutionary Thoughts of the Day are brought to you by the great Irish socialist, James Connolly.The day has passed for patching…
“From Morinville to Oxford to Ottawa…”
Edmonton-Centre Liberal MP Randy Boissonnault is on the cover of this month's Avenue Edmonton magazine.
What’s That in Erdogan’s Hand? Oh Yeah, It’s Europe’s Balls.
You gotta give him credit. Turkish strongman, Recep Erdogan, knows it doesn't matter how much he's reviled so long as he has his critics by the balls. In this case…
Stuff Still Happens, week 17: The impossible is now probable
Thought Batman vs. Superman was unwatchable? Just wait until Trump vs. Clinton. With the prospects of stopping crazed billionaire Donald Trump looking more remote with each passing primary (the Trumpster…
Wake Up, Canada. Australia Calling.
You don't read much about it but Canada is a big juicy target for landgrabs by foreign corporations.A couple of years ago Argentinian officials were alarmed to discover an attempt…
Big: Does social media depress you?
Apparently it depresses a lot of people. I’m not going to dispute the findings. It looks like serious people doing serious work. But, for the demographic particle that is me,…
Prince, A Magic Shop and a Witch
Almost three weeks ago, my husband Jim and I went to hear the author Dr. James Doty speak about his book Into the Magic Shopat the Ottawa Writers Festival. I’ve…
RuPaul’s Drag Race’s huge impact on queer culture and on me….
RuPaul Before the summer of 2015, I had never watched the hit Logo TV show ‘RuPaul’s Drag Race.’ The main reason: I had never been too much into drag culture…
RuPaul’s Drag Race’s huge impact on queer culture and on me….
RuPaulBefore the summer of 2015, I had never watched the hit Logo TV show 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' The main reason: I had never been too much into drag culture and…
RuPaul’s Drag Race’s huge impact on queer culture and on me….
RuPaulBefore the summer of 2015, I had never watched the hit Logo TV show 'RuPaul's Drag Race.' The main reason: I had never been too much into drag culture and…
And To Round Up The Week
Yet one more reminder of our collective folly:Recommend this Post