Donald Trump’s Sad But Predictable Inauguration Problems
Donald Trump is less than a month away from being sworn in as president and moving into the White House, but he is reportedly not happy.His Thank You Tour is…
2016
Obama and Canada Bans New Coastal Oil and Gas Drilling
Obama is leaving office and he’s clearly worried that the next president will ignore climate change and its effects on humanity. In order to stymie any damage that president Trump…
Lethal Legacy: A Province’ s Version Of Neoliberalism
The Toronto Star has run a heartbreaking series, very well-worth reading, on the fate of many of the employees of Peterborough’s GE plant, whose lives were either cut short by,…
LGBT, politics and regrets
This came across the transom early this morning. Read this part, about PC leader Patrick Brown and the LGBT “issue,” if you will: Brown has expended considerable political capital since…
The arrogance of Justin Trudeau.
Weighing the pluses and minuses of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s first year in office was a tough job. He got off to a good start. How many refugees can claim…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Vincent Bevins interviews Branko Milanovic about the economic roots of the working-class revolt against neoliberalism, while pointing out that there’s nothing inevitable about…
What Have We Learned From the Lac-Megantic Oil Train Disaster?
Brian Stevens first learned about the Lac-Megantic disaster — in which an unattended oil train caught fire and exploded, killing 47 people in the Quebec town — when he saw…
Look, Justin, It’s Called "Civil Disobedience" For a Reason
Miss Justin says we children can protest the Kinder Morgan pipeline as much as we like so long as we stay in that little area – way over there and…
Canada’s Costly Oilsands Loses Another Player as Norwegian Oil Giant Statoil Pulls Out
Norwegian oil major Statoil will be pulling out of its Canadian oilsands project after nearly a decade with an expected loss of at least USD$500 million. In yet another sign…
Canada’s Conservatives have taken their greatest strength and bulldozed it to the ground: this will not end well for them
PHOTOS: Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidates Kellie Leitch, Chris Alexander and Brad Trost get ready for their next debate on how best to Make Canada Great Again. Actual CPC…
Showdown At the "DT Corral"?
Should’ve seen this coming. BBC News reports that fears of a Trump presidency has some American liberals going for their guns. Gun ownership has traditionally been associated with the right…
Is Russia Re-Purposing Pro-Trump Troll Twitter Accounts To Attack Angela Merkel?
An interesting tweet, this: Fascinating to see Kremlin trolls starting up the Merkel operation in real time today. Mostly repurposed pro-Trump accounts. pic.twitter.com/mlqQxFmf1k — Angela Merkel (@Queen_Europe) December 20, 2016…
Is Russia Re-Purposing Pro-Trump Troll Twitter Accounts To Attack Angela Merkel?
An interesting tweet, this: Fascinating to see Kremlin trolls starting up the Merkel operation in real time today. Mostly repurposed pro-Trump accounts. pic.twitter.com/mlqQxFmf1k — Angela Merkel (@Queen_Europe) December 20, 2016…
Pan-Canadian Climate Deal Misses the Mark on Fossil Fuels
Kudos to Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government for enacting Canada’s first national climate change strategy – an action that those concerned about climate change have been looking to our government to…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats with company.
Pan-Canadian Climate Deal Misses the Mark on Fossil Fuels
Kudos to Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government for enacting Canada’s first national climate change strategy – an action that those concerned about climate change have been looking to our government to…
A Shift in Values
Further to my last post about the current values and the boundaries of the social imaginary that prevent us from making any significant and necessary changes in the world, George…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lynn Parramore interviews Mariana Mazzucato about the options available to build a more fair and inclusive economy even in the face of…