Musical interlude
Underworld - Born Slippy
2016
Out for 35 years
Reading something which noted that 1981 was 35 years ago jarred me into realizing that it was three-and-a-half decades ago this very month that I officially came out of the…
Why is Rex Murphy Trying to Inflame Alberta Separatists?
As I pointed out recently, Big Oil's sinking fortunes are driving its faithful hooker Rex Murphy over the deep end.He has been using his bully pulpits on The National and…
Feb.12: The big news is that Camilla got drunk,..
... and hit Prince Charles with a dead fish.Oh, no. That was in a gossip mag for people who aren't interested in news, just in sensationalist gossip of no importance…
Personal Learning MOOC
Instructor: Stephen DownesThis course explores the topic of learning in three ways: first, through an examination of research and development issues related to the topic; second, through interaction with a…
Chill, Baby, Chill
After spending a rather stressful past day-and-a-half on personal matters, I found the advice of Clive Weighill, President of the Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police and Saskatoon's police chief,…
Personal Learning MOOC
Instructor: Stephen DownesThis course explores the topic of learning in three ways: first, through an examination of research and development issues related to the topic; second, through interaction with a…
Le budget de 2016, la stimulation économique, et l’AE
Déclaration commune des groupes communautaires et syndicaux sur le budget de 2016, la stimulation économique et l’AE Nous exhorter le gouvernement à agir rapidement et de façon décisive pour rétablir…
Old-Growth Threatened by Site C as Ecologically Important as Great Bear Rainforest, Former B.C. Biologist Says
The Peace Valley old-growth forest slated to be clear cut for the Site C dam is just as important, if not more ecologically significant, than the Great Bear Rainforest, says…
Old-Growth Threatened by Site C as Ecologically Important as Great Bear Rainforest, Former B.C. Biologist Says
The Peace Valley old-growth forest slated to be clear cut for the Site C dam is just as important, if not more ecologically significant, than the Great Bear Rainforest, says…
The first anniversary of the death of Sun News
Remembered it’s been a year – time flies, eh? As you may recall, I wrote the open letter thing below, and it attracted about 300 comments. Sun News attracted strong…
This is why the Harper Cons lost the election
So the Harper Cons figured out a complicated legalistic way to screw a few thousand poor First Nations people out of a few thousand dollars in long-overdue residential school reparations.…
The Budget, Stimulus, and E.I.
A coalition of community and labour organizations have come together to present their views on necessary EI reforms as part of the pre-budget process. Joint Community and Labour Statement on…
David Suzuki: It’s time to protect the Great Bear Rainforest’s grizzlies
Environmentalist David Suzuki argues that the recent agreement between government, industry, First Nations and environmental groups to protect the Great Bear Rainforest should have included efforts to end the "barbaric"…
This is why the Harper Cons lost the election
So the Harper Cons figured out a complicated legalistic way to screw a few thousand poor First Nations people out of a few thousand dollars in long-overdue residential school reparations.…
Big Fossil’s Achilles’ Heel
You don't often come across a vulnerability this huge. The fossil energy companies, virtually the lot of them, have a ginormous problem. Their commercial viability is dependent on maintaining a…
The ‘Sharing Economy’ is a Hoax
Stop calling it the sharing economy. It’s an oxymoron, like ‘creation science’ or ‘sustainable capitalism.’ It’s not collaborative: it’s the new indentured servant economy. If you believe these corporations are...
Cultivated Ignorance
If American students are told much at all about climate change, there's a good chance what they're being told isn't true much less informative.In the first national survey of classroom…
Wall’s Faulty Logic
“Showing leadership matters, signals matter, examples matter, but the numbers are the numbers,” Wall said. Essentially, Wall appears to be suggesting that because no single action by itself will solve…
Sometimes, in my old age, I get tired of facile bullshit
Canada is us, the people. Canada is not governments. Stop saying "Canada is back." We, Canada, never left. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 12, 2016