Meanwhile, As The World Fades Away
I have never seen the magnificent cheetah, and new research suggests I never will. Read, watch, and weep at our collective folly. Recommend this Post
2016
Are they making America great again?
As much as there is an ongoing hullaballoo about President Elect Donald Trump as America runs up to his inauguration, we should never forget the people who elected him. It…
On CBC: Alberta MLAs to watch in 2017
In case you missed it, I joined Portia Clark on CBC Edmonton’s Radio Active program last week to talk about my annual list of Alberta MLA’s to watch. The interview…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Elephantine cats.
Trudeau Promised To Bring Us Out of Canada’s Anti-Science Era, But We’re Not There Yet
The Harper years were characterized by a sustained war on science, as documented by science librarian John Dupuis and Calgary writer Chris Turner, among others. So when Justin Trudeau’s Liberals…
30 C Above Normal
24 December, 2016 I mean, this is crazy. Seriously. Here and now. The Arctic continues to run a fever. On Thursday, the temperature there was almost 30 C warmer than…
How Bad Was 2016?
It was sooooo bad that The Tyee had to serialize their year-ender, The Year in Bummers, into four parts. Part One is here.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Brin examines the crucial role the public sector plays in driving economic development – as well as the disturbingly large movement…
About That 40% Suicide Attempt Rate
Over at a rabidly anti-transgender blog called "4th Wave Now" we find the following article which attempts to debunk the 40% suicide rate that several iterations of the US Transgender…
2017 – The Year of The Great Unraveling?
If nothing else, we’re getting much closer. With Trump just three weeks away from the presidency it’s a safe bet that 2017 will be tumultuous. Whether it will be the…
About That 40% Suicide Attempt Rate
Over at a rabidly anti-transgender blog called "4th Wave Now" we find the following article which attempts to debunk the 40% suicide rate that several iterations of the US Transgender…
The vulgar crowd
Profanum vulgus. The vulgar crowd. Not, however, as you might suspect, an apt description of the remaining few supporters of The Block that rules Collingwood Council. While perhaps appropriately described,…
B.C. Government Pulls LNG Television Ad After Complaint
By Andrew MacLeod for The Tyee. The British Columbia government has pulled a television ad that claimed $20 billion has already been invested in the LNG industry in the province,…
A Special Understanding
Under successive neoliberal administrations in both Canada and the U.S., it has long been demonstrated that those occupying the upper echelons of our fractured societies are granted a myriad of…
Donald Trump’s Sad and Very Crazy Christmas
It has to be one of the most bizarre Christmas cards a president-elect has ever sent the American people. But it does tell you a lot about Donald Trump.No sense…
A Long Twilight Stuggle
Chris Hedges writes that the election of Donald Trump signals the triumph of a New McCarthyism. The moment has been forty years in the making: The late Lewis Powell, a…
Queen advises: “Take a deep breath.”
We can all buy into that advice. It was directed mainly to Great Britain in Queen Elizabeth’s Christmas message to the Commonwealth. It was obviously related to the surprise Brexit…
down these mean streets: raymond chandler’s "the simple art of murder"
Netflix has added many older movies to its library, including several classics and modern classics. Among them I noticed “Mean Streets,” the 1973 film that put both Martin Scorsese and…
Policy is people #nlpoli
Kim Keating is a member of the newly-appointed council to advise the provincial government on oil and gas issues. She’s a professional engineer, a senior official with a local company…