The column on cultural appropriation HuffPo refused to publish
“All novelists are liars.” Thieves, too. So said Mordecai Richler. We were in the dark at the back at the Bovine Sex Club on Queen West, my friend and I…
May 2017
Blockchain Technology to Track Real Blocks
Blockchain technology is changing the world of commerce and law, now it can be used to track real world blocks instead of just digital blocks. The technology got attention thanks…
Faster Than We Thought
The planet is warming much faster than we thought. Dahr Jamail writes: The reality of Anthropogenic Climate Disruption (ACD) continues to outstrip our ability to model worst-case scenarios, as it…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 23, 2017
*Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 23, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: The Tipping Point: Regulation of Toronto’s Airbnb Market A third of Cosby’s…
Why progressive elites are losing.
The disappointment progressives have felt with the New Democratic Party over the last couple decades has been something we have argued about but maybe not understood as well as we…
The NewfieThing #nlpoli
Facebook has become hugely popular in Newfoundland and Labrador and, not surprisingly, some creative and enterprising fellow came up with a running joke – these days called a meme –…
There’s no life like it! Alberta’s right-wing troll army is recruiting
ILLUSTRATIONS: Poster thanks to the U.S. Army, circa 1941-42 or whenever they finally got around to joining the fight, with a little help from PhotoShop. Below: Calgary Mayor Naheed Nenshi…
WCAI Planning June 24 Rally; Hilarity Inevitable
The Worldwide Coalition Against Islam (WCAI Canada) in concert with the Canadian Combat Coalition (again, really?) is planning three events in the coming few weeks. The first is one that…
Ontario’s Electricity Sector III: Legislative & Finance Update
My January and March posts on the Ontario electricity sector described how decisions by different Ontario governments gave rise to excess electricity generation with an inflated cost structure, leading to…
Nader Interview with Chomsky on the Requiem for the American Dream
Ralph Nader interviewed Noam Chomsky last Saturday about Chomsky’s new book Requiem for the American Dream and film of the same title currently on Netflix. He’s trying every type of…
The Progressive Conservative Association of Alberta Is Recruiting Its Own Troll Army!
Talk shit on the Internet for Jason Kenney! Fat shame the socialist hordes! Threaten the cucks and the squishes with death! Most interesting bit is if you AREN’T a Conservative…
arun gupta’s perfect takedown of food-as-cultural-appropriation
I read this on Facebook and absolutely love it. The author, Arun Gupta, understands and acknowledges cultural appropriation as a fact and a legitimate concern (as do I). But he…
Leadership 2017 Candidate Profile: Jagmeet Singh
As I noted here, Jagmeet Singh’s entry into the federal NDP’s leadership race has attracted an enviable amount of notice from the media. But the combination of a relatively late…
Rapid Transit? All aboard!
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May 22: Confessions
There are, we are told, some eighty million refugees in the world. The response of Christians all over the world has been almost unanimous. Kick them out of the country.…
Leadership 2017 Candidate Profile – Ibrahim Bruno El-Khoury
I’ll plan to add more to Ibrahim Bruno El-Khoury’s profile later on if he adds more public-facing content to his campaign. For now, though, I’ll put forward at least a…
How will Jagmeet Singh Shape the Federal NDP Leadership Race?
Photo by BGM Riding Association About a week ago, Ontario NDP MPP Jagmeet Singh ended months of speculation by officially throwing his hat into the Federal NDP leadership race. While…
FLOTUS acts as proxy for the rest of us
OUCHhttps://t.co/XaPL1AbCm5 pic.twitter.com/zpZGkQxDFP — Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) May 22, 2017
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Paul Krugman criticizes the use of non-compete agreements to trap workers at low wage levels with no opportunity to pursue comparable employment –…