The Mighty Finn’s leap of faith, to Ludwig Von
This little video has been seen hundreds of times by folks. We hear more about Finn than anything else, these days. So, naturally, I decided to add Beethoven (the glorious…
May 2017
The Simianularity
“I swear to God, I never thought the cyborg-monkeys would betray us.” Alltop wouldn’t survive even the robo-bees stage.
Donald Trump is a liar, a criminal, and a danger to all of us
…everyone who is sane knows that. He is a draft dodger. He is a racist. He sexually assaults women and brags about it. He violated the Cuba embargo. He has…
Review: Hegemony How-To
We need more spaces and more opportunities to think through past, present, and future choices that we face in our movements and communities-in-struggle; this book is an effort to catalyze…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Scott Sinclair writes that there’s no reason for any party to NAFTA to see itself as being stuck with the existing agreement (or…
Liberating Your Children?
Yes, let’s! You know you want to. And if you find some mental resistance to sliding to the right side of the image, question your assumptions.
Truly, Madly, Deeply
Although the above title is taken from both a song and a movie title, it seems as apt a way as any to describe the current state of the American…
Donald Trump and the Road to Impeachment
For about four days before he abruptly fired FBI director James Comey, Donald Trump practically disappeared from public view.Later he'd claim the reason he fired Comey was because "he wasn't…
When 25 per cent isn’t
It’s difficult to understate the political importance of the Ontario government’s 25 per cent hydro rate cut: all of the chips are riding on it, pretty much. Youth pharmacare and…
A Republic — If They Can Keep It
Michael Harris puts James Comey’s dismissal in its larger context. Donald Trump plans to sabotage the Republic: The good news is, people don’t like it. The bad news? He’s beginning…
A politico posits on Patrick Brown.
One of the more interesting aspects of some politicians is the effort they will take to make sure you do not know them. It is like Ontario voters should be…
Junk reporting of medical research
The Telegraph is a major conventional newspaper in the United Kingdom. And it spreads fake news. There’s nothing surprising in that. Most conventional news organisations produce some amount of pure…
Who needs old-time climate change deniers when we’ve got the ‘New Climate Denialism’?
PHOTOS: Shannon Daub, associate director of the CCPA’s British Columbia office and co-director of the Corporate Mapping Project, at the mapping project’s 2017 Summer Institute at the University of Victoria…
BC election proves unabashed left-wing messages can win wide voter support
B.C. NDP Leader John Horgan on election night I wrote last weekend about how the progressive/socialist left needed to start winning elections in order to prove they (and not wishy…
It Sure Looks Like Trump is Cracking Up.
Maybe Donald Trump is unhinged, mentally deranged. Remarks he made during an interview with NBC Nightly News today must raise doubts about the screwball in the Oval Office. The White…
It’s Time to Exorcise Christy Clark’s Corrupt Ways. Call In Father Weaver.
The Globe’s Gary Mason is on the money this time. If it winds up that Christy Clark, either now or in the future, needs the Green Party to prop up…
The Good, The Bad And the Ugly: Where Conservative Leadership Candidates Stand on the Environment
The next leader of the Conservative Party will be chosen on May 27. While only Conservative Party members are eligible to vote in the ranked ballot election, the outcome will…
Rafe: Weaver would be crazy to make pact with Christy; NDP should have nailed Libs on economy, LNG
The three BC leaders at the televised debate (Photo: Broadcast Consortium) It’s May 10, 2017 as I write this, an appropriate date to examine the election, being the anniversary of…
Lessons from Dead Roosevelts
If you’re looking for something to rehabilitate your faith in democracy you might check out Ken Burns’ 7-part documentary, “The Roosevelts: An Intimate History.” I’ve always found Theodore Roosevelt fascinating,…
Think of It as Unintended Consequences
We tossed the Taliban and Afghanistan turned into one giant opium poppy field, providing the lion’s share of the planet’s illegal opium/heroin production. Sixteen years later, Afghanistan’s opium industry is…