Britain’s "New Normal"
Are you getting the feeling that maybe climate change is closing in on us? In Yorkshire and Lincolnshire today they’re bracing for a month’s worth of rain in the course…
August 2017
August 9: If you want to be socially acceptable – don’t think.
Here’s a story that’s a year old – one I missed at the time. In fact, It also connects with several stories at the bottom of the reading. It’s a…
Dog days.
Filed under: art
As If You Need Another Reason to Hate Monsanto
This is what happens in the neoliberal order where too much power passes into corporate hands as government surrenders its oversight and regulatory function. Nestle is despised for muscling in…
What’s That In the Seafood Counter? It’s Frankenfish!
GMO salmon, Frankenfish, were developed at Newfoundland’s Memorial University so it’s probably fitting that they’ve made their appearance first in Canadian grocery stores. Have you tried them? Let us know.…
If You’re Into Aviation
This is a bit like discovering King Tut’s tomb. An entire set of blueprints for the legendary WWII British fighter-bomber, the “Wooden Wonder” de Havilland Mosquito have been found, just…
“Just Let Go” Doesn’t Work When a Loved One is Medically Complex
Jessica McLean is a writer who cares for her Mom. I asked Jess to write about the challenges of letting go and trusting others with her Mom’s care. “Just letting…
Are the Russians Picking Up Donald Trump’s Green Fees?
I hadn’t seen this before but, if there’s anything to it, you can bet Robert Mueller’s band of merry men is all over it. Hmmm, I wonder if the money…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Linda McQuaig makes the case as to why any NAFTA renegotiation needs to focus on workers’ rights: NAFTA has been key to the…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday August 9, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. The amount of child support payable by a non-custodial parent…
Learn To Be Empathetic
Just kidding. Recommend this Post
The Big Bang Is Not A Theory
North Korea and the United States have reached a moment of truth. David Ignatius writes: If Washington and Beijing manage to stay together in dealing with Pyongyang, the door opens…
Quebec Business Turns Waste into Juice
Juice Loop is a new company in Quebec that is taking food waste and turning it into juice and other products. This was isn’t what’s left on a plate from…
As the world is reduced to nuclear ash, sing along!
“Fire and fury.” Got it. Our anti-North Korea strategy is to start talking like North Korea. Yeah, that’ll work.
Donald Trump and the Road to Armageddon
Almost four years ago Donald Trump tweeted this: And yesterday he did his best to turn that into a self fulfilling prophesy. Read more »
Diminishing Democracy.
Around the world, from Venezuela to Poland, from Turkey to America, we are watching the destruction of democracy. Those who believe in democracy are routinely arrested, beaten, detained or killed…
Rafe: Christy, Libs let off hook for ruining Hydro, ICBC, failing on LNG
Christy Clark and Rich Coleman (center) meeting with Malaysian LNG officials in 2014 (BC Govt photo) I have a bit of a knack for remembering doggerel as part of my…