WCAI Not Really Enjoying Spotlight As Much As They Thought They Would
Well, it hasn't been a great time to be a member (one of the few) of the Worldwide Coalition Against Islam. First they were humiliated in Vancouver resulting in Joey…
August 2017
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Exploratory cats.
The Lyin’ Republicans of the Lone Star State
Texas senator Ted Cruz is squirming. Now that it’s Houston that’s underwater Ted is championing federal disaster relief. What has him squirming is that it was another devastating storm, Hurricane…
Afghanistan May Not Have Oil Fields to Plunder. Mineral Wealth Might Have to Do.
Donald Trump used to raise a lot of eyebrows when he said America should have simply taken Iraq’s oil in payment for toppling Saddam Hussein. He never got the chance.…
Because Nothing Says Disaster Awareness Like 6" Stilletoes
The Trumps stride out to experience the disaster that is Houston.
Romantic Notions About the Arctic Must Include Indigenous Rights
Danita Catherine Burke, University of Southern Denmark. The Arctic is many things to many people. In Canada, this malleability has made the region an incredibly valuable vehicle for nation-building and…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – David Sirota talks to Naomi Klein about the push by right-wing politicians and corporate media outlets alike to stifle any discussion of…
Strong Evidence Of Trump’s Racism
The CBC’s Neil Macdonald has written a searing assessment of Donald Trump that leaves little doubt that the Americans elected a racist president. His starting pint is an interview conducted…
He’s Got a Point. Monbiot Tackles Harvey
George Monbiot is angry, fed up. He’s angry at the degree to which the media, especially America’s mainstream media, are ignoring the role played by man-made global warming in the…
Free expression at universities gagged by anti-Trump backlash
Ryerson University suppressed free speech rights when it cancelled a planned panel discussion featuring conservative academics and former Rebel Media journalist Faith Goldy, argues James Turk, the director of the…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday August 29, 2017. Today we are talking about Employment Law. For more information on Employment Law, Family Law, Wills, Estates,…
I Remain transfixed
Until relatively recently, I did not think I would live so long as to see this future. Recommend this Post
China Launches Major Effort to Clean Its Water
China’s amazing economic growth came at the expensive of the natural environment (amongst other pains) which the country is now trying to revitalize. The country is literally paying the price…
So, Once Again, Is It OK to Punch a Nazi?
Two days ago a small group of anti-fascists or antifa attacked a larger crowd of right-wing demonstrators in Berkeley, California. And triggered that old question again: is it OK to…
The Evil That Men Do
That wind is blowing up from the South. Ontario’s elementary teachers want to remove John A. Macdonald’s name from public schools in the province. The issue is Macdonald’s treatment of…
Also, the Hollywood blockbuster. She’s the only one who gets to party with me and Brad Pitt.
Why do I love @emmakinsella95? 'Cause she's the only family member to read X: Recipe for Hate. Millions in royalties coming your way, kid. pic.twitter.com/FrZKzHTIur — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August…
French fuss over makeup for Macron?
In France, they are fussing over the cost of makeup and makeup artists to keep their new president Emmanuel Macron looking good for his public appearances. If they had any…
When Fascism Finally Came to America
When I was in university I used to bore and no doubt depress my friends, by frequently and confidently predicting that fascism was coming to America.And that it would be…
Pull Plug on Site C Dam if Completion Costs More than $2B: Former Chair of Review Panel
B.C. won’t need more electricity for many years and, when that time comes, there are less expensive alternatives than the Site C dam, says a submission filed with the B.C.…