Musical interlude
I Mother Earth – Rain Will Fall
August 2017
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Greg Jericho writes about Australia’s increasing income stratification and wealth inequality. Matt Bruenig examines what sets the Nordic countries apart from the rest…
From the news archives: Site C history – UPDATED
An item previously published at In-Sights but worth reviewing as the BCUC finally gets to examine BC Hydro’s latest mega-project. Large Dams Cost Twice Original Budget, Researchers Say, Bloomberg Business,…
New B.C. Government Inherits Toxic Legacy as Tulsequah Chief Buyer Backs Away from Abandoned, Leaky Mine
The Tulsequah Chief mine, a zinc and copper mine close to the Alaska border, has been leaking acid mine drainage into the Tulsequah River since it was first shut down…
On Comparing Existentialism and Stoicism
This summer, I went on one camping trip with a book on Stoicism, then another camping trip with a book on Existentialism, and I was intrigued by the many similarities.…
Shkreli Goes Down
One of the universally most-hated men in America, Martin Shkreli, has been convicted of three out of eight charges. Shkreli, 34, was convicted of some of the eight criminal counts…
August 4: Don’t Hit Me.
This is going to be a very difficult blog for me to write. I know some readers will be angry – mostly because they will read into it things I…
Not the Star Chamber but Close Enough
It’s being reported that special counsel Robert Mueller has convened a grand jury for the Trump-Russia investigation. It’s such a powerful investigatory tool it would be surprising if he hadn’t.…
Decisions, decisions, decisions…
No, its not this gloomy. Just tired. Filed under: art
There’s a 25th amendment to the US Constitution for a reason
From the New Republic, a stirring and disturbing statement: Both in content and in context, the official transcripts of Donald Trump’s January phone calls with Australian Prime Minister Malcom Turnbull…
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