Cats and beasts #3
Filed under: art
September 2017
How the Shape of Cities Impact Public Transportation
Cities contain the majority of the worlds population and moving that many people is a challenge, to say the least. Each city has its own design and plan for public…
Andrew Scheer and the New Reform Party
Andrew Scheer likes to describe himself as a new generation leader, but like everything else about him that claim couldn't be more fraudulent.For instead of leading his Cons out of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Stephanie Blankenburg and Richard Kozul-Wright comment on the rise of rent-seeking as a driver of stagnation and inequality. And George Monbiot argues that…
The Importance Of The Commons
George Monbiot writes that we have foolishly reduced human society to two elements: the state and the market. In fact, human society consists of four elements: the State, the Market,…
The myopic Mr. Brown.
It reminds us that even a stopped clock can be right twice a day. Ontario Conservative Leader Patrick Brown has no policies but we know what he is against. He…
Blasphemy, Alberta style – former Liberal opposition leader sees clouded future for Alberta and its oil industry
PHOTOS: Kevin Taft, leader of the Opposition Liberal Party in the Alberta Legislature from 2004 to 2008, shortly before his book launch at the University of Alberta last night. Below:…
Neo-Nazi rag experiences some peaceful community action
About time. There’ll be more.
He’s Baaack! Pastor Jimmy Bakker is Back and He’s As Wingy as Ever.
Reverend Jimmy has learned his lesson after serving a stretch in the Greybar Hotel. There’ll be no more swindlin’ the Gullibillies on non-existant time shares. The new hustle is “food…
Guest Article: Update on the White Supremacist Threat in Ottawa-Gatineau
The following article has been provided by a supporter of Ottawa Against Fascism and is an update of the situation in the Ottawa area. The same individual wrote the article…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on the lookout.
Via by Caroline Bergvall
An inventory of translations of the opening lines of Dante’s Inferno. VIA By Caroline Bergvall 48 Dante Variations Nel mezzo del cammin di nostra vita mi ritrovai per una selva…
Norway’s Oil Savings Just Hit $1 Trillion. Alberta Has $17 Billion. What Gives?
Norway’s sovereign wealth fund just hit a grand total of US $1 trillion dollars. Just in case you’re wondering, 12 zeroes looks like this: $1,000,000,000,000 The number is 2.5 times…
New Government and B.C.’s Natural Gas: What Changes are Coming Down the Pipe?
For years, Nexen’s Aurora project envisioned transforming Digby island near Prince Rupert into a sprawling $20 billion LNG plant shipping 24 million tonnes of liquified B.C. natural gas to Asia.…
American Contempt For Health-Care Protesters
Nothing says more about the American political establishment’s attitude on health care than this video of the handicapped being manhandled and ejected during a protest at a Senate committee hearing…
Et Tu, Brute? Have They All Gone Mad?
It’s pretty obvious that America’s man/baby president has been coming apart at the seams emotionally. Most think it’s rooted in a deep-seated psychological malfunction. Who knows, maybe it’s a virus.…
Societies Sometimes Do Stupid Things. They Usually Pay Dearly For It.
The title of Jared Diamond’s now classic book says it all, “Collapse, How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.” (If you haven’t read it you can get it free here…
Sports = Tribalism = Politics
The idea of modern sports is actually very tribal in its nature, pitting ‘us’ against ‘them’. Therefore, sports events that feature rivals from different countries or regions are by definition…
No Lie Lasts Forever. Reality Catches Up With Republicans. Krugman’s Best Column Ever?
Krugman knocks one out of the park. Republicans have spent years routinely lying for the sake of political advantage. And now — not just on health care, but across the…
Falling Dangerously Behind the Power Curve
The good news: Alternative energy is making great strides…The sobering news: even as it continues to fall ever further behind the growth in fossil fuel consumption.National Observer climate change scribe,…