Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – The Equality Trust examines the UK’s increasing level of personal precarity – and how public policy needs to be changed to support the…
October 2017
The Heroic Healers of the Las Vegas Massacre
I am trying to avoid watching TV stories or reading anything more about the Las Vegas massacre.Even though I am still curious about what could have driven someone to commit…
Lessons on Dealing with Assholes
The Asshole Survival Guide is a new book by Robert Sutton, a specialist in dealing with assholes. No, he’s not a proctologist. Sutton’s research is about what makes someone behave…
Get Ready To Feel The Burn
Andrew Nikiforuk writes that megafires will be a part of our future. The source of his information is a new book by Edward Struzik, Firestorm: How Wildfire Will Shape Our…
thoughts on the latest u.s. gun massacre
As part of my continuing efforts to post here rather than — or at least in addition to — Facebook, here are some thoughts on the latest horrific massacre in…
Are the Scheer Cons Becoming the Trump Party?
I've been having so much fun enjoying the dying days of summer that I haven't spent much time in my political observatory, scanning the stars, and trying to figure out…
Netflix should be told to “Get Stuffed.”
Canada’s heritage minister needs a better understanding of Canada’s heritage. Another of the junior grade ministers in the Trudeau cabinet, Mélanie Joly, defended Netflix last week. It was a betrayal…
BC Hydro – overdue and unimproved
Policies of British Columbia’s public sector management dictate that: Crown corporations must follow the spirit and intent of B.C. government core policies and procedures and comply with all applicable legislation,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Elevated cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Brad Delong writes that political choices – not a lack of resources – are responsible for the limited progress being made toward…
It’s the economy, stupid!
Washington’s Long War on Syria Stephen Gowans Baraka Books, 2017 The impression of a region teeming with internecine enmities along bewilderingly archaic ethnic and religious lines hampers understanding of the…
Nawrocki’s Displaced/Misplaced exposes plight of migrant workers
Displaced/Misplaced Norman Nawrocki Les Pages Noires, 2017 Norman Nawroki, long a stunningly creative voice from out of Montréal’s anarchist community, combines spoken word with guitar, drum, piano and some very…
Norwegian Elections: Another Right-Wing Victory, and a Serious Labour Defeat
Norway’s Prime Minister Erna Solberg speaks on election night in Oslo, Norway, September 11, 2017 The centre-left failed in getting rid of the so-called ‘blue-blue’ government at the parliamentary elections…
It Almost Makes Me Wish I Was a Christian
It’s enough to melt the heart of an avowed agnostic. The Catholic church, through some 40 Catholic institutions, will venerate the death of Saint Francis of Assisi by a massive…
72 Minutes. What in Hell Went Wrong?
Guests at the Mandalay Bay hotel notified the front desk about hearing glass breaking. Someone, they said, was smashing glass. Shortly after that the gunman, armed with 22 guns in…
Alaskans Push U.S. Government to Investigate B.C.’s Border Mines
Fish and wildlife in Alaska’s major watersheds are threatened by six British Columbia mines close to the Alaska border, according to a new petition that asks U.S. Secretary of Commerce…
More Palestinians Displaced While Junior Looks the Other Way
You have to go back quite a way to remember a day when Canada had a shred of integrity in the Israel-Palestine outrage. Canada, make that Justin Trudeau, remains Benjamin…
rip tom petty
The death of Tom Petty is terrible, shocking, dare I say heartbreaking news. From the moment I heard those unmistakeable first notes of “American Girl,” I was hooked. I was…
Can You Imagine?
I have always believed, and still do, that one of the essentials for bringing about real political change is knowledge. To be aware of and informed about the key issues…
No, That’s Too Hard. How ‘Bout a Nice Selfie Instead?
The Commish has told Justin it’s time to get off the pot. No, it’s not about weed. It’s about climate change, adaptation and mitigation. Commissioner of the Environment and Sustainable…