The Levant Tapes: Now You Can Be the Judge
It's been two days since a young British videographer, Caolan Robertson, revealed he had secretly recorded a meeting with his former boss Ezra Levant.And made some shocking allegations about the…
2017
Vancouver: Massive Counter-Protest While WCAI No-Show
Joey DeLuca and Jesse Wielenga of WCAI have been in the news as a result of their plans to hold a rally in Vancouver along with the Cultural Action Party…
Betrayal by the Block, again
Monday night, The Block will engage in their favourite political activity: betraying the public trust. In fact, it’s the only political activity they’ve engaged in this term, in which the…
what i’m reading: maximum security book club
I have an abiding interest in prison librarianship, and try to learn about it wherever I can. Whenever the OLA Superconference features a session on prison libraries, I attend. I’m…
Leadership 2017 Links
The latest from the federal NDP’s leadership campaign. – Bruce Anderson and David Coletto take a look at public perceptions of Canada’s political parties. And the relatively small differences in…
Total Eclipse of the sun
On my way to Oregon, apparently on Monday morning a thing in the sky is going to pass in front of another thing. -via XKCD
We are just outside Boston, where a racist rally is happening today, and this thought has occurred to me yet again
There are no races. Every "race" has intermingled so many times over the centuries the whole concept of racial purity is fucking idiotic. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 19, 2017
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Stephen Metcalf discusses the meaning and effect of neoliberalism: “(N)eoliberalism” is more than a gratifyingly righteous jibe. It is also, in its way,…
Musical interlude
Salvatore Ganaccia – Rocket Science
Saturday Photo: Pear Harvest
It’s been a wet, rather cool summer but the two pear trees in our backyard have loved it. There are more pears than the squirrels can eat, and I harvested…
Eating up the Hill: Chicken Tandoori Kabob at Afghani Kabob Express
I was first introduced to the cuisine of Afghanistan during the last nomination cycle, as an Afghan restaurant in Scarborough became one of our regular post-canvass meal destinations. I enjoyed…
Deciphering White Supremacists
The New York Times provides a very useful glossary of the terms favoured by white supremacists these days. Be sure to check it out. As well, the following video breaks…
Pollyanna goes to Washington.
They gathered in Washington this week to start renegotiating the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Canada’s foreign minister Chrystia Freeland took along her plans for a new NAFTA. Just…
His Answer
Steve Bannon resigned yesterday. Tony Schwartz believes Donald Trump will resign, too — perhaps before the end of the year. Frank Bruni believes it doesn’t matter. Trump is already gone:…
Weird
It’s a bit weird, driving through the US, listening to me and Charles talk about the US.
Plastic Is Out of Hand
Plastic almost always ends up as waste within a year or two of its production. We’re making too much of it also, at an increasing pace. “Of the 8.3 billion…
Kamloops City Council Urge B.C., Ottawa to Re-Think Ajax Mine Environmental Assessment
A group of Kamloops city councilors are asking the provincial and federal governments to consider concerns about the Ajax Mine they say were unaddressed by B.C.’s environmental assessment. The proposal…
August 18: What a terrible day!
The lead story in Canada&World News for August 16 was ‘N.B. cabinet minister condemns U.S, violence’. Actually, racist hatred was what I first noticed about the maritimes when I came…
Embattled Taskeo Mine Permits Show Why B.C. Needs an Environmental Assessment Overhaul
By Gavin Smith, staff lawyer at West Coast Environmental Law Association. This piece first appeared in the Vancouver Sun. B.C.’s new government is already seeing proof that it made the…