Life is about choices
And some choices, they define you. You have to choose sides. Either you are against the racists, or you extol virtues of being besties with Bannon. That's the choice. #cdnpoli…
2017
Apple trees
Van Gogh heritage apple trees from the backyard garden in Sumi ink style. Filed under: art
‘Stop the Losses’: Former BC Hydro CEO Calls for Cancellation of Site C Dam
The decision to proceed with the Site C dam was “reckless and irresponsible” and continuing the project will result in a “series of devastating high electricity rate increases” that will…
Paper Teeth, by Alberta author Lauralyn Chow, tops Audreys Books’ latest Edmonton faction bestsellers list
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Aug. 13, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Guest Post: Fiscal hawks’ formulas for cutting spending don’t really fly in the face of reality
PHOTOS: The Alberta Government’s Dash-8, used and abused by Premier Ralph Klein so that he could smoke while in transit between Calgary and Edmonton (Photo: Wikimedia Commons). It’s not just…
Paper Teeth by Alberta author Lauralyn Chow tops Audreys List of Bestselling Books
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Aug. 13, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Who’s In, Who’s Out, and I Don’t Know’s on Third
SOURCE: CJME News – Speculation Remains Over Who Will Replace Brad WallSOURCE: Globe & Mail – Race to Replace Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall Gets First EntrantSOURCE: CBC News – Who…
This was no Love Boat. More like the Raft for the Daft.
Campaign victory. @NCL_UK cancel @TheRebelTV's hate-filled cruise. More to follow. Thanks to everyone who backed campaign pic.twitter.com/XZAkOq3xOW — HOPE not hate (@hopenothate) August 16, 2017 Well done to all who…
Venezuela: Target of Economic Warfare
Economic Warfare – Image: Jared Rodriguez / truthout; Adapted: Pfc. Andrya Hill Most people are horrified to watch Venezuela seemingly on the verge of outright civil war, or worse, an…
Canada in Hot Seat for Resource Policies at UN Racial Discrimination Hearing
Indigenous leaders from northern British Columbia are calling on the UN to investigate whether ongoing industrial development of Indigenous lands and waters constitutes a violation of UN conventions this week.…
Words, Words, Words…
We use them every day without understanding them. Take the words Nazi and Fascist. We all agree they’re bad. But I’ve never met anyone who understands what they mean. That’s…
An Example of Analysis
This is a response to an email query, and I offer it here as an analysis of how I would look at, read, and respond to a typical email exchange.…
X: Recipe for Hate news
You may be shocked to hear this, but the subject-matter of X: Recipe for Hate – Left-Right clashes in the streets, surging hate groups, and bigots in positions of great…
Inconceivable! His Dinner with Chomsky
Wallace Shawn sat down for a chat with Noam Chomsky, and here’s what they talked about – slightly abridged and loosely quoted (for clarification purposes) with links. It’s a great…
Whether the USA survives as one nation and not two or several…
…is anyone’s guess. I ain’t no psychic. So. Something I’ve been saying since Obama was elected and the right-wing vitriol fallout is that this was the beginning of the end…
Ease up on shareholder payouts, pay your workers more instead
With Alberta and Ontario raising their minimum wage to $15 per hour, and BC possibly following suit soon, the usual suspects have begun their predictable howling about how this is…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday August 16, 2017. Today we are talking about Family Law. A final divorce judgment cannot be granted until one year…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Roderick Benns interviews Ryan Meili about the value of a basic income in freeing people from perpetual financial stress. And Doug Cameron reminds…
Never again
Never again will I buy a $75 miserable 300 megabyte international data package when a €20 30 day 4 gigabyte SIM card is available. Filed under: comment Tagged: mistake