The Fast-Approaching Abyss
While North American politicians give us either sunny platitudes or outright denials, the reality of the climate-change abyss we are quickly approaching should now be becoming apparent to even the…
2017
Lazy Boy Trump and the Green Monster
It's a brutal cover picture, and I'm sure Donald Trump must hate it. It's a narcissist's nightmare.Trump must be screaming into every golden mirror in the White House, or rolling…
The Trump Technique.
The media were all atwitter the other day when they got some leaked transcripts from the White House of conversations President Trump had with other countries’ leaders. They got them…
Just a Giggle
Many people have pronounced me a curmudgeon. With that in mind, this:
BREAKING: Last-minute Charges Laid Against Mount Polley in Private Prosecution
In a surprise eleventh-hour move, indigenous activist and former Chief of the Xat’sull First Nation, Bev Sellars, has filed charges against the Mount Polley Mining Corporation, owned by Imperial Metals,…
Musical interlude
I Mother Earth – Rain Will Fall
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…
Today’s History Lesson
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what i’m reading: city on fire
I finished City on Fire, Garth Risk Hallberg’s astonishing debut novel, a few days ago, but stories from the book are still playing in mind. I initially didn’t want to…