Musical interlude
Will Atkinson – Subconscious
2017
My friend Greg Lyle knows BC
…and he knows BC elections, too. Here, his latest survey(s): Can the BC NDP – who once had a double-digit lead – still win? Yes, says Greg: However, an NDP…
Why the BC Liberal economic record is actually worse than the NDP’s in 90’s
Many people are ready for a change in Victoria. Christy Clark is one of the least popular candidates for premier in BC history and, after 16 years of scandal-filled rule,…
X: Recipe for Hate
Now in the latest Dundurn catalogue! Read all about it here.
Two years later – Notley’s NDP victory and a reminder why Elections matter
Two years ago today Albertans voted to sweep out the old Progressive Conservative government by electing Rachel Notley’s New Democratic Party into government. It was a surreal election that topped…
Ever Yearn For the MAD Old Days?
That’s MAD as in “mutually assured destruction,” the imaginary protocol that supposedly kept the Soviets and the Americans from plunging the world into nuclear winter during the Cold War. The…
Clarence Lyle Barber
One hundred years ago today my father, Clarence Barber, was born on a farm near Wolseley Saskatchewan. His father was a farmer who sent milk to Regina, paying my father…
Good Afternoon
Specto here, formerly Flash, formerly the Most Interesting Man In The Room Only When He’s Alone. Looking forward to resuming the incisive commentary we at Blevkog are known for. Come…
Henry Giroux Takes Trump To The Woodshed
The title of his address says it all – Between Orwell and Huxley in the Age of New Authoritarianism. Giroux’ speech begins at the 24:40 mark.
May 5: A brief note….
I’m just back (three days late, thanks to Air Canada) from a trip to Montreal. I’m just recovering from the horror of that return trip – and I’ll do a…
Six Troubling Subsidies That Support B.C.’s LNG Industry
By Maximilian Kniewasser, Pembina Institute. Four years ago, the government of British Columbia bet big on the prospect of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports creating overseas markets for the province’s…
Ten (personal) reasons I want the BC NDP to lose
Now in HuffPo. (Civil) comments welcome.
It’s Called a "Unified Government." History Shows That’s Code for Financial Disaster. Robert Reich Says That’s Already In the Cards.
There’s no nice way to say this. Once again the Republicans have a “unified government.”: They hold a majority of seats in the House of Representatives. They hold a majority…
The Great Climate Silence or Tweedledum and Tweedledee Go To Ottawa
This is an equal opportunity, non-partisan yet still seething condemnation of the human detritus that populates our House of Commons on both sides of the aisle. It extends to the…
Zionist Colonization is Not ‘Exceptional’: A Marxist Viewpoint
Photo by Guido van Nispen This article aims to challenge the rather widely accepted claim that the nature of Zionist settler colonization is exceptional and even “defies appeal to any…
Criminal law ejects Indigenous peoples from the frontiers
Fragile Settlements: Aboriginal Peoples, Law, and Resistance in South-West Australia and Prairie Canada Amanda Nettelbeck, Russel Smandych, Louis A. Knafla and Robert Foster UBC Press, 2016 A legal system designed…
One girl’s trauma exposes plight of nations
The Break Katherena Vermette House of Anansi Press, 2016 I received Indigenous author Katherena Vermette’s debut novel, The Break, as a gift over the holiday season. Having heard nothing of…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Clive Hamilton discusses the accelerating calamity of climate change which we’re allowing to happen: Our best scientists tell us insistently that a calamity…
Far left progressives need to put up or shut up when it comes to beating Conservatives in key electoral tests
French Presidential candidate Emmanuel Macron Last year, we heard often from Bernie Sanders supporters and other sympathizers that the Democratic Party had forgotten about their poor and progressive base. Choosing…
Notes on Bail, Hearsay and Search Warrant review
Justification for detentionIn Canada, there are only three grounds for detaining an accused prior to sentence. They are commonly referred to as primary grounds, secondary grounds, and tertiary grounds.Primary grounds…