Short Story Advent Calendar again at top of Edmonton Bestsellers List from Audreys Books
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Nov. 11, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
2017
Sorry, But That’s Not What I See in the Picture
Did Al Franken really grope Leeann Tweeden’s breasts as she now claims? I don’t buy it. She concluded that he groped her based on a photo that she later saw.…
Musical interlude
Blue Stone – Waters Flow
Canada Won’t Kill It’s Own
Canada will not kill off Canadian jihadis who fought for ISIS to keep them from ever re-entering Canada. That might not surprise most Canadians but what makes it notable is…
Because I Can
No reason for this other than it made me smile. And since this is my blog I can post what I want:
Earthgauge News – Nov. 12, 2017
Edition #6 of the Earthgauge News podcast for the week of Nov. 12, 2017. A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join…
It’s Time to Consign GDP to the Rubbish Bin of History
GDP as a measure of national progress has become a lie. Today growth isn’t progress. It’s theft. It’s a practice of robbing the future to maximize activity today. Heading toward…
Canada Tells NAFTA Leaky Oilsands Tailings Ponds a ‘Challenge’ to Prove, Despite Existing Federal Study
There’s no telling if the 220 square-kilometres of unlined tailings ponds in the Alberta oilsands are leaking contaminated waste into nearby water sources, according to the government of Canada. That…
Life In Scarborough: The Bus Drivers of Scarborough
The lady bus driver on the bus today was wearing a nose-ring. And the TTC let her drive the bus like that. She was a white chick so it couldn’t…
Guillermo, monsters and me
Tucked away at the bottom of a tall display case in the ‘At Home With Monsters’ exhibit at the AGO is a small collection of seven old, well-thumbed books, all…
The Bottomless Abyss that is Brexit
Will parliamentary democracy be the first/worst victim of Brexit. Curiously enough both The Economist and George Monbiot think that’s quite possible. First up, The Economist: BRITAIN should have been better…
Is It Fear?
After digesting yesterday’s essay by UBC prof William Rees about how humanity is suffocating other forms of life on our planet, I was left wondering what they’re afraid of, why…
Nov. 17: Paradise Papers Released to Public!
Yes, the names of those who hid their money in tax havens has been released. It’s available. The story below has the site to look up. The list includes 3,100…
Farewell to Nova Scotia?
Nova Scotia could become Canada’s second island province thanks to climate change and sea level rise. Mayor David Kogon of Amherst, N.S., said sea levels are projected to rise in…
Four Conclusions on OERs
1. Access and Pedagogy Let’s take it as a starting point that there are two objectives at play here: – first, the objective of providing access for all, which as…
Fossil Fuels Built the World’s Biggest Sovereign Wealth Fund. Now Norway Wants to Ditch Fossils.
When it comes to fossil energy, Canadian politicians have been – well – f#@kups. That’s doubly true for those idiots in Alberta. Way back when there was a Wild Rose…
A Political Shakespeare?
Looking back at the pleasure I always took in teaching Shakespeare’s tragedies, I realize my attraction to The Bard had a great deal to do with his eerily penetrating insights…
The Real Reason For Andrew Scheer’s Weird Ad
I knew the Cons were worried. I didn't believe them when they said that weird ad, half Forrest Gump and half serial killer, was to introduce Andrew Scheer to Canadians.When…