Patrick Brown, FINTRAC and that $375,000 seat raffle
Here. Read it. And if someone doesn’t take this to the police before the weekend, I’ll be amazed.
February 2018
Why Black Panther’s Wakanda Is the Black Utopia We’ve Been Waiting For
Wakanda, the advanced fictional East African nation in Marvel Studios’ Black Panther film, is the the Black utopia imagined by the African diaspora and its allies since the trans-Atlantic slave…
Our fight against that neo-Nazi hate rag
Story link is here, and a bit of it is below. Meanwhile, Lisa will be speaking tomorrow night at an anti-hate forum being led by a great leader in the…
‘By That Logic, We All Go to Hell Together’: Mark Jaccard on Trudeau’s Pipeline Talking Points
Mark Jaccard has seen it all before. Over the decades, the leading energy economist from Simon Fraser University has watched as government after goverment pledge lofty climate targets and proceed…
Reading as a forgotten art
Earlier this month (February, 2018), the Globe & Mail published an essay by author Michael Harris titled, “I have forgotten how to read.” In it, he recounted how he recently…
Monbiot – The Town that Discovered a New Medicine for What Ails Its People.
The Guardian’s George Monbiot has a look at how the town of Frome, Somerset, managed to slash its emergency room admissions by tackling loneliness and isolation. This week the results…
Swindled. How Worried People in America and Elsewhere Were Conned into Faux Populism
Donald Trump’s die hard supporters still believe he’s a populist who will deliver them from the evils of globalism. He’s not. He’s a swindler and the Gullibillies are his lawful…
The NYT Asks: What Does Real Populism Look Like?
The term “populism” has been smothered in negative connotations lately as though it is the preserve of sketchy characters like Donald Trump or Victor Orban. Yet theirs is a perversion…
Earthgauge News – Feb. 19, 2018
Edition #10 of the Earthgauge News podcast for the week of Feb. 19, 2018 A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join…
Earthgauge News – Feb. 5, 2018
Edition #9 of the Earthgauge News podcast for the week of Feb. 5, 2018. A weekly Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Join…
Trans Mountain Pipeline: Politics With a Purpose
Can We Build and Operate a Sustainable Pipeline? I am very much in favour of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline project. As an Albertan, and therefore the owner of the…
Trans Mountain Pipeline: Politics With a Purpose
Can We Build and Operate a Sustainable Pipeline? I am very much in favour of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline project. As an Albertan, and therefore the owner of the…
On Energy & First Nations, politicians want to have their cake and eat it too
Jonathan Ramos cartoon Canada can fight climate change and build more climate-ravaging pipelines. First Nations’ rights should be respected – just not at the expense of these pipelines, dams and…
There’s No Time for Ottawa’s "Bitumen-Green" Economy.
We’re writing the future now for generations of Canadians to come and it’s indelible. A new study concludes that every five years we delay strong action on climate change will…
And So It Goes. Mueller Files New Charges against Manafort and Gates.
The indictment is sealed meaning it will be a while before the nature of the new charges against Paul Manafort and his former sidekick, Rick Gates. Gates has pleaded guilty…
Trans Mountain Pipeline: Politics With a Purpose
Can We Build and Operate a Sustainable Pipeline?I am very much in favour of the Kinder Morgan TransMountain pipeline project. As an Albertan, and therefore the owner of the natural…
Patrick Brown “liked” this photo on March 21, 2015
…about two weeks after he won his party’s leadership. But, by all means, keep him around as a leadership contender, PCs.
How Black Panther liberalizes Black resistance for white comfort
Image by Marvel Studios This article contains spoilers. Black Panther didn’t have to be a “political” film. Its trailer didn’t have to feature Gil Scott-Heron’s legendary poem “The Revolution Will…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rick Smith writes about the Filthy Five loopholes taking the most money out of Canada’s public coffers for the least benefit to anybody…
A Flawed Policy
Justin Trudeau is caught between a pipeline and a hard place. Tim Harper writes: For Trudeau, a major hit to his self-styled progressive climate change policy looms. In essence, a…