Not bad
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March 2018
Democracy prevails after all
They tried to pull a fast one on Good Friday, as my wife pointed out. But it didn’t work. In one of the safest Liberal seats in Canada – when…
BUNDLE of Eight Issues of Uprising, Journal of Revolutionary Initiative (2006-2017)
The unnamed first issue, and subsequent seven issues of Uprising, the Journal of Revolutionary Initiative, at a discounted price from leftwingbooks.net. Revolutionary Initiative is a revolutionary communist party-building organization based…
I’m heading on vacation!
Where am I going you ask? Okay, you didn’t ask and don’t care but I’m telling you anyways. No beaches for me this time, thank God! Going to Nepal! My…
Why Don’t Governments Limit Oil Production to Meet Climate Targets?
The climate change component of Canada’s oil pipeline debate largely revolves around two big questions: should our country restrict the production of fossil fuels? And, if it does, does that…
I asked them to play some Desmond Dekker. They did.
Irie. Two guys on the beach. I love this.
‘Love, Simon’ success a sweet sign of the times
Characters in ‘Love, Simon’ I’d like to take my mind off the nasty business of politics for a moment, and celebrate the recent success of the feature film Love, Simon.…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lee Drutman points out that Donald Trump’s presidency represents an entirely foreseeable result of a two-party, first-past-the-post electoral system: (C)ontrary to claims that…
Caribbean diploma mills: St. George’s University in Grenada
As a former federal Chief of Staff at Health, and as someone who has represented the CMA, OMA, OHA and lots of hospitals – and whose Dad was awarded the…
Saturday Photo: Marmalade from Ornamental Oranges!
Last Sunday Jeanne, Thomas and I harvested the bumper crop of little oranges that our ornamental orange tree had this year. There must have been 40-50 (I forgot to count.)…
You Can Close The Open Book That Is Your Data
Now that it has been demonstrated Facebook is not the benign social media giant it has always claimed to be, people are becoming more conscious of how vulnerable and how…
Some Much Needed Perspective
Recently, the government announced that its “market debt” has exceeded one trillion dollars. The news was treated as a bombshell. Former Parliamentary Budget Officer Kevin Page warned, “the $1 trillion…
Keep the Russians, Kick out the Yankees.
Public safety minister Ralph Goodale got some television coverage the other day. He was enjoying himself. He was being asked about the Russian spies being told to leave the country.…
Charissa’s Shoes, novel by David Gay, tops Audreys Books fiction bestsellers list this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended March 25, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Musical interlude
Arty & Mat Zo – Rebound
This is a total fucking disgrace
As predicted. Kathleen Wynne has shoved aside a brilliant young woman – a lawyer and an activist who was prepared to contest the St. Paul’s nomination – to appoint a…
Poll Trend Shows PCs Steady Decline Since Patrick Brown Was Ousted
A new poll from Forum Research shows a downward trend for the Ontario PC’s since the Patrick Brown resigned as party leader in January. It’s been long suspected that the…
Critical Thinking for Educators
“Pick any article from the newspaper,” I would say to my students. “Bring it in and we’ll analyze it.” This was one of my favourite – and my most effective…
Preying on Me – Original Song #37
I was living in the Mile End Lovely place to find a friend Course you know no one there Is just like me English, French, Greeks Indigenous and artists Lots…