Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Spencer Piston argues that it’s unreasonable to blame people living in poverty for not participating in political structures designed to exclude them…
March 2018
On UW’s Mental Health Recommendations
After another suicide on the campus of the University of Waterloo, the university compiled 36 recommendations to try to alleviate the mental health crisis and held (and taped) a forum…
What Goes Around
Max Boot is no liberal wingnut. He was on the conservative side of the political spectrum long before Donald Trump got there. Boot writes that Trump is perfecting the Big…
The Simpsons Have His Number
Those whose memories extend beyond last night’s hockey scores may recall that in 2011, while he was a Toronto city councillor, Doug Ford proposed an ‘exciting’ vision for that city’s…
Keep to the left Ms. Wynne.
Not that she would necessarily listen to this writer but Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne needs advice on dealing with Doug Ford. There is always the hope that someone who reads…
Falsehood Flies, especialy on Twitter
Falsehoods almost always beat out the truth on Twitter, penetrating further, faster, and deeper into the social network than accurate information. So says Soroush Vosoughi, a data scientist at MIT…
Inequality-redistribution in Canada update
Two years ago I posted my first guest blog focused on income inequality, specifically how changes in Canada’s redistribution over the last three decades have increased after-tax income inequality, and…
Meet the Gay Canadian Vegan Behind AggregateIQ, Who Created Robert Mercer and Steve Bannon’s Psychological Warfare Machine.
The Guardian’s Carole Cadwalladr finally takes the wraps off the elusive British Columbian with ties to the Liberal Party who is claimed to have hatched the Cambridge Analytica targeting software.…
Herman Bell Granted Parole!
A respected elder, Herman Bell, was granted parole having met all the criteria for release according to his sentence. The parole commissioners recognized his progress after serving nearly 45 years…
March Sale at Leftwingbooks.net
A number of books from Kersplebedeb (and other publishers!) are on special on the leftwingbooks.net website for the rest of the month of March, 25% off or more — some…
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Nick Gallant of Northern Guard: "I’m Pushing That White Nationalism"
Nick Gallant has an incredibly high opinion of himself and his relative significance. For example Gallant believes that Facebook is attempting to silence him so he’s planning on creating his…
Saturday Photo: March Sun..
Spring doesn’t come until the end of next week, but the sun is already quite high in the sky. We’re back in the deep freeze for a few days, with…
Former CIA Director Takes a Skinning Knife to the Mango Mussolini
This is language you don’t hear every day, or at least most of us don’t. Former CIA director, John Brennan, apparently enraged at the punitive firing of former FBI deputy…
"Russian Roulette" – an Excerpt
When I buy books, I tend to buy used – on the cheap. At the moment I’m working my way through an autobiography of Frederick Douglas, the memoirs of Ulysses…
March 17: Just as I Thought it Couldn’t Get Worse
We are in very serious trouble. All the principals we were told we were fighting for in World War Two have been abandoned. The Canadian Legion, which should be challenging…
Don’t count Horwath out
Check this out: An NDP government would provide Ontarians with dental benefits and pay off students’ post-secondary loans, said leader Andrea Horwath in a speech Saturday that gave a glimpse…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne writes about the need for real wage increases to relieve the financial stress on Canadian workers. – Sheila Block examines the…
This Is Real. Boston At Risk of 1.5 Feet of Sea Level Rise by 2050.
A report from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science projects that Boston could receive 1.5 feet of sea level rise (from 1992 levels) by 2050. The report also shows that…
In So Many Ways a More Natural Fit
California, Oregon, Washington and British Columbia. In many ways we have a lot more in common among ourselves than we have with the rest of our respective nations. The states…