Saturday Photo: Years of Contestation…
There’s been a lot in the press here about the fiftieth anniversary of the uprising in Paris. Certainly 1968 was a year of unrest, particularly among the young there and…
May 2018
Breaking: Wizard turns red into blue and orange
What a magician! He and his apprentice, BeerAndPopcorn, are amazing! PS – Thanks to Jimmy Warren for the link!
Will We Ignore The Evidence Until The End?
Yesterday, Southern Ontario saw some pretty wild weather, with winds reaching 110 km per hour. Power outages were widespread, trees were felled at an alarming rate, Pearson Airport had to…
It’s About Corruption, Baby
The Socialist Worker editorializes that, when you boil it all down, the Trump Administration isn’t about drama. It’s about corruption: Trump is obviously not the first or only corrupt American…
Andrew Scheer and the Day the India Story Died
For months Andrew Scheer tried to keep his hyper inflated India story going, in the hope that it would make him more popular than Justin Trudeau.And for a while it…
A legislature of eunuchs.
Listening to voters and to people at Queen’s Park, there seems to be a general opinion that there should be a sign from Dante’s Inferno over the legislature entrance “Abandon…
Coming Soon to Your Little Part of The Coast
This will be showing at the local community centre next week. It’s kinda making the rounds. Sort of thing that can bring people together. I heard some talking head today,…
For a Winnipeg Without Poverty
Last week, anti-poverty activists in Winnipeg released a report aimed at encouraging the City of Winnipeg to develop a strategy for reducing poverty in the city. They called on the…
Alberta then and now: Marking the third anniversary of the unexpected victory of Rachel Notley and the NDP
CALGARY Three years ago today, Albertans did the unexpected in the province’s 29th general election and elected a majority New Democratic Party government. In truth, despite Albertans having been instructed…
‘It’s Very Misleading’: Energy Experts Critique Canada’s Rosy Carbon Pricing Report
Earlier this week, the federal government published a bombshell report on carbon pricing, predicting that a nationwide price of $50 per tonne by 2022 will cut emissions by 80 to…
Musical interlude
Kikagaku Moyo – Kodama
Another Waypoint Passed
While we’re on the subject of pimping bitumen, pipelines and supertankers, let’s pause to observe another waypoint passed in our race to increase our atmospheric loading of greenhouse gases. 410.…
Doherty’s Magic Money Fairy
At 3:55:20 in the video of Monday’s Collingwood Council meeting, Councillor Deb Doherty utters the self-congratulatory claim that she is “glad” the costs of the upcoming judicial inquiry to pursue…
Kinder Morgan’s Pipeline Will Never Be Built
Kinder Morgan’s Trans Mountain pipeline will never be built. That might appear to be a bold statement, given the federal Liberal government’s recent commitment to pour taxpayer’s money into the…
When You Add It All Up, What We’re Doing Doesn’t Make a Lot of Sense.
Oceans make up 70 per cent of the planet’s surface but they absorb 90 per cent of the heat emitted by global warming. The remaining 10 per cent is carried…
The Rehabilitation of Marx. Happy 200th, Karl!
Tomorrow is the 200th anniversary of the birth of Karl Marx. I first encountered the Communist Manifesto in officer school. I understood almost none of it but I discovered that…
How to use Nanowallet for the NEM blockchain
May 4, 2018 NEM is a cryptocurrency, inspired by Bitcoin and an alt-coin called NXT. It isn’t compatible with Bitcoin, however. For this reason it needs its own wallet, and…
Michael Harris On Why Andrew Scheer Will Never Be Prime Minister
I used to admire Michael Harris. During the grim years of the Harper regime he was a bright candle in the darkness.But then when Justin Trudeau became Prime Minister, Harris…
Aerial Porcine Presence Reported
Must be true, since Fox is now criticizing Trump: Catch Neil's latest Common Sense pic.twitter.com/JdGCX4WmjF — Neil Cavuto (@TeamCavuto) May 3, 2018 Recommend this Post