Richard Larson’s Annex tops the list of Edmonton’s Best-Selling Books
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended July 29, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
August 2018
President Trump Against the World Order
Political leaders, media moguls and journalists have saturated the public throughout the world with claims and accusations that President Trump is destroying the World Order, undermining historic alliances, western values,…
Trump: The De-Globalizer?
Illustration by Remie Geoffroi Looks like Trump is running amok with his “trading policies”. Not only has he upset the European Union, which doesn’t deserve any better, frankly, for having…
Recognition of Traditional Place Names within the Jurisdiction of the Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation
At the 23 July 2018 meeting the Park Board I put forward the following Notice of Motion. This will be brought forward for debate (Read more…) the next meeting on…
Gilda
Here’s the official trailer for the documentary, “Love, Gilda.”
Germany Wants Liberal Democracies to Circle the Wagons
Germany’s new foreign minister, Heiko Mass, used his first official visit to Japan to unveil an interesting proposition, an alliance of countries committed to liberal democracy. In Tokyo, Maas presented…
Trump Soils His Dainties
Nothing like a can of Robert Mueller whup-ass to get the Mango Mussolini to lose his shit composure. Team Mueller is just beginning to sink their fangs into former Trump…
Ottawa Backpeddles on Carbon Tax. More Trudeau Horseshit.
It’s not even in effect and they’re already taking the carving knives to it. Enviro-Can has cried “uncle” for the sake of competitiveness. Yeah, really. Seriously, they did. The federal…
Earthgauge Radio – July 24, 2018
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2018/08/mixdown-18-07-24.mp3 A Canadian environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa…
Earthgauge Radio – Interview with Conceivable Future
The climate crisis is also a reproductive justice crisis: How do you protect your health and your children in an increasingly dangerous and toxic environment? How do you decide whether…
Speaking Of Neoliberal Tools
It is never nice to shatter someone’s illusions, but sometimes it is necessary. That is exactly what iPolitics is doing as it reports a not unexpected but nonetheless egregious betrayal…
On Ending Political Tribalism
Political Tribalism is the idea of belonging to a particular political “tribe” (in Canada, that’s often expressed as a party) to the point of being utterly unwilling to consider ideas…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday August 1, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. In determining entitlement to spousal support, Ontario courts consider the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Peter Gowan discusses UK Labour’s push for greater social control over economic development. And Rainer Kattel, Mariana Mazzucato, Josh Ryan-Collins and Simon Sharpe…
Like The Past
The Ontario Legislature descended into the maelstrom yesterday. The Ford government accused the opposition of mocking the dialect of one of its East Asian members. It then promptly refused to…
Doug Ford and the Con War on the Poor
I knew it wouldn't take long for Doug Ford to start breaking his promises. Just as long as it took for that Con clown to realize that thanks to scrapping…
Trump rides the Tiger.
When you choose to ride the tiger, there is no option but to stay aboard. This situation with Donald Trump is increasingly serious. It was emphasized and underlined the other…