Climate Change on a Rampage
Five dead so far, all found burned to death inside their cars as they failed to escape California’s killer wildfires. The 30,000 population city of Paradise, northeast of San Francisco…
November 2018
New Jam In Verdun
There is currently a jam every Thursday night at 7 at Cafe le 5e on Wellington street in Verdun. Jazz is the point of departure but people are invited to…
Michael Cohen Pleaded Guilty to Campaign Finance Offences. He Had an Accomplice.
What’s sauce for the goose, that is to say former Trump fixer Michael Cohen, is probably sauce for the gander and, in this case, that’s Donald J. Trump. According to…
Preening Sandhill Crane
More of my old friend keeping up appearances. Reifel Migratory Bird Sanctuary Inverted Preening
Trump Picks A Fellow Traveller: Matt Whitaker
The NYT reports the following: Matthew G. Whitaker, the acting attorney general, served on the advisory board of a Florida company that a federal judge shut down last year and…
So true
Warren is so hot. — Lisa Kinsella (@lisakinsella) November 9, 2018
When The Media Tries To Turn Planet Burners Into Heroes
I must admit that when I first saw the new Maclean's cover, I was stunned, and horrified. And then I almost fell out of my chair laughing.For how could anyone…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Roger Eatwell writes that the rise of anti-immigrant sentiment can be traced back largely to the sense that elite-dominated governments have failed to…
Tony’s Travails
Social Conservatives have a problem with the member from Parry Sound-Muskoka. They thought he was — sort of — on their side. Martin Patriquin writes: Never a diehard social conservative,…
11.11
11 anti-war books, parts 1 and 2. 11 anti-war songs. Robert Fisk: “…Heaven be thanked that the soldiers cannot return to discover how their sacrifice has been turned into fashion…
Is it the HOW or the WHO?
If the citizens of British Columbia are formally debating their referendum on voting systems, there is one resolution that needs to be debated. The question is “Be it resolved that…
Three Months Inside Alt-Right New York (repost)
An undercover antifascist descends through all nine circles of the alt-right inferno. During my three months inside New York’s alt-right, The Daily Stormer Book Club never got around to reading…
‘Businessman, pundit, and religious activist’ Craig Chandler would be a perfect test for Jason Kenney’s database!
Craig Chandler would be the perfect test case for Opposition Leader Jason Kenney’s new database for identifying and rooting out would-be members, volunteers and candidates whose views are too extreme…
Andrew Scheer and the Con Sex Scandal (Continued)
It's funny. Andrew Scheer was in Toronto yesterday trying to scare Canadians into voting for him.By accusing Justin Trudeau of being soft on crime. Only to find himself accused of…
Canadian Viceregal News: The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly
David Johnston It has been an interesting couple ofmonths for several of Canada’s viceregal office-holders. The media is actually paying attention to them. And despitethis traditionally only occurring whensomeone has…
Taking A Short Break
That last post was made prior to the midterm elections in the United States. I watched the results and initially was pleased, though not ecstatic. The Democrats did a little…
Nov. 8: It’s not just Trump
The problem is not Donald Trump. The problem is about half of the American population. That’s roughly the number who supported Trump in the mid-terms. The problem originated, I suspect,as…
Things You can do Right Now to Fight Climate Change
With so many reports coming out recently stating that the future of the planet will be decided in the next decade it can feel overwhelming to even try saving the…
Against Prisons, Against Borders: Keynote Event in Montreal with El Jones
Thursday November 15, 2018 6:30pm-8:30pm CEDA 2515 rue Delisle Metro Lionel Groulx Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/493957961084880/ Join us for a keynote talk highlighting the intersection of abolition struggles against prisons and borders!…
Montreal Event: Prison Strikes 101
Tuesday, November 13, 2018 11:00am-1:00pm United Theological College 3521 University Metro McGill College Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/1881893441880227/ This workshop will look at prison strikes as an organizing tool, from both an…