Anti-Anti-Antifa (repost)
Today’s fascists aren’t like yesterday’s fascists. Today’s antifascists aren’t like yesterday’s antifascists. What will tomorrow bring? 2017 was the year the “alt-right” entered the mainstream. Read the rest of this…
December 2018
Dec. 08: more than 70 years after 1945……
—-we have not done any of the things we said we fought that war for. The ring is closing on Trump. Alas. That could mean it’s closing on all of…
Prince’s Trust Canada Helping Preserve And Revitalize Indigenous Languages
The Prince’s Trust Canada (which isthe successor to The Prince’s CharitiesCanada with the name change occurringin August) has undertaken severalinitiatives to provide books and teachingtools in a range of Native…
Are We Reverting to a More Primitive Order?
It may be one of the most important, rarely asked questions of the day. Are we reverting to a more primitive order, tribalism, and can liberal democracy survive, or at…
38 years ago tonight
My girlfriend Paula Christison had been over, and we’d been studying, then watching something on the little black and white TV we had. My Carleton roommate, Lee G. Hill, was…
Eating OFF the Hill: Capitol Burger at Queen Street Fare
A little over three years back in Ottawa and I’ve lunched at about pretty much everywhere I want to lunch within walking distance of the Parliamentary precinct. So, when Queen…
Maxime Bernier No-Shows Anti-Migrant Protest He Was Set To Headline In Ottawa
Last month we saw Faith Goldy and roughly 40 alt-right (including ID Canada) supporters hold a protest opposing Canada signing the UN Migration Compact. Today in Ottawa was another anti-migrant…
Saturday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – Chris Dillow discusses the connection between the failure to understand the role of luck in producing unequal outcomes, and the perpetuation of policies…
The Pathetic Non Apology Of The Homophobic Bigot Jason Kenney
It takes a certain kind of religious fanatic who would work hard to prevent gay people from visiting their dying lovers in hospital.It takes a monster to brag about it.But…
in which an old-fashioned mom-and-pop motel saves me from union busters
For the portion of my training taking place in Campbell River — two days this week plus all of next week — I was booked into the Coast Discovery Inn,…
The Cost Of Disengagement
I have reached a point in my life where I hold out little hope for our collective future. It is one of the reasons I post less frequently these days.…
Maladroit
One of Doug Ford’s campaign promises was to fire the CEO of Ontario Hydro. When he assumed office, he gave Mayo Schmidt his pink slip. That decisions caused a cascade…
Baby, It’s Politically Correct Outside…
I must have travelled to another universe because when I awoke, the world had gone mad. Radio stations were pulling a popular, rather over-played, 74-year-old, playful holiday song because some…
Ten considerations for the next Alberta budget
Over at the Behind The Numbers website, I’ve written a blog post titled “Ten considerations for the next Alberta budget.” The blog post is a summary of a recent workshop…
Pompeo’s Rebellion.
It makes you wish you were there to see the look of astonishment on the European’s faces as American secretary of state Mike Pompeo explained his version of Donald Trump’s…
Cloud computing security companies
The word cloud computing became very famous today and continues to be adopted by most the IT infrastructure management companies. Cloud computing is in fact an internet based computing technologies…
A guide to Faith Goldy and reporting on bad actors
For Canadaland on September 26, 2018 On January 25, 2018, Roosh V — real name Daryush Valizadeh, a rank misogynist and denizen of the so-called “manosphere” — hosted a live-streamed…
Trudeau, #MeToo, and a poisoned discussion
For Maclean’s on July 23, 2018 #MeToo, in most respects, has been an undeniable force for good. This movement of education and empowerment, of courage and justice, has shattered the…
Pulling ‘Baby It’s Cold Outside’ is puritanical and absurd
Nothing says ‘happy holidays’ like the death of nuance and frantic institutional overreaction Jessica Goddard · for CBC News · Posted: Dec 07, 2018 4:00 AM ET | Last Updated:…
Musical interlude
Zuckerbaby – Overexposure