Dan Pontefract: Open Thinking
Notes from Dan Pontefract’s talk at Focus 2018, Montreal Beginning with the idea of being distracted, rather than ruminating in thought. We have accepted that. That’s what’s happening in society…
2018
Sept. 6:The big news is…..
……Our local irving chapel will have two ministers this Sunday. Count them. Two. And both have Doctorates in Divinity. That’s real class. Jesus always had to make do with a…
Great job, Wizard!
The Liberals were out-fundraised by the Green Party in August, while the future of the per-vote subsidy remains unclear. https://t.co/TD01nTHp7m #onpoli — QP Briefing (@QPbriefing) September 6, 2018
A Modest Proposal
The case has been made out literally since the 2019 inauguration that established Donald Trump as the president of the United States. It was immediately obvious that this was not…
Recipe for Hate is a finalist in a national literature contest!
I don’t think I could ever win against such amazing authors, but it’s an honour to have Recipe for Hate described thusly: “Welcome to the birth of Punk – when…
A Fine Read for the Ecologically Inclined
It’s not my habit to promote blogs. Every now and then, however, you stumble across one that stands out. Jason Hickel’s blog is in that exclusive category. Hickel is an…
No, 2008 Wasn’t A Failure Of Socialism
In the Financial Post today, we have Terence Corcoran yammering on trying to claim that the 2008 Subprime Mortgage Crisis was the result of the evils of “socialism”. That the…
Monbiot – Let’s Go to War
The Guardian’s enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, argues it is time we went to war with the corporate sector or that part of it that enables today’s throw-away consumerism. Do you believe…
She Couldn’t Help Herself. Wente Unleashes Her Inner Trump.
The Globe’s Margaret Wente has unveiled what derailed the Justin Trudeau Memorial TransMountain Pipeline – those damned “activist” judges on the Federal Court of Appeals. It seems Maggie didn’t need…
Sometimes the birds cooperate too much
At Whistler Blackcomb: But ultimately the Whisky Jacks did co-operate:
Trudeau clings to Chapter 19 in NAFTA, but why?
Photo by Shealah Craighead As talks on a revised version of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continue, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau appears to be saying that its Chapter…
Is Donald Trump Now Too Dangerous To Be President?
I can only imagine what Donald Trump's mental state must be like, but I'm sure it's not a pretty sight.Not after Bob Woodward in his new book Fear, claimed that…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Ed Finn discusses how employment and unemployment rates are among the economic indicators which are all too often misleadingly substituted for shared…
New column day
Here, looking to the work of Elizabeth Warren and the Institute for Public Policy Research for options in making our economy more responsive to the needs of the public. For…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Thursday September 6, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
The People’s Pipeline
Photo by Kinder Morgan In an era of neoliberal privatization when governments the world over are hastening to sell off state owned assets and public services for a mess of…
In The Long Run
Chrystia Freeland is back in Washington, trying to hammer out a trade deal. That’s no small task, given the fact that — as Bob Woodward’s new book and the recent…
Appropriated identities and the new wave of dispossession
Photo by Jacob C Boynton In the early days of colonization in what is now known as Canada, settler governments engaged in horrendous acts of genocide in order to clear…
Well at least Lougheed’s legacy is safe
Is this the kind of leadership a Kenny government will bring? Alberta’s loyalty to Canada may be waning after the justice system dealt a blow to the province’s pipeline plans.…
The White House resister’s tale has saved thousands of jobs in Canada. Here’s why.
The I AM PART OF THE RESISTANCE INSIDE THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION story was shocking for this reason: it details a high-level mutiny against a sitting President of the United States.…