White Degeneracy
What passes for White Supremacy these days, Keith Kahn Harris writes, is actually something quite different. It’s really white degeneracy. That degeneracy is painfully obvious in the contrast between Barack…
2018
Where bullies wear blue.
Welcome to Queen’s Park. This is that island in the centre of Toronto that carries the weight of Ontario’s provincial government. The uniform of the day on this island of…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats at home.
Trump, Canada’s Cons, and the Depravity of Climate Change Denial
Donald Trump has been in a bit of a funk recently, ever since the Democrats wiped out his House majority. It seems he can't stand any more bad news.So it's…
Welcome to the Andrew Scheer and Kevin O’Leary Show!!
I've tried to describe how Andrew Scheer must be feeling these days, but words and pictures seem so inadequate.How can I possibly convey the depth of his despair, or his…
Nov. 27: A very dangerous world.
https://www.cnn.com/videos/health/2018/11/23/climate-change-report-us-consequences-rene-marsh-sot-vpx.cnn But don’t worry about it. This report by government scientists means nothing according to Donald Trump. And he would know. Because he’s rich. We get lots of reports from…
Designing E-Learning 3.0 in gRSShopper – 11
Badges I looked at openbadges.me and Badgr and selected the latter mostly because it’s where the Mozilla Backpack project landed. My allegiance will last as long as it works. This…
Melania’s Blood Red Christmas
Over at Washington Post they’re taking the piss out of Melania Trump for her decision to line the White House corridors this year with blood red Christmas trees. Here are…
Krugman: Climate Denial is Depraved
NYT columnist and Nobel laureate economist, Paul Krugman, isn’t pulling any punches. Climate change denialism among congressional Republicans and Trump’s White House is depraved. Wait, isn’t depravity too strong a…
Collusion, Anyone? Manafort and Assange.
Trump’s then campaign manager, Paul Manafort, has disclosed that he personally met with Julian Assange in Equador’s embassy in London. In fact, Manafort’s meetings were conducted in 2013, 2015 and…
Global Carbon Emissions Rise Again
After four consecutive years of modest declines, carbon emissions are again on the increase. The UN warned that global emissions needed to peak by 2020 and then begin a sharp…
That’s What You Get For Loving Me
While thinking about General Motors’ announcement that it will be closing the company’s Oshawa assembly plant next December, I couldn’t help but wonder just how secure the remainder of Canada’s…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday November 27, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
Art of the Smear: the Israel Lobby Busted
In 2016 and 2017 Al Jazeera produced a program that unmistakenly documents the Israel government and U.S. Israel lobby’s all-out effort to spy on, smear, and disrupt American students and…
He Misses The Big Picture
GM is pulling out of Oshawa. And Doug Ford has rolled over. Martin Regg Cohn writes: No premier can force GM to cry uncle. But for reasons understood only by…
Neoliberalism’s Dark Path to Fascism
Neoliberalism as economic theory was always an absurdity. It had as much validity as past ruling ideologies such as the divine right of kings and fascism’s belief in the Übermensch.…
How Individuals and Governments can Save Bees
Butterflies and bees need our help. They’re currently dying off due to changes in their environments while also being sprayed with deadly pesticides. A bunch of countries have banned the…
American capitalism betrays us.
Since 1908, when Sam McLauglin started building auto bodies in Oshawa for William Durant’s Buicks, Canada has been part of what became General Motors. Through good times and bad times,…
the move west: day eight: sicamous to delta bc
Sicamous looked like a sweet little town, nestled on the shore of the Shuswap River, with mountains visible on two sides. We had breakfast at Grandma’s and Grandpa’s Family Restaurant.…