To Decrease Emissions Germany to Offer Free Public Transit
Germans have reputation of loving to drive so it might seem a little shocking to see the nation explore free public transit. The push for free travel comes from the…
2018
Donald Trump and the Parkland Massacre
It was just a horrible coincidence, albeit a bloody one.But only hours after I ran this post with the picture of Donald Trump brandishing an AR 15 rifle. The same…
The Horrifying Con Valentine on Parliament Hill
Well as we all know, yesterday was Valentine's Day, a day to celebrate love.Even in that most unromantic of places, Parliament Hill.But funnily enough the way the political parties marked…
New column day
Here, on Ryan Meili’s evidence-based policy – and particularly his thoughtful recognition of the issues where it’s better to seek out more expert advice than make promises in its absence.…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Larry Elliott discusses how the stock market is reacting with disgust against rare good economic news for workers and the general public.…
Ex-MLA Joe Anglin continues his court fights with Elections Alberta and studies law in the United States
PHOTOS: Joe Anglin, speaking on the steps of the Alberta Legislature in his heyday as the Wildrose Party MLA for Rimbey-Rocky Mountain House-Sundre. Below: Mr. Anglin in November 2015, after…
This Wound is a World by Billy-Ray Belcourt tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton Bestseller List this week
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended Feb. 11, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
What Do I Want? (Or, What is to be done, if we are to have any future worth living?)
What do I want? Well, I would like to see us move immediately to a libertarian socialist society, along the lines that Chomsky, Bertrand Russell, Rudolph Rocker, or Murray Bookchin…
BC Log export numbers raise questions
BC Stats, an agency of the provincial government, reports regularly on raw log exports. The most recent detail shows the quantity of logs shipped out of British Columbia has grown…
Crytpo-Realities
The dodos run hither and thither, depending on which way the wind blows, and what the media tells them (99% of which is confusion, illusion, propaganda or lies — aka, bullshit). But…
CTV tells Patrick Brown to get stuffed
…and I suspect his former staff, caucus colleagues, many journalists and many, many women applaud CTV for doing so.
Once Again the NRA, the Gun Lobby and America’s "Bought and Paid For" Congress Deliver Living Hell to an American School.
For the record, we’re halfway into February of 2018. Today, Valentine’s Day, Florida chalked up America’s 18th school shooting of the year. At least 17 dead, most of them freshman…
Three Gaping Holes in Trudeau’s Attempt to Fix Canada’s Environmental Laws
This piece originally appeard on Policy Options. Windows of opportunity for transformative change are rare and can close suddenly. The saga of Bill C-69 is a case in point. Tags:…
RIP John Parry Barlow
Last week John Perry Barlow (co-founder of the EFF) passed away at the age of 70 Cindy Cohn at the EFF has published a memorable eulogy: It is no exaggeration…
The Dauphin Speaks – With Forked Tongue
It’s so typical of this government. In the wake of the controversial aquittal of a Saskatchewan farmer who shot and killed a young First Nations man on his land, Justin…
This Tells You a Lot About Today’s Economy
Washington-based Amazon has displaced Washington-based Microsoft to become the world’s third largest company (by market valuation). Here are the current standings; 1. Apple – $849 billion 2. Google – $746…
"What a Tangled Web We Weave… " More Stormy Weather Heading Trump’s Way.
That old orange bugger just can’t catch a break. Porn queen, Stormy Daniels, says that Trump lawyer, Michael Cohen’s admission that he paid her $130,000 in hush money not to…
“Fogel must go.”
Hear hear. Here’s why I have nothing but contempt for the man, and why I left his gang: he oversaw, and defended, flying the racist Shaidle to Israel. March 2010:…
Monbiot Warns Britons About the Trojan Horse Lurking Inside a Trade Deal With the U.S.
To Guardian enviro-scribe, George Monbiot, there’s danger lurking for the UK in any free trade deal with the United States: livestock laced with antibiotics. It looks like a proper zombie…