the move west: day two: sudbury to wawa
I’ve retitled the last two posts. Original day one is now day zero, and day one is a new (different) post. I won’t attempt to explain what I was thinking,…
2018
the move west: day one: sauga to sudbury
I tried to post this earlier today but had some annoying technical difficulties. Truth be told, I had organizational difficulties: the AC adapter for the netbook was in the truck.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Enclosed cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Katrina Miller writes that Canada’s economic future lies in developing equitable and sustainable growth, not following the U.S. in its race to…
Is this the best they can do? The weak case against $14 in Ontario
Today the libertarian Montreal Economic Institute think tank released a short report claiming that Ontario’s $14 minimum wage is costing thousands of young workers their jobs and raising prices for…
On Extinction Rebellion
Here’s climate scientist Dr. Kate Marvel on hope and courage as quoted in Truthout: “Hope is a creature of privilege….he opposite of hope is not despair. It is grief. Even…
A Metaphor For Saskatchewan Politics
This is what it’s like to live in Saskatchewan with Premier Moe. What it's like seeing your carjacker shoot himself in the leg with a shotgun while going 140 km/h…
When the Climate Hammer Falls, It May Look Like This.
I make an effort to try to keep up with the river of research papers and studies on climate change that now pour in with increasing frequency. Sometimes I have…
St. Mike’s
I have lots to say about what is happening over there, and the root causes. But I’ve told my wife that I won’t, because this is all causing great pain…
Nov. 20: Our Last Chance?
I don”t know quite what to make of this piece of sensationalism/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/defence-policy-trump-china-russia-1.4910038 Of course we could lose the next world war. In fact, It is almost certain everybody would…
New Dark Ages is out now!
New Dark Ages by @kinsellawarren, the second book in the #XGang trilogy, is available now. Pick up your copy today: https://t.co/XKTdidqO9H pic.twitter.com/ypM7EAv2sO — Dundurn (@dundurnpress) November 20, 2018
PEN International observes Day of the Dead in San MIguel de Allende
I recorded and edited this. Includes Spanish subtitles/subtitulo en español.
Well, This Certainly Did My Heart Some Good
WHO DID THIS?????? pic.twitter.com/6BDOM4lApu — ALT- Immigration ? (@ALT_uscis) November 19, 2018 Recommend this Post
A Time to Feel Grateful, Sometimes After Loss
My husband Jim and I are packing this morning – we’ve got an early morning flight tomorrow to Dayton, Ohio. Our daughter Natalie’s boyfriend grew up there and we’re all…
SVJI costs continue to skyrocket
As I predicted earlier, the costs for Saunderson’s Vindictive Judicial Inquiry (SVJI) are going to climb through the roof. And of course you, the taxpayer, are going to pay for…
The Psychology of Fascism
Photo by Joshua Roberts/Reuters The continuing rise of fascism around the world is drawing increasing attention particularly as it takes firmer grip within national societies long seen to have rejected…
Mais, Non!
Yesterday, Quebec premier Francois Legault came to Toronto to try to convince Doug Ford to reverse his decisions to cut the position of French Language Commissioner and to kill a…
How Andrew Scheer can win the next election. You’re welcome.
AN OPEN LETTER TO ANDREW SCHEER, CONTAINING SUPER-USEFUL FREE ADVICE ABOUT HOW TO WIN THE NEXT ELECTION Dear Andrew: First off, well done. You handled the Tony Clement scandal way…
This is the podcast Patrick Brown’s publisher doesn’t want you to hear
After the Kinsellacast came out last night, Brown’s erstwhile book publisher went bananas. He was obliquely threatening Lisa, sending email to her offering to meet “in a public place,” and…
“Hustle Porn” Losing its Appeal
The term “hustle porn” covers all those ridiculous Youtube videos about get-rich schemes and stories by so-called hard-workers making tons of money because they “work hard”. In practice these people…