CIA Fingers Saudi Crown Prince for Khashoggi Murder
The Saudis have worked overtime to try to insulate Mohammad bin Sultan, their Crown Prince, from the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi inside the Saudi embassy in Istanbul. It doesn’t…
2018
Designing E-Learning 3.0 in gRSShopper – 10
Harvesting, Again I’m having issues with the harvester again. There are two distinct problems:– The harvester isn’t harvesting– When I do harvest, it’s downloading things that were downloaded before I’m…
British Columbia’s Electoral Reform Referendum
The first thing that needs to be said about this is BC may well vote to change its electoral system. Much of the polling to date has been favourable to…
Donald Trump, Stephen Harper, and the Canadian Trumplings
It was quite the scene the other day. Emmanuel Macron at the Arc de Triomphe warning about the dangers of the new far-right nationalism, and accusing those who support it,…
Standing – NaBloPoMo Day 16
It’s Giftmas Sales Season (GSS) and I get to person the booth at the first big giftmas market of the year. You may think this is the Worst Thing Evar,…
I Want a Home Without Fossil Gas
For at least 2 years I’ve said I’d like to build a home that doesn’t have a furnace, and doesn’t have natural gas. There are Passive Houses all over Canada.…
Look, Canada’s Right Up There With China, Russia
Oh to see ourselves as others see us. Don’t we work hard to make sure that never happens? How does 5 degrees Celsius hit you? A study published today claims…
Musical interlude
Eels – Mistakes of My Youth
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jonathan Watts reports on a new study showing how the world’s largest economies (including Canada) are falling far short of the Paris climate…
Rejecting The Politics Of Expedience
A letter in today’s print edition of The Star by Jack Gallop of Thornhill urges all of us to reject the demagogic politicians who expediently pander to our fears; instead,…
Conservatism Rips Itself Apart
There is a cautionary tale unfolding for governments which call themselves Conservative. Maxime Bernier is staging a frontal assault on the Conservative Party of Canada. And in Britain, Theresa May’s…
ADVICE FOR CAREGIVERS FROM CAREGIVERS
During this National Caregivers Month of 2018, it’s important to hear directly from YOU, caregivers on the front lines of love and commitment. Here are some tips compiled by the…
Get your social media on.
Despite the sage advice from aging sages, social media will continue to be a useful addition to political campaigning. It is not going to go away. And do not think…
Big Oil wants a milk break … and supply management’s foes are all over the media – except when they’re not
On Tuesday, the president of Cenovus Energy Inc., one of the Big Five players in the Alberta oilsands, called for temporary production cuts across the Canadian oil sector to push…
Antisemitic, Racist, Misogynistic, and Islamophobic Rag STILL Barred From Using Canada Post
Minister issues final order barring Canada Post from delivering Your Ward News, tabloid accused of promoting hate Victory! Neo-Nazi rag barred from using postal system! https://t.co/Q3vtIOLDNK pic.twitter.com/aQbKlKANnu — Warren Kinsella…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Richard Waters and Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson report that five large tech companies alone turned the Trump corporate tax cuts into tens of billions…
Nov. 12: Time is running out.
s Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump 2m2 minutes ago More It is our sacred duty to support America’s Service Members every single day they wear the uniform – and every…
Victory! Neo-Nazi rag barred from postal system
After many years – and after lots of hard work by a lot of people in the Jewish, Muslim, LGBTQ communities, as well as women and people of colour –…
Andrew Scheer And His Cons Fail the Baloney Test. Again.
As I'm sure you know, the idea of Andrew Scheer as a crime buster makes me howl with laughter. That angry nerd would protect us from the criminals? And who…