So Much for "Reefer Madness"
It’s been a couple of weeks since Canada decriminalized recreational cannabis use. So far I’ve seen no sign of any impact. I spoke to a friend, a very long-time cannabis…
It’s been a couple of weeks since Canada decriminalized recreational cannabis use. So far I’ve seen no sign of any impact. I spoke to a friend, a very long-time cannabis…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Peter Gowan discusses UK Labour’s plans for a more democratic and participatory economy. And Alex Ballingall reports on Jagmeet Singh’s plan to prohibit…
…The white cliffs of Dover.Tomorrow just you wait and see.There’ll be love and laughterAnd peace ever afterTomorrow when the world is free…. This child can still hear the magnificent voice…
Sometimes I’m positive the dog has the right idea. Probably this is why people started keeping their domesticated animals in their houses with them; they saw reflected in their animal…
Extinction, Jeebus! It’s impossible to believe and yet we’re really doing this. Now it’s the United Nations warning that we have two years, that’s all, to decide if we’re going…
Don’t forget to turn your clocks back one hour tonight. Here British government workers on Salisbury Plain move the stones back one hour.
Been raining here for several days. I suppose I should be pleased because that means plants will be starting the winter well-hydrated, which can be a problem after a dry…
Relations between the Government of Canada and the Government of Ontario are on a downward slope. Susan Delacourt writes: While it’s more the rule than the exception to have opposing…
WHEN: Sunday November 4th, 11 AM – 4 PM WHERE: Makerspace North, 250 City Centre Ave Bay 216, Ottawa Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/993893037457075/ The Feminist Twins are proud to present the 5th…
Alberta’s leader of the consolidated conservatives, Jason Kenney, is a strange man. I have never envisioned him as a person who brings people together. He has always seemed more interested…
The War on Drugs – Thinking of a Place
It's been three tough years. Demolishing Stephen Harper's grim legacy took longer, and was probably harder than Justin Trudeau had imagined.And no prime minister has ever been attacked as viciously…
Infrared heaters have widely been in use for generations. Today they are used in most company buildings and homes. They operate either by gas or electricity as the power source.…
I was on the road today. I got out early owing to the fact that the weather people said it *probably* wasn’t going to start sky-shiting until later in the…
He's always been a liar. A firm believer in the old saying that a lie can travel half way around the world while the truth is putting on its shoes.But…
We have less than 12 years left to kick the oil bums out. The oil bums have left us with hundreds of billions of dollars in liabilities, while claiming our…
Alberta would have a somewhat stronger case for bitumen pipelines and experts if it wasn’t for the government of Alberta, Conservative and NDP. First of all, they’re wastrels. For all…
Book Review Adam Tooze. Crashed: How a Decade of Financial Crises Changed the World. Viking. New York. 2018 The global economic crisis is now more than a decade old, and…
As the midterm elections come to an end, Paul Krugman writes that the Republicans are spouting what has become a cascade of lies: What are Republicans lying about? As I…
Yesterday, friend Mound posted a disturbing piece on the fact that the oceans have absorbed 60% more heat than expected. The implications for global warming are significant, and suggest, among…