May 2019
May 2019 Bits and Bites: Michele Tittler, the III%ers, Northern Guard and Robert Jones, and More
This is going to be long and disjointed. I'm also going to miss a lot of stories others are covering. Still, I thought it appropriate to provide a brief summary…
The Myth of Clean LNG
Liquid natural gas is regularly pitched as a “transition fuel” to help wean us off oil and gas as our economy moves to alternative clean energy. That’s a lie. Green…
CNN Calls It – 2020, Team Oil versus Team Climate
The cable news network, CNN, contends that, when Americans go to the polls next year, there will be one winner and one loser, Team Oil or Team Climate Change. Voters…
David Suzuki: True leaders work for us, not the fossil-fuel industry
David Suzuki takes a look at Canada’s petro-pols in an op-ed in the Georgia Strait. Politicians often justify their undying support for the fossil-fuel industry by claiming they’re looking out…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jo Davies points out the widespread recognition that Canadian corporations need to pay their fair share for a functional society. And Eric…
in which we become homeowners?!
We are buying a house! The list of things we said we’d never do is really beginning to pile up! An SUV, a third dog, and now this. All our…
Have They Not Seen?
Max Boot used to be a clarion spokesman for the American Right. Now, having seen what the Right hath wrought, he is horrified. Last week, he writes, Trump hit two…
Ignoring Bernier is bad advice.
It amuses me that people are telling Andrew ‘Chuckles’ Scheer that former conservative MP Maxime Bernier is not a problem. That is bad advice. First of all, you have to…
Democracy Delayed
I regret that for the foreseeable future I will not be writing any commentary upon the state of our democracy on these pages due to personal family challenges that must…
May 25: Time is almost out…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/patagonia-ice-field-split-climate-change-1.5147759 Hey, /don’t sweat over this. Don’t mean nuthin. We know that because our oil bosses said so. So let’s all pull together and concentrate on killin’ them filthy eyeranians.________________________________________________________________…
The Comprehensive Democrat
When we think about democracy we tend to focus on politics and government. These are rightly at the centre of democratic dialogue as they are our overarching social institutions, but…
Why We’ll Never Get Meaningful Action on Climate Change.
The facts are curious. We have come so far in the development of alternative, clean energy at costs far lower than fossil fuels that the developed world in particular could…
Pharma: Trustworthy or Worthy of Oversight?
A few stories that point to pharma giant Merck bullying and spying on employees and doctors.
Holding Hands in the Dark
When my sister and I were young, we used to play constantly with the children of our next-door neighbours at the cottage. Once every summer, we’d be allowed to sleep…
Saturday Photo: Fuchsia for the Inside…
Not much of a post today because I’ve been moving things outside and doing other stuff like washing windows and curtains. But this fuchsia I bought for the living room…
!The Two Sides of the Deficit Coin!
!For as long as the Underminer remains on Progressive Bloggers, posts on that site appear under protest! A few thoughts on Scheer’s* floppiest of flips in that a Con government…
Piercing The Propaganda
It is indeed heartening to see so many young activists now regularly protesting the inertia that our political masters are mired in when it comes to climate change mitigation. If…