Writers, how to test if your title for your novel is a really really good one
It’s very easy to do.Just go to Lulu Titlescorer (click here) and you can get some useful input on your choices. Here’s some of that Lulu offers: Put your title…
August 2019
Grim, Yet Strangely Fascinating
Every now and then you stumble across something that was hiding in plain sight. In my case it was the discovery of the BBC.com site, Future. There are some really…
Saturday Photo: Day Lilies….
The strong colours of summer are upon us. This day lily has just finished blooming, and now the golden rod is high, with native asters about to bloom. A nice…
The state, not the private sector, invented the modern economy
I read an article in The Economist a while ago that insisted the state should constrain itself to providing basic services and otherwise stay out of the economy. That is,…
It’s Not All Killer Heatwaves and Crop-Killing Drought. Another Facet of Climate Change.
To many, perhaps even most people, the impact of climate change on infrastructure is not well understood. We’ve seen the dramatic stuff – cars stuck in flooded underpasses or roads…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Ernest Canning writes about the importance of treating corporatism as a specific and extreme position, rather than allowing it to define the political…
Seppuku?
It’s not the Texas book depository but this will fuel conspiracy theories for a long time. Jeffrey Epstein is dead, apparently by his own hand. It’s reported he was found…
Fraser Baloney
The Fraser Institute — which receives funding from the Koch Brothers — released a report this week with the headline, “The average Canadian family paid $39,299 in taxes last year,…
Never trust a guy with a pipeline.
The prime minister can joke about it if he wishes but there are lots of people who will not vote for a guy with a pipeline. If it was just…
The 2019 Where the Wild Things Fringe Festival Guide tops Audreys Books’ Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestseller List
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended Aug. 4, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
If this bugs you, I hope it really bugs you
Is it wrong that I hope this makes several heads explode? https://t.co/cAQ6dyuOnf — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 10, 2019
Conflict of interest amid North Cowichan trees
Comment: Conflict of interest amid North Cowichan trees Larry Pynn / Times Colonist A commentary by a veteran environmental journalist and winner of eight Jack Webster journalism awards who recently…
Why Does Andrew Scheer Remind Me Of Mr Bean?
It's a strange thing. Although I truly believe that Andrew Scheer is an ugly Con and a danger to this country and its values, he keeps reminding me of the…
Climate Change and the Election Campaign
When you're out sailing on one of the Great Lakes as I have been doing recently, it's hard to imagine that the world is running out of water.But that is…
National Post Publishes Correction
BOOYAH! JOB DONE! The Natty Post corrects in response to this story: Editor’s note: In the original article, Michael Rogers intended to say “early evolutionary ancestors” instead of Neanderthals when…
National Post Publishes Correction
BOOYAH! JOB DONE! The Natty Post corrects in response to this story: Editor’s note: In the original article, Michael Rogers intended to say “early evolutionary ancestors” instead of Neanderthals when…
City updates procurement policy to promote protection of animals
City suppliers and sub-contractors to operate within recognized animal welfare best practices August 8 2019 – Following updates to our procurement policies that went into effect August 1, we will…
Taxes buy civilization
Neoliberalism has brought us extreme concentrations of wealth and power and a society governed by and for the rich. The Guardian reports America’s three wealthiest billionaires—Bezos, Gates and Buffett—have as…
There Really Is a "Hole In the Bottom Of the Sea"
It’s not so much a hole as a tear in the 600 mile long Juan de Fuca Plate and, scientists conclude, it could mark the end of the tectonic plate…
IPCC – On Land Use
The most recent IPCC special report is on “desertification, land degradation, sustainable land management, food security, and greenhouse gas fluxes in terrestrial ecosystems”. The video at Lorne’s post does a…