Putting Things Into Perspective
You can always count on Chip Franklin to deliver: Afghan vet Lt Col Vindman said he felt safe going up against Trump because this was America. A good day for…
November 2019
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sabrina Shankman discusses new research showing how the climate crisis will affect today’s youth. And Bill McKibben highlights why we can’t afford to…
The Day of the Blacksmith.
We might be just one of many commentators trying to fathom the actions of Alberta’s premier. The other day, the province’s main apologist, Gillian Steward, reported in the Toronto Star…
Wikipedia Founder’s New Social Project Starts Strong
If you’re like everyone else then you still have a Facebook profile that you barely check, yet still need. Yes it’s handy to be in touch with people using one…
VIMC (Vancouver Island Motorsport Circut) and the MNC (Municipality of North Cowichan)
Sooo…I have sequestered my comment on the VIMC epic battle, standing on the sidelines, watching the saga unfold. Soap opera in nature and character(s) as it is. But on certain…
Today in impeachment
What a day for the impeachment inquiry! I’m biased of course, but I don’t think Devin Nunes got anywhere with his stupid “boooooring!” comments. Of course the narrative is complicated…
Surviving the decline of the American Empire
July 21, 2019: Professor Michael Hudson gave the final keynote at the 14th Forum of the World Association for Political Economy, held in Winnipeg at the University of Manitoba. Photo:…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Alert cats.
Nov. 19: The Worst News Ever.
The following is a story that has received surprisingly little attention from the western news media. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-xinjiang-1.5363107 This is even more disturbing, much more, than Quebec’s abuse of it’s Muslim…
Jason Kenney’s Outrageous Assault On Democracy
It was all so predictable. Take a religious fanatic who is always raising his arms to the sky as if he was doing God's work.Add to that a far right…
The Discourse-Curious in Cowichan Newsletter
Hi Richard, Last year, more than 5,000 people moved to the Cowichan Valley, according to BC Stats. This was also the case in 2016 and 2017. That is a lot…
Twenty Years After Seattle: Dispensing with Myths
On November 30, 1999, protesters engaged police and delegates to the World Trade Organization (WTO) conference in Seattle, Washington. Photo courtest of Crimethink. This column is part of #ShutdownWTO20, a…
Now We May Find What Boris is Made Of.
Donald Trump may have a golden opportunity to get his hands on Julian Assange – if he ever wanted him. The Swedes have dropped the rape investigations so the Brits…
Right, Blame Gaia
Drylanders don’t see it. If only they did. The oceans are heating. They’re spawning oceanic heat waves that play proper hell with the marine ecology. Here, just off the west…
It Bears Repeating: Renewables Alone Won’t End the Climate Crisis
‘We have to look at downsizing, degrowth, using less.’ Originally published by the Tyee Andrew Nikiforuk Andrew Nikiforuk is an award-winning journalist who has been writing about the energy industry…
WikiLeaks: Sweden Tosses Unneeded Investigation
This article makes it sound like he was preventing the Swedish phony investigation from proceeding by hiding (in a location known to the whole world!). No, the reason for the…
This Is Us
Humanity has achieved much since evolution gifted us with self-reflective intelligence. Our technological accomplishments envelop us daily, for both good and ill. Stories of courage, compassion and self-sacrifice abound. That…
Trudeau’s Opportunity
Some commentators claim that Justin Trudeau is in a precarious position. Tom Walkom isn’t among them. Trudeau, he writes, has an extraordinary opportunity: “In a strange way, the makeup of…