Brexit and the jawbone of an ass.
They had the jawbone of an ass to lead them and the Philistines won this one. Boris Johnson proved he is an ass and he led the Brits down a…
2019
Guest Post by Abdul Malik: Let’s not go all NIMBY on public transit — it’s just what Edmonton needs!
Abdul Malik is a photographer and writer based in Edmonton who covers climate justice, decolonization, and worker organizing in the era of extreme climate change. In this post he argues…
The Fair Deal Panel (The Circus Comes to Town)
On Dec 10 the circus rolled into town. It called itself a “Fair Deal Panel Town Hall” but like the Ringling Brothers, its purpose was to distract Albertans from their…
Australia Could Break Heat Record this Week
They have striven to become Asia Pacific’s King of Coal. Now they’re poised to reap the whirlwind. With the land down under beset by massive brushfires and no end in…
We Say All the Right Things But We’re Not Fooling Anyone. Canada at COP25
Canada was showered with kudos at the Madrid climate summit for pledging to become carbon neutral by 2050. We said what the delegates wanted to hear which was a damn…
And The War For Control Over The CPC Begins
With Andrew Scheer announcing his resignation as CPC party leader this week, the war for control over the party begins in earnest. Make no mistake, this is not a fight…
Liberalism’s Swan Song? Not Yet But Soon.
Liberalism is not some immutable natural law. It’s an ideology, one of many. It didn’t come about by accident. It is a creature of circumstance. It has served us fairly…
laundromats, underground libraries, and criminal charges: a library link round-up
I have so many cool stories about libraries and librarians, scattered through multiple email and social media accounts. Lucky for you, I wanted to gather them all in one place.…
laundromats, underground libraries, and criminal charges: a library link round-up
I have so many cool stories about libraries and librarians, scattered through multiple email and social media accounts. Lucky for you, I wanted to gather them all in one place.…
Climate Change – It’s Not for Everybody, Not Yet.
Climate change is but also isn’t a global problem. Every nation is experiencing it but both the pace and severity of the impacts vary widely. We’re not all in the…
#LavScam latest: former SNC exec found guilty
Among other things, this verdict suggests some of us (Jody Wilson-Raybould and Jane Philpott in particular) were right when we said that crimes had indeed taken place – and that…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Sarah Schulman discusses the importance of sleep as a determinant of health, arguing that a safe bed is the first step toward…
Not As Advertised
Throughout the election campaign, Andrew Scheer accused Justin Trudeau of being a phoney. Trudeau, he said, was a child of privilege, whereas Scheer himself was just an ordinary working stiff.…
When you’re not feeling the love.
An Ontario liberal was complaining to me the other day that he now has two liberal parties hounding him for money. He has usually been quite generous in his donations…
Also done like dinner in the aftermath of Andrew Scheer’s resignation: Max Bernier
Spare a brief weekend thought for Maxime Bernier: If only he had kept his ambitions in check and his trap shut, he’d be sitting pretty now! With Andrew Scheer’s resignation…
Sinatra’s birthday today: We remember when “Old Blue Eyes” was red
December 12, 2019 1:19 PM CST BY GERALD MEYER Frank Sinatra | AP This article first appeared in Science and Society in the Fall of 2002 and was run…
How much time do we have? Not much.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/boris-johnson-win-brexit-uk-ireland-scotland-1.5395001 The Conservative Party of Britain, in all its years of existence, has never given a damn for the needs of the British people. It has always been the party…
Up your distribution
Probably the second LondOntLife book, likely in the Spring… Some rambling. It comes together eventually Yes, distribution and promotion remain a part of this. The cartoons just aren’t useful or…