Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Lana Payne discusses the need for outrage about the lack of enforcement even of corporate tax obligations which have been slashed for decades.…
2019
June 22: A Quiet Day – as they go.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/what-on-earth-newsletter-climate-change-1.5183329 https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/inourbackyard/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/the-national-climate-change-courts-1.5182876 CBC news has been promising much fuller coverage of climate change – and so far it’s delivering it. That’s very different from our privately owned news media._______________________________________________________________…
How F#@ked Up Is America?
Leave Trump out of this. The face of the Republican Party today is Senate Leader Mitch McConnell, the most unprincipled, underhanded and shameless deviant in Congress. The House is now…
Pegida Canada Rally In Toronto Vastly Outnumbered
Given the events in Hamilton, we expected that there would be a large contingent of the far-right attending the Pegida rally in Toronto today. We also expected a much larger…
Kenny’s revealing prank
As a resident of Alberta, I am used to living under Conservative governments. Although I lean left, I can accept this with good grace. After all I am a democrat…
"we don’t actually know what will happen, but know we may be able write it ourselves": rebecca solnit on hope and why it matters
I missed this when it ran in 2017, but I found it when I needed it. Rebecca Solnit writes in The Guardian: Last month, Daniel Ellsberg and Edward Snowden had…
Britain’s Next Prime Minister, As Those Who Know Boris Johnson See Him
It seems almost inevitable that Boris Johnson will succeed Theresa May to become the next prime minister of the United Kingdom. So who is this controversial character, the former Lord…
He Promised to "Follow the Science"
With an election just four months away, prepare to be barraged with promises from those vying for your vote. These days, it seems, they’ll tell you just about anything they…
‘It’s an emergency:’ Vancouver park official alarmed by urban forest drought
Dave Demers wants to speed up plan to plant more drought tolerant species Chad Pawson · CBC News · Posted: Jun 21, 2019 A Vancouver Park Board commissioner wants to…
"at your library" in the north island eagle: summer reading club is back
Summer Reading Club is back! Register your child today. Can you believe it’s June already? The days are long, the kids are restless, and summer is in the air. Whether…
Saturday Photo: Fountains, Green and Summer
First full day of summer dawned sunny and not too warm. A welcome change from the cool, wet spring we’ve had. Walking home from a raucous borough council meeting (about…
The Price Of Folly
When Saigon fell in 1975, the head of the C.I.A. station sent out his last cable from there. He quoted Sanatayana’s admonition that those who refuse to learn from history…
Now pinch hitting for Canada: Donald Trump.
We really need that. Can you think of anyone less able to speak for Canada to the Chinese? Donald Trump was grandstanding with Canada’s prime minister in the Oval Office…
Don’t mess with Lilley and Denley: Dean French is gone
After the influential conservative writers Brian Lilley and Randy Denley wrote what they wrote, the writing (as it were) was on the wall. The Premier didn’t have much choice.
Musical interlude
Phantogram – Fall In Love
Andrew Scheer’s Disastrous Climate Change Announcement
Andrew Scheer must have put a lot of effort into finding a suitable green backdrop to finally unveil their long awaited climate plan.Before settling on a watery body near Chelsea,…
Andrew Scheer, Doug Ford, and the Con Assault on Medicare
I still like that bobble-headed Andrew Scheer ad. It still makes me laugh.But I do have one small problem with it.It does make Scheer look like a bumbling weakling, a…
PR Isn’t Enough
Advocates of proportional representation (PR) make a powerful case. They claim that our current electoral system, first-past-the-post (FPTP), is not democratic. They are right. More often than not a political…
Two Votes
You may remember back in May we saw the results from the provincial election in Newfoundland and Labrador, a result that was historic and a surprise. The governing Liberals of…
Excellent bands playing at this festival
Should I get tickets?