A Day Of Reckoning
H/t Theo Moudakis Here in propaganda central (a.k.a., Doug Ford’s Ontario), it would appear that few are being fooled by the outrageous campaign the Ford regime is conducting against the…
2019
The Winds Of Change
In Britain, the winds of change are blowing. Climate change has become am urgent issue. John Vidal writes: The last few months have seen the debate shift. Put it down…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Karl Nerenberg writes that the ultimate test of the public’s willingness to facilitate a climate breakdown is fast approaching – but that the…
Andrew Scheer and the Fake Scandal That Wasn’t
As we all know, Andrew Scheer likes to sniff for fake scandals like a hog sniffs for truffles.And for a very simple reason, he has nothing else, no policies, no…
Is This Margaret Wente’s Worst Column Ever?
In the course of her long and sordid career Margaret Wente has written some terrible stories.In her inimitable style, half click bait, half snooty Marie Antoinette.Some written by her, some…
London’s Congestion Pricing Works
Back in 2003 London rolled out its congestion pricing to reduce traffic going into the city and provide more funding for transit solutions. The results have been predictable insofar that…
The Ford folk play high-speed games.
What is a safe speed on a highway? That is a question that the Ontario government is trying to figure out. And they are wasting their time trying to answer…
Trump, Bolton Are Beating the Drums of War
It has been clear for well over a year that Trump is a pathological liar, a cheat, a sneak and an incomparable threat to not only the US but the…
Justin Trudeau: Climate Change Villain or Hero?
Although Justin Trudeau is doing more to fight climate change than any other Prime Minister in Canadian history, a lot of Canadians think he could be doing more.And while that's…
UCP posturing around public sector wages portends a return to perpetual crisis in health care
The United Conservative Party Government’s transparent early manoeuvres around public sector wage negotiations and the heavy hints found in a paper by the chair of Premier Jason Kenney’s “blue ribbon…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.
May 14:It doesn’t get better.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-global-warming-climate-change-1.5132888_______________________________________________________________ There is lots of news on a resurgence of anti-abortion movements in the U.S.Anti-abortion….these are the same people who cheer their hero military for starving children children to death…
Edson, AB Hate Crime Suspect Identified; Linked to Blood & Honour in Alberta
Earlier this week someone drove a stolen vehicle into a provincial building/court house scrawled antisemitic vandalism on the walls in Edson, Alberta. Police said at the time the case would…
Leader-Post Is “Controversial”
Controversial is a code word for “racist”. That’s according to multiple tweets by the Leader-Post in Regina, Saskatchewan. Reading into the linked article, there was a passage from Wikipedia, not…
Is This All That Stands in the Way of NDP-Green Electoral Co-operation?
Canada’s political ground is shifting – and the upheaval is largely as a result of Canadians’ growing awareness of, and concerns over climate change. Here’s what I’m seeing: Greens recently…
Earthgauge News – May 14, 2019
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2019/05/mixdown-18-05-14.mp3 Environmental news podcast featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Tuesday at 12:00 noon EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or on…
This much political stupidity is actually quite rare
Trudeau’s PMO has it in abundance. #LavScam scandal has dropped them to under 30% in Nanos (!), so what do they do? They bring into PMO the first guy to…
When All That Held You Together was Graft
The British Columbia Liberal Party, successor to the market fundamentalist, social conservative Social Credit party, had a good run governing British Columbia. Good for the BC Libs, not so much…
Climate Change Denialism Still Lurks in the Heart of New Dems
Many thanks for veteran New Democrat Cam Holstrom’s acknowledgement that NDP doctrine is to do just as little as possible even on existential threats such as climate change. Holstrom reveals…
Stiglitz – Neoliberalism has Gutted the Middle Class
Nobel laureate and former World Bank chief economist, Joe Stiglitz, contends we urgently need to replace neoliberalism with progressive capitalism. Three years ago, President Donald Trump’s election and the United…