ENVIRONMENT: Bill McKibben on how we might avert climate change suicide
Canada has been called out by Bill McKibben as a great source of destruction, digging up and shipping tar sands oil and using up about a third of the worlds…
2019
Will Jason Kenney Lose His Pipeline War With Justin Trudeau?
Ever since he became the Premier-elect of Alberta, Jason Kenney has wasted no time giving his enemies the finger, and preparing to declare war on them.From "foreign funded" environmental groups,…
Léonie Tchatat et La Passerelle IDE: malentendus ou mensonges?
L’organisme La Passerelle a une description altruiste et noble sur son site web. À La Passerelle-I.D.É., notre mission est de promouvoir les talents francophones d’ici et d’ailleurs pour favoriser leur…
Léonie Tchatat et La Passerelle IDE: malentendus ou mensonges?
L’organisme La Passerelle a une description altruiste et noble sur son site web. À La Passerelle-I.D.É., notre mission est de promouvoir les talents francophones d’ici et d’ailleurs pour favoriser leur…
Léonie Tchatat et La Passerelle IDE: malentendus ou mensonges?
L’organisme La Passerelle a une description altruiste et noble sur son site web. À La Passerelle-I.D.É., notre mission est de promouvoir les talents francophones d’ici et d’ailleurs pour favoriser leur…
Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax: The Ultimate Sorry
On April 1st 2019, Justin Trudeau’s government initiated carbon pricing in an effort to place a price on pollution and address climate change. From that moment onward, there has been…
Justin Trudeau’s Carbon Tax: The Ultimate Sorry
On April 1st 2019, Justin Trudeau’s government initiated carbon pricing in an effort to place a price on pollution and address climate change. From that moment onward, there has been…
Episode 35: The big UCP win, an Alberta Election Recap
The Alberta election is over. In this episode Dave and Ryan discuss the election results, who Jason Kenney might pick for the United Conservative government cabinet, what is next for…
Like Rats Jumping a Sinking Ship
My class had a great conversation the other day about discrimination and W.E.B. DuBois’s “double consciousness.” I discussed the theory and solicited for comments, but there were none, as I…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content for your Friday reading. – Paul Krugman offers a reminder that the gap between the 1% and the rest of us is far larger than most people are…
A Good Friday Observation
A friend sent this along. I hope it prompts some sober reflections on this Good Friday. Recommend this Post
He’ll Live in Infamy
For weeks, Donald Trump has been claiming that Robert Mueller totally exonerated him. We should have known by now that that was a lie. Mueller did nothing like that. E.…
Not just a pocket to be picked.
The chickens came home to roost faster than expected. While I have been forecasting dire consequences as Justin Trudeau downgraded the liberal party to a fan club, we are starting…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Katharine Hayhoe offers some suggestions as to how to reach people in talking about climate change. Karine Peloffy writes about the growing…
April 18: We are gpverned by the greediest and most immoral of humans.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/18/billionaires-donations-notre-dame-france-inequality Well, you can be sure that none of these billionaires will be poor as a result of their donations. I am reminded of the New Brunswick oil billionaire who…
This Is What Gives Them Away
A lot of stupid people in Canada have come to think of Athabasca bitumen as “oil.” That is the single most important victory the petro-state has achieved. It’s not oil.…
Failing the Test
Through out the whole SNC/PMO scandal, anonymous voices were coming out of the woodwork to smear former Attorney General Jody Wilson-Raybould and over time, those attempts failed miserably. That failure…
The unvarnished truth
The Mueller Report is out! Thank you, President Donald Trump, for being unafraid to let us know the truth!
What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
It’s a blast from the past. Booze returns to BC Ferries. It’s only for the Tsawassen to Schwartz Bay route, the ferry that carries drivers between the lower mainland and…
The Mueller Report (some of it) Is Out.
Want to read it yourself? You can find it here. I think I’ll wait until someone picks up all those bones and mops up the entrails. It could be a…