That 1.5 Degree Celsius Target? Gone by 2023.
Who can forget those halcyon days in late 2015 when Justin Trudeau and Cathy McKenna swept into the Paris climate summit, helping to set the goal of holding global warming…
2019
Phoenix, We Have A Problem
“The building and implementation of Phoenix was an incomprehensible failure of project management and oversight… Overall, we found that there was no oversight of the Phoenix project, which allowed Phoenix…
Donald Trump’s Incredibly Boring State of the Union Address
I tried to think of something to say about Donald Trump's State of the Union address, but this is all I could manage:It was long, very long. His claim that…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday February 6, 2019. Today we are talking about FamilyLaw. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law…
SOTU, in 280 characters or less
I’m watching the science fiction show @startrekcbs to get myself ready for the unscientific fiction of #SOTU. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 6, 2019 I love all those Democratic women.…
Behind The Crisis
Tom Firedman writes an interesting column on what is behind the migration — and immigration — crisis around the world: In the early 21st century, climate-driven extreme weather — floods,…
Economists: Let’s all Work Less
We all work too much. Indeed, millennials are the hardest working generation due to structural effects of poor policy from preceding generations (like the 2008 crash and encouraging rent seeking…
A nation in a state of stasis.
A nation in stasis is a state that can neither move forward nor back as the forces in play remain equal and opposed. And this is the State of the…
Dermod Travis warned us six years ago
“Government watchdogs are supposed to have teeth, not wear muzzles,” said IntegrityBC executive director Dermod Travis. “It’s difficult to imagine that any successor to John Doyle will not read the…
Former Alberta immigration minister asks federal immigration minister for investigation of UCP candidate’s alleged immigration practices
Former Alberta employment and immigration minister Thomas Lukaszuk has written federal immigration minister Ahmed Hussein urging him to open a formal investigation into serious allegations a temporary foreign worker was…
Is the Green Surge For Real?
So, I’m seeing pundits starting to refer to the “green surge” as if it were maybe a real thing. Most recently, the words came from one Canadian media’s most well-known…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Crashing cats.
GWT treatment a sure cure for NAWHS syndrome
After years of research* and development, I have finally worked out the details for the treatment of the viral NAWHS (New Age Woo Hoo Susceptibility) syndrome: GWT or Gullibility Whack…
The Long Con And The Overton Window
I have been thinking a lot lately about the Overton window. I am beginning to apply it to long term strategy being employed by Conservative thinkers/politicians in Canada, what I…
How Donald Trump’s Inauguration Turned Into A Nightmare
Donald Trump's inauguration was supposed to be a magic moment that would mark his arrival on the word stage.A glittering affair fuelled by millions of dollars in corporate donations.But instead…
Feb. 05:greed and stupidity go togehter like – well like Trump and the oil industry.
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/04/a-third-of-himalayan-ice-cap-doomed-finds-shocking-report Capitalists don’t care. They don’t care about any of these shocking reports about climate. They don’t care because caring would cut into their profits. We have created a real…
Is Trump Losing His Mojo?
If, by mojo, you mean every bully’s stock in trade, the ability to instill fear in others, the answer seems to be “yes.” It’s usually a bad day for a…
Talking Recipe for Hate, and fighting hate, at the SJAM Library in the Hammer!
Thanks so much2 @kinsellawarren , author of #RecipeforHate for his very interesting talk about racism & your top 10 for writers! All round thumbs up from those in attendance. Great…
Freedom House Report – Democracy in Retreat
The Washington-based rights group, Freedom House, has released its 2019 report on the global state of democracy and it’s not pretty. Democracy is again in retreat although most of us…