Alone
Kristof in the Times: We humans make a lonely crowd, and it’s killing us. Social isolation is more lethal than smoking 15 cigarettes a day, or than obesity, according to…
2019
Oilberta
Alberta has long been a puppet of the oil and gas business but Kenney’s compulsion to deliver benefits to this private sector is unprecedented. It is as if Alberta’s right…
Wexit – Discord and Drama
Wexit has proven to be a fragmented movement, rife with drama. While the mainstream media continues to provide them more credibility than necessary, despite blatant problems with both those who…
North Cowichan Mayor Al Siebring-Cowichan Conversations Blogger Not On The Same Page
Following the controversial North Cowichan Council Public Hearing on GAIN’s Vancouver Island Motorsport Circuit Expansion bid and the subsequent council meeting, much has been reported and commented on several forums…
Nov. 9: The very dangerous world created by —-us.
https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/sea-ice-is-an-endangered-species-declining-rapidly-in-canadas-north A footnote – In World War 1, the British had also taken control of Iran. And it forced Iran to supply the British navy with oil free of charge…
Where I was today
No one tried to kill me, so it was a qualified success. Had the pleasure of meeting rockstar journalist @kinsellawarren today. He made some excellent points on why we did…
Gifters (Allegedly) Gotta Grift II: Ronny Cameron Jumps on Wexit Bandwagon and Joey Deluca Thinks He’s A Mobster (And is Racists AF)
Back on October 27 I wrote an article in which I discussed Steven Myatt’s apparent ghosting of a person he owes money to after his relocation to Alberta. He had…
The Brits Banned Fracking. Not Ottawa, And It’s Ruining the Atmosphere.
A study out of Cornell has found that the fracking boom in the US and Canada is the chief culprit in the large spike in atmospheric methane levels. Professor Robert…
Yeah, A Tanker-Free Zone. Except When Ottawa Says Otherwise.
Ottawa needs to leave the safety of the west coast to the grownups. Ottawa’s department of fisheries and oceans seems intent on wreaking as much havoc in the Pacific as…
Saturday Photo: Just to Remember on a Day When Snow Falls Gently
This was what it was like last summer in Mount Royal Cemetery. Blue sky and green grass. It will come again, I have every hope. Until then, keep warm.
When "Worst Case" Becomes Your New Normal
How did scientists get climate change so wrong? The question is asked in today’s New York Times. Things are happening today that just ten or fifteen years ago scientists were…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your weekend reading. – David Jones writes about the important benefits enjoyed by workers as the result of the efforts of the labour movement. And Arindrajit Dube…
The Con Media Finally Goes After Andrew Scheer
In one of my last posts I wrote about Andrew Scheer's bizarre performance after emerging from a bruising seven-hour caucus meeting.And how he tried to convince us that his Cons…
Rex Murphy and the Religious Bigotry of Andrew Scheer
It's now been quite a few years since the hideous Rex Murphy regularly disgraced the CBC's flagship news program The National, with his reactionary views and his Big Oil propaganda.But…
My Gorge Rises – Part 2
Earlier in the week, I posted about Paula White, the evangelical minister who has risen to become Donald Trump’s chief fluffer spiritual adviser. Yet it is interesting, though hardly surprising,…
A Little Humility, Please
The federal election was a teachable moment. And, if our leaders are wise, they’ll understand that they have all been served a heaping helping of humble pie. Susan Delacourt writes:…
Thirty years ago today
That was a good day. Who remembers?
“Regrets, I’ve had a few…
That is not contrition. When Frank Sinatra sang Paul Anka’s song My Way, he said those regrets were too few to mention. The listener is left wondering what is left…
You Feelin’ Like You Need a Laugh?
When I “cut the cable” I lost my connection to CBC’s 22 Minutes. I still haven’t worked out what to do with that but I have reconnected with 22 Minutes.…