Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The Initiative on Global Markets finds substantial agreement among economists that inequality poses a threat to democracy. And Paul Krugman writes about the…
2019
Young People Speak With One Voice
And that voice is growing ever louder: Recommend this Post
Saturday Photo: Lesson from Spiders
Don’t know much about spiders but I think this time of year they are very busy, spinning webs, capturing prey, and setting up a cozy home for the next generation.…
Why Republicans Play Dirty
Donald Trump is not the only person dedicated to sabotaging democracy in the United States. Professors Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write in The New York Times: The greatest threat…
The Liar In Chief
Late night drinks with Faith Goldy, multiple racist blackface incidents, groping reporters: seeing how the #LPC war room is responding, it’s evident to me that Justin Trudeau has been lying/covering…
Oh, the drama of it all.
It is too bad the media cannot find more important news. The best answer to the current media tempest came to us the other day from New Brunswick. This reader…
Us, by Edmonton’s Satya Brata Das, leads Audreys Books’ Edmonton Non-Fiction Bestseller List this week
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton during the week ended Sept. 1, 2019. The lists are compiled by Audreys Books and…
God Bless the Children
Climate protest. A story in pictures of dedication and courage. And urgency.
Musical interlude
Phantogram – Into Happiness
Friday Evening Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Grace Blakeley discusses how the financialization of the economy has enriched a few at the expense of everybody else. And Blakeley and Harry…
Justin Trudeau and the Con Media Assault On Our Democracy
I watched Justin Trudeau's town hall in Saskatoon last night, and I have never been more impressed with our prime minister.Not just because of the brilliant way he handled the…
The truth is like water
It always finds a way out.
Global Climate Strike in Regina
The #ClimateStrike was in Regina again this morning, and hundreds of people marched from the RSM to the Legislature to show their displeasure with the government for doing nothing to…
What You Need to Know – Week 2 of #Elxn43
The newest episode of “What You Need to Know” is recorded and now up. Every Friday during the campaign we’ll be releasing a new episode where we’ll talk about the…
Why Should You Climate Strike on Friday, Sept. 27?
Photo by Julian Meehan (Flickr) A year ago, inspired by Swedish schoolgirl Greta Thunberg, young people around the world began ‘climate-striking’ — walking out of school for a few hours…
It’s the Day of Global Climate Strike.
Another day on the hustings. Maybe it’ll be a ‘small town’ day for the Conservative and Liberal leaders. That way they may be able to avoid embarrassing confrontations with Global…
BREAKING: confidential LPC talking points on blackface scandal leaked
#LPC TALKING POINTS ON PRIME MINISTER BLACKFACE He comes from privilege. He’s rich. Rich people get to play by different rules. It happened long ago. Want to see our Scheer…
The History Of Blackface
For anyone who may be puzzled about the uproar over Justin Trudeau’s forays into brown and black face, I strongly recommend the following, which provides a historical context for what…
Justin Trudeau sure likes to get photographed doing stupid things
Show me the boy and I’ll show you the man, etc. Sent over the transom. There’s a lot more of this coming, I’m told.