The Cartel Still Rules … Sort of
It isn’t easy to convince nominally free-market Albertans that monopoly and government interference in the market made us rich, but of course they did. Nothing has contributed more to the…
March 2020
‘Gave Me Goosebumps’: Praise for Independent Video That Captures Side of Bernie Sanders Corporate Media Ignores
The media bias against Bernie Sanders is not even thinly veiled at MSNBC or CNN. “This video lifts up so many marginalized voices that are consistently downplayed and discounted by…
Wet’suwet’en, BCCLA, and UBCIC Release Explosive Letter Revealing BC Solicitor General Authorizing RCMP Deployment, Contradicting Public Statements
PRESS RELEASE: VANCOUVER/(Musqueam), (Squamish) and Sílwitulh (Tsleil-Waututh) territories, March 6, 2020 – Wet’suwet’en Hereditary Chiefs, BC Civil Liberties Association and Union of BC Indian Chiefs are releasing a…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Robert Reich highlights how the long-term costs of failing to invest in a just transition and a healthy society far outweigh the…
Some People Are Immune
During the federal election, the Conservatives ordered Doug Ford to keep his head low and his mouth shut. But, in the wake of that failed strategy, the old Doug Ford…
An Undemocratic Democracy?
Pollister Nick Nanos opines in the G&M that perhaps Canada is a ‘joyless democracy’ and points to the fundamental disconnect between the economic numbers hurled at Canadians and the anxiety…
Well, that was a waste of time.
Ontario liberals have a new leader. It was a fairly decent event. I only caught some parts of it that were streamed on the Internet. It was a good technical…
Talks between Alberta’s docs and government, which went off the rails on Valentine’s Day, are back on again
A big fight with Alberta’s doctors might have seemed like a good idea when the United Conservative Party’s strategic braintrust came up with the plan a few weeks ago. But…
The sweetest thing
My sister is presently training one of our dogs in Rally Obedience, so I am trying to flag any tweets, etc about this sport. And here is one that I…
I’m a doctor and an Infectious Diseases Specialist. I’ve been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a daily basis.
Taken from Facebook Dr.Abdu Sharkawy I’m a doctor and an Infectious Diseases Specialist. I’ve been at this for more than 20 years seeing sick patients on a daily basis. I…
Alberta should leave Canada if ‘absolute necessities’ not met, Brian Jean says
Former Wildrose Party leader advocates for Premier Jason Kenney to take demands to Ottawa Joel Dryden · CBC News · Posted: Mar 07, 2020 5:03 PM MT | Last Updated:…
March 7: A bad day…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/06/us-coronavirus-death-toll-washington-state It should be obvious that Trump is wildly incompetent as president. He has made no serious attempt to ensure that everyone has access to health care; and he refuses…
Fantasy and Indoctrination: Rough notes on a few fantasy novels: part two
Here are two more fantasy books that I could not get through. That makes three in a row. And to think, I had a love affair with Terry Brookes’ Shannara…
Media Malfunction as Sanders Notes Positive Aspects of Latin American Socialism
By GREGORY SHUPAK When 60 Minutes (2/24/20) asked Sen. Bernie Sanders about his past support for aspects of Cuba’s socialist revolution, as well as for Nicaragua’s 1979–90 leftist Sandinista government,…
I’m sad as the Ontario Liberal Party uses an archaic system to elect a questionable leader
The CP24 live online feed at 12:35 pm today I’m sad today as a couple thousand elected delegates, but also a big chunk of “ex-officio” delegates appointed to the convention…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Bethany Lindsay reports on the start of B.C.’s inquiry into money laundering through casinos. And PressProgress offers a reminder as to how the…
Coronavirus and the karmic interconnectedness of humans, animals
As a carnivore I have not been feeling at ease for some time eating factory raised meat products. Vegetarianism-Vegan- may have to become the new normal and that would probably…
Trust But Verify
Net zero by 2050. Sure, but do they mean it? When a politician assures you his government is committed to making your country carbon neutral by mid-century how are you…
Hustling Backwards on Vancouver Island: No Apologies
Through out the entire Wet’suwet’en protests there has been one thing that I’ve always stood on and come back to as my touchstone; why are you there to protest? That’s…
#Cdnpolicast – Canada’s Political Context & Jason Kenney’s Big Endorsement
The newest episode of “Cdnpolicast” is now up. In this episode Alyson Fair, Susan Smith, Neil Brodie and I talk about Canada’s current political context and how it’s affecting decisions…