I’m in punk rock Jeopardy
The Canadian-born face of the show Jeopardy made a statement about his health on his show. I found it moving and brave. I’ve never watched his show. But everyone should…
March 2020
A weekend of infamy.
Ontario liberals are wasting their money this weekend as they gather in Mississauga to confirm a new leaser. With a new leader, about half a million in the bank and…
Radioactive
We already knew the oil and gas business was poisoning land and water and polluting the atmosphere. Most people, including workers in the northeast gas fields, are probably unaware that…
Is Kenney Coming After Our Pensions?
Premier Jason Kenney, ardent free market conservative, has started sounding a little like Peter Lougheed, a former premier with more progressive conservative leanings. Indeed Lougheed was once labelled “Peter the…
Shame on University Regina brass for withholding funding-source information
Shame on University Regina brass for withholding funding-source information concerning research at their public education institution. All universities, colleges and schools should be fonts of knowledge, including facts about who…
Super Tuesday and the Irrevocable Split in the Democratic Party
Sen. Bernie Sanders, former Vice President Joe Biden and Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Photo by David J. Phillip/AP. As another Super Tuesday has come and gone, the key takeaways are already…
Ford government will not spend $2 billion of its budget — deficit on track to fall $3 billion
As usual, the provincial government is under-spending its (revised) budget. Based on figures for provincial expenditures for the the first nine months of the fiscal year, the government-funded Financial Accountability…
Earthgauge News – March 4, 2020
https://earthgauge.files.wordpress.com/2020/03/egnews-march4.mp3 Environmental news featuring stories from across Canada and around the world. Broadcast every other Wednesday at 10:00 am EST on CKCU radio 93.1 FM in Ottawa or online at…
Oil Men on Net Zero Energy
I don’t think I want to bother hearing what they have to say. What will 3 oil men tell you about Net Zero capabilities of Sask? Quite likely nothing of…
Monbiot Declares "Open Lawfare" on the British State
Guardian eco-scribe, George Monbiot, is in a mood to litigate an end to fossil energy power generation in the UK. Far from building new fossil power plants, the survival of…
Bern-ed Out
As a total poli-geek, I can’t help but follow politics from all over the place to a certain degree. It’s a part of my nature and I always find what…
Bloomberg is Out
They’re falling like flies. What’s left – Biden, Sanders and Warren? Mayor Mike has withdrawn. Bloomberg just kissed goodbye the half-billion dollars he wasted on his presidential bid but not…
Trump = Sanders
Attacking the party they want to lead. Falsely claiming the vote is rigged. Smearing anyone who disagrees with them on anything. Finding fantasy conspiracies everywhere. Sound like @realDonaldTrump and his…
Campaigns don’t matter
When your consultants come to you saying the campaign needs to spend untold millions on ad buys, don’t listen to them. As Donald Trump showed in 2016, and as Joe…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Polly Toynbee and David Walker write about the brutal social consequences of a decade of austerity in the UK. – Andrew Jackson reviews…
#JoeMentum on #SuperTuesday!
You said he couldn’t do it. Quite a few of you, in fact. You know: Joe Biden will never win the nomination, it’s all over, he should quit, etc. Some…
Avoid these Evil Tech Companies
Tech companies have transformed from the stereotypical scrappy startup to the stereotypical megacorporation hellbent on making money before all else. Google is a great example of this transition from a…
The downhill dance of Doug Downey.
It is all Caroline Mulroney’s fault. Nobody wants a member of the legislature who constantly embarrasses the people in his riding. We sure got that in spades in Barrie—Springwater—Oro-Medonte. And…