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June 2020
Boogie On Down To The Rally Tonight
I do believe this young lady captures a certain reality and ethos quite effectively: do — Courtney Jaye (@TropicaliJaye) June 20, 2020 Not sure if the youngsters below would agree,…
essential reading on anti-racism: "we can’t tinker around the edges. we need to dismantle systems."
During the current focus on systemic racism, this is likely the best essay I’ve read. It’s written in a US context, but it applies to Canada, both for Indigenous people…
Good TV?!
Favourite tv shows, anyone? Post your favourites below. I do hate tv, but I love documentaries and history shows, and I make an exception for certain things, like Star Trek,…
June-July Sale at Leftwingbooks.net
We have switched things up, and many new books are discounted for the next month on the leftwingbooks.net website, with a special emphasis on books from our friends at PM…
Stuck In The Past
Chantal Hebert writes that Peter Mackay may lead in the Conservative leadership race. But the party is still stuck in the past: The party may be about to change its…
“Zero tolerance”
In the Trudeau era, it means there’s literally zero you won’t tolerate. When I posted the victim’s account of the Trudeau grope attack – which attracted some attention https://t.co/yGWFgEmknD –…
Grocers exploit the ugliness of capitalism.
Nova Scotia-based Empire Company is better known to Canadians as grocery stores under the Sobeys, Safeway, IGA and FreshCo labels. You might have missed the business news the other day…
Sally Rooney’s Normal People returns to top of Alberta independent booksellers’ fiction bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, June 14, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Are people losing faith in science due to Covid?
I’m noticing a worrying trend among people I talk to and interact with on social media. Because of all the bad direction given from scientests in the medical field some…
Right Wing Extremism On a Roll in Canada
This is certainly a wake up call. On Friday, the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, a British-based think tank, released the findings in a 46-page report titled An Online Environmental Scan…
Jagmeet Singh: Apologizing to Bloc MP would be ‘akin to saying I’m sorry for fighting systemic racism’
As It Happens ‘I can’t apologize for that,’ NDP leader says, ‘I would be letting down too many people’ \ CBC Radio · Posted: Jun 18, 2020 5:56 PM ET…
My latest: 2020 sucks
It’s more like an ordeal, than a year. That has been 2020. In A Tale of Two Cities, Charles Dickens famously declared that “it was the best of times, it…
Sweet, and Sweeter. Bolton Skewers Trump, Bolton Skewers Bolton.
The White House attempt to block publication of John Bolton’s book, “The Room Where It Happened,” has failed. The judge hearing the case said ‘that horse is out of the…
Anyone making coronavirus masks a "political issue is an absolute moron."
The Terminator and former Republican governor of California, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is backing the current Democratic governor, Gavin Newsome, on the state’s new measures requiring people to wear Covid-masks when in…
What Is Fascism?
Disturbingly, many people don’t know what fascism is. Many more think they know, but do not. Here is a brief definition. It is critical that we understand this, and right…
Vancouver Park Board to reopen Stanley Park with temporary shared roadways for vehicles and cyclists
“I also want to remind Vancouverites that particularly while we are in the midst of a pandemic, we need to remain calm, respectful, and to support each other through this…
Covid Journal, June 19, 2020
Juneteenth is a celebration in the United States of June 19, 1865, the date of Emancipation for African-Americans. I’m still learning … and want to learn more, even if it…
Great Cycle Challenge Canada
A dollar per kilometre. This year I’m taking it to 2K. Be part of this journey. I just bought my kid her first road bike. She’s put 65km on it…
No, I Can Be Disappointed. You’re the Prime Minister. The Bar Is Much Higher for You.
Justin Trudeau is fearful of China. He doesn’t want to say anything, much less do anything, that might draw their ire. We have two Canadians who have been held hostage…