The real war is the information war and it has very much begun
I think I’m ready to write about these protests or given Donald Trump has invoked the insurrection act perhaps I’ll call this an insurrection now. I must apologize to Albertans…
June 2020
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Flattened cat.
Alistair MacGregor column: Standing up for seniors
Across Canada, seniors are scared. By Alistair MacGregor Across Canada, seniors are scared. Our nation’s elders, who have spent their entire lives working, paying taxes, and building communities, are now…
June 2: It never stops
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/live/2020/jun/02/george-floyd-protests-violence-overnight-donald-trump-threat-army-live-updates Well, I wouldn’t stand up and cheer for Biden. He and his Democrats have been at least as racist as the Republicans throughout their existence. And Trump standing outside…
Europe Rises Against Racism in the United States
Twitter is full of video clips of protesters massing in cities across Europe to march against racism and the death of George Floyd. In Paris there were clashes with police.…
Bo Horvat’s leadership and raw honesty shine bright in tumultuous times
Bo Horvat’s small-town values are a big deal in today’s world. Ben Nelms / PNG Bo Horvat makes a big deal of his small-town values. The Vancouver Canucks captain is…
George W. Bush Scolds Donald Trump
George W. Bush has released a statement saying this isn’t a time to lecture, it’s a time to listen. He writes that he and Mrs. Bush are “anguished by the…
Trump threatens to deploy military if states don’t quell violence
Trump threatens to deploy the military amid growing protests President Trump on June 1 threatened to deploy federal troops if state and city leaders don’t quell the violence amid protests…
NHL Star Jonathan Toews Speaks Out On US Protests and Racism
I can’t pretend for a second that I know what it feels like to walk in a black man’s shoes.-Jonathan Toews A lot of people may claim these riots…
First a pandemic and now riots – What’s next?
It’s often said that things happen in threes, I’m afraid to even ponder what the next one might be. Those who devle into dystopian conspiracy theories of an invisble hand…
Spotting the Past in the Present.
Is America ripe for an insurgency? A lunatic in the White House is just what any insurgent dreams of. A priority for insurgents is to drive a wedge between the…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robert Reich writes about the end of any pretense that Donald Trump was acting as a president rather than a self-serving social…
The twenty-second gap
This was quite the moment. Trudeau was asked outright to comment on Trump calling for military action against protestors and the tear gassing of protestors to make space for a…
George Will Wants the GOP, the Lot of Them, Cast Into the Flames of Hell.
“this low-rent Lear raging on his Twitter-heath has proven that the phrase malignant buffoon is not an oxymoron“ It’s no secret that columnist George Will is no fan of Donald…
Signs of the times
It’s been awhile since I’ve done much with Photoshop, and I can’t take credit for the concept of working with this background. But for those interested, a couple of takes…
Animal kingdom
I have a black lab and a white lab. They don’t fight over their color. pic.twitter.com/G7zDvvMMJO — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 2, 2020
Obvious? Perhaps
But apt nonetheless.H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
Through the Red, White & Blue Looking Glass
Last night was a moment that many thought we would never see, or at least we thought we hoped never would. Last night we saw something that I pray will…
Covid Journal, June 2, 2020
Trump continues to antagonize rather than stabilize the United States. Civil war is breaking out under our noses. Martial Law is next.