Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats at play.
July 2020
July 21; A very unleasant blog – but the only way to tell the truth.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/jul/20/trump-john-yoo-lawyer-torture-waterboarding————————————————————————————————————————-https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/jul/20/trump-shock-troops-portland-doomed_______________________________________________________________________________ The story you’re not likely to see in Canadian news media. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/20/canada-migrant-farm-workers-coronavirus_________________________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/jul/21/uk-will-bear-the-consequences-for-hong-kong-decision-china-warns China is certainly a vicious nation. And guess who made it that way.It was centuries of…
Public shut out of consultations on Municipal Forest Reserve
Council focus is now on First Nations Citizens of North Cowichan — whatever their position on management of our Municipal Forest Reserve — should be concerned with Mayor Al Siebring’s…
Challenges and Openings for the Free Transit Movement in Toronto
Toronto’s public transit system is the third largest in North America, after New York City and Mexico City, but it is chronically underfunded. Photo from Needpix. Toronto is Canada’s largest…
Poll Wars: The Scheer Nightmare Is Almost Over
Golly, what a difference a day makes. Yesterday an Abacus poll made it look like Andrew Scheer and his Cons were heading for victory in the next election.And I really…
A review of a review: Joining the conversation with Petronella and Butch on Fascism, Anti-Fascism, and the Role of White Women in Struggle, by Veronica L.
available from leftwingbooks.net see also: On Reading Petronella Lee’s Anti-Fascism Against Machismo: gender politics and the struggle against fascism (Review by Butch Lee) I finally got a chance to sit…
Pretty Basic Stuff
But how much better off everyone would be if they just followed these basics: Recommend this Post
Canada’s relationship with China rooted in a century-old tradition of imperial violence
The Meridian Gate, front entrance to the Forbidden City, Beijing. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. Canada is locked in a hostage standoff with China that doesn’t look likely to end anytime…
The Occupied States of America
My brother was furious with me when he found I had chucked them out. “They” were a cheap, ceramic Nativity set, the bottom of each piece stamped with “Made in…
It’s a Two-Way Street
We need rules, new rules for how humankind is to share this planet with other species. Emphasis on “share.” We need to figure out what share other species require and,…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Shannon Daub. Alex Hemingway and Marc Lee examine the strong consensus among the B.C. public that the recovery from COVID-19 should build…
“The panic over “cancel culture” is, at its core, a reactionary backlash.
Originally published by the Huffington Post Anecdotes are not data, free speech is not under attack — and elite journalists should find something else to write about. Read More Read…
Knowlege Is Power
Donald Trump has spent the last few weeks trying to stop the publication of books that reveal who he is. But he’s also worked very hard to conceal data on…
Talking the Latest on Phase 3 Re-Opening & the Growing WE Scandal with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest on Phase 3 re-opening…
Longing for leadership.
Sometime, after August 21, the conservative party hopes to announce the winner of the party’s national leadership. The big question though is does anybody care? What possible difference would it…
Side deals with specialists emerge as latest UCP tactic in escalating war with Alberta Medical Association
The Kenney Government yesterday again escalated its continuing war with the Alberta Medical Association, indicating it would consider letting rival groups representing medical specialties quit the doctors’ collective bargaining association…
B.C. warned of potential for ‘explosive growth’ as 102 new COVID-19 cases from over the weekend announced
We have to keep social distancing and not interact with people outside our bubble if we want to keep COVID-19 cases down. The virus hasn’t gone away, if we let…
Alberta Wars Episode V: Is The Economy Coming Back?
A long time ago in an economy far far away… ALBERTA WARS Episode V Is The Economy Coming Back? For the citizens of Harper’s new empire the old Alberta Advantage…