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August 2020

August 11: My Most Depressing Blog

Graeme Decarie August 11, 2020

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/11/russia-coronavirus-vaccine-will-it-work-is-it-safe-sputnik-v _______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/11/why-would-anyone-argue-against-billionaires-paying-more-tax-just-see-useful-idiot-theory Funny how our local news media haven’t mention this. _____________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/11/the-pandemic-is-helping-the-rich-get-even-richer-its-time-to-tax-their-obscene-wealth As families around the world fall into deep poverty – homeless, without food, without hope, and…

Daisy staff on the Festival of Joy!

Warren August 11, 2020

I had and have the best-ever colleagues. Love them all.

My Top Personal Learning Tools 2020

Stephen Downes August 11, 2020

Jane Hart has issued her annual call for our top ten e-learning tools, and here’s mine. I’ve named my list ‘personal learning tools’ because I think of learning as an…

Kamala Harris is the historic choice and probably the best choice that Joe Biden could’ve made for his running mate

Matt Guerin August 11, 2020

Congratulations to Kamala Harris being named this afternoon as Joe Biden’s running mate on the Democratic ticket! I’m pleased with this choice. It’s great to have a woman on the…

Learning About Moral Philosophy Reduces Meat Consumption

Adam Clare August 11, 2020

A taste of a postsecondary level moral philosophy class can turn you off of tasting meat. It’s been debated for thousands of years if learning moral philosophy actually changes how…

Our Border Dilemma: Into the Fall Ahead

Cam Holmstrom August 11, 2020

COVID-19 has created some striking situations and circumstances that many of use thought we’d never see. We’ve had to face things we never thought we would, and we’ve had to…

A Warning from the Gods

The Mound of Sound August 11, 2020

“Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad.” Whether the warning comes from Euripides or Sophocles is unclear but it is part of the wisdom of the ancient Greeks.…

The Bottom Line

Lorne August 11, 2020

While the emphasis thus far has been on the fact that wearing a mask protects others from contracting Covid-19, new research suggests that they are also effective in protecting the…

Lord Kinsella thanks all of you for your kind birthday wishes

Warren August 11, 2020

And I’m not kidding about the Lord thing. Please ensure future correspondence contains the proper salutation. Thank you, my subjects.

Elon Musk & The Limits of Genius

jtoddring August 11, 2020

“We don’t have heroes anymore. We have people who are known for their knownness.” Having no heroic public figures left, we resort to worshipping people who are merely well-known, simply…

Canada on the wrong side of Bolivia’s fight to restore democracy

Arnold August August 11, 2020

Protest in Buenos Aries, Argentina against the coup in Bolivia, November 2019. Photo by Santiago Sito/Flickr. The Trudeau government, in concert with the Trump administration and right-wing regional governments throughout…

The Mess Biden Will Inherit

Owen Gray August 11, 2020

Donald Trump encouraged incoming members of his administration to consider his tenure as a TV show — a show which has turned out to be about fantasy. Take, for instance,…

A Brief Green Car & Truck Update

jtoddring August 11, 2020

‪I drive a 2012 Chevy Volt, the best car I’ve ever had. And if affordability and ecology are factors, as they sensibly, obviously should be, then between the Volt’s launch…

Covid Journal, August 11, 2020

Excited Delirium August 11, 2020

What’s your take on Covid and classes? If a treatment comes in the form of CBD oil, would you take it?

Thanks to a public-spirited leaker, a risky health-care privatization scheme is exposed

David Climenhaga August 11, 2020

Panicky sounding United Conservative Party “issues managers” were frantically insisting yesterday everything is copacetic and above board with secret plans to build a $200-million private orthopedic surgical hospital in Edmonton.…

Select arenas, fitness centres to reopen safely in September

Stuart Mackinnon August 10, 2020

August 10 2020 Vancouverites eager to return to indoor fitness and ice rink activities will find new COVID-19 safety measures in place as select locations are set to reopen in…

Mose Allison

Richard Hughes August 10, 2020

Don’t Get Your Hopes Up

Ian Chadwick August 10, 2020

News that asteroid “2018 VP1“, will pass within about 480 kms of Earth on November 2, 2020, has raised social media hopes that it might be drawn in by the…

Will Justin Trudeau Seize The Chance To Remake Canada?

Simon August 10, 2020

The day Justin Trudeau won the 2015 election was the day I first began to believe in the possibility of real change. It was like coming out of the darkness…

Justin Trudeau and the Ratty Con Media

Simon August 10, 2020

As I'm sure you know, I have long complained about the growing influence of our ratty Con media, and the way it has helped turn our politics into a sewer,…