Plague Update: Booster Shot For The Economy
I am so not impressed by the Sask Party’s response to COVID-19. Slow Moe took days to shut down schools in March after a pandemic was declared, and now he’s…
August 2020
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jen Gerson rightly argues that we should be closing bars – and otherwise limiting dangerous contacts within our communities – in order…
Madness Descends
They were once the scourge of social media. Now they’re aiming for a foothold in Congress. QAnon, a social media creation for those who like their conspiracy theories on steroids,…
Could elected civilian oversight boards help to curb police lawlessness?
Toronto Police and Ontario Provincial Police officers near the intersection of King Street West and University Avenue during the protests surrounding the G-20 Summit in Toronto, June 27, 2010. Photo…
That Will Not Change
Donald Trump lied about the virus. Now he’s lying about the economy. Robert Reich writes: The recovery has been very strong,” Donald Trump said on Monday. Then the commerce department…
Period Equity Now: Canadians Need Universal Access to Menstrual Supplies at Work
Access to free menstrual supplies is getting traction in policies and activism around the world. Illustration by Kira Widjaja, Rhode Island School of Design. “In order to have a fully…
Ottawa taps the brakes on huge coal mine expansion near Jasper National Park; Alberta’s UCP stays mum for now
Federal Environment Minister Jonathan Wilkinson tapped the brakes Thursday on the Vista coal mine expansion near Hinton with an announcement Ottawa will take a look at the environmental impact of…
August funny
OK, its been one of those weeks, so here’s some funny stuff: My son is wearing a MAGMA cap and a Vote Trump 2020 button. He’s been spat on, punched…
Kidney March 2020
Hello out there in Blog Land! I realize I haven’t posted in a while, but for a change of pace I thought I’d let you know that I am participating…
Everything isn’t racism
When RCMP Commissioner Brenda Lucki was asked if her force was systemically racist, she replied that she believed unconscious bias existed in the force but struggled with systemic racism. How…
Kidney March 2020
Hello out there in Blog Land! I realize I haven’t posted in a while, but for a change of pace I thought I’d let you know that I am participating…
Now That We’re Talking Viruses and Pandemics
What is a pandemic? What is an epidemic? How do viruses, left unchecked, ravage societies? How did a slave in colonial Boston reveal the secret to thwart smallpox, vaccination? Why…
Renaissance & Rebirth, or Decline & Decay?
And the demonic take-over continues…. Or so it would seem. Evil rules the political realm, the economic, and increasingly, the cultural as well. An awakening of humanity continues to unfold.…
August 1: Let’s Get Real
This blog may be shorter than unusual. My computer has been under treatment in the computer hospital. ______________________________________________________________________________________ Cheer up. You might die in nuclear war. But all those super…
Marking Emancipation Day
August 1st is Emancipation Day. It is exactly 186 years since the Slavery Abolition Act 1833 received royal assent. While it is often thought that this was done during the…
Choose your tech tools (and all tools) well
I tried using my old HP Stream notebook computer today – which I bought two years ago, naively, because it was slim and compact and blue, and barely used it…
Systems Collapse Ahead? It Is Increasingly Probable
Synopsis: First rule: Question everything. Think for yourself. Satyagraha: Gandhi’s word for truth-force, meaning also: non-violent civil disobedience, as inspired by Thoreau’s short essay, which inspired Tolstoy, Gandhi, and later…
Global Overview 2020 – A Brief Synopsis
There are a lot of thoughtful, creative minds working on the problems we face in modern 21st century society – and we have myriads of good examples, prototypes, and functioning,…