Warning Signs on Ontario’s COVID Response
This morning I woke up to a chill in the air, as we are under a frost warning. It was as sure a reminder as any that our warm summer…
September 2020
Trump and Masks
Donald Trump’s rejection of masks is truly puzzling. Paul Krugman writes that their benefits are obvious. Consider what has happened in New York State and in Arizona: In New York…
Will Premier Horgan Call An Election
Originally published by In-Sights PERSONAL COMMENTARY ON POLITICAL AND SOCIAL ISSUES IN WESTERN CANADA. PREMIER HORGAN BY NORM FARRELL A close observer of BC politics recently asked if I expected…
U.S. image in the sewer
According to a 13-nation survey by the Pew Research Center, the reputation of the U.S. has hit a record low. Significantly, the survey covered key American allies and partners, including…
Bitcoin, Fascism, Economic Collapse & Revolution
Fiat currencies are without question going to collapse. There are easily understandable, undeniable, structural reasons for that. That means the ordinary money people use daily, for those who are unfamiliar…
Boxing gRSShopper
What, again? Yes, again. Today I’m working on creating and saving a reusable Docker image of gRSShopper. I have the benefit of some previous work on this set-up, and so…
2020 election
A close observer of BC politics recently asked if I expected John Horgan to call an election before the scheduled date 13 months from now. My quick response was yes,…
BC Government ignores science in their old growth announcement?
Press release from Conservation North September 14th, 2020 Prince George, BC – Northern BCers are unimpressed by the government’s announcement on old growth forests last week. The province announced nine…
The Shift Festival – or is that, “Lemmings Unite”?
The Shift Festival and Conference – this looks interesting, and worth checking out. However, the fact that freedom is not mentioned in the tag line, considering what is happening globally,…
Orisanmi Burton on the Revolutionaries Organizing Inside Attica Before the Rebellion
From the “Prison Activism and the Organizing Tradition” panel at the Making and Unmaking Mass Incarceration Conference, Dec 5th, 2019. The panel also featured Dan Berger, Steven “Stevie” Wilson, Zoharah…
Genocide Ahead
I don’t enjoy bringing bad news, but I feel a duty to help others, and to protect them when I can, which includes warning them of danger, as well as…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Christopher Lange studies (PDF) the costs and effects of two dental care options, and concludes Canada would be best served with…
Manslaughter charge for anti-Indigenous violence another win for colonial injustice in Thunder Bay
Thunder Bay grain elevators on 110th Avenue. Photo by Sean Marshall/Flickr. On the night of January 28, 2017, Barbara Kentner, a 34-year-old Anishinaabe woman, was walking in her Thunder Bay…
Covid Journal, Sept 17, 2020
A series of links as opposed to outright editorializing. The rich are getting richer, Covid lockdowns are facing Constitutional challenges, tech issues continue as we willingly destroy what’s left of…
Political Malpractice
There’s been lots of speculation about a fall election. Susan Delacourt states definitely that there will be no election: Trudeau surely hasn’t missed the fact that New Brunswick Premier Blaine…
There’s no Reason to Buy Clothes
If you’re like me then you’ve stopped wearing nice clothes to work because you never leave your house for work. Us “office workers” don’t need to buy clothes because the…
Trademark Creativity
Time for a little confession on my part; I have a real soft spot for creative thinking when it comes to protest or making a point. Whether if I agree…
“Jack be nimble, Jack be quick…”
“We understand the value of wise and prudent fiscal management,” she told the news media and bankers last week. In telling them what they wanted to hear, our new finance…
Averting Fascism
Fascism is rising – here is how to avert it. A short video talk, linked below, sparked these thoughts, which I will share. May they bless us with the courage,…