Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Upturned cats.
September 2020
Everything I know about Britain I’ve learned from TV
As a forced-into-retirement man approaching senior citizenship, I watch a lot of TV. Actually, I’ve always watched a lot of TV. When I was a kid, when we had just…
"fine. biden. but this is bullshit."
I’ve said before and I’ll say it again: Donald Trump is the single greatest gift the Democratic Party could ever hope to receive. The Democrats have finally achieved their most…
Economic Theory & Reality: Revolution Now
Know this: we must understand and boldly address economics in fundamental ways, or there is no hope, in terms of justice, prosperity, the environment, democracy, freedom, or peace, but only…
Nowhere to Run To, Baby. Nowhere to Hide. America Comes to Grip With Climate Breakdown.
Some Americans are beginning to ask, “is it time for me to leave?” They’re rethinking the choices they made on where they wanted to live, decisions that now seem unfortunate.…
Wait, Why Did He Pick That?
Wait, why did he pick that? My newsletter is called OLDaily, which is short for ‘Online Learning Daily’, a title I ripped off from ‘Arts & Letters Daily’, which started…
Not Even One? Biodiversity Targets Unmet.
In 2010 the world community agreed that action was urgently needed to slow the loss of biodiversity, a growing risk to humanity itself. Following meetings in Aichi, Japan, 20 targets…
Who listens to Canada’s bankers?
Canada’s bankers admit that there is no fixed limit to Canada’s debt to gross domestic product (GDP) ratio but they think everyone should follow them in their customary caution. It…
Trump’s Nihilism
If you’re looking for a philosophy behind what Donald Trump does, you’re on a fool’s errand. But, Rick Salutin writes, there is a common thread that ties everything Trump does…
The Morning After: New Brunswick Provincial Election
2020 has been a year for the books and has continually brought us things that we thought we’d never likely see. Between the COVID-19 pandemic, the economic crisis that stemmed…
Art Can Help us Understand the Climate Crisis
The world of art may one way to help people understand issues around the climate crisis. The impacts of climate change are diverse and interconnected, which makes it difficult to…
Highly-scientific pandemic poll™️: what should we do now?
Unscientific pandemic poll™️: we should… — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 15, 2020
Talking the Current State of COVID in Ontario & Liberal Cabinet Retreat 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 current state of COVID-19 in…
Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Held a March That Was Attended by Fascists
On Saturday September 12 the Canadian Coalition for Firearms rights organized a march in Ottawa. It was attended by probably between 2000-3000 people. Also credit to the CCFR for promoting…
Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Held a March That Was Attended by Fascists
On Saturday September 12 the Canadian Coalition for Firearms rights organized a march in Ottawa. It was attended by probably between 2000-3000 people. Also credit to the CCFR for promoting…
Canadian Coalition for Firearm Rights Held a March That Was Attended by Fascists
On Saturday September 12 the Canadian Coalition for Firearms rights organized a march in Ottawa. It was attended by probably between 2000-3000 people. Also credit to the CCFR for promoting…
9/11: Again, and again…
September 11, 1973, the CIA killed freedom and democracy in Chile, and installed fascism. Lessons we should have learned from. Now it is happening again, but with stealth – and…
What is success?
Success, of course, is not measured in money, possessions, status, power or fame, or even accomplishment. It is measured in meaning, fulfilment, compassion and joy. It is measured in heart,…
Alberta and the plastics promise
In the 1967 film “The Graduate,” young Benjamin Braddock (played by Dustin Hoffman), fresh out of college, is taken aside by a middle-aged neighbour at a cocktail party and offered…
A question for my CAF friends
Proud son of a CAF Officer, here, with a question for those of you who serve, and who I respect so much: should this politician use your service in this…