The Bats in Donald Trump’s Belfry
There are many bats in Donald Trump’s belfry, some perhaps even more deranged than the lunatic in chief himself. Trump has the loosest connection with reality. At times it rivals…
September 2020
Decision Day for Dr Day
Mr Justice Steeves’ decision in Cambie Surgeries Corporation v. British Columbia (Attorney General) reads like a Scott Turow novel, albeit at a slower pace. It includes all the major elements…
First It Was the Coronavirus. He Said It Would Simply Disappear. It Didn’t. Now Trump Says Global Warming Is On Its Way Out.
His followers are probably stupid enough – rock bottom stupid – to believe him. They believed him when he said that Covid-19 would be gone by April. Today, while touring…
cpmvfsgu day 7: salt spring island (sunday)
Today’s big news is that the GP Dermatologist in Campbell River will see me on the day we are driving through that town, on our way home. Which is two…
CAREGIVING: THE DIFFERENCE WE MAKE IN HOSPITALS
FROM THE PEN OF A CRITICAL CARE DOCTOR: THE DIFFERENCE THAT CAREGIVERS (ESSENTIAL PARTNERS IN CARE) MAKE IN THE HOSPITAL. “It was a tenet of my critical care training. Family…
Authoritarians are Reactionary. It’s What They Do. They’re Also Quick to Turn Their People’s Suffering to Their Advantage.
Orban, Erdogan, Bolsonaro, Netanyahu, Duterte, Duda, Modi and Trump, a gallery of authoritarian thugs. They’re not alone. There are others who are just getting started or are waiting in the…
Greek Philosophy In The 21st Century: Sanity Amidst The Madness?
Platonist, Aristotelian, Epicurean, Stoic, Skeptic, Cynic or Sophist? None of the above are satisfactory, as ready-made off-the-shelf pre-packaged philosophies, at least. They should be studied; not ingested whole, nor regurgitated…
Talking the Liberal Cabinet Retreat & Surprising New Alberta Poll numbers on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the Liberals Cabinet Retreat starting today, what…
Working people must lead the fight for universal pharmacare—not policymakers
In 2018, Canadians spent $34 billion on prescription medicines. Canada’s pharmaceutical prices are also 25 percent higher than the average in the OECD. We need universal pharmacare now. Photo by…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of September 14, 2020
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of September 14, 2020. View this post on Instagram #140Law: Here are our Top 10 #legalheadlines for the week…
Out of Other Options, Trudeau Turns Green
It seems Justin is rethinking his fossil fuel fuckups. The world’s just not digging that high-carbon, low value crud that he once figured was worth pursuing even when the private…
Why Can’t We Understand Something So Simple?
It’s simple. Straightforward as it can be. No elaborate theories needed. Just two facts, mathematical certainties. Since 1970, the population of non-human animals species has declined by 68 percent. Since…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Bruce Campbell makes the case for the federal throne speech to be ambitious in dealing with our concurrent crisis of public health, climate…
First Things First
Covid 19 party, Vancouver It’s happening in Israel and Europe, Asia and the United States, Canada too perhaps. These places (and others) are seeing a resurgence of Covid-19 infections. It…
CBC doubles down on erasing Palestine
Qalandia Checkpoint, the biggest crossing in Jerusalem municipality from one side of the separation wall to the other. Photo courtesy of the Socialistische Partij, Netherlands/Flickr. The campaign to hold Canada’s…
Trudeau’s Green Gamble
Michael Harris writes that Justin Trudeau is preparing to take a green gamble. The last time the Liberals placed that bet, things did not work out well for them: In…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of September 14, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 13, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Office work could be changed forever by COVID-19. Here’s why that matters…
The Husky Boys’ Challenge #nlpoli
The Husky gambit last week presents the province’s leaders with a fundamental challenge. Do we continue on the current path or do we change? This is not just a question…
The Northern Guard: Islamophobia, Antisemitism, and QAnon
Since late 2015 Canada has experienced a marked increase in the number of far-right groups opposed to the governing Liberal Party, immigration and refugees, Muslims, and the nebulous concept of…