My latest: Erin’s error
The best way to win the Republican presidential nomination, someone once said, is to run as far as possible to the Right. Then, when one wins the nomination? Start running…
September 2020
Covid Journal, Sept 2, 2020
A New Brunswick outbreak of Covid has people looking for someone to point their finger at. And ruin. Doug Ford’s power grab. Other stories.
Importing From China, Part Two: We Need A Green New Deal, Not An Orwellian Police State
What is the state of China and the West? Here is a brief synopsis and overview. This much, at least, should be perfectly clear: switching off fossil fuels – with…
QAnon: How an anonymous 4chan poster lead to a U.S. domestic terrorist threat which spread to Canada
There has been a lot written about the QAnon conspiracy theory since it began, especially with violent acts perpetrated by its supporters so we felt it was important to discuss…
White Hot Crazy
A couple of weeks ago, the former Republican strategist Rick Wilson — now with the Lincoln Project — predicted there would be a lot of “white-hot crazy” coming from the…
Chagger and the wheels on the bus
Of course. She fits all the requisite criteria: • female • minority • believed PMO
Tooling along with O’Toole.
It is ‘go easy’ time on the new leader of Canada’s conservatives. Erin O’Toole is getting the easy ride ahead of any election. The media are throwing him the soft…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Outreached cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jim Stanford discusses the need to ensure corporations pay their fair share for the social infrastructure which allows them to thrive. –…
September 1: After today’s horrible news, yesterday’s bad news became cheerful.
It has been disappointing to see how little we are informed by any of our news media – and that includes the social media like this one – about the…
Covid Journal, September 1, 2020
Neoliberalism exposed by Covid.
another blog, for anyone who is interested
I’ve decided to have bariatric surgery. I made the decision towards the end of last year, and I started a separate blog so I could write about it. Initially I…
Five great days in Algonquin Park
My daughter and I have started a tradition it seems. This is the second year the two of us have gone canoe tripping. This year we decide to go a…
The Democracy-Killing Machine
We hear a lot these days about how liberal democracy is in decline. Hungary, Poland, Turkey, Brazil, even the United States are drifting into authoritarianism. What if it’s not some…
Tony Abbott – Let the Old Geezers Die
Boris Johnson has chosen former Aussie prime minister and rightwing nutjob, Tony Abbott, to become a UK trade envoy. Abbott, an ultra-conservative Catholic, has strange ideas that now extend to…
Help Dimitri Lascaris build Canada’s Eco-Socialist Future
Winnipeg, April 24, 2019: Dimitri Lascaris speaking at a forum on Canada’s mistaken policy regarding Venezuela. Photo: Paul S. Graham Canada’s Green Party is electing a leader to replace Elizabeth…
Donald Trump: A new emperor of the lumpenproletariat?
Donald Trump speaking with supporters at a campaign rally at the Phoenix Convention Center in Phoenix, Arizona. Photo by Gage Skidmore/Wikimedia Commons. In The Dangerous Class: The Concept of the…
Is the Culture War Going Hot?
Ask yourself what America would look like if Donald Trump is re-elected president of the United States. What would America look like by the time Trump would be sworn into…
This is a disgrace. Halt logging old growth.
Originally published on Facebook Here are photos captured earlier this month from the Granite (Renfrew) Creek watershed, just over the ridge to the east of Fairy Creek in Pacheedaht territory.…
Now for something completely different
Of course, these photographs represent something more to me than a 13 year-old’s regard for the beauty of our world. It represents the hope that the next generation will protect…