I am ANTIFA and proud of it.
Donald Trump and his fascist supporters in the United States have been complaining about the antifascist and the radical left causing the recent troubles in the U.S.A. Listening to that…
September 2020
Talking the State of Ontario’s COVID Response 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 newest COVID-19 numbers in Ontario,…
No Country’s Laws – Eileen McGann
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Fossil fuels may be fading, but Alberta stands ready to supply bad economic ideas to Canada and the world
VICTORIA — We Albertans can be enormously proud, I guess, of our continuing influence on the Dominion. We surely must be the leading exporter of ridiculous, potentially destructive ideas in…
One million dead
From the New York Times, here. Read this. It’s apocalyptic. And the writing is extraordinary. More than H.I.V. More than dysentery. More than malaria, influenza, cholera and measles — combined.…
North Cowichan lacks ‘depth of experience’ at engagement, says First Nations consultant
Originally published by https://www.sixmountains.ca The president of a consulting firm that provided early advice on North Cowichan’s engagement with First Nations on the Municipal Forest Reserve says the municipality lacks…
Attacking the substance: A review of Young, Banerjee, and Schwartz’s ‘Levers of Power’
Levers of Power: How the 1% Rules and What the 99% Can Do About It Kevin A. Young, Tarun Banerjee, and Michael Schwartz Verso, 2020 In their new book Levers…
The Decarie Report 2020-09-28 15:56:00
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Cutting Taxes in a Depression is Like Pushing on a String
BC Liberal leader Andrew Wilkinson today announced a plan to completely eliminate the provincial sales tax (currently 7%) for 1 year, and then cut it by 4 points (or 57%)…
"Dystopia Now" – Will Pakistan Be the First Country to Collapse from Climate Change?
The world is changing faster than we imagine and most of the change will be lasting. There won’t be a lot of ‘bouncing back.’ The experts predict an upsurge in…
The Evolution of Campaign Tactics in 2020
As someone who has worked over a dozen political campaigns at all levels in his life, I am a self-professed campaign nerd. I am always interested in seeing how campaigns…
The Day Emperor Trump Was Finally Exposed As A Con Artist
In my last post I wondered whether it was better to mock Trump rather than just denounce him. And I had to admit that I have always preferred to mock…
A Ray of Hope – If You’re a Ferret.
Some badly needed good news on the pandemic front. Scientists are testing a nasal spray that could impede coronavirus infection. It seems to work on ferrets (who don’t wear masks…
Sort of Like Bailing Water Into a Sinking Boat – Why Do We Prop Up the Athabasca Tar Sands?
Who remembers Brian Peckford’s ‘pickle palace’? Just over 30 years ago, Peckford, then premier of Newfoundland and Labrador, decided to invest provincial funds, $22 million, to develop a hydroponic cucumber…
On telling tests
I’ve previously posted about the Moe government’s painful delay in addressing the limitations in Saskatchewan’s COVID testing capacity, even as it promised to more than double that capacity over the…
Do You Believe in Science Or Are You a Denier?
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Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Lauren Pelley discusses the importance of making it a habit to weak a mask to protect against the spread of COVID-19. And David…
One Step Forward, Many Steps Back
Here we are, at the end of September 2020. It’s been over six months that we’ve been in this fight against COVID-19 and really there is no light at the…
Is It Any Wonder?
The New York Times has published ten years of Donald Trump’s tax returns up to 2018. The Times reports that: Together with related financial documents and legal filings, the records…
Machines in the chain of command
Taranis by BAE Systems. Image courtesy of BAE Systems. Follow the leader From the Pentagon’s feral “legged squad support system” to swarms of drones to malicious computer programs directing theatres…