Help Yourself If You Want ‘Em
I rely on a load of websites for information on climate change and related issues. I thought it might be helpful to share some of these bookmarks for anyone interested…
October 2020
Oct. 9: A confession
This is an extra (and short) post on the subject of communism. It arises from an earlier blog in which I noted the western fury at the rise of communism…
O’Toole’s new hue of blue.
Erin O’Toole, the new conservative party leader brought a new hue of blue to parliament on his late arrival. Delayed by covid-19, the conservative leader brought a new approach to…
On irrational forces
As Saskatchewan voters consider our options in this month’s provincial election, Alberta’s UCP could hardly be more clear in offering reminders of the cost of putting reckless right-wingers in charge.…
A State of Exhaustion or Just The New Normal?
I was talking with a friend the other day about the latest antics of the Mango Mussolini and what to expect on November 3 when Americans go to the polls.…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Joshua Schiffer highlights how the best response to COVID-19 for now involves the use of imperfect but easily-applied means of reducing its spread,…
Completely Noodled
Donald Trump claims he’s been cured. But his insanity gets bigger as he lurches toward defeat. Consider hs interview with Maria Bartiromo. Edward Keenan writes: Over the course of the…
Haters are back in court – and we’ll be opposing them
Here’s STAMP’s release. Anyone who wants to email me directly for comment can do so at wkinsella at gmail dot com.
What was Saskatchewan’s media doing when it wasn’t reporting on Scott Moe’s driving record?
Seriously, what was the media in Saskatchewan doing when it wasn’t investigating Scott Moe’s history of drunk and, on one occasion, deadly driving? Wednesday morning, the province’s Saskatchewan Party premier…
Mother Mushroom, blogging and freedom of speech
As I post pearls of wisdom on my blog, including righteous criticism about this country’s follies, I rarely stop to think how fortunate I am to be able to do…
A REAL REPUBLICAN ON TRUMP
Donald Trump attacked former McCain campaign strategist Steve Schmidt on Twitter. Schmidt responded, and it is a thing of glory: “You’ve never beaten me at anything. This is our first…
Oct. 8: sometimes one gets pessimistic
I’m still on “big series” of basic events that most of our new media don’t tell us about. And this is an unpleasant one. But we have to face reality.…
HOW CAREGIVING CHANGES US: WHAT DIES, WHAT GROWS
You may not accept the title of caregiver. Regardless, you have cared for another, enduring ongoing uncertainty and self-doubt, amid evolving and unwanted relationship changes, and changing networks. It has…
Name that Pox !!!
It’s all the rage. Name the Pox, whatever it was that took Donald J. Trump to Walter Reed last year. Not the Covid thing. Way before that. November 16, 2019.…
Militia Thugs Plotted to Kidnap Michigan Governor and Put Her on Trial
Six men associated with a right-wing militia have been charged with conspiring to kidnap Michigan governor, Gretchen Whitmer, and put her on trial for treason. The six men had talked…
Sad But Possibly True. Will Trump Take the US Out of the Paris Climate Pact on November 4th?
It’s hard to believe but there’s a real possibility that November could become one of the most important months in human history, perhaps the most important. There’s an emerging consensus…
The Damage We’re Inflicting on Our Young
You might understand climate breakdown. It might cause you a measure of anxiety. But what you’re experiencing is on a different plane to how young people are experiencing this threat.…
Our Indifference is Killing the World
Will we, for that matter can we, turn this around in time? The editorial in the latest Lancet, Planetary Health, focuses on the collapsing populations of wildlife, killed off by…
Eco-socialist almost wins Green Party leadership: What does this mean?
Eco-socialist Dimitri Lascaris came within a narrow margin of winning the Green Party leadership race on October 3. With a call to “wrest power from private corporations and bring the…
Evidence of Mount Sicker’s boom-and-bust mining past still awaits history buffs
First in an occasional feature series on the Six Mountains Originally published by https://www.sixmountains.ca TW Paterson leads me around a locked yellow gate and along a gravel logging road atop…