Trump is toast
The United States of America is ultimately a nation of laws. Trump’s post-election abuses are the equivalent of cadaveric spasms – the twitching of a corpse after death. The rule…
November 2020
Remembrance Day 2020
Today’s ceremony at the cenotaph in our town will be different. It’ll be scaled back. There will be fewer people — all wearing masks. And it will be shorter than…
In Denver, Defunding the Police Resulted in a Better City
The city of Denver was already planning to limit the scope of the police before the calls for defunding gained momentum the start of this year. Denver accelerated their plans…
11.11
Honour the dead by working for peace.
The NDP want voting reform.
In a letter to Justin Trudeau last week, Jagmeet Singh, leader of the federal new democrats, laid out his plan for the minority government. It seems to be the best…
Arbitration panel rejects rollback demand, awards 1% raise to non-academic staff at eight small Alberta public colleges
It’s unlikely the United Conservative Party Government of Premier Jason Kenney was pleased when it got word Monday an arbitration panel had rejected an employer demand for a pay rollback…
Requiem for a Fascist Clown
In a fitting end to four years of chaos, bigotry, and wilful aversion to the truth, Donald Trump is refusing to accept the results of the election that he lost,…
Requiem for a Fascist Clown
In a fitting end to four years of chaos, bigotry, and wilful aversion to the truth, Donald Trump is refusing to accept the results of the election that he lost,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Top cats.
The Decarie Report 2020-11-10 17:04:00
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2020/11/09/many-workers-will-suffer-days-after-election-trump-quietly-freezes-wages-farm But who cares? Right? Well, you better care because this is just a hint of what is coming – and what has already come. Our millionaires and billionaires have…
Lack of Demand for Dead Whales Will End Whaling
Undoubtedly, whaling is bad for whales, nature, and even geopolitical reactions. Demand for whale meat and byproducts has been decreasing due to ongoing pressure from consumers and activists. Countries that…
Reimaging Open Educational Resources
This is an edited transcript of my presentation ‘Reimaging Open Educational Resources’ presented November 10 2020 to the Open Education 2020 Conferemce. https://www.downes.ca/presentation/534 So what I want to talk to…
American requiem
Art by Mr. Fish/Scheerpost Well, it’s over. Not the election. The capitalist democracy. However biased it was towards the interests of the rich and however hostile it was to the…
BC Supreme Court Decision Raises Questions Surrounding Years Of Secret Dealings By North Cowichan Councils
Update: Mayor Siebring has called a special meeting of council today. They had better insist that be held in public. The in camera secret meetings embraced by Mayor Siebring, CAO…
Burning question
Just where could Scott Moe have picked up the idea that a glaring lack of judgment, flagrant disregard for the law and reckless endangerment of the public are somehow acceptable…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – The Globe and Mail’s editorial board is rightly aghast at Doug Ford’s choice to facilitate the spread of the coronavirus as a…
On first steps
Hey look, some positive election results! Congratulations to everybody who ran in Regina’s municipal elections (and in those around the province) – and particularly the progressive electees who will have…
The red poppy is not a commitment to peace—it is a celebration of militarism
Millions of Canadians wear red poppy pins in the weeks leading up to Remembrance Day. Photo from Pixabay. As we approach the 11th hour of the 11th day of the…
The Reasons Why Trump Lost
Brett Stephens — a conservative commentator — has an interesting piece in this morning’s New York Times. There are two reasons, he writes, why Donald Trump lost the election: The…
The perplexed pollsters.
How would you feel if the three times out of 20 you are wrong in your forecasts, and it all happened in the same election? That was the pollsters’ dilemma…