Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Rachel Gilmore reports on polling showing that Canadians recognize (contrary to the spin of right-wing politicians looking to deflect blame) that there’s…
December 2020
Manitoba’s new ‘critical infrastructure’ bill will try to suppress protest and curb Indigenous sovereignty
Activists and land defenders protest in downtown Winnipeg. Photo by Alexander Decebal-Cuza/The Manitoban. Amidst the ongoing chaos of COVID-19, Manitoba’s Progressive Conservatives are attempting to ram through a bill that…
Biggest laughs…
I’m not entirely sure I agree with my literary patronus on this one, but there is something to be learned from the quote. I DO… Continue ReadingBiggest laughs… The post…
Scheerly O’ Toole
Erin O’ Toole has been pounding the Trudeau government’s response to the COVID pandemic. Chantal Hebert writes: For more than a week, the Conservatives in the House of Commons have…
When you bought your car or your house, did you know what day you’d get it?
Of course you did. Every first-year law student knows that a key element of every contract is when the contract will be fulfilled. This statement by a Minister of the…
Mental Illness in Covid Times
For me to stop teaching in a physical classroom, because I don’t feel safe in there, I need a note from my doctor indicating that I have a mental illness…
Election 2020 USSA: No Matter Which Elite Pawn You Vote For, You Get Fascism
This short essay was written in September, before the election, but the analysis still holds, and the points made are still relevant, and in fact, extremely important to understand. The…
Canucks cut ties with anthem singer Mark Donnelly over plan to sing at anti-mask rally
Originally published by the Vancouver Province Donnelly confirmed to Postmedia that he will be singing at the controversial event By Harrison Mooney Publishing date: Dec 05, 2020 You never know…
Our world is closing on us
You think Joe Biden’s a great guy compared to Trump. Actually, he may well be worse. He has a long history a war puppet for the super rich. Trump was…
I’m Struggling With Julian Jaynes
I first came across Julian Jaynes and his controversial (or at least provocative) book, The Origin of Consciousness in the Breakdown of the Bicameral Mind, back in the late 1970s.…
Max Bernier’s lawyer apologizes
“The manner in which my January 14, 2006 blog entry was worded made it seem that Mr. Kinsella had been a party to illegal conduct when this was clearly not…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomson Reuters reports on the latest UN research showing that planned fossil fuel production far exceeds what we can afford if we want…
Saturday Photo:No Snow, Temperature Up and Down, Bushes Confused
Took this a few days ago after a short spell of warm weather–up as high as 15 C. This is not to say we’ve been spared cold weather so far…
Let’s hear it for Sobeys.
The other day we were whining about the rapidly rising prices at our grocery stores. We hear today that Sobeys and the rest of the Empire stores (including Safeway) are…
Eating Their Own
For four years, Donald Trump turned his fire on anyone he thought was his enemy. His supporters cheered. Now his supporters are learning that Trump treats his supporters with the…
If It’s Not One Thing, It’s Another
I had a very sick kid here on the night before the last day of the last quadmester. My little one felt shaky and dizzy and came downstairs to get…
Souvankham Thammavongsa’s How to Pronounce Knife returns to top of independent bookshops’ bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Nov. 29, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Musical interlude
Whale and the Wold – Midnight Riot
Why the United States is becoming ungovernable
The dome of the United States Capitol building at night. Photo by Andy Feliciotti/Unsplash. The once-powerful United States is teetering on the edge of political collapse because millions find themselves…