Capturing A Certain Ethos
Be sure to click on the image so as to enlarge it: Unfortunately, the mentality depicted above is not confined to the United States. Recommend this Post
December 2020
Mark Igglesden on the pandemic
A #coronavirus cartoon by my old Calgary punk rock brother Mark Igglesden. Brilliant.
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Luke Savage weighs in on the false promise of tax giveaways to the rich as an economic strategy for anybody else. –…
The dark despair of the Covid winter
From today’s New York Times. Amazing writing and perspective, here and some below: For generations, as the days darkened and the blizzards came, the Anishinaabe people warned of the Windigo.…
A Better World
This has been a very difficult year. But it has not been all darkness. Robin Sears writes: For all the pain of this year, let’s also celebrate the solidarity that…
The truth about Reconciliation: it’s really not that complicated
Reconciliation with First Nations has been described as many things: complex, difficult, and multifaceted. I’ve even seen it described as a “shitshow.” But is this really the case? The post…
Dec. 19: Merry Christmas to all the murdering and theiving leaders of this world.
Consortium news carries the story of a recent study of tax cuts for the rich. The government argument for this is that tax cuts for the rich create a trickle…
As Important as Clean Drinking Water?
I wonder how the people of Walkerton would feel about Collingwood CAO’s statement, reported in Collingwood Today, that implementing the 300-plus recommendations of the Saunderson Vindictive Judicial Inquiry (SVJI) is…
The Ghost of Christmas Lockdown
Doug Ford agonizes over keeping the economy open.
Saturday Photo: Lights for This Year…
There have been years when I’ve railed against people who put up Christmas lights–waste of electricity, bad taste, just generally not cool. Besides it’s hard to hook them up to…
Why socialists should join the ONDP now
Protesters and union members participate in the CUPE 3903 Day of Action, July 18, 2018. Image by Canadian Dimension, adapted from a photo by Edward Hon-Sing Wong. Doug Ford is…
Hannah Arendt in Lego
@EthicsInBricks posted this lovely tribute to Hannah Arendt on Twitter last October, in honour of her date of birth, October 14, 1906, and I want to save it in the…
Why is the Guardian promoting more Pentagon propaganda?
Sailors observe the USS Nimitz and USS Ronald Reagan Carrier Strike Groups steam in formation as the Nimitz Carrier Strike Force (CSF) in the South China Sea. Photo by 3rd…
Sweeping Insanity
Donald Trump is taking credit for the coronavirus vaccine. But Sheryl Gay Stolberg reports that many of his supporters say they won’t get vaccinated: Elizabeth Graves, an ardent supporter of…
Musical interlude
Lianne La Havas – Weird Fishes
Why Site C Construction Should Stop Today
ANALYSIS | Energy | BC Politics | Environment Why Site C Construction Should Stop Today The BC government has failed in its oversight role, say a former BC Hydro CEO…
The Pensioner and the Pandemic
This is the post I was going to write before I was rudely interrupted and told to lock myself in my room. I may indeed be the least affected person…
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