Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Nicole Lyn Pesce examines the growing evidence that people with even minor cases of COVID-19 may face neurological symptoms lasting for months. And…
2020
The idea that Site C has gone past the point of no return is a falsehood.
Dear Carole James and Nina, COVID 19 is not the most crucial issue. The idea that Site C has gone past the point of no return is a falsehood. We…
Racist blood quantum laws still define First Nations in Canada
Share this: Since signed into law in 1876, the Indian Act has used Blood Quantum laws to define who is legally a First Nations person in Canada. These laws were…
what i’m reading: how to be an antiracist by ibram x. kendi
How To Be An Antiracist is an important, powerful, thought-provoking book. With unflinching precision, Ibram X. Kendi defines the roots of racism and explains how we can work to eliminate…
Slowly, But Surely, Alberta’s Stark Reality Dawns
In January I wrote a post titled “The Stark Reality Albertans Face“, in which I tried to briefly describe the true reality facing us. Since then as the UCP’s efforts…
A Hint of Irony?
When Deng Mabiour got his first chance to speak to the judge he said, “I’m sick. I need a doctor.” That’s a bit ironic given that Mabiour is charged with…
Would He Dare? Would It Work? Nah.
Bloc leader, Yves-Francois Blanchet, wants Trudeau, Morneau and Telford gone and says, if they don’t go, he’ll try to bring down the Liberal government on a confidence motion this fall.…
A More Robust Solar Desalination Solution
You should drink more water. We all should drink more water, however in some places water wells are drying up and water is getting harder to get. Fortunately for us,…
America’s Death March
Chris Hedges: The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved by elections. Photo from Flickr. The terminal decline of the United States will not be solved by…
Empty Threats on a Wednesday Morning
Life in a minority Parliament is something that is precarious at the best of times. Depending on the distribution of seats and who holds the balance of power, working in…
I Hate That, Despite the Lofty Promises, Canada Remains a Climate Pariah
Liberal or Conservative, it doesn’t make a whit of difference which party governs. Canada remains in the grip of petro-pimps and, yes, that includes the current Liberal government. The National…
Talking the Future of Bill Morneau & Andrew Scheer’s Last Day with Rob Snow
Today I joined Rob Snow on 1310 News “The Rob Snow Show” along with Katlyn Harrison. We talked about questions about the future of Finance Minister Bill Morneau, what the…
Dr. Sanjay Gupta: Why I am not sending my kids back to school
(CNN) — One of the questions I am getting more than any other: Am I going to send my children back to school? As a father of three teen and…
Covid Journal, August 12, 2020
Back to School Based on Flawed Data Dr. Robert Bernstein writes in the Toronto Star that back to school plans for Ontario are based on flawed data. Ontario felt it…
WE Charity and the white saviour complex
Craig and Marc Kielburger at We Day Atlantic in Halifax, Nova Scotia, 2016. Photo by Glenn Euloth/Flickr. Lost in the palace intrigue of the Trudeau government’s WE scandal is a…
Kamala Harris
So it’s Kamala Harris — a graduate of Westmount High School — who is the Democratic vice presidential nominee. She’s the future, Frank Bruni writes. And, God knows, Donald Trump…
Ahem
I really, really want to name and shame those who mocked me when I said @JoeBiden would be the nominee and @KamalaHarris would be his VP pick, but it would…
My latest: when you become what you came to change
There’s even a name for it. It’s in the dictionary and everything. The Merriam-Webster people define it as “government by those who seek chiefly status and personal gain at the…
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture 2020-08-12 02:45:00
The Orgasmatron: Strange tale of a pleasure implantthat is said to "TURN RAPE into ....pleasure" . BBC Future - a Report And" what a difference a single word makes!" Mainly…
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture 2020-08-12 02:45:00
The Orgasmatron: Strange tale of a pleasure implantthat is said to "TURN RAPE into ....pleasure" . BBC Future - a Report And" what a difference a single word makes!" Mainly…