The Orgasmatron: Strange tale of a pleasure implant
You won’t be raped ! You might even like it! Do you realize the importance the meaning of a single word? The Orgasmatron: Strange tale of a pleasure implant
2020
The economics of small nuclear reactors, touted by Jason Kenney as a ‘game changer,’ just don’t add up
When Alberta Premier Jason Kenney says small nuclear reactors “could be a game changer in providing safe, zero-emitting, baseload power in many areas of the province,” as he did Sunday…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Blissed cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday evening. – Crawford Kilian examines the UN’s advice on how to keep school safe from COVID-19, while the Saskatchewan Medical Association and Saskatchewan College…
Andrew Scheer’s Pathetic Last News Conference
When I put on the TV to check the weather forecast this morning, I got a nasty shock. For there was Andrew Scheer looking even more ugly than usual. He…
August 11: My Most Depressing Blog
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/aug/11/russia-coronavirus-vaccine-will-it-work-is-it-safe-sputnik-v _______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/11/why-would-anyone-argue-against-billionaires-paying-more-tax-just-see-useful-idiot-theory Funny how our local news media haven’t mention this. _____________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/aug/11/the-pandemic-is-helping-the-rich-get-even-richer-its-time-to-tax-their-obscene-wealth As families around the world fall into deep poverty – homeless, without food, without hope, and…
Daisy staff on the Festival of Joy!
I had and have the best-ever colleagues. Love them all.
My Top Personal Learning Tools 2020
Jane Hart has issued her annual call for our top ten e-learning tools, and here’s mine. I’ve named my list ‘personal learning tools’ because I think of learning as an…
Kamala Harris is the historic choice and probably the best choice that Joe Biden could’ve made for his running mate
Congratulations to Kamala Harris being named this afternoon as Joe Biden’s running mate on the Democratic ticket! I’m pleased with this choice. It’s great to have a woman on the…
Learning About Moral Philosophy Reduces Meat Consumption
A taste of a postsecondary level moral philosophy class can turn you off of tasting meat. It’s been debated for thousands of years if learning moral philosophy actually changes how…
Our Border Dilemma: Into the Fall Ahead
COVID-19 has created some striking situations and circumstances that many of use thought we’d never see. We’ve had to face things we never thought we would, and we’ve had to…
A Warning from the Gods
“Whom the Gods would destroy, they first make mad.” Whether the warning comes from Euripides or Sophocles is unclear but it is part of the wisdom of the ancient Greeks.…
The Bottom Line
While the emphasis thus far has been on the fact that wearing a mask protects others from contracting Covid-19, new research suggests that they are also effective in protecting the…
Lord Kinsella thanks all of you for your kind birthday wishes
And I’m not kidding about the Lord thing. Please ensure future correspondence contains the proper salutation. Thank you, my subjects. 
Canada on the wrong side of Bolivia’s fight to restore democracy
Protest in Buenos Aries, Argentina against the coup in Bolivia, November 2019. Photo by Santiago Sito/Flickr. The Trudeau government, in concert with the Trump administration and right-wing regional governments throughout…
The Mess Biden Will Inherit
Donald Trump encouraged incoming members of his administration to consider his tenure as a TV show — a show which has turned out to be about fantasy. Take, for instance,…
A Brief Green Car & Truck Update
I drive a 2012 Chevy Volt, the best car I’ve ever had. And if affordability and ecology are factors, as they sensibly, obviously should be, then between the Volt’s launch…
Covid Journal, August 11, 2020
What’s your take on Covid and classes? If a treatment comes in the form of CBD oil, would you take it?
Thanks to a public-spirited leaker, a risky health-care privatization scheme is exposed
Panicky sounding United Conservative Party “issues managers” were frantically insisting yesterday everything is copacetic and above board with secret plans to build a $200-million private orthopedic surgical hospital in Edmonton.…
Elon Musk & The Limits of Genius
“We don’t have heroes anymore. We have people who are known for their knownness.” Having no heroic public figures left, we resort to worshipping people who are merely well-known, simply…