Food for thought….
The following food for thought was brought on by a BBC conversation with British scientist James Lovelock on his 101 year with us and who says says population growth means…
2020
Urgent need to squelch political fallout best explains Jason Kenney’s oddly timed nuclear announcement
A Friday in August sure seemed like a peculiar time for government like Jason Kenney’s to announce it had signed onto a multi-province effort to sell natural resources and encourage…
Covid on Two Wheels
This is the 80th annual Sturgis motorcycle rally. Each year up to 500,000 bikers show up for the 10-day event in Sturgis, South Dakota. Like a desert flower blooming after…
On temporary measures
It should never be a surprise to see the Libs talking about big progressive plans – particularly in the context of a mooted election – while making no effort to…
New Westminster Graffiti
Under the rail bridge
School Daze
From Reddit: pic.twitter.com/QNLRl937V8 — Cathie from Canada ?? ??️? (@CathieCanada) August 6, 2020 Oh dear, I think we’re in trouble now.The Sask school plan is based on wishful thinking –…
The Jewish Defence League Targets the Canadian Nationalist Party
Travis Patron, the failed federal candidate who currently faces charges of assault against two women, and leader of the Canadian Nationalist Party, has continued to escalate his party’s rhetoric on…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes about the public’s lack of familiarity with exponential growth which is proving lethal in its application to both COVID-19 and…
107 BC kids infected with Covid-19 in last month
Originally published by Vancouverite By Salim Jawa Vancouver – Infection rates among school aged children and younger kids are mounting after a relatively low number of cases during the peak…
Cancer, Keto & Health – Key Facts
Two of many illusions cut through here, in this documentary series, The Answer To Cancer (linked below): 1. Genes cause cancer and other disease. Wrong. That is old science, now…
A Great Time For Big Money
It’s only taken twelve months. But, Jonathan Freedland writes, Boris Johnson is drowning in sleaze. Take the most recent example: This week came word of at least £156m of taxpayers’…
Saturday Photo: Closest I Get to Religion…
Had an interesting conversation this week with one of my Hassidic neighbours about life, death, and Covid 19. She lost a brother, 62, to the disease early on in the…
The Cancer Diaries, Part 6
I’m sitting here, on my back deck, in the late Friday afternoon, beside Susan, trying to take stock of my life over a glass of wine, and read a bit…
The Pull of the Stars, by Emma Donoghue, is back atop Alberta independent booksellers’ 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, Aug. 2, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Private profits but public risks – Updated
Commercialization of small-scale nuclear power has turned out to be far more difficult than investors expected a decade ago. Even one of the world’s richest entrepreneurs cannot finance a multi-billion-dollar…
Musical interlude
William Prince – The Spark
A Word to the Wise
As the pandemic stretches into months then seasons, perhaps years, it becomes less the exclusive preserve of healthcare professionals and ever more the playground of other experts, especially those who…
A hundred seconds to midnight
Seventy-five years ago yesterday, at 8:15 in the morning, the United States dropped an atomic bomb on the city of Hiroshima. The fireball charred every human being within two kilometre…
Homeless Count results highlight imperative need for housing in Vancouver
August 5 2020 The preliminary results from the 2020 Metro Vancouver Homeless Count released today found that 2,095 Vancouver residents are without a home. While this number has dropped by…