Who Knew? There’s an AIDS Vaccine! Donald Trump Says So.
One of the highlights of John Bolton’s controversial book, “The Room Where It Happened,” is the author’s views of the seemingly limitless stupidity of his former boss, Donald J. Trump.…
2020
Is America Coming Unglued?
I just watched a Twitter video of a BLM protest in the little town of Bethel, Ohio. It seems the town cops herded the protesters, about 100 in total, to…
As Yogi said it ain’t over ’til its over but…
For four years Donald Trump has maintained a level of support that, beyond being greater than someone so incompetent deserves, actually had left him competitive for re-election despite trailing. However,…
As Yogi said it ain’t over ’til its over but…
For four years Donald Trump has maintained a level of support that, beyond being greater than someone so incompetent deserves, actually had left him competitive for re-election despite trailing. However,…
As Yogi said it ain’t over ’til its over but…
For four years Donald Trump has maintained a level of support that, beyond being greater than someone so incompetent deserves, actually had left him competitive for re-election despite trailing. However,…
Six Months to Avert Climate Disaster
We’ve got six months to change course or lose the battle to curb climate catastrophe. Now, consider the source of that dire warning. That would be the executive director of…
What’s Going On?
YouTuber David Doel was saying all the cops had to do to win mass public support was to come out and do nothing. They couldn’t even do nothing. They threatened…
The Day After: Energy
Te Apiti Wind Farm, Manawatu, New Zealand. The wind farm’s 55 1.65 megawatt Vestas turbines have a total capacity of 90 megawatts. They generate enough electricity to meet the annual…
More Reflections on Yesterday’s Events
2020 man, it just keeps doing its thing. Yesterdays incident in the House of Commons between the NDP and the Bloc Quebecois is continuing apace, with the Bloc demanding a…
June 18: The honour of serving the Queen and/or serving one’s country….
Donald Trump is the most recent of thousands of years of emperors and kings who salute their soldiers. Splendid chaps. Yes. Proud of them. They serve their nations and or…
Kent Hehr speaks
When you read this important essay, keep in mind that Kristin Rayworth was obliged to apologize to me, retract, pay my legal fees, and make a donation to Equal Voice…
Heroes No More
The more things change, the more they stay the same, eh? Things like corporate greed, for example. The public was much heartened when grocery store magnates granted pay boosts to…
‘Today I don’t feel like doing anything.’
That Bruno Mars song about being lazy is silly but seems to fit the ennui I am feeling about writing something today. We are all tired of the pandemic and…
Ford’s Road To Damascus?
COVID 19 has changed a lot of things. Martin Regg Cohn wonders if it has changed Doug Ford. When he was elected, Ford posed as The Great Disrupter: Basking in…
Know Your Enemy: The Dangerous Futility of Pseudo-Philanthropic Neoliberalism
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has been routinely accused of skewing aid priorities by promoting ‘corporate globalisation’, referred to here as sseudo-philanthropic neoliberalism. Image from Peripheral Thought. This is…
Marcus Aurelius & The Delusions Of Authoritarianism
Marcus Aurelius is an interesting character, and in some respects I imagine he is deserving of the adulation that has been heaped upon him. (He showed the best and the…
Church & State, Business & State: Restoring Freedom & Democracy, Before They Are Completely Devoured By Medical Martial Law, Or By Any Other Means
In the near future, we could very easily see the kind of totalitarian society with a theocratic face that Margaret Atwood warned us about in, A Hand Maid’s Tale…
As predicted, ‘Fair Deal’ Panel reheats the Firewall Manifesto to manufacture consent for policies Albertans don’t want
Consider the report of Alberta’s “Fair Deal” Panel, released yesterday by Premier Jason Kenney with considerable fanfare. It strongly suggests the Harper-Kenney wing of the Canadian Conservative movement is made…
Ford government plans to deepen privatization of hospital and home care services: Bill 175
The proposed reforms under Bill 175 will privatize health care services, weaken public oversight, remove legislative protections, undermine home care working conditions, and unleash an untested, home care experiment. Chaos…
Only 383 Covid patients in all of Ontario, yet the state of emergency drags on
Ontario is a province of more than 14 million people, about 6 million of whom live in the Greater Toronto Area, or GTA for short. Out of this entire population…