As the clamps come off cases will likely rise….
Lockdown restrictions are easing, in my part of Ontario you can now dine at a restaraunt provided there’s a patio. I’ve been out on the tennis court several times and…
2020
Episode 56: Police problems and what meaningful accountability could look like in Alberta
Calls to defund and abolish the police have become a mainstream conversation in reaction to the murder of George Floyd by a Minneapolis Police officer and countless other murders and…
On Trans Shitposting and Cancel Culture: Applying ContraPoints to J.K. Rowling
I was going to just ignore all this, but it came up in a discussion on my social media feed, so here’s the thing: Here’s J.K. Rowling‘s now infamous post…
Systemic Racism in Alberta
“This is hard to watch but it’s important. We cannot ignore that systemic racism persists in Alberta and across the world.” – Rachel Notley commenting on the video of the…
WTF? He Said What? BoJo Defends Colonial Rule in Africa. BLM, Not So Much.
A blast from the not too distant past from Boris Johnson. Justin Trudeau had his blackface problem. Bad, very bad. But it doesn’t hold a candle to Boris Johnson’s past…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Christine Berry offers a reminder that protecting public health is absolutely necessary for us to see any economic recovery in the wake…
How Do You Score This One?
The results aren’t in yet. It could be months, a year perhaps, before we have the Covid-19 death tallies but, at the moment, we know who won’t be at the…
Trump is unwell
After yesterday’s West Point debacle – the water glass, the inability to say “McArthur”, the ramp, the tweet ABOUT the ramp – #TrumpIsUnwell is trending this morning on twitter. Along…
‘Either you are fighting to eliminate exploitation or not’: A leftist critique of the Green New Deal
Clean technology is not a panacea for climate change. Photo by ThoroughlyReviewed/Flickr. The catastrophic economic fallout from COVID-19–millions unemployed, skyrocketing food bank usage, uncertain job futures–has provided a major boost…
Brandt-Sorenson upcycled jersey
Back in February I sent the Los Angeles-based boutique cycling gear company an old event jersey and $250 and asked them to upcycle it into something that I would actually…
The shortcomings of Donald Trump and neo-conservatism on full display thanks to Black Lives Matter and recent protests against racism…
The recent momentum earned by Black Lives Matter activists and their allies is indisputable. It finally seems that the recent murder of yet another innocent Black man, George Floyd, by…
Don Hamerquist: Distinguishing The Possible From The Probable: Contending strategic approaches within and against transnational capitalism
Brief Explanatory Note: This was written in the last days of 2019 and the first days of the current year. In early March, before doing an initial private circulation, I…
Pandemic Fatigue
Robin Sears writes that pandemic fatigue is setting in: Public health officials have raised alarms almost daily about the risks of letting our guard down, or re-opening without clear safeguards.…
Please Justin, get a haircut.
We hear through the grapevine that Justin Trudeau and his liberals are thinking election. Since I am supposed to have an opinion on this proposal, I will need to reach…
Hiding History
“The good is oft interred with their bones.” So, let it be with Sir John A. Macdonald. How often must we decry the stupidity, the ignorance of those who want…
On not drawing BLM cartoons @LondOntLife
# Jun 14, 2020 — Jun 14, 2020 (https://youtu.be/RZgkjEdMbSw) We drew no cartoons about BLM nor anything about our local protests and marches. We could find no humour over them,…