Words to die by
This comes from a person who got it from a person who got it from a place unknown. Apologies to the original creator but I think it’s worth a look.
2020
Hippocratic oath for policing
Sgt. Jeremiah P. Johnson of the Darien Connecticut Police Department responded to a discussion about the policing industry having its own Hippocratic Oath. Given the extent of misconduct now revealed…
Why #DeleteFacebook
Not because Mark Zuckerberg is a self-entitled white-privileged frat boy who based Facebook on an app he developed called Facemash to rate students “hotness”. Not because of Facebook’s Predatory Business…
Big drop in Covid patients shows Ontario needs to move faster in opening…
How many times have you seen posts on social media talking about “Covidiots” and saying things like: “Get ready for the second wave“!!! I know I’ve seen lots. Every time…
Minneapolis to Dismantle Police Force
I’m not sure how this will work but the Minneapolis council is going to defund the city police department. A veto-proof majority of the Minneapolis city council has announced its…
Justin Trudeau Sends Donald Trump Another Silent Message
They have been marching all over the world to remember George Floyd, and denounce police brutality and anti-black racism.They have been peacefully demonstrating in Canada too, from coast to coast…
Trump goes nuts, and Trudeau gets his moment
You’ve got to hand it to Donald Trump. Just when you think he couldn’t go any lower, he digs himself deeper. The man’s consistency is amazing. Trump was in full…
This week’s Sparky: do as I say, not as I do, etc.
This week’s Sparky: Hypocrisy R Us! pic.twitter.com/Hvcur6E3yw — SparkyTheTalkingRat (@RatSparky) June 7, 2020
Canada’s "Carbon Bomb"
It wasn’t that long ago that Canadian politicians played the “carbon sink” card in climate change negotiations. The argument was that Canada had these vast tracts of forests that captured…
Is Anybody Listening? Actually, No, Not Really.
Their point is as simple as it is compelling. When Covid-19 becomes just a memory something far worse will be setting in and you won’t be able to self-isolate from…
The Lethal Violence of Corporate Media Journalism
In the aftermath of the Second World War the Allies put a number of pro-Nazi propagandists and journalists on trial for such offences as “crimes against peace” and “crimes against…
B.C. opens Sunshine Coast forest — home to some of Canada’s oldest trees — to logging
IN-DEPTH Originally published by the Narwhal Local conservation group asks province to cancel cutblocks containing ancient yellow cedars and unofficial bear sanctuary Judith Lavoie Jun 5, 2020 10 min read…
The new normal
“Oh, the humanity,” cried Herbert Morrison, as he watched in horror as the giant airship, the Hindenburg, burst into flames at its mooring. The year was 1937, and Morrison’s words…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Niikiforuk discusses why we shouldn’t count on a COVID-19 vaccine to emerge at all – nor to fully resolve the dangers…
Not A Pleasing Reflection
Yesterday’s post revolved around the painful reality of Black people having to tell their children, often at a very young age, the harsh facts of racialized life and the things…
Ford’s Day Of Reckoning
Doug Ford’s response to the coronavirus has surprised a lot of Ontarians — including me. Despite that, Bob Hepburn writes, Ford will soon face a day of reckoning: That day…
Jericho Update on Jalil Muntaqim
For months, public health experts, faith leaders, Congress members, and hundreds of others have warned NYS officials that the prisons are potential death traps in the COVID-19 pandemic. Recognizing this,…
Lying liars and their lies
Anti-establishment meaning inevitably gets absorbed by the establishment, and it always makes me want to throw up. It’s kind of like when someone who wears blackface tries to get himself…
Democracy Decline…….
For some time now age and events have left me all but speechless compared with my weekly input focused upon democracy and posted at Progressive Bloggers for around 10 years…
Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens tops independent Alberta booksellers fiction 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, May 31, 2020. The lists are compiled…