Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on the connection between air pollution and more severe death rates caused by the coronavirus. Clyde Russell writes that…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on the connection between air pollution and more severe death rates caused by the coronavirus. Clyde Russell writes that…
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
The BC government decision today to close all provincial parks due to spread of COVID-19 will put even more pressure on regional and municipal parks in the Cowichan Valley —…
You don’t have to look very far these days before you’ll spot someone who is, to put it crudely, “batshit crazy.” These are lunatics who see “dark forces” hatching sinister…
#TBT: Ras Pierre Schenk and Winnie Nuclear Age Smith of the Hot Nasties at the (electrified) mic in the Schenk family basement, circa 1978. RIP, Mr. Otto Schenk.
The focus of this article is focused on the USA but much of it is transferrable. Originally published by International Clearing House The failure of leadership is an opportunity for…
In addition to the giant blunders that I’ve already written about, and the clear absence of leadership on the left, there is the even more glaring indictment, which is…
I live in the city of Ottawa, the capital of Canada. It has a very large war museum, essentially of world wars one and two. It has quite a collection…
Chicken wings are the traditional bar food, although as I’ve written in the past I wouldn’t consider Ottawa a wing town. However, since I won’t be going out for wings…
As we come into the Easter Weekend, it’s almost hard to believe that we’ve been into this pandemic for close to a month now. For those infected, we’ve seen the…
I received a lovely note the other day from a reader named Rose. While I am pleased she finds my blog a useful resource, I am also happy that she…
In our present situation, we need medical equipment — lots of it. Linda McQuaig suggests that we look to history to see what can be done: In 1940, when British…
In Biblical times, people feared the angel of death much like we do now. What comes of our pain, separation and anxiety will be what defines the rest of our…
Without a doubt all business have been negatively impacted by the pandemic with some being hit more than others. The dirty and climate-destroying fossil fuel industry has really been hit…
It was when sitting through the excruciating ignorance of a Donald Trump briefing with his Gong Show covid-19 crew that it occurred to me. With this kind of leadership in…
I don’t imagine running Alberta is much fun right now. I’m afraid, though, I can’t summon up much sympathy for Jason Kenney and his United Conservative Party. Be careful what…
As Piers Robinson has said, it’s gotten to the point where questioning power (powerful states, individuals, corporations, institutions or groups) in any way gets you labelled a conspiracy theory. In…
So Bernie Sanders has packed it in. As someone whose views commonly fall within the ambit of social democracy, I could have easily voted for Bernie—if I was a citizen…
It’s a hoax. It’s a plot to plunge us into feudalism. It’s an act of bio-terror. Conspiracy theorists are having a field day spinning their nonsense thanks to the Covid-19…