Strange Days Indeed
I wonder if John Lennon ever realized how prophetic his words would be: Nobody told me there’d be days like theseStrange days indeed. I never understood how a pandemic would…
2020
The Central Issue: Oligarchy vs Democracy
The central issue, now as always, is not about wealth, or distribution of wealth. It’s not about bread and butter issues. It’s not about taxes or spending, budgets or allocations,…
On stitches in time
It’s no secret that Canadians’ individual finances have been getting perpetually more precarious, with most people lacking the ability to fund even a single urgent expense. But the COVID-19 pandemic…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Grace Blakeley points out the importance of putting our relief and recovery funding toward public investments, rather than the further enrichment of people…
My prediction? That coronavirus would defeat Trump
That’s still my prediction. Hannity. Rush. Dobbs. Ingraham. Pirro. Nunes. Tammy. Geraldo. Doocy. Hegseth. Schlapp. Siegel. Watters. Dr. Drew. Henry. Ainsley. Gaetz. Inhofe. Pence. Kudlow. Conway. Trump. Today, we salute…
Saturday Photo: Rainbows and « Ça va bien aller »
Kids here have been drawing and painting rainbows as a sign of hope in these troubled times. Posted in windows, they also are something to look for when the young…
FOR ALL WHO HELP WITHOUT BEING ASKED
What we need in these strange days of fear and anxiety is poetry. Poems reassure us we are doing the right thing. That the decisions we make are the right…
A Crisis Of Character
Yesterday was a sobering day for Ontarians. The news was grim. Martin Regg Cohn writes: On Friday, for the first time, Ontario’s top public health experts not only predicted how…
Just breath that air!
Have you stepped outside lately? Even from a city condo balcony, you can feel the difference. Take a deep breath and enjoy. It is the breath of fresher air when…
The premier is disappointed? Where did Alberta’s Mr. Belligerence go when Donald Trump told 3M not to ship N95s to Canada?
Where’s the tough guy we got to know during the last Alberta election campaign, the Jason Kenney of the Summer of Repeal, the War Room and the War on Foreign…
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel tops independent Alberta bookshops’ fiction bestseller list for third week
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, March 29, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Musical interlude
Texas King – Drifter
April 3: little change in the news – and much repetition.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2020/apr/03/jared-kushner-coronavirus-pandemic_________________________________________________________________ https://rabble.ca/podcasts/shows/radiolabour/2020/04/ontarios-covid-19-plans-workers-need-much-more-work________________________________________________________________ https://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-patterson/2020/04/capitalism-coronavirus-pandemic-and-next-great-crisisThe same is happening to the Arctic. Antarctica is warming at record speed. It could even be heading back many thousands of years to when the region was…
April 3 COVID News
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…
Mel Watkins
Canada’s most prominent progressive economist has passed. He will be sorely missed. https://canadiandimension.com/articles/view/mel-watkins-a-life-well-lived
Friday Funfest
The COVID-19 news is so depressing, beaten only by the economic news, which is absolutely awful. So here’s something a little more lighter-hearted, on a cold Friday. This is Toby…
I do these things to make you feel better
Present view. Not bad. pic.twitter.com/NUgZVcmPGz — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 3, 2020
The Barefoot Contessa’s Guide to Coping with Quarantine
Ina Garten’s tip for how to cope when you’re a pandemic shut-in.