2020
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Bush reminds us that the hoarders worth being concerned about are the ones accumulating obscene amounts of wealth at the expense…
God Or Trump? You Decide
Your Sunday afternoon (rueful) smile. God only brought one guy back from the dead on Easter. Trump is here to bring back the whole economy on Easter 2020. Enjoy this…
Scenes from a mall
The only food court customer. On Saturday, at great personal risk, I went to a shopping mall. I know, crazy, right? Taking a risk like that? Am I insane or…
is my body keeping score? personal insights (plus brain dump) after reading the book by bessel van der kolk
When I wrote my beyond-rave review of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk, I purposely omitted some…
My living will, Jake Tapper and Brian Goldman
A living will is sometimes called an advance care planning document, or an advance directive. I call mine a living will, like the Americans do. Basically, it’s a document that…
Rural Isolation a Challenge or Opportunity
With all of us asked to stay at home unless we absolutly HAVE to go out into the larger community internet access has become even more of a nessity rather…
Ugly Disregard for the Moment
In times of emergency and serious national challenge, we normally see the usual political garbage that can skew our politics fall to the side. Usually that involves all the parties…
Sanders & The Terror Of Socialism, vs The Real Dangers
A note to those on the right: Universal public health care is considered a basic human right in Canada, the UK, Europe, and every civilized country. It aslo happens…
The Denial Zombie
Paul Krugman has been writing lately about what he calls “zombie ideas.” Climate change denial is a zombie idea. So is pandemic denial. Both are zombie cousins. Both are rooted…
An idea that’s time has come.
It has been hard to be one of the few writers harping on the need for a Canadian universal income program. This past week, we got some support in the…
Revolution; and, Re-Thinking Bernie
I’ve been a big Sanders supporter, as much as I can be as a Canadian who can’t vote in the US. (Yikes… Canadians tampering in US elections! Call McCarthy!) But…
Military Take-Over? No – Take Over The Military
Absolutely no to martial law. But yes to taking resources from the military industrial complex. The military cannot be allowed to take over – under any circumstances. They must, however,…
Step Number One
Stephen Toulmin’s proposal of a return to a modest Renaissance humanism sounds wonderful (as a fresh start, so to speak, and only a start) compared to dogmatic ideology-fetishizing modernism on…
The Rolling Stones – "Ventilator Blues"
When your spine is cracking and your hands, they shakeHeart is bursting and your butt’s gonna breakWoman’s cussing, you can hear her screamFeel like murder in the first degree Ain’t…
Racist Poster Campaigns Gaining Momentum Across Canada Thanks to Telegram
A recent article from Omar Mosleh detailed a number of racist poster campaigns across Canada, focusing on the latest shift from ID Canada towards ecofascism. From The Base to Proud…
March 28: Nore of the same
The Irving family of New Brunswick has been plundering the people of New Brunswick and of Canada for what will soon be a hundred years. It poisons the province’s forest…
On universal relief
Aside from the usual mantra that “NDP = CPC!”, one of the most regularly-repeated Lib talking points criticizing the NDP’s work trying to get coronavirus relief to all Canadians has…
Trump Orders Military To Canadian Border
Posted by Erik Goldhar on Friday, March 27, 2020
No warning, no consultation, UCP yanks school funding using COVID-19 pandemic as excuse, costing 20,000 jobs
Saturday afternoon at 1 p.m., Alberta school trustees learned funding about to be yanked by the provincial government with no notice or discussion with boards. Massive layoffs are expected to…