Trudeau is in the catbird seat.
Canadians have never seen anyone so well positioned at the moment than prime minister Justin Trudeau. Popping in an out of Rideau Cottage like a cuckoo in a clock, the…
2020
Transit service levels in Cowichan unchanged, rear-door boarding on local routes
News Release FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 20, 2020 Transit service levels in Cowichan unchanged, rear-door boarding on local routes Duncan, BC – While local service will continue as regularly scheduled,…
The new two-tier medicine: real physicians for the rich, an Internet app for the rest of us?
Get ready for the new two-tier medicine! Real doctors for the rich; Internet apps of the rest of us. Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro (Photo: Government of Alberta). You think…
Noel Ignatiev’s Conflicted Antifascism (repost)
Noel Ignatiev1 left a conflicted antifascist legacy. As a member of the Sojourner Truth Organization (sto), Ignatiev made important contributions to understanding fascism, above all its autonomous political character and…
Crossroads
Warning: this post contains difficult subject matter. I’ve never felt the need to put a warning about the contents of a post before but at the same time my twitter…
Lies In A Time Of Plaque
‘Everybody knows that pestilences have a way of recurring in the world; yet somehow we find it hard to believe in ones that crash down on our heads from a…
The Mirror & the Light by Hilary Mantel tops independent Alberta bookshops’ bestseller list this 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 15, 2020. The lists are compiled…
Residents asked to refrain from backyard burning during COVID-19 emergency
CVRD News Posted on: March 20, 2020 Residents asked to refrain from backyard burning during COVID-19 emergency The CVRD is requesting residents not engage in backyard burning and limit their…
A Warning
“Those who would surrender a little liberty for a little security, deserve neither, and will lose both.”
Musical interlude
Cake – Sinking Ship
A little shock therapy for the masses
Thoughts on Trump, the Deep State, Psyops & the Virus: Explains what is happening now…. The Shock Doctrine (film). The deep state steers Trump. (Demonstrated fact.) Smart move would be…
Justin Trudeau And The War On COVID -19
He has had to weather one crisis after another. His wife is sick with Covid-19, and he must take care of their children alone, while under self-isolation.But from that little…
Today In the Grey Lady – the Donald Trump Roundup
Highlights from today’s New York Times or, as I like to call it, ‘Today in Trumpland’ The United States is falling further behind and, without urgent action, could be overwhelmed…
March20: A ray of light?
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/mar/20/chinese-life-slowly-gets-back-to-normal-as-the-epidemic-subsides-coronavirus_________________________________________________________________ Note in the report below that China has no new cases within China. The only new cases – a small number – are Chinese who contracted it while abroad.…
Global Famine Approaches As Pollinators Die From Pesticides – But Virus Hysteria & Mass Distraction Reign
Strolling just now, with my belle and my boy, enjoying the spring day, trying not to worry too much about the mass insanity which has gripped the people, as fear…
We Face Two Stark Choices for Dealing with COVID-19
What ‘Report 9’ means when it compares ‘mitigation or suppression.’ Crawford Kilian Today | TheTyee.caTyee contributing editor Crawford Kilian blogs about COVID-19 here. 66 Comments What measures are coming?…
The Insanity of Making Sick People Work
Coronavirus is putting extra burdens on workers, from health professionals to low-paid cleaning staff at the front line of combating infection. Yet many of these same workers don’t even have…
Kenney Runs Out of Whipping Boys
Pity Alberta premier, Jason Kenney. The provincial government’s favourite game, Blame Ottawa, has run out of steam. Michael Harris writes “it’s Game Over for Kenney.” Before COVID-19 turned Times Square…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Mike Konczal offers (PDF) a framework for responding to the coronavirus pandemic from a U.S. perspective. And the CCPA is providing ample analysis…
Bios of members of citizens’ Working Group on future of Municipal Forest Reserve
Originally published by sixmountains.ca Bios of members of citizens’ Working Group on future of Municipal Forest Reserve reveal diverse backgrounds and interests Meetings of the newly appointed citizens’ Working Group…