Turn Off The Propaganda Machine
This week’s cover story of the world’s leading trend analysis institute: very fitting, dead on the money, as usual. As I keep saying, turn off the state and corporate “news”.…
2020
Coronavirus: Facts, Anyone?
Perspective is helpful, and critical. Panic is not. Consider the figures: Japan: Just under 5,000 deaths per year from bathtub drownings; just over 5,000 deaths per year from…
Clark formed the policy; Horgan accelerated it
Petroleum and natural gas rights sale results reflect policies of a government dedicated to increasing fossil fuel production. To do that, they are giving away the public share of these…
Alberta COVID-19 cases rise to 74; UCP to push budget through; Jason Kenney visits the airport
Faced with the embarrassment of having to rewrite Alberta’s budget to acknowledge economic reality and public health necessity in the midst of a global pandemic or stick with one that…
EXTREMELY IMPORTANT – WATCH NOW
Normally I only post articles on my blog that I write. On rare occasions – twice so far, I believe – I have shared someone else’s video. This is critical…
City closes all VPL, Civic Theatre, and Park Board facilities to the public
March 16 2020 Effective immediately, the City is closing or limiting public access to a number of its facilities to curb the potential spread of COVID-19 and ensure that resources…
While We’re On the Subject of Pipelines
It’s not just human health that’s in jeopardy from the Covid-19 pandemic. The fossil fuel industry is taking a pounding. Part of it is the decline in energy consumption from…
Oil Capitals Hunker Down
To Calgarians, the city is starting to feel like a punching bag. Its primary industry suffers one body blow after another. Oil prices crashed at the end of 2014 as…
BC Provincial Health Officer Dr. Bonnie Henry’s Update
Dr Bonnie Henry Here’s what to know about the novel coronavirus situation in B.C. on March 16, 2020. Check back here for more updates throughout the day. THEPROVINCE.COM COVID-19: Here’s…
Meme Monday #7
Wash your hands, people! The Corona virus pandemic has led many to alter their behavior as a means of stopping its spread. Her Majesty is said to be reviewing up-coming…
Talking the Latest on Covid-19 on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We spoke in depth about about the growing impact…
On Pandemics and the Climate
Everyone staying at home might buy us a bit more time to finalize policies that will actually mitigate climate change, if we actually care to do save even more lives.…
North Cowichan has a remarkable opportunity to protect BC’s most endangered ‘landscape,’ says prominent plant ecologist
Originally published by sixmountains.ca. North Cowichan’s 5,000-hectare Municipal Forest Reserve lies within the most endangered “ecological zone” in British Columbia, providing the municipality with a remarkable opportunity to make a…
L’humanité à l’heure de COVID-19: comment s’entraider
(ceci est une traduction non-autorisé de l’article Humanity in times of COVID-19: How to help each other properly par le medecin Ben F. Maier) Tout d’abord, pour que tout cela…
A Larger Perspective
In these uncertain times, we are all seized by concerns about Corvid-19. The prospect of death invariably focuses the mind, especially in the short-term. Facilitated by fossil-fuel propaganda and an…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Emmanuez Saez and Gabriel Zucman call for (PDF) governments to act as buyers of last resort to minimize the economic fallout from the…
Elite political journalists are eager to kick Bernie Sanders on his way out the door
U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders speaking with attendees at the Presidential Gun Sense Forum hosted by Everytown for Gun Safety and Moms Demand Action at the Iowa Events Center in Des…
The Naked Emperor
The COVID-19 pandemic has stripped Donald Trump of his cover. Maureen Dowd writes in The New York Times: Until now, Trump has mostly succeeded in covering up things that could…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of March 16, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 16, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Prince Andrew Is Stonewalling in Epstein Case, Prosecutor Says Led Zeppelin wins…