Thoughts on Canadian politics post the 2019 election
National political context emerging from 2019 election Polling during the 2019 election left many with the impression that the Liberal government was on the ropes. However, the distortions of the…
2020
Let Not Your Heart Be Troubled
Kenneth Copeland is on the job! No crisis is complete without #FakeChristian charlatans using it to make a tax-free buck. Notorious conman Kenneth Copeland will “cure” #coronavirus over your TV…
What Are the Chances?
Four old dudes in their mid to late-70s. At least three of them with compromised respiratory systems from decades of heavy smoking. The four of them decide to travel the…
Best tweet of the pandemic
The World Health Organization has announced that dogs cannot contract Covid-19. Dogs previously held in quarantine can now be released. To be clear, WHO let the dogs out. — Liam…
Neoliberalism, the Shock Doctrine and Disaster Capitalism
Originally posted on Writings of J. Todd Ring: Normally I post only essays that I have written on my blog, but this deserves to be an exception to the rule.…
The Collapse of Modern Civilization
More than 150 years ago Thoreau commented, “Our sills are all rotten.” He was right. It is for that reason that Western, and Westernized, “modern” “civilization” is collapsing. This could…
Trudeaus, Singh in self-isolation
Hope all of them are okay. And that everyone exposed to this remorseless, foul pestilence are okay, too. #BREAKING: Justin Trudeau and Sophie Gregoire Trudeau are in self-isolation over COVID-19…
Trump’s Chernobyl
Brian Klass writes that the coronavirus is Donald Trump’s Chernobyl: On Saturday, April 26, 1986, the No. 4 reactor at Chernobyl power station exploded just outside the town of Pripyat…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Amy Goodman and Denis Moynihan write about the U.S.’ choice between health care for all, or the spread of disease as people…
Climaginaries: Understanding the Post-Carbon World
Fiction is an effective tool to picture how others live and what other possibilities exist for humanity. Stories like Star Trek inspire people to strive to make the imaginary real…
Lessons Alberta is learning.
Albertans are disappointed. They cannot blame Ottawa for this one. They cannot win an oil price war with Saudi Arabia. Alberta tar sands bitumen is not even in the running.…
Taking the Car Out of Carbon: UK EV Station to Open This Summer
In the UK, a company plans to build more than 100 EV charging stations to support non-carbon options. What are we doing here?
American ‘Leadership’ Continue Irreparable Harm
I am tired of politicans that blame others for issues and problems that can’t be solved with the wave of a wand. Trump is the king of blaming others and…
#TBT: never-before-seen Hot Nasties pix!
What better way to help everyone forget about the pandemic and barricades and Trump than…publishing ultra-rare Hot Nasties photos! These were taken in 1978 or so, in Ras Pierre’s basement…
It’s almost as if the new coronavirus has evolved to exploit the vulnerabilities of the modern neoliberal state
“The risk to Albertans is still low,” the Government of Alberta’s official website soothingly assured us yesterday afternoon, the day the World Health Organization officially declared the effects of the…
Justin Trudeau plans to meets with Premieres from across Canada in Ottawa this Friday and in response people are organizing a mass demonstration outside of Parliament.
Apologies for the delay in updates. Much has happened this week as actions have continued through the week supporting the demands of the Wet’suwet’en Hereditary chiefs that CGL and RCMP…
Long-time CVRD director for North Oyster/Diamond resigns
Long-time CVRD director for North Oyster/Diamond resigns Mary Marcotte has been on leave-of-absence since September Originally published by the Ladysmith Chronicle By Robert Barron Mary Marcotte has resigned from her…
What I’m thinking
Typing live. Not a draft. I have a 23,000 year old mutation called Prothrombin 20210a. It is heterozygous to my Y chromosome. It seems to be passed from father to…
Meanwhile, Since Government is Hell Bent on Clearing the Way for a Foreign-Owned LNG Plant
To hear creeps like Jason Kenney and John Horgan tell it, Canada is being undermined by environmentalists and First Nations protesters working hard to sabotage our fossil energy economy. About…
#CloseTheSchools, Save Lives
If you're a city leader with influence in a business or government, read this, and in the morning do what you can to limit places people can spread respiratory illnesses.…