Biden Beats Trump
U.S. election results: Live, real-time election results as Joe Biden set to become president #SNL you shady bitch pic.twitter.com/72vlKD0tsy — ChildishOcean (ALSO VOTE!! BLUE!!) (@Kidfromqueens1) November 8, 2020 This is…
2020
Oh happy day
HEY, NEIGHBOUR✌️❤️???? pic.twitter.com/9niMTfDPi8 — Brittlestar (@brittlestar) November 7, 2020 #BestEpisode_EVER pic.twitter.com/n7oJx9BrhE — Mark Hamill (@HamillHimself) November 7, 2020 You may want to mute this account for a while because I…
The Finder, by Alberta author Will Ferguson, tops independent bookshops’ fiction bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Nov. 1, 2020. The lists are compiled…
The U.S. has solved nothing.
For all the cheers in our news media, the victory of Biden almost certainly does nothing for the election crisis. The U.S. is divided into two almost equal parts. And…
My Sun column: why Biden and Harris won
Organization. There are lots of theories about why Joe Biden beat Donald Trump. That Trump had offended lots of people. That Trump had alienated Americans of color. That female voters…
A longtime fixture in U.S. politics, Biden finally wins elusive prize
By Will Dunham 7 MIN READ WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Joe Biden, a fixture in U.S. politics for a half century as a senator and vice president, completed a long…
Saturday #yqrvotes Links
Having previously posted on voters’ options, I’ll offer one more roundup of the latest on Regina’s municipal elections (for those who haven’t joined the crowds voting early). – The lead…
The Glorious Humiliation Of The Orange Monster Donald Trump
He couldn't accept that he had lost. He thought he could change the election result with one desperate tweet after the other. I WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT! —…
My election prognostications
I still think I’m going to get that last one right. Plan to work on the Georgia runoffs – as I did in the midterms and in 2020 – to…
12 Degrees of Freedom
I just read a post from Mitch Resnick on the seeds that Seymour Papert sowed, and highlighted for myself this most important statement: “Seymour rejected the computer-aided instruction approach in…
I loved this. It was just right.
“You spend so much of your life energy just trying to hold it together. And this is a big deal. For us just to be able to get some peace.”…
The Cancer Diaries, Part 13
It’s been an emotional, roller-coaster week for me (if you’ll pardon the cliché…). Back and forth to Barrie for consultations, scans, and tests, more blood work, phone consultations with doctors…
On advance preparation
I’ve noted before that Scott Moe’s spring election posturing prevented Elections Saskatchewan from putting together a full postal balloting system for this fall’s provincial election. And I haven’t yet heard…
Review: Life as Politics
A book about struggles for social change in the Muslim Middle East, mostly focused on Iran and Egypt but with sca...
WE WON WE WON WE WON
It took @CNN a while to announce what we all knew yesterday, but it’s pretty awesome to see! Decency and civility and humanity: welcome back!
Review: Life as Politics
A book about struggles for social change in the Muslim Middle East, mostly focused on Iran and Egypt but with scattered references to other countries as well. The first edition…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Antoine Genest-Grégoire, Luc Godbout and Jean-Herman Guay highlight how people are willing to pay more in taxes if they see the benefit to…
Saturday Photo: Bicycles and Winter…
It snowed on Tuesday, and is shirt-sleeve weather today. Good day to go for a bike ride–or if you’re like me, a walk. Bixi, Montreal’s bike share service, goes for…
The Right Person
It’s true that the American election was not a total repudiation of the Republican Party. But it was, Jonathan Freedland writes, a victory nonetheless: It will be hard for Joe…
November Book Sale at Leftwingbooks.net!
The November book sale at leftwingbooks.net is here; many new titles discounted, on themes ranging from feminism to armed struggle to the rise of global authoritarianism, titles by Silvia Federici,…