What Antifa Teaches Us About Grooming
The American people have been groomed to believe no end of horseshit. Here’s an example. Two years after George W. Bush went on TV to admit that Saddam Hussein had…
2020
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Joseph Stiglitz discusses the divides which have been exposed and exacerbated by the coronavirus pandemic. And Anand Giridharidas talks to Varshini Prakash about…
what i’m reading: a new plan
As I’ve mentioned many times, I keep a running List of books. The List dates back to the mid-1980s. It’s not a complete list of books I’ve read. I wish…
When Even Fox News Says You’re a P.O.S.
Trump was quick to denounce The Atlantic for publishing an article about how the Mango Mussolini views the men and women serving in America’s military and those who have died…
Geopolitics 2020 – Part Two
Extremely important to understand: China is a police state, yet, it is now more free than the Western world, having removed many of the authoritarian restrictions which were imposed globally…
Saturday Photo: Reclaiming the City…
One of the up-sides of this Plague Year is the way people and cities are rethinking public spaces. Around here a number of neighborhoods have widened sidewalks by allowing terraces…
Everything?
Doug Ford claims that he has done everything to make Ontario’s schools safe — everything except reducing class sizes. Bruce Arthur writes: It is a little odd, though, that Doug…
The boy who called Wolf.
It is important to remember better days in politics. Like the time I had a laugh with conservative premier Bill Davis. I was able to introduce him to a large…
Musical interlude
Foals – The Runner
Sept.5:: repairs successful?
Let’s start with a change of pace. We humans are murderous bastards. We have have been from the start. Yes, other animals kill each other – usually to eat. We…
Let’s see you call Fox “fake news,” Trumpkins
Oh pic.twitter.com/VrybRJAmbt — Acyn Torabi (@Acyn) September 4, 2020
Was Slavery America’s First Culture War?
Politics today in America, and to a somewhat lesser extent elsewhere, has become a black hole that sucks away any hope of progress. The device is commonly known as the…
The Disaffected Lib 2020-09-04 14:00:00
“Humankind Cannot Bear Very Much Reality“
Is Charity Evil
We supposedly live in a major developed industrialized country which is one of the seven most advanced economies in the world, yet: many people depend on charity to be fed…
Of Losers and Suckers
Labour Day weekend is on our doorstep as the last marker of the summer arrives. Once this weekend is done, summer is effectively over, and we then move into the…
Christy Left Scars
An Angus Reid poll finds that Jim Horgan’s NDP holds a commanding lead in British Columbia. The numbers show NDP at 48 per cent. The BC Libs at 29. The…
Let John A. Macdonald fall
The statue of John A. Macdonald (not pictured) was toppled during an anti-racism demonstration in Montreal on August 29. Photo by Ray Ordinario/Flickr. On August 29, protesters toppled John A.…
Lurid Fantasies
Donald Trump can’t claim that he defeated the coronavirus. He can’t claim that he built a gung-ho economy. So what’s left to run on? Paul Krugman writes that all he’s…
Donald Trump is a piece of shit
…and, in my books, if you support him, you are complicit. In a conversation with senior staff members on the morning of the scheduled visit, Trump said, “Why should I…