Coming Apart at the Seams
Yesterday should have been a day in the United States that should have been a pro-forma, ceremonial step towards the usual peaceful transition of power. Yesterday we should have been…
January 2021
A Catalyst To Evil
Yesterday, Donald Trump unleashed his mob on Washington. With fourteen days to go in his presidency, Americans — and the rest of the world — have the full measure of…
Covid Journal, January 7, 2021
Donald Trump was, is and will always be seen as a product of a country without leadership.
“The shining city on the hill.”
…what a load of crap. They’re something far, far less. They’re barely a democracy, now. So, the next time an American tells you they have the greatest democracy in the…
Why Just Food Matters
Everyone needs to eat, yet even in our democracy there are people with low access to food and the food they can get is low quality. This shouldn’t be the…
Broken windows fascism (ThreeWayFight)
1. When Donald Trump was first running for president in 2015-16, a lot of alt-rightists supported him not because they thought he could win, but because they hoped he would…
Alberta premier piously pleads for restoration of order in Washington, smooth ascension of Joe Biden to U.S. presidency
“Alberta has always had close ties to the United States, so it’s painful to watch the bizarre scenes unfolding at the U.S. Capitol,” Jason Kenney lamented yesterday, presumably tweeting from…
Nero loses his fiddle
The madman is silenced. pic.twitter.com/vCAt1vaNHX — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 7, 2021
Michael Moore On the Attempted Insurrection
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America isn’t just broken.
America, the one most of us knew, is dead.
Senate and House Recess as Trump Mob Breaks In to Capitol Building. Romney Accuses Trump of Inciting "Insurrection."
This morning, outside the White House, Donald Trump inflamed his gathered supporters with outright lies and tall tales about how the election was stolen by the Democrats; by weak and…
Divided health and the crisis of capitalism
The 16,000-square-foot Pandemic Response Unit at Joseph Brant Hospital in Burlington, Ontario. The field hospital was built as a worsening wave of COVID-19 infections pushed the health care system to…
Trump Feeds the Crowd Incendiary Lies
He showed up on the stage about an hour late but when they finally figured out the sound system, Trump unleashed an almost unbearable diatribe to the gathered crowd of…
The Excellent Humiliation of the Con Monster Jason Kenney
Ever since he became their Great Leader, Jason Kenney has been treated like a god by many Albertans. As long as he attacked Justin Trudeau, demonized the carbon tax, and…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Robyn Urback writes that the second wave of COVID-19 can be traced largely to people – including far too many political leaders –…
Time For Some Sober Second Thought
A recent poll shows that about half of all Canadians are ignoring the Covid guidelines telling people to socialize only with those in their own household: A new survey suggests…
About to Be Lanced
Awa Mahdawi writes that she receives nasty comments these days: “Go back home to your third-world country,” a helpful stranger told me on Twitter recently. I get comments like this…
Now is the Time to Increase Accessibility in the Arts
Making an art gallery accessible is more than providing a ramp for people to enter, an accessible art gallery ought to include accessible art. The bare minimum a gallery or…
greetings island: the best e-card site you’ve never heard of
Tl; dr: Greetings Island is the best e-greeting-card site. * * * * I love greeting cards — birthdays, anniversaries, thank yous, “glad you’re my friend”. I used to love…