Dear Scott
Check out this letter to Scott Moe, Saskatchewan’s worst Premier. https://wp.me/p6xKTx-14i
March 2021
“U.S. democracy is in urgent need of repair”—Freedom House
“After experiencing a gradual decline in respect for political rights and civil liberties over the past decade, the United States is now facing an acute crisis for democracy.” So says…
Stoicism and Slave Mentality
Stoicism is a sordid philosophy of grim forbearance in the face of a rigidly deterministic fatalism devoid of all agency or hope. People who have no hope gravitate to it,…
New Name – the "Circular Economy"
Yesterday I received an invitation to register for a seminar course being hosted by the Judge School of Business, Cambridge. With a registration fee of 2,000 pounds I’ll give it…
Michael Harris Sees America Headed for Civil War. He’s Almost Certainly Wrong.
The Tyee’s Michael Harris sees a second civil war on the horizon for the United States. Unresolved issues from the Civil War, the civil rights battles of the 1960s, and…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Armine Yalnizyan highlights how our failure to put adequate resources into the caring sector stands in the way of both a COVID…
No Surprises. Supreme Court Upholds the Carbon Tax.
In a 6-3 split decision the Supreme Court of Canada, as expected, has upheld the Trudeau government’s carbon tax. Some will use the 3 justices dissent to attack the judgment…
The Upholding of “Peace, Order and Good Government”
During the life of this current Parliament there have been a few things that have hung over the political players in Ottawa, awaiting resolution that would have a big impact…
Another Lockdown
COVID variants are spreading rapidly. But the Ontario government continues to open up the province. Bruce Arthur writes: Ontario is engaging in a game of chicken with COVID-19, which is…
The upcoming battle for the GTA.
Some pundits are under the impression that the key battle in the coming federal election is in the greater Toronto area (GTA). They might be able to give logical support…
Former PC MLA Mike Allen, a man with a controversial past, to seek mayor’s office in Fort McMurray
Former Progressive Conservative MLA Mike Allen, a man who’s been the subject of some interesting stories in recent Alberta political history, announced Tuesday he plans to run for mayor of…
True cost of hydro power?
Proponents of megaprojects routinely underestimate financial costs. After conducting an extensive study, top experts concluded this is caused by “strategic misrepresentation, that is, lying.” In addition, proponents invariably ignore environmental…
Erin O’Toole Crowns Himself the King of the Covidiots
It's hard not to feel just a little bit sorry for Erin O'Toole, after the way he was humiliated by his supporters at the Con convention. And the way the…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates Mar. 23, 2021
Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/03/updates-23-mar-2021.pdf NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and…
Covid Journal, March 24, 2021
What is ‘On Guard For Thee’ and what does it mean if further stay-in-place requirements are demanded of the public?
Big Banks’ Betrayal
There’s a term for them, “fossil banks.” These are the big banks that routinely talk a good game about moving out of fossil fuel investments into green energy instead. But,…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – John Guyton, Patrick Langetieg, Daniel Reck, Max Risch and Gabriel Zucman examine (PDF) the massive amounts of money which people at the very…
Kenney sugar coats dishonesty.
We get lots of promotional stuff in our Internet in-boxes. It usually only takes a second to click on the little garbage-can icon. But the other day, with my finger…
A New Flood of Refugees
Michael Harris writes that Canadians should brace themselves for a new American Civil War; Racist politicking in America is no longer travelling incognito. And the Republican is its political arm,…