My latest: the UnElection
It’s unnecessary. It’s unwanted. And it’s been imposed on us — commencing this weekend, according to a Reuters report — by a Prime Minister who is unfit. Because, make no…
August 2021
The Fundamentals Of History
(The following thoughts were written in response to a podcast, linked below.) I liked this podcaster’s treatment of the Druids, which was very good. However… This talk (linked below) asks…
Sunday It Is
It’s reported that Justin Trudeau will announce an election call this Sunday. Apparently the climate-dodger will make this election a referendum on his government’s handling of Covid-19. The Liberals supposedly…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 12, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Doug Ford rejects demand he meet with MPPs to discuss vaccine passports and mandatory shots via Toronto Star Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet08122021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Greg Jericho writes that the latest IPCC report confirms that we’re running out of time to avert climate breakdown, but still have…
Production up; public revenue down
BC fights climate change by reducing the public share of natural gas revenues to almost nothing, while production soars. Meanwhile, unprecedented portions of the world are on fire
Corporate Philanthropy: The Art Of Misdirection
I have just read a fascinating book by Anand Giridharadas entitled Winners Take All: The Elite Charade of Changing the World. His thesis: that big-name, wealthy and corporate philanthropists, aided…
Skipping to the apocalypse
A family pose outside of a prefabricated fallout shelter, 1962. Today, survival shelters are back in vogue, particularly among the billionaire class, to stave off the ramifications of new threats…
Some Muscular Truth
It likely won’t shock you if I point out that we’re about to go into the 17th month of the COVID-19 pandemic. At one point, pointing out the latest new…
Exposing The Monstrous Face Of Erin O’Toole’s Ugly Cons.
Erin O'Toole's foreign advisors have apparently told him that his only chance of winning the next election is to try to fool Canadians into believing that the Cons are now…
A Tall Order
William Rees writes that, as we consume the latest IPCC report on climate change, we need to remember that the biggest problem we face is ecological overshoot: Ecological overshoot means…
The Ford PC government thanks hospital employees by telling them to work harder for less
With as much fanfare as it could muster, the Ford PC government has re-announced its Budget plan of $300 million for hospitals to deal with the backlog of surgeries and…
And the CBC lies.
The old Canadian Broadcasting Corporation English headquarters on Jarvis Street in Toronto used to be referred to as ‘The Kremlin.’ I remember seeing my first videotape machine there. It was…
Nurses protest while Kenney Government doubles down on hard-line post-pandemic bargaining strategy
With nurses planning to spend much of the day marching on information pickets at health care worksites throughout Alberta to protest the Kenney Government’s effort to cut back their wages…
Frog Stuff
Over at Balloon Juice, John Cole is posting his “find Mr. Frog” photos, and suddenly I was reminded of this great Brothers Four version of Froggy Went A Courtin’ –…
A Ball And Chain Forged By Fools
I hope to be back with something new tomorrow. In the meantime, this speaks volumes: Recommend this Post
Is it time for a Liberal majority?
1965 Liberal Campaign ButtonA federal election is coming and the widely mooted purpose for this campaign is a desire by the Trudeau government to win a majority of seats in…
Is it time for a Liberal majority?
1965 Liberal Campaign ButtonA federal election is coming and the widely mooted purpose for this campaign is a desire by the Trudeau government to win a majority of seats in…
Is it time for a Liberal majority?
1965 Liberal Campaign Button A federal election is coming and the widely mooted purpose for this campaign is a desire by the Trudeau government to win a majority of seats…