We’ve Seen This Before. Saigon, April, 1975.
Canada’s embassy staff in Kabul are preparing to exit di di mau-style, fearing the Taliban could take the capital in the coming weeks. They’ve plenty of company as other embassies…
August 2021
A Lament For A Paradise Lost
Not having written a blog post for a couple of years, I knew that it might be difficult to get into the flow. I wanted to break my silence. I…
A Lament For A Paradise Lost
Not having written a blog post for a couple of years, I knew that it might be difficult to get into the flow. I wanted to break my silence. I…
No More Excuses
Climate scientist Sonia Seneviratne says the latest IPCC report leaves no room for more excuses for policy makers reluctant to act on the climate crisis. She says they’ve got all…
Bad, Bad News. Sorry.
The last couple of days have been overwhelming as I have been in a bit of bad shape and have lost track of events and have lost some startling information…
KINSELLACAST 171: It’s the Festival of Joy!
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From Cuba to Myanmar, the military as enemy of democracy
Heavily dependent on tourism, the Cuban economy has been hit hard by the pandemic’s restrictions on travel. The loss of Canadian tourists is a particularly heavy blow as in recent…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 11, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay: Arrest is made in fatal stabbing of lawyer in his New York City office via ABA Journal Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet08112021 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lauren Pelley reports on the certainty that Canada is facing a fourth major wave of COVID-19 even as right-wing governments try to proclaim…
We need a pandemic-like response to tackle the climate crisis
We now have evidence that rapid and extensive action is possible. The pandemic proved that we can cease business as usual and channel our efforts toward collective well-being. Photo by…
The #Elxn44 Question That Should Be Easy To Answer
Here we are in the middle of August, and it increasingly looks like we’re heading into a federal election. Forget the fact that the current government doesn’t have a legitimate…
Quebec Cancels Planned LNG Operation to Protect the Environment
The waters of the Saguenay and the St. Lawerence have avoided great harm thanks to the cancellation of a massive natural gas facility in the area. People had been protesting…
Deadly Fantasy
There is a deeply unsettling through-line on the Right between COVID and Climate Change. Paul Krugman writes: On Monday the U.N.’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change released its latest report.…
In the land of the laissez-faire.
When Milton and Rose Friedman published Free to Choose in 1980, laissez-faire economics was at a peak. Reaganomics was all the rage in the United States and Thatcherism was tearing…
The door remains open a crack for Canada to act in the interests of its citizens, including the ones jailed in China
Canada ignored the lifeline China threw us last spring, when a Chinese court adjourned the trial of Michael Spavor without a verdict. The implication at the time was clear: Let…
Hypocrisy reaching new heights
A day after the UN panel of climate experts reported global warming is dangerously close to spiralling out of control, British Columbia Premier Horgan repeated a bullshit claim that his…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on guard.
The Pathetic Con and NDP Struggle To Try To Avoid An Election
Well Justin Trudeau hasn't yet issued an election call. He's apparently too busy leading the fight against the pandemic. And making sure we are prepared for the next one. But…
Free Your Mind: Escaping The Mental Prison Of Cognitive Bias
As Emerson said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” People who cannot admit that they were wrong, turn their minds to stone, turn their brains off, and…