MB Podcast – Week Two of #Elxn44
The latest episode of the Magpie Brûlé podcast is now live. In this episode, Cam & Alise talk about the latest developments from Afghanistan, the questions being asked of the…
August 2021
#Elxn44 Roundup
The latest from Canada’s federal election campaign. – David Climenhaga offers a warning against Conservatives bearing gifts, both generally and in their plan for token representation on corporate boards. And…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 26, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario man fined $2,500 for posting photos of Alberta judge taken at hearing for COVID-19 rule breakers via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
The Fairy Tale Factory
As children, we very much enjoyed fairy tales. Stories filled with wolves and innocent damsels, children led astray by heartless witches, princes and plotters, giants and giant-slayers, all combined to…
Peak Oil, Climate Change, and Human Fallibility
I’m just going to share verbatim a letter that I just sent to a few friends. I think it is worth giving it some thought. The letter expresses my comments…
The Same Old Song
For decades, conservatives have advocated for austerity. They are now planning to dish out more of it. Jim Stanford writes that during the pandemic, governments around the world racked up…
Organs Made in Outer Space
Custom made 3D printed organs in space may sound like science fiction, but it’s real and up at the International Space Station they are experimenting with how to print organs…
I didn’t forget you Ms. Paul.
How could I forget the leader of Canada’s green party? I park my vote with her party by telling all the curious pollsters that I am voting green this year.…
Noisy ‘bitcoin mining’ operation near Edmonton shut down – but cryptocurrency speculators keep eyeing Alberta
So-called “bitcoin miners” operating without permission just north of Edmonton have been told to stop their environmentally unfriendly and, it turns out, noisy activity – for now. A company called…
Election Funnies and Follies #7
Latest polling: Federal Polling: LPC: 36% (+3)CPC: 33% (-1)NDP: 17% (+1)BQ: 6% (-2)GPC: 5% (-2)PPC: 4% (+2) Nanos Research / August 24, 2021 / n=1200 / MOE 2.8% / Telephone…
My latest: the stench of death
The stench of death. That’s the colourful phrase some politicos use — uncharitably, but not inaccurately — to describe a campaign in its death throes. Justin Trudeau’s campaign? It’s not…
Thanks for the melodies
JS Bach in 1746 This afternoon, while bicycling to Winnipeg’s Assiniboine Park, I was listening on my smartphone to a recording by John Williams – Bach: The Four Lute Suites…
The Unbearable Lightness of the Loser Erin O’Toole
I can only imagine how Erin O'Toole must be feeling. He was only eight-years-old when he told his classmates he was going to be Prime Minister. And now he must…
The Writings of Anti-Imperialist Political Prisoner David Gilbert
David Gilbert is an ex-Weather Underground member imprisoned after filling a support role in a failed attempt to expropriate an armed truck’s currency for the support of the revolutionary Black…
How the Montreal Protocol Spared the World a Climate Catastrophe
In 1987 the nations of the world gathered in Montreal to reach a plan on salvaging the ozone layer. Little was it known that the Montreal Protocol also averted 2.5…
David Gilbert, Ex-Weather Underground Member, Granted Clemency by Cuomo. Will Parole Board Free Him? [DemocracyNow]
This post is mirrored from DemocracyNow.org. Outgoing New York Governor Andrew Cuomo used his final hours in office to grant clemency to six men, including former Weather Underground member David…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates August 24, 2021
If you send the updates to Clare Grady or Patrick O’Neill, please stop as they have been released! Here’s the latest compilation of every other week updates: https://nycabc.files.wordpress.com/2021/08/updates-24-aug-2021.pdf NYC ABC,…
Back in the holster: Sport shooting, 3-Gun, and the ban on assault-style rifles
The firearms industry loves practical shooting, but especially 3-Gun, which encourages participants to buy multiple firearms as well as various ammunition and other paraphernalia that people use to trick out…
Not While They’re Holding Two Canadians Hostage.
A Chinese state-owned shipyard has been given an order to build a 1,000 passenger ferry for an unspecified Crown agency. Has Trudeau lost his mind? Has he forgotten about Michael…
chuck close, rest in peace
The artist Chuck Close died last week at the age of 81. He was an incredibly talented artist, a progressive thinker, and a diehard New Yorker who was often seen…