The Disaffected Lib Mk. II 2021-12-06 13:13:00
Could there be a Litmus Test for democracy? Many years ago, the CBC’s Patrick Watson produced a multi-part series on democracy, what it meant to this people or that and…
December 2021
Oh Dear, the Institute of Hate.
(Remember, when you do the hand thing, keep the hand tilted a bit) They’re your typical radical right outfit – anti-immigrant, anti-vaxx, white nationalist/supremacy. And now the German government might…
This Is No Party at All. Maxwell Stands Alone.
Chris Hedges thinks there are a few people missing at the Ghyslaine Maxwell trial: Donald Trump, Bill Clinton, Bill Gates, hedge-fund billionaire Glenn Dubin, former New Mexico Bill Richardson, former…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Supriya Dwivedi writes about the Groundhog Day-style loop we’re trapped in due to a pandemic which is being allowed to continue and evolve.…
December 6th: it’s been two generations
I confess to being at loss for words this year as I commemorate the 1989 massacre at École Polytechnique in Montréal. So much stuff — so many incidents of male…
December 6th: it’s been two generations
I confess to being at loss for words this year as I commemorate the 1989 massacre at École Polytechnique in Montréal. So much stuff — so many incidents of male…
No There
Republicans have been obstructionist for a long time. Paul Krugman writes that last week’s attempt to shut down the government is merely another in a long line of manufactured crises:…
Wise Law’s Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of December 6, 2021
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of December 6, 2021
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 6, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: Ghislaine Maxwell’s Trial Begins in the Shadow of Jeffrey Epstein DOJ Accuses…
Covid Journal, Dec 6, 2021
I’ve been swept up with a range of family issues of late so I haven’t been anywhere near as active as I’d like to have been over the past two…
PR for the Royals.
Maybe I was in the public relations business at the wrong time. Retiring at the turn of the century, I missed out on the opportunities. There was no denying that…
Today’s news: random funny stuff
COVID has convinced us of this truth: I’m wearing this when I teach evolutionary medicine next week. pic.twitter.com/E2wCQyTs1u — Daniel Bolnick (@DanielBolnick) November 22, 2021 ? True! ??❄️??❄️??❄️?? https://t.co/xgdoYTtc2n —…
Who’s On First: Jason Kenney’s Response to the 4th Wave
Abbott and Costello’s comedy routine “Who’s on First” was performed in the late 1940s. It’s based on a skit Abbott heard in an episode of a radio comedy show called…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Bruce Arthur examines what the spread of the Omicron COVID variant figures to mean for Ontario. Rachel Emmanuel reports on the National…
KINSELLACAST 188: SEX with Mraz, WOKE with Lilley, POLITICS with Mills, Belanger – plus angry punk, maaaaan
The post KINSELLACAST 188: SEX with Mraz, WOKE with Lilley, POLITICS with Mills, Belanger – plus angry punk, maaaaan first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Saturday Photo: The Fraser River Flood Plain
This is a photo I found on WikiCommons of the Fraser River flood plain in non-flood times. You can see how lush it is, and how the river meanders. No…
Yes, This has Global Impacts But Also The Crofton Mill!
Paper Excellence’s very big deal The post Yes, This has Global Impacts But Also The Crofton Mill! first appeared on richardhughes.ca.
A Pivotal Moment
Sometimes opponents come together for a common cause. Robin Sears writes: In the spring of 1940, facing rapidly darkening clouds of war, Winston Churchill reached out quietly to Clement Attlee,…
Really?
You know, a bad faith Twitter report will only result in me starting up the blog again. You sure that’s what you would like because I will unleash hell on…
How historical happenstance resulted in the Québécois being ruled by the same monarch they would have had anyways if they had never left France
The Québécois are, as a rule, not fond of the monarchy. Poll after poll bear this out. Its not so much that Québécois dislike the Queen or, arguably, even the…