tom morello on the iww and the soundtrack to the good good fight
In October, The New York Times published this piece by musician and activist Tom Morello. I’ve read it several times, and shared it on social media, and still I can’t…
December 2021
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Eric Topol writes that we have the public health tools at our disposal to overcome the Omicron COVID variant if our leaders are…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 1, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. store owner who offered employee cash for sex and then fired her ordered to pay $99K via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Fixing the Broken Committee System
Some days, the irony just pours from council news. In a story on CollingwoodToday, we learned that council, …will be considering changes to their procedural bylaw, which will include making…
And a Very Merry Christmas to You Too, Gary
The Globe & Mail’s in-house Grinch, Gary Mason, delivers his own brand of Christmas Cheer. COVID-19 and its mutant iterations will be with us for some time, and possibly forever.…
Healing the people, healing the land
Residents of the Unist’ot’en Healing Centre gather in support of Wet’suwet’en members resisting the construction of a gas pipeline through their traditional territory, February 2020. Photo by Amanda Follett Hosgood.…
Noam Chomsky warns of ‘very dangerous’ US antagonism of China
Appearing on Democracy Now! last week, Noam Chomsky accused US President Joe Biden of continuing a perilous policy of confrontation with China. Photo by Tomas Roggero/Flickr. Linguist and dissident Noam…
Will the Arctic Bid Adieu to Snow?
It’s happening sooner, decades sooner, than anyone expected. Rain will replace snow as the Arctic’s most common precipitation as the climate crisis heats up the planet’s northern ice cap, according…
More Gloom
COVID 19 has taken its toll — not just in terms of sickness and death, but in terms of public optimism. Susan Delacourt writes: New polling by Abacus research shows…
Carbon Capture Solutions from Students get Funding
The best thing to do to prevent climate change is to stop burning fossil fuels, until that happens we need to find ways to extract carbon from the air to…
information Clearing House
I strongly advise you to read Information Clearing House on your computer. Then Type in presidential clearing house. And following that read Kennedy killed by CIA. Or President John F.…
Not to Reign Over Us.
Not that Canadians would have noticed. It was an historic moment for Barbadians. Barbados became a republic the other day. Prince Charles was there to say ‘goodbye.’ It was all…
Omicrom variant arrives in Alberta – so naturally Jason Kenney is talking about easing COVID restrictions
The first case of the Omicron variant of the COVID-19 virus has arrived in Alberta, Chief Medical Officer of Health Deena Hinshaw confirmed yesterday at one of her routine pandemic…