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…
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…
Suzuki apologizes, Kenney rants
David Suzuki recently made some rash comments about oil pipelines, specifically “There are going to be pipelines blown up if our leaders don’t pay attention to what’s going on.” Being…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats at rest.
Conversion Therapy and Affirmative Therapy
Now that the LPC government has tabled Bill C-4, it's probably a good time to examine the two terms that are inevitably going to be argued about the most with…
Making The Torture Of LGBT Kids Criminal. At Last.
On any given day thousands of young people call the streets of Canada home. And about twenty to thirty percent of them are LGBT kids. Thrown into the street by…
End times in British Columbia
It must seem like Armageddon has arrived on Canada’s west coast. After last week’s flooding and landslides, the province is now facing more heavy weather. If you can help, donate…
Gone To Glory
Somehow, my heart, which should be heavy, feels gratitude at the news that this crazed evangelical, who urged his followers not to get vaccinated, is no longer with us. Daystar…
Critic of UCP COVID response has Twitter account suspended after complaining fake account used his name and image
IMPORTANT NOTE: I’m pleased to report Dr. Joe Vipond’s Twitter account was restored to him 21 minutes after this post was published. I’m not taking credit. I rather imagine it…