Dealing With The Crazies
The Red Wave never materialized. Nonetheless, the Republicans — with a very slim majority — will soon take over the House of Representatives. Paul Krugman writes: The modern G.O.P., in…
November 2022
Today’s News: FluTruxKlan hearings wrap up
Hey everyone — first of all, please forgive the lack of posts these days – along with thousands of others, I have been searching for a social media platform to…
Assaulting Assault Arms.
It seems to be a regular song they sing in the United States Congress. Once again, they want to ban assault rifles. It seems useless but you have to give…
Jacobin is wrong: the midterms were not a ‘socialist wave’
Pennsylvania Lieutenant Governor John Fetterman at his inauguration speech in 2019. Fetterman won his race for Pennsylvania’s Senate seat on November 9, 2022. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. After the results…
Things that make u go HMMM!
The BC Government promised transformative change to Indigenous people. What First Nations are getting is transformative change to traditional territories altered for hydropower, coal, oil and gas.
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jessica Wildfire sets out the realities of COVID which are apparent to people on top of the flow of scientific news – even…
I love this island
Reykjavik pix for y'all, before the sun goes down in the next hour. Verði þér að góðu. pic.twitter.com/FO1kKTto80 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 25, 2022
Too Much Plenty?
George F. Will has an interesting thesis: Our politics are toxic because we live in an age of plenty. I’m not sure I buy it. But I place it before…
Time to Rethink the Skyscraper
The climate crisis has us questioning where people live, work, and how they get between the two. We’ve known for decades that low density sub-urban living is horrible for the…
Poilievre’s Poison.
It’s a bad combination. Conservative party leader, Pierre Poilievre has been considered an ideologue. Yet, he appears to treat his ideology as dogma. He seems to accept theory as belief.…
How long before Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government tries to ban mask wearing in schools?
Serious question: How long before Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government tries to ban mask wearing in schools, period? Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flicker). After all, nothing triggers an…
On OCDSB’s Mask Motion
The OCDSB motion to require masks in all schools but allow exemptions for anyone who finds masks to be a hardship was not passed tonight after a 6-6 tie. Both…
An Open Message to Ottawa Mayor Mark Sutcliffe
The election is over and you can now free yourself from your election handlers. It is time to move your focus from getting elected to making Ottawa a better place…
Hello, Iceland
Reykjavik. pic.twitter.com/CLZwCaWh3b — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) November 24, 2022
Tyler Shandro’s performative complaint about RCMP commissioner is all part of the UCP’s provincial police campaign
There’s a certain irony, I suppose, to Alberta’s justice minister piously insisting “the commissioner of the RCMP must be held to the highest of standards” while he himself faces an…
Navigating the left’s Ukraine debate
The Ukrainian flag is flown in front of the US Capitol building, March 2022. Photo by Darren McGee/Flickr. 1. Why is the principle of self-determination so important to understanding the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Anjana Ahuja highlights the risks which result from quackery treating theories about an “immunity debt” as a reason to expose children to…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 24, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. Human Rights Tribunal awards $150,000 in child welfare discrimination case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3OxDhJo – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
A Tale Of Two Realities
This is the story of two ‘realities’; one is grounded in the ugly facts of a respiratory illness, RSV, in children; the other, essentially an anti-reality, revolves around shortsighted, reactionary…