The Doctor Who Fooled the World
I rarely do book reviews. Nor do I often suggest books to read. But every once in a while I come across one that is simply too good to just…
2022
Row Row Row Your Boat
Gently off a cliff,Throw the women overboard,Republicans want a tiff. The Trump Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which for half a century put an end to most low-quality abortions…
In Conversation with Richard Marsh
After writing about the Klondike Papers originally, my little blog got a ridiculous number of hits very briefly but just long enough for Richard Marsh to notice and fact-check my…
Is It Just Me?
It’s really no biggie – if you weren’t in the front seat. Two men died when the Chinese Tesla clone pushed through a wall and plunged three storeys to the…
rotd: the actual status of the poorest woman is the possible status of every woman
Revolutionary thought of the day: “The actual status of the poorest and most unfortunate woman in society determines the possible status of every woman.” From the mission statement of the…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Kit Yates weighs in on the work which still needs to be done to avoid further waves of COVID-19. And Marsha Barber writes…
Musical interlude
Cannons – Fire For You
"A House Divided."
The black robed Mullahs of the Supreme Court of Evangelistan have ruled. They cut their teeth on dismantling affirmative action and voter rights but yesterday they moved into the big…
The Day The Cons Officially Became the Convoy Party
I've been warning for a long time that the Cons are no longer a Canadian political party. But are now a party of right-wing extremists, religious fanatics, and conspiracy peddling…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 24, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Bill Cosby Loses Sex Assault Lawsuit and Must Pay Damages #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3HRtE59 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
A Trip Back In Time
That must be what it feels like to visit the United States these days, with the Supreme Court okaying the open-carry of guns and overturning Roe v. Wade. Recommend this…
Trump’s Screwballs
Another day of hearings in Wahington and the story keeps getting darker. Dana Milbank writes: Two weeks of hearings by the select committee have made clear that the insurrection itself…
Transcending the ‘imperial mode of living’
The ‘Imperial Mode of Living’ implies that “people’s everyday practices, including individual and societal orientations, as well as identities, rely heavily on the unlimited appropriation of resources.” Photo from Flickr.…
Housing: Building Stupid on Stupider
Housing: affordability won’t come when we allow millions more McMansions to be built. The post Housing: Building Stupid on Stupider first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Poilievre Doesn’t Do Economics.
The most ridiculous statement from the boy conservative, MP Pierre Poilievre this week was the promise that he made about new legislation. He said that, if he was prime minister,…
Today’s News: Pushing back
FreeDumb Convoy: First, here’s some actual news from the real world – Covid vaccines saved 20 million lives: 20,000,000 https://t.co/NT4RfBMWuo — James Moore (@JamesMoore_org) June 24, 2022 Next, we are…
Told to take a hike by UCP, former Alberta Liberal leader Raj Sherman says he’ll run to lead Conservatives anyway
Yesterday, the United Conservative Party failed to get a leadership candidate it really could have used and instead got stuck with a non-candidate it sincerely wants nothing to do with.…
Street Writing Snippet #1
Angelique imagines herself howling. It seems like something she would like to do. Some people imitate what they believe are Iroquois war cries. She is not sure how you could…
Albertans happy to see Kenney’s back, but who’s next up?
Jason Kenney tried hard to convince Albertans that he was one of them. He failed to even convince members of his own party. In a confidence vote, he could only…