Musk And Twitter
Why did Elon Musk buy Twitter? David Olive writes: Some business deals eventually go bad. And some are failures from the start. Elon Musk’s planned $44-billion (U.S.) purchase of social…
2022
Mayday, Mayday.
It’s election time in Ontario. And the voters are desperate. They need help. The Ford conservatives have been campaigning for months. The hapless new democrats came up with a bunch…
Today’s News: A long time coming
Today the Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby arrived in Saskatchewan, to apologize for the Anglican Church role in Canadian residential schools. The official photo is above and I’m sorry that…
Platinum Jubilee in April
Royal Tour Announced for May The Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall will be coming to Canada on May 17th and staying till May 19th. They will visit the…
Ottawa Police refer to anti-vax protestors as “freedom supporters”
In what can only be described as positive public relations spin – or just propaganda in this case – the Ontario Police’s official Twitter account referred to anti-vaccine, pro-disease protestors…
A new direction for Northern Currents
Northern Currents has changed quite a bit since I started it two years ago. I have 60 posts published and have built a small following via social media and the…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Mickey Djuric writes about the rising COVID-19 hospitalization numbers driven by unvaccinated people – but lest anybody treat past shots as an excuse…
Saturday stuff: funny, and of course dogs!
First up, boy is this ever true! Now that spring is here, the rabbits from the nearby park are making their evening circuts through our cul-de-sac and our dogs are…
The climate progress narrative is the newest tactic of global warming denialists
There’s no evidence that the vast majority of countries, particularly the world’s largest emitters, are on track to meet their emissions reductions commitments. So why are we pretending otherwise? Photo…
Saturday Photo: Coming up Soon to a Woods Near YOU
Leaves will be on the trees before you know it! At last!
Those Wacky 5G Conspiracy Believers
Although it surfs the tidal wave of anti-intellectualism and anti-science in our society, the whole “5G-is-evil” conspiracy has been amusing, I must admit. From burning down cell towers, to accusing…
The Radicalized Right
Max Fawcett writes that we are about to discover how much the Right has been radicalized: A public inquiry into the federal government’s decision to invoke the Emergencies Act has…
Feel the Anger.
The frustration with COVID-19 keeps growing. Canadians are tired of the distancing, the damn masks and the stupid elbow bumping. We all want our lives back. And the politicians aren’t…
Today’s news: TGIF
As John Oliver says, just a few things to wrap up the week: First up, so to speak, wasn’t it great that the Mets pitched a no-hitter today — I…
You Won’t Be Able To Read This When You Want To
This is one of those things about our planet that people would want to look up on the Internet, but won’t be able to if it happens.
Whitemud Walking, by Edmonton author Matthew James Weigel, tops Alberta Independent Bookshops’ non-fiction bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, April 24, 2022. The lists are compiled…
Musical interlude
The Paper Kites – Revelator Eyes
#SKNDPLDR Roundup
So far, the Saskatchewan NDP’s leadership campaign has been awfully quiet. And with a membership deadline looming for anybody who wants to be able to vote in the leadership election,…
Another from David Shiller’s farm
Changes. pic.twitter.com/sBG3AKQ1Mn — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 29, 2022