Those old things below
When we discarded Cartoonlife, of course we did a backup. That backup somehow remains linked to here, the renamed Samupress. Some of it is interesting enough to keep and sort…
2022
Those old things below
When we discarded Cartoonlife, of course we did a backup. That backup somehow remains linked to here, the renamed Samupress. Some of it is interesting enough to keep and sort…
Chicken O’Toole’s Big Vaccine Flip Flop
The way Erin O'Toole has been behaving recently, one might be forgiven for wondering whether he is losing his marbles. He has been blaming Justin Trudeau for causing the pandemic,…
KH Comes Down Hard On the Evangelical Flock
Canadian-born Katharine Hayhoe has achieved a certain celebrity for being a climate scientist and a devout evangelical Christian. Many see science and belief as diametrically opposed, irreconcilable. She doesn’t. She…
Greed: Council Votes Itself More Money. Again
NB. This is a repost from Dec. 16, 2021 At its Dec. 13 budget meeting our perpetually greedy, self-serving council voted 5-3 to increase their own individual expense accounts from…
A Sensible, Workable Policy on Flooding.
Flooding is becoming a major problem and it’s not just in the southern US. British Columbia just experienced a crash course in heavy flooding that caused an entire city to…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Trevor Herriot and Cathy Holtslander write about the Saskatchewan Party’s climate position which can’t be treated as anything but implicit denialism. John…
KINSELLACAST 192: Lilley and me give hope! Plus: Death Valley Girls, Aldous Harding & Weepies
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A Failure Of Citizenship
That is the assessment in today’s Toronto Star editorial of those who refuse to get vaccinated, thereby holding the rest of us (or, as I like to say, the sane…
Why the Anglosphere is united in an anti-China front
Ships from the Royal Australian Navy, Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, Indian Navy and the United States Navy participate in Malabar 2020, a multilateral war-gaming naval exercise that began in 1992.…
Labor unions, environmentalists, and Indigenous people unite to defeat mining interests in Argentina
Protesters march against recent amendments to the provincial mining law in the Province of Chubut, Argentina, December 2021. Photo courtesy Mining Watch Canada. The people of the southern Argentinian province…
Collingwood’s Broken Windows
NB. This post was first published on Dec. 9, 2021 If I sometimes seem to complain in a picayune manner, harping on the same signs of scruffiness and neglect that…
Cowichan birders brave winter weather for Christmas Bird Count
Originally published by https://sixmountains.ca By Larry Pynn Organizers are calling this year’s Christmas Bird Count a success, despite enduring some of the most challenging and diverse weather in years, including…
We are NOT a democracy. (I have to take a break here. my computer is in chaos and it’s going to take me some time to fix it.)
We talk a great deal about democracy. Our politicians will talk about it forever. Alas! Whatever our babble might be the reality is that most don't even know the meaning…
We are NOT a democracy.
We talk a great deal about democracy. Our politicians will talk about it forever. Alas! Whatever our babble might be the reality is that most don’t even know the meaning…
Ford’s Failure.
It is becoming obvious to most Ontario citizens that conservative political philosophy is not good for hospitals. And premier Doug Ford and his conservatives have doubled down. Ford and his…
There are several reasons for Jason Kenney’s enthusiasm for ‘small modular reactors’ – none of them are particularly good
Small nuclear reactors don’t make any more economic sense now than they did back in the summer of 2020 when Alberta Premier Jason Kenney took to the Internet to tout…
We get letters: spelling optional
We get letters: would it kill them to learn how to spell? pic.twitter.com/x4RoXP80Ga — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) January 9, 2022 The post We get letters: spelling optional first appeared on…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – John Michael McGrath writes that the Omicron wave of COVID may manage to be the most disruptive year, while Alex Press discusses how…
Those Whom the Gods Would Destroy
It’s an ancient proverb. Those whom the Gods would destroy they first make mad. It’s commonly attributed to Euripedes in the 4th century BC. I think most observers, at least…