Yes, we should be very worried
Pat Mccutcheon is running for the BC Greens in Surrey Cloverdale. He recently pointed me to this video and said: "Probably the most powerful & disturbing video I have ever…
August 2024
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Ayesha Tandon discusses a new study showing that the limiting factor in averting a climate breakdown is public policy rather than technological limitations. Aaron…
Political Lies and Fantasies
Trump is selling his followers a fantasy in which the only truth is what Trump says is the truth.Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a theory about this blizzard of lies.…
Political Lies and Fantasies
Trump is selling his followers a fantasy in which the only truth is what Trump says is the truth.Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) has a theory about this blizzard of lies.…
Saturday Photo: Nothing at All..
Time to take a break. Dog days, August doldrums, other things to do....
More Genocide
While most of the mainstream media focus on the genocidal actions of Israel in Gaza, there is another taking place in the West Bank, euphemistically labelled '"settler violence." To call…
They pulled that creepy "morning in Canada" video? Oh, waaaahhhh!
Somebody posted Poilievre's bizarre "morning in Canada" video on You-Tube before the CPC deleted it. It is creepy, out-of-touch with reality, and absolutely full of bees! Is it the CPC…
Today’s News: Kamala and Tim are cooking!
Hey, on a side note, did you know that Harris and Walz both like to cook? I think that's pretty great.Responding to another tweet, I posted this a couple of…
Quotations
A reader who communicates regularly sent several interesting quotations that are perhaps relevant in today's world. Some are repeated here...
Talking to Hamas
Hamas are thoroughly unpleasant people—ideologically extreme and violent. They are, in other words, the sort... The post Talking to Hamas first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Do You Have A Political Philosophy? And Are You So Sure?
Everyone has opinions, most of them dogmatic, as if the holder of such opinions was utterly certain that they held the unquestionable word of God Herself. Usually they are grossly…
Youth homelessness
I’ve just released Chapter 9 of my open access textbook. This chapter focuses on youth homelessness. A ‘top 10’ overview of the chapter can be found here: https://nickfalvo.ca/youth-homelessness/
Fascist Twitter?
Letter to X (Musk) Letter To Elon Musk, Re: My Suspension From Twitter Twitter, “X”, “bastion of free speech”, suspended my account today, saying this: We’ve temporarily limited some of…
Today’s News: Our wannabe Emperors
As summer turns into fall, its becoming increasingly obvious that the wannabe Emperors in our midst have no clothes. Emperor Trump:Is it me or does it feel like someone hit…
Dispatches from Gens A to Z
This week, let’s take a peek into the confusing and sometimes disturbing world of the pre-teens and teens as seen through the prism of social media, and the legacy media…
A 100-page Textbook on Logic.
I was wondering whether ChatGPT could so it, so I asked it, "Please write me a 100-page textbook on logic." I'll reproduce what it produced below, but I want to…
My latest: kick them out
Samidoun: Canadian federal corporation 1279374-1. Status: active, since March 3, 2021. Three directors: Charlotte Lynne Kates, Vancouver. Dave Diewert, also of Vancouver, and Thomas Gerhard Hofland, of the Netherlands. Annual…
Not For A Few Dollars More
Sunday sees the start of the annual conference of the Association of Municipalities of Ontario (AMO). Comprised of 444 municipalities, the conference offers the opportunity to discuss and make recommendations…
why i call kamala harris by her last name and wish you would too
Here's a question for progressive folks following the US election campaign: Why do you call Kamala Harris "Kamala" and call Tim Walz "Walz"?* * * * A long time ago,…