My latest: rot in Hell, you bastard
Holocaust denier David Irving is dead. Some were surprised to hear that he was dead. Because, really, David Irving had been dead inside for a long time. He claimed to…
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Early lessons in Canada’s telecom industry
In early 2001, my grandfather wanted to show my generation his birthplace while he was still healthy enough to do so, and so much of my extended family travelled together…
Have they ever lied to us before? Yes, and they’re lying now
In the 2024 Throne Speech, the government of David Eby claimed that “greenhouse gas emissions are down 5 per cent from six years ago.” The claim is simply untrue. It…
Don’t imagine for a moment the UCP has lost interesting in getting its paws on your pension
Just because Albertans have overwhelmingly rejected the idea, don’t imagine for a moment Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government has lost interest in getting its hands on its citizens’ share of…
Hell just got a bit more crowded
Holocaust denier David Irving is dead. But you know what? I want proof.
‘Zombie fires’ burning at an alarming rate in British Columbia
If you are a climate change denier, better miss this BBC report. If you are not, feel sad for future generations…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cat among toys.
About That "Angry, Violent Trans Woman" Thing
Back in the comments here, one of this blogs semi-regular, anonymous TERF-y commenters claims that transgender women are "often violent" based on a single news story. The backstory here is…
Let’s End Gas Subsidies
For some strange reason countries like Canada keep giving tax money to ultra wealthy oil and gas companies even though they keep killing all life on the planet. Let’s stop…
My latest: no help, no hope
Belleville, Ontario, is the Friendly City. That’s Belleville’s official motto. Belleville has about 55,000 citizens. It’s got a Kellogg’s plant, and a Proctor and Gamble plant. It’s got some beautiful…
About That "Angry, Violent Trans Woman" Thing
Back in the comments here, one of this blogs semi-regular, anonymous TERF-y commenters claims that transgender women are “often violent” based on a single news story. The backstory here is…
Bendelormøkonomi, the tapeworm economy
Star columnist Armine Yalnizyan wrote about the tapeworm economy that emerges when governments finance private corporations to deliver services to the public. She says it “like introducing a parasite that…
A Plea for Parks and Green Spaces: Park People’s Concerns about the Potential Dismantling of the Vancouver Parks Board
December 13, 2023Dave Harvey parkpeople.caPutting Parks and the Needs of Vancouver’s Communities FirstPark People, Canada’s national city parks advocacy organization, is extremely concerned that efforts to scrap the Vancouver Board…
A Plea for Parks and Green Spaces: Park People’s Concerns about the Potential Dismantling of the Vancouver Parks Board
December 13, 2023Dave Harvey parkpeople.caPutting Parks and the Needs of Vancouver’s Communities FirstPark People, Canada’s national city parks advocacy organization, is extremely concerned that efforts to scrap the Vancouver Board…
A Plea for Parks and Green Spaces: Park People’s Concerns about the Potential Dismantling of the Vancouver Parks Board
December 13, 2023 Dave Harvey parkpeople.ca Putting Parks and the Needs of Vancouver’s Communities First Park People, Canada’s national city parks advocacy organization, is extremely concerned that efforts to scrap…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of February 20, 2024
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 20, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 20, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter: Bell denied stay in decision allowing smaller companies to sell internet using…
Putin’s Political Challenger Meets a Fate We All May Face
Alexei Navalny – Vladamir Putin’s political opponent in Russia – was jailed, probably tortured and most likely murdered because he had the balls to stand up to the world’s greatest…
Buried trial verdict confirms false-flag Maidan massacre in Ukraine
Thousands of protesters fill Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine during the Maidan Revolution, February 19, 2014. Photo by Sergi Mykhalchuk/Flickr. A nearly one-million-word verdict from Ukraine’s Maidan massacre trial has…
Responding to a super-rich plutocrat
Regular IN-SIGHTS reader Ken Holowanky wrote a letter to the Times Colonist in response to a diatribe by Gwyn Morgan, a man called “Shale Gas Baron” in The Tyee’s headline…