On Intelligence
Intelligence is knowing when to quitI used to participate in debate competitions in high school. They were the traditional parliamentary style debates where the effort was to convince an audience…
August 2025
On Intelligence
Intelligence is knowing when to quitI used to participate in debate competitions in high school. They were the traditional parliamentary style debates where the effort was to convince an audience…
It’s a Double-Edged Sword
With artificial intelligence now able to generate convincing fake news, decreasing numbers of people will be able to differentiate between it and a reality defined by knowledge, wide reading and…
Understanding Trans People in Sport and the Panic Legislation Over It
Much has been made about transgender women (trans women) participating in sports - competitive and recreational. Unfortunately much of the panic is unjustified, and efforts such as those of the…
Understanding Trans People in Sport and the Panic Legislation Over It
Much has been made about transgender women (trans women) participating in sports - competitive and recreational. Unfortunately much of the panic is unjustified, and efforts such as those of the…
How Minimum Wage Should Work
There is no excuse for any employer to pay any full time worker less than the realistic cost of living within reasonable proximity of their place of employment.
Sunday Funday: Some funny posts and some good music stuff, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
First, here are a few apt comments about the news: Yes, in the good old days we thought W was the worst president ever... View on Threads Moving on, an…
Misleading leaked information about key witness in dodgy health care contracts probe smacks of political interference
If the already constrained investigation by a retired Manitoba judge into allegations of dodgy health care contracts pushed by influential figures in the Alberta Government is now beset by leaks…
The Biggest Drug Cartels Of All – Big Pharma & The CIA
The amazing hypocrisy and deceit from the US oligarchy, government and media continues. (re: Bondi & Maduro) The leading trafficker of cocaine and heroine globally for decades has been the…
Nihilism – The Scourge of the Modern World
(My response to the talk below and to the question of nihilism… To a general audience, as (virtually) always, speaking to the general public.) * Nihilism is the scourge of…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Doug Cuthand writes about the desperate need to rein in the climate breakdown due to its impact in causing wildfires among other environmental catastrophes.…
Saturday Photo: The Bee’s Knees in Monique’s Gardem
Hot and dry, and the flowers, if they've been watered regularly, are blooming. This pleases the bees, seen here enjoying my friend Monique's lovely garden.
Saturday Photo: The Bee’s Knees in Monique’s Gardem
Hot and dry, and the flowers, if they've been watered regularly, are blooming. This pleases the bees, seen here enjoying my friend Monique's lovely garden.
How Prime Ministers are tested
When a Canadian Jewish man is viciously attacked and beaten for being a Jew, in front of his child, the response should not be to tweet about a fucking cat.…
Things that make you say "hmmm….." — a Poilievre action doll, the BR-C ballot, our Purrr Minister, the grandiose White House, plus other odds and sods
Maybe Poilievre is just an action figure doll now? I don't know who did this, but isn't it great? The advance polls are open in Battle River-Crowfoot. As this video…
Musical interlude
Boy Harsher - Burn It Down
Contact the CRTC Regarding Fox News Threat
https://applications.crtc.gc.ca/PublicComplaintForm/eng/makeAComplaint Aug 8th. Fox News “The Five” host Watters suggested the USA should “invade” Saskatchewan, Manitoba, and Alberta, using some violence if necessary. Their broadcasts should not be allowed in…
Global Geopolitics 2025 – Assessing Russia, & Surviving The 21st Century
Assessing Russia: Reality & Basic Sanity vs Propaganda & Delusion A snapshot, arial perspective and overview of Russia in 2025, within the broader global and historical context, in a rapidly…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Alexis Okeowo reports on the plight of women who bravely spoke out in the course of the #metoo movement, only to be shunned as…