Science and Business: Imperfect Partners
Science is awesome. Profit motives and public policy that isn’t driven by science is not.
Excited Delirium
Public Policy, Local Farming and Climate Change
Sustainable Foodscaping is that active management of your own property, generating food, independence and possibly even revenue all the while reducing your carbon footprint. Why aren’t more people doing this?…
Public Transit and the Fallacy of Induced Demand
Municipal planners continue to propose massive overhauls to public transit to accommodate more buses, thinking this will solve congestion issues. It won’t. ‘Induced demand’ is a failed concept that simply…
What a Waste
What a waste – companies being paid by the public may not be doing what they set out to do. This points to a bigger issue that we have to…
We Don’t Deserve This Planet: Australia Edition
Leaders of Australia commit to double down on poor economic policy amidst raging fires on that continent, proving yet again that the human race doesn’t deserve Earth.
It’s Very Sad That Two Countries Hold the Future of The World In Their Hands
To the US and Iran from the rest of the world: Thank you for starting World War III, you jackasses!
Donald Trump Orders Murder?
Should Donald Trump be considered a President or a mob boss following the assassination of Iranian General Qassim Soleimani?
Electric Cars: Let’s Resolve to Have Them Now
Cars. We need a better way. It’s time we accelerated into the electric age.
Universal PharmaScare vs PharmaCare
PharmaSCARE: creating a massive ongoing transfer of wealth from taxpayers to pharmaceutical companies under the pretense of ‘care’.
We Need Bike Paths, Not Bike Lanes
We keep trying to make cyclists, pedestrians and cars share the same space? Why, when it’s a losing battle?
Micro-mobility = Macro Results
Some ideas about rethinking public infrastructure and micro-mobility.
WEXIT: Assessing the Costs
Andrew Scheer, Jason Kenney, Scott Moe: Canada’s Three Wexiteers, all clamouring for something that they don’t own.
Wexit, Canada, Norway and $1.4 Trillion
I snapped this quote the other day and wanted to share it: I’m putting this here for a LOT of reasons. $1.3 trillion reasons. That’s right: the Government Pension Fund…
Will This Story Be Big Enough By Monday Morning?
The 2019 election just went from boring to outrageous.
Why Minority Governments Are Representative of Democracy In Action
Minorities are good. Minority governments are even BETTER. Let’s demand that if we get one on Monday, representatives can’t just toss in the towel after a couple of weeks of…
A Scheer Abundance of Lies
A collection of lies spread by Andrew Scheer and the Conservative Party of Canada over the course of the 2019 election campaign.
Meet the (Oil) Money Behind Climate Denial
It’s time we gave billionaires the bill for their anti-climate change funding.
Will The Real Andrew Scheer Please Stand Up?
Will the real Andrew Scheer please stand up before October 21?
Did Andrew Scheer Break the Law?
Did Andrew Scheer break the law when he said he was an insurance broker and it turns out he never was?
Scheer’s Ties to Racist Roots Run Deep (and Seem Deeper Every Day)
Andrew Scheer appoints Hamish Marshall, ex of Rebel Media, to be campaign manager for the Conservatives. Expect more anti-immigrant, ‘old stock’ nonsense to start bubbling again in the coming weeks.