Plague Update: Masks
We’re still taking off our shoes because of one dude 21 years ago but can’t be bothered to wear masks after 1,000,000 dead from a virus that’s still killing over…
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Updated for 2022: Civic Hatchback vs LEAF Hatchback
In 2019 I wrote a guide for people to help them decide which vehicle type saved them more money: an affordable used EV with a solar panel grid-tied system, or…
Scott Moe Doesn’t Care
It seems so obvious, I almost didn’t bother blogging about it. Scott Moe doesn’t care that Saskatchewan’s climate pollution is out of control. He barely admits there is a problem,…
Plague Update: Shahab Predicts COVID Will Wane by March 2022
The depravity of Shahab and Moe is really laid bare, as Canada enters the 2nd Omicron wave in no small part to the removal of public health measures. They shamefully…
SaskPower: A Job Half Done
…is as good as none. If you’re impressed by SaskPower’s objective to reduce emissions by only half, by 2030, you’re setting the bar way too low. A big reason Saskatchewan…
Plague Update: Sweden Killed People
Really shocking news out of Sweden. Eugenicists have been setting policy, and children were being used as bio-weapons. Remember all the right wingers online touting Sweden as an example for…
Plague Update: BA.2 Taking Over
Our society has entered the phase of the pandemic where most people are trying to pretend that everything is normal, and there’s nothing dangerous about eating in restaurants or sending…
A Great Day For Canada
About fricken time the Liberals and NDP came to an agreement to stop the never-ending short election cycle. This should have happened last year. Now let’s get some movement on…
Nuclear War Not Humanity’s Only Option
Aside from the insane invasion of democratic Ukraine by the Russians, there’s another pending catastrophe in store for humanity anywhere between this afternoon and the next 5000 years. Destruction from…
Plague Update: Emergency Of Convenience
Inexplicably, after ending public health orders to protect people during the ongoing pandemic, the Saskatchewan Government extended the state of emergency enacted 2 years ago to deal with the pandemic.…
Live Blogged: Progressive (re)Organizing In Sask
A long thread on Twitter of the Twitter Space hosted by Prairie Tara: Tara J suggests 3 options:New party, or change the NDP, or improve the SK Liberals. Joel now…
Grew Up Stopping
Growing up in Saskatchewan, prior to cell phones, it was common to encounter a car at the side of the road, and you’d slow and stop to check they were…
Plague Update: Moe’s Dropping Numbers
"I am going to stay out of telling them what to do," said Sask. Premier Scott Moe of the ongoing demonstrations in Ottawa, Windsor and Coutts. "It certainly is going…
Vaccine Mandates a Threat To Freedom? Let’s Look At America’s Experience
(I didn’t finish this blog post Sept 23, 2021, but it’s become even more relevant in today’s political climate.) Vaccination history in America isn’t what you’d expect. Medical people from…
Plague Update: Clearly Political
There’s a wind blowing in Canada, and it’s blowing away from public health measures that have kept most Canadians healthy and safe from the pandemic’s primary driver, the SARS-CoV2 virus.…
Plague Update: Stupidity With Brain, Not Of Brain
I went to the protest of Scott Moe’s government at the Legislature today. Simultaneously down the blocked-off street there was a #FluTruxKlan protest by the anti-waxxers, and over by the…
Plague Update: #FluTruxKlan rally loses $9M from GoFundMe, and sued for $10M more
GoFundMe has frozen further donations from going to the convoy organizers. This was at the request of the Mayor of Ottawa, among other authorities becoming desperate to end the blockade…
Plague Update: Moe’s Precedent For Spreading Misinformation
It’s extremely NOT unprecedented for the feckless Premier of Saskatchewan to spread anti-science mumbo jumbo. He’s called the fossil fuel industry “sustainable“. pic.twitter.com/WSmq2W3L2G — Jordan Mann (@JordDahMann) February 4, 2022…
Plague Convoy Gets Support From Premier and O’Toole
Canada’s capital is occupied by white supremacist, anti-vax protesters who’ve urinated on the National War Memorial, stood on the Unknown Soldier’s tomb, flown Nazi and Confederate flags, and even desecrated…
Plague Update: Worst Among Us
I practically couldn’t believe this, except I know BoJo is not a fine bloke. Boris Johnson considered being injected with COVID-19 on live TV: ex-adviser Man too stupid to realize…