Democracy Under Attack
“Let me be very clear … if you think this is something happening down in Georgia, you are misapprehending the moment that we’re living in,” “It is about whether we…
Rural
Pissed off Senior….
OK, so now after a good proportion of the U.S. rich and powerful are getting vaccinated we up here in Canaduh are finaly getting a small portion of the shots…
Senator Elaine McCoy ……
Senator McCoy wrote on her own personal blog called “Hullabaloos”. Scott Tribe of Progressve Blogger writes… ‘It was pretty cool the day I got an application from her in my…
A Scary Parallel….
“Earlier in his career the world had watched him with amusement, that people refused to take him seriously, and as one action after another met with amazing success, this amusement…
Political Polarization “damaging for democracy.”
New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, fresh off her landslide reelection victory, warned on Sunday that rigid political polarization could be “damaging for democracy.” Ardern, asked what the takeaway for…
Something to think about…..
James Hamblin kicks off “Clean: The New Science of Skin” with a confession: He virtually stopped showering years ago. Hamblin, a physician and staff writer for The Atlantic, still sprinkles…
Assault on democracy?
A parliamentary e-petition sponsored by Conservative Calgary Nose Hill MP Michelle Rempel Garner that calls for the federal government to scrap its firearms ban has been certified with more than…
Food for thought…
World wide population approaching 8 billion Total births this year 100 million plus Total world wide deaths this year aprox 40 million Increase in population this year aprox 60 million…
The affliction to the south..
I also don’t get some Americans..... “Why would ANYONE have voted for Donald Trump? It was like standing on a train track seeing the light coming towards you at full…
Food for thought….
The following food for thought was brought on by a BBC conversation with British scientist James Lovelock on his 101 year with us and who says says population growth means…
W T F…..
“ A labour union representing Ontario’s construction industry says its members won’t use the federal government’s new COVID-19 tracking app because it requires the use of smartphones, which are prohibited…
News release…..
Grey Bruce Medical Officer of Health, Doctor Ian Arra is giving notice of intent to Order the mandatory wearing of face coverings in enclosed public places. The Order will be…
Hiding History
“The good is oft interred with their bones.” So, let it be with Sir John A. Macdonald. How often must we decry the stupidity, the ignorance of those who want…
Democracy Decline…….
For some time now age and events have left me all but speechless compared with my weekly input focused upon democracy and posted at Progressive Bloggers for around 10 years…
Virtual Idiot?
Unless an agreement is reached before Monday, the House of Commons will resume business as usual with all 338 MPs along with their staff, clerks, interpreters, security and cleaners, returning…
Virtual Parliament?
The current situation has brought many questions to mind for us all with the majority connected with our governance in one form or another be it provincial heath departments or…
Some Perspective….
The current average world wide population increase is estimated at 81 million people per year, without COVID-19, we would expect 60 million global deaths in 2020, with a third or…
The Future To Come…
The following short clip from a piece by Italian novelist Francesca Melandri, who has been under lockdown in Rome for almost three weeks highlights how our perspective will change over…
Rural Isolation a Challenge or Opportunity
With all of us asked to stay at home unless we absolutly HAVE to go out into the larger community internet access has become even more of a nessity rather…
Perspective……
The common flu causes up to 5 million cases of severe illness worldwide and kills up to 650,000 people every year, according to the World Health Organization By comparison thus…