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CHVRCHES & Robert Smith – How Not to Drown
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We Wuz Robbed
The real losers in the federal election were the people of Canada. The Tyee takes a look at how the election would have turned out if, instead of the rigged…
Rich America’s Day of Reckoning
There’s something about waterfront property. The allure of living at the water’s edge is powerful and it has been reflected in sky-high property prices. That may be about to change.…
Need a Laugh?
I got a chuckle from a Guardian article about the woes besetting the people of Rome. It comes down to garbage (uncollected), crowds (late night revellers), congestion and crime. Nothing…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Anand Giridharadas writes about the dangers of letting political discussions become primarily a matter of process and personalities, rather than the real impact…
Are Emission Cuts a Ruse?
Is it all just a sham? Are these endless targets, solemn promises invariably honoured in the breach, really a means to steer the climate crisis narrative? Have we been had?…
It’s Depressing. I Get It.
The clans are on the move. They’re heading for Glasgow. Brace yourselves. You’re about to be COPped. Ordinarily I’d be posting a lot about the upcoming COP26 climate summit that…
Thursday Morning Truth and Reconciliation Day Links
A few links and reports for the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation. – Rose Lemay writes that reconciliation requires systemic change at the level of individual assumptions and awareness.…
America’s Vanishing Ladder
Some Americans still boast of their country as the “land of opportunity.” The place where anyone with guts and a bit of willpower can make it, where prosperity can be…
The difficult journey upstream
One of the signature messages of Ryan Meili’s work in activism and politics has been the concept of upstream thinking – described in extremely brief form here: To imagine a…
The "Free Alberta Strategy"
I'll forgive people elsewhere in Canada who might be wondering what the hell is going on in Alberta. A little over a year ago, we were treated to the spectacle…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lara Herrero offers a quick guide to what we know about the Delta variant – and how it should change our previous perspective…
Well … Yesterday Was An Off-Price Day In Alberta Politics
The day started with a bunch of Kenney’s caucus showing up at yet another separatist policy dog-whistle being unveiled: … and it ended with a COVID update presser from Jason…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Interactive cats.
Is That What It Is? The Roots of Malignant Populism.
I am developing a morbid fascination with the spread of malignant populism throughout not just the United States but also many other countries, Canada included. We were once the staid,…
Post Election Calls For Electoral Reform
In the wake of voting for our 44th Parliament, there are numerous calls out there to move Canada to some form of Proportional Representation (PR). I am sympathetic to these…
That Flashing Red Light – Failure to Adapt.
Take it from the Brits – mitigation without adaptation is ruinous. As governments pretend to be behind the effort to slash greenhouse gas emissions, they’re doing next to bugger all…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Danny Westneat discusses Steven Taylor’s work on the psychology of pandemics which has proven prescient as we’ve responded to COVID-19. And Umair…
Choose Yer Poison
Chris Hedges sees two options in America’s future – oligarchy or autocracy. The competing systems of power in the United States are divided between oligarchy and autocracy. There are no…