"They Said." We Chose Not to Listen.
There’ll be more severe weather events, they said. There’ll be more hurricanes, they said. There’ll be more tornadoes, they said. There’ll be more drought, they said. There’ll be more flooding,…
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More Good News, In a Way
She may be battered and bloody but the Coquihalla highway, the main connector that links the Lower Mainland with the rest of British Columbia, may soon be back in business,…
Musical interlude
Dallerium feat. Olive – How Do I Sleep Now
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Alejandro Jadad studies the social murder traceable to politicians’ flawed responses to COVID-19 and other known causes of sickness and death, while Tara…
It’s Good News, In a Way
The human population is set to decline – in a few decades. It’s hard not to believe that. On the way, however, we’ll grow and peak at around 9.7 billion…
Let ‘Er Rip! Alberta Opens the Taps.
Make hay while the sun shines. UCP Energy Minister Sonya Savage says the province has not set production limits on the oil industry since December of 2020. She said the…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Bruce Arthur writes about the need for governments’ responses to COVID to adapt to the increased risk posed by the Omicron variant.…
It’s the Latest Thing. Let’s Just Call It "Reality." The Era of Growth Ends in Ten Years.
Flashback 50 years. 1972. Boston. MIT. A study is released by the Massachusetts Institute of Technology that concludes industrialized civilization will end around the middle of this century. But that…
Conversion Therapy Ban Enacted
It’s now the law of Canada. The ban on conversion therapy received royal assent today. It’s done. At last.
If You Missed It Two Weeks Ago, You Can Watch It Here. Nikiforuk on Breaking the Technosphere’s Ruinous Grip.
Author and columnist, Andrew Nikiforuk, presented this year’s Southam Lecture at U Vic on November 17th. Among other things it was a survey of events and practices that have left…
Not Guy Fawkes Exactly but the Case For Blowing Up Canada’s Political Parties
It’s a sad truth but today political parties vie for power for the sake of holding power, not for the chance to serve the country. It’s been that way for…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Miquel Oliu-Barton et al. study the effects of different government approaches to COVID-19 – and find that elimination strategies have produced far superior…
This is "Not Necessarily" the End of Life As You Know It.
It seems there’s been a cluster of some 40 earthquakes off the coast of Oregon. Seismic activity does get noticed out here where the locals are warned of a 9+…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Holiday cats.
When I Took Orders from a U-Boat Kapitan
I had the misfortune to wind up in a dodgy (seedy?) highschool in southern Ontario in the 60s. When I returned to begin grade 11, there was a new sheriff…
Is Boeing a Metaphor of our Times?
Boeing grew out of war. Its engineers designed and launched the legendary B-17 Flying Fortress. There followed the B-29, the B-47 and the also legendary B-52. On the civilian side,…
Legislators Dug This Hole. It’s Time They Got Us Out of It.
Former World Bank chief economist and Nobel laureate, Joe Stiglitz, has made the study of inequality his life’s work. It was the subject of his PhD thesis. I have some…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Matt Gurney writes about what continues to be a woeful response to COVID in Ontario among other provinces, while Jason Herring reports…
Is America’s Radical Right Rallying for a New Offensive?
Conservative extremism isn’t easy. It’s exhausting although it’s always rewarding when you can tilt an entire country’s political keel. You know it’s working when leaders such as Florida governor, Rick…
The Disaffected Lib Mk. II 2021-12-06 13:13:00
Could there be a Litmus Test for democracy? Many years ago, the CBC’s Patrick Watson produced a multi-part series on democracy, what it meant to this people or that and…