Premier Danielle Smith’s pathetic $100 Dani Dollars gambit having flopped miserably with pretty well everyone on Wednesday, Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government plunged ahead yesterday with its previously announced scheme…
Most people would not be surprised to learn that computer data centres need a lot of electricity and water for cooling. “The federal government, and some provinces, have been actively…
Recently, I finished the first iteration of The Ascension of Mont Royal, a dystopian science fiction novel, audiobook, and story-cast: a serialized audiovisual narration of the story. The project took…
Richard Dawkins is no stranger to shaking the cultural tree to see what falls out. In 2024, Dawkins was interviewed by Rachel Johnson on British TV. He noted in that…
Well, he has just become a trillionaire, one of the many reasons Elon Musk must feel chuffed these days. Being a master of the universe is surely a heady experience,…
I saw lots of good posts and comments today, but I'm just focusing on the ones that made me think about things a little differently. First, cartoons! About that MOU…
Apparently no one in the United Conservative Party cabinet has to buy their own groceries these days! How else do you explain the lamest stunt in Alberta political history? Premier…
Federalists need emotional arguments about improving Canada and Alberta Alberta’s separation referendum is only four months away, so longtime Daveberta Podcast contributor Adam Rozenhart joins Dave Cournoyer for part 2…
Albertans love pipelines and hate renewables, right? Well … not exactly. Two recent surveys conducted... The post Albertans are renewables YIMBYs first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Toby Buckle and Greg Sargent highlight the need for a global response to the race war being propagated by Elon Musk and other white…
Was the bombing of the girls’ school in Iran worth it Carney? Was a blockade of the world’s oil worth it? What was the gain other than high gas prices?…
As I was watching the musical, The Music Man, recently, it struck me that there were obvious parallels between the plot of the musical and the story of the Apostle…
Plans and money to move fast on revitalization. Five hours of debate on why it’s all wrong.
In an instant, the world’s wealthiest man increased his net worth to over $1.1 trillion of theoretical money by selling a small number of over-hyped shares in a company that…
Carney gave an interview today to CNN and I hope Trump and his whole feckless administration appreciate the extent to which Carney has America's back about this Iran War MOU.…
Tuckered-out cat.
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Gabriel Zucman discusses the dangers of an era of trillionaires, as well as the option available to rein in obscene wealth and power.…
This is part of a series of posts sketching out legal paths for challenging anti-transgender laws in Canada.Anti-Transgender Laws Are Jim Crow LawsCharter Challenges of an Anti-Transgender LawLaws do not…
The Canadian government has made it clear that Canada is all in on AI for better or for worse. Amongst many concerns with the AI approach is the protection of…
A map of Washington state that Seattle Tourism is handing out to World Cup visitors - isn't it great?Ok, on with today's news: Carney in Europe - in Ireland and…
