Carney says the war against Iran was ‘worth it.’ He’s wrong
US President Donald Trump greets Mark Carney at the West Wing entrance of the White House, May 6, 2025. Photo courtesy the White House/Flickr. Prime Minister Mark Carney supports the…
UCP plunges ahead with scheme to Americanize health care by letting patients with money jump the line for surgeries
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…
GenAI Sucks Power and Water
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…
Storytelling with Enhanced Intelligence
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 and “Cultural Christianity”
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…
Why Is This Man Exuberant?
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,…
Things that make me say hmmmm….. from that awful MOU to our MAID anniversary. Plus World Cup stories and today’s Pride updates
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…
Wow! 3.4 million Albertans will qualify for $100 ‘Dani Dollars’ energy rebate – enough for maybe half a tank of gas
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…
Alberta’s role in Canada – why we need to tell better stories
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 are renewables YIMBYs
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.
Wednesday Afternoon Links
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…
Clumsy Carney Comment Confounding
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?…
Harold Hill and the Apostle Paul
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…
But what about me?
Plans and money to move fast on revitalization. Five hours of debate on why it’s all wrong.
A Sick Society Produces Its First Trillionaire
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…
Today’s News: Carney saves Trump’s bacon, America laughs at Trump, and banning social media for teens has gone viral. Plus more World Cup stories
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.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Tuckered-out cat.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
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.…
Anti-Transgender Laws Are "Jim Crow" Laws
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…
Protecting Canadian Privacy and Sovereignty
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…