A Real American without a country
Hulk Hogan in 2011. Photo by Dave Moss/Wikimedia Commons. “Stone Cold” Steve Austin was a wifebeater. Bret “Hitman” Hart was a serial philanderer. Scott Steiner tried to gouge out th...
Alberta’s UCP government makes important breakthrough in Internet enshittification
With its BookVaccine.Alberta.ca website, which is confusing and upsetting significant numbers of Albertans fearful they will lose access to lifesaving COVID-19 immunization, Alberta’s United Conservative Party has made a significant…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Nick Turse highlights how Donald Trump's use of military force to control domestic civilians is unprecedented, while Asawin Suebsaeng and Ryan Bort warn that…
Aw Nuts
How to get stuff from Doug Ford #onpoli #dogs
The American Taliban
I'm not a white nationalist; I'm not a fascist; I'm not a racist; I'm not a misogynist.- Doug Wilson, senior pastor of Christ Church in IdahoNone of what follows should…
US Travel Advisory Required
It's time for the government to issue a travel advisory warnings Canadians to avoid the United States for their own safety, not only as a means of economic protest.
If you go down to the woods today….
I don't know if Maple MAGA will ever accept that climate change is real, but apparently trying to deal with its implications - like dry forests with pine beetles --…
A graveyard of liberal illusions
An aerial view showing destruction in Rafah, Gaza. Photo by Ashraf Amra/UNWRA. Cometh the hour, cometh the politicians Back in February, Canadian-American novelist and journalist Omar A...
Why the Trump-Putin summit is unlikely to ‘ripen’ peace in Ukraine
Ukrainian national flags flying over the Yatsevo Cemetery in Chernihiv. Photo by Stas Yurchenko. Two weeks ago, on July 28, American political scientist William Zartman passed away. Famous for i...
It must have nearly killed Danielle Smith to call for an end to Canada’s 100% tariff on Chinese EVs
It must have nearly killed Danielle Smith yesterday to come out and advocate for Canada to drop its 100-per-cent tariff on Chinese-made electric vehicles. Admittedly, Alberta’s premier did so half-heartedly.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Curled-up cat.
Blending Psychotherapy and Spirituality
In my last post on meditation, I suggested that there's not a lot of harm that comes from meditation and mindfulness training, so maybe it doesn't need the kind of…
Blending Psychotherapy and Spirituality
In my last post on meditation, I suggested that there's not a lot of harm that comes from meditation and mindfulness training, so maybe it doesn't need the kind of…
Black and White Photo Versions of an Industrial Site
I was reviewing my Portugal Bike tour photos for PC wallpaper suitable photos and noticed this industrial shot that I thought might look better in black and white. So I…
Black and White Photo Versions of an Industrial Site
I was reviewing my Portugal Bike tour photos for PC wallpaper suitable photos and noticed this industrial shot that I thought might look better in black and white. So I…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Chance Phillips is rightly outraged that the corporate media is letting the Trump regime hand immense power to white supremacists without even calling…
Repost – The US, Civil War 2.0
I’m reposting this from something I found on Facebook. It’s shocking. It’s alarming. It’s all true. The US is in the middle of Civil War, 2.0. (PS Another update is…
The humiliation: what the Nazis did – and what is happening here, now.
“It is not the pain and the wounds that are the worst,” the Swiss philosopher Pascal Mercier wrote, many years ago. “The worst is the humiliation.” The Nazis knew that.…