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Romy - Love Who You Love
Eavor is producing clean electricity
Western Canada’s foremost energy journalist has provided information about Eavor’s geothermal project in Bavaria. If the subject interests you, be sure to follow Markham Hislop at Energi Media. It is…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Stacie Goddard and Abraham Newman discuss the neo-royalism emerging as the Trump regime tries to turn the enrichment of a self-proclaimed god-king into a…
About Conspiracy Theories : "grime building up on the window until you can see only the outlines of shadowy figures"
I'm seeing posts recently about conspiracy theories, and related events -- mainly, how crazy they are and how they're going to get people killed! Then today I found a couple…
U.S. Congress shows some grit
As we watch American civilization crumble day by day, we cannot help but wonder what... The post U.S. Congress shows some grit first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
UCP trots out woke-gun-grab hysteria in hopes of keeping its MAGAfied far-right critics on a leash
WHITEHORSE, Yukon – After that putative pipeline deal with the feds riled up the substantial posse of Alberta separatists at the United Conservative Party’s annual general meeting last weekend far…
Going underground
LONDON – This city’s subway system – the Underground or the Tube, they variously call it – is simply enormous. Millions of people use it every day. In all, it…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Oliver de Leth reports on the fossil fuel barons using their wealth and influence to trash the EU's human rights and environmental…
It’s tiny time
Two persons stand in a field with small homes and a bus stop.
How We Lost the Plot: What Happens When a Society Loses Its Shared Story — and Its Sense of the Real
We are living through a transformation so deep it cannot be captured by economics alone—one that is reshaping not just our livelihoods, but our very sense of what is real.For…
Ahmed al-Sharaa’s first year in power bodes ill for Syria’s future
Ahmed al-Sharaa in Moscow, 2025. Photo by Sergey Bobylev/TASS/Wikimedia Commons. Ahmed al-Sharaa, a former Islamist commander linked to al-Qaeda factions, toppled Syria’s long-...
Today’s News: "this moral slum of an administration should nauseate Americans"
Of all the things Trump has destroyed that America used to be proud of - charity, fairness, openness, diplomacy, rule of law - it turns out to be the war…
Guilbeault s’en va-t-en guerre
One of the greatest and most realistic movies about Canadian politics is Guibord s’en va-t-en-guerre, a comedy about an indepedent rural Quebec MP who must cast the deciding vote in…
Today’s Commentary about Carney, about Ukraine, about Trump, about Venezuela, plus our "Mostly Harmless" B-Ark
I found some good commentaries to share tonight, plus a bit about the B-Ark.Commentary about Carney's progress: Wayne Horton has started a fascinating series called The Carney Letters - an…
Austerity, anxiety and the making of a securitized Winnipeg
The Millennium Library in downtown Winnipeg. Photo by Ccyyrree/Wikimedia Commons. Canadian cities are increasingly managing social problems and perceived threats in public spaces through securit...
European Multi Party PR & American Two Party FPTP Electoral Systems: Built on Coalitions
The European electoral system is based on Proportional Representation (PR) with multiple parties while the American electoral system is based on the First Past The Post (also known as Single…
More money for guns, for butter … not so much
Canada has been accused by its allies of being a slacker when it comes to... The post More money for guns, for butter … not so much first appeared on…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Askew cat.
May I Introduce The Phrase "Ultra Vires"?
Alberta plans to invoke its "Sovereign Alberta" legislation as part of "fighting back" against federal firearms legislation that bans firearms that are commonly seen as "military-style". As the first application…