Saturday Photo: Flowers in Winter
My big jade plant doesn't bloom every year, but when it does, it is lovely. So nice to have flowers when it is icy outside.
Russia-Ukraine War update: the world is hoping that Ukraine can still fight on
Didn't we always think it would come to this?To his everlasting shame, Trump is turning tail and getting ready to pull America out of supporting Ukraine in the war with…
Musical interlude
Deftones - Infinite Source
Ashton’s promise—an idea whose time has come?
As a long time member of the NDP I watch the current leadership race with... The post Ashton’s promise—an idea whose time has come? first appeared on Views from the…
Alberta moves to make quackery great again while protecting egregiously unprofessional behaviour
Rest assured, Alberta’s Bill 13, the so-called Regulated Professions Neutrality Act, has little to do with protecting freedom of expression. Despite Premier Danielle Smith’s claim during a news conference announcing…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Lane Brown examines how key elements of cognitive ability may be degrading - including due to constant exposure to personalities selected for their vociferous…
Time To Rip Off The Band-aid
I don't know about you, but I am growing tired of seeing an obese bully kicking sand in our collective faces. My national pride demands a real response. To mix…
NDP Leadership Candidates and the Monarchy: Rob Ashton
Source: candidate website The third leadership candidate has now gotten back to me. Rob Ashton represents the labour wing of the NDP. I was particularly interested in hearing from Ashton…
The stupid, it burns!
I try not to pay attention all the time to the crazy stuff happening in the US, but some days..... Well, you missed that the US tried to invade Mexico…
Bill 9 and Smith’s Justification For Invoking S33
Over at the Government of Alberta website, we have the government's propaganda piece trying to justify using S33 to stomp all over the rights of transgender Albertans, their parents, and…
The Extended Modern Synthesis
On Cognitive Bandwidth, Evolution, and the One-World World The other day, I experienced what it feels like to think with extended cog...
Pick a chair
In shadows a figure sits, sulks, in the corner.
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- G. Elliott Morris examines what voters want out of a political party independent of the platforms being presented to them - and finds…
A Major Mistake?
Does anyone remember the last time a minority government decided to act as if it had a majority? Well, it was in 1979, when the Progressive Conservative government, led by…
Today’s commentary: the F-35 v Gripen decision, and Carney’s role in the world now
First up tonight, the fighter jet decision - F-35 v. Gripen - has become a Canadian loyalty test and rightfully so. The idea of spending our millions on American jets…
Mark Carney’s new housing agency is built to protect the bubble
Construction site in Vancouver. Photo by Ted McGrath/Flickr. Housing advocacy groups have expressed varying degrees of optimism about the $13 billion the federal government allocated to Build Ca...
Danielle Smith dared Eastern Slopes coal mine opponents to start a citizen initiative petition – so Corb Lund did
Albertan country music icon Corb Lund showed up in Edmonton yesterday to drop off a citizen initiative application at the offices of Elections Alberta for a referendum petition seeking permanent…
Canadians Vacationing in the USA Are Collaborators
The US dictator Donald Trump has consistently threatened Canada’s economy and our sovereignty since his inauguration. His threats to make us the “51st state” have so offended Canadians that it…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Marisa Kabas discusses the moral rot in corporate, access-based media - which in turn looks to be a contributor to the decline of human…
Just a flag? So’s a swastika.
What’s a flag? A bit of fabric. A warning, a welcoming. A symbol of something, fluttering atop a pole. In the United States, Donald Trump has signed one of his…