The Illegitimacy of Donald Trump’s Regime
Is Trump's regime illegitimate? If yes, what can people do? The post The Illegitimacy of Donald Trump’s Regime first appeared on Excited Delirium.
The Power of the Powerless
Whatever one thinks of PM Mark Carney’s Davos speech, it served to resurface Vaclav Havel’s Power of the Powerless just when we most need reminding of the power of collective…
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(From my social media a month ago, but I lost it when I went to reference it, so I'm posting it here so I don't lost it again).I have written…
Honouring Our Capacity
I've had several conversations this week about how to be in a time like this when the U.S. government is so overtly corrupted. I'm just the upstairs neighbour in Canada,…
Songs of Minnesota: ‘Singing through the bloody mist, We’ll take our stand for this land, And the stranger in our midst"
One of the great things I remember about the 60s was the music of revolution, that opposed the Vietnam War and celebrated rebellion. Right now, we are again hearing music…
Letting Pierre Poilievre re-up as federal leader at this fraught moment seems like a Conservative political suicide pact
Pierre Poilievre is arguably the worst federal Canadian Conservative leader since … well, only since Andrew Scheer, actually. Still, he’s a political leader who blew a 27-point lead in public…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Jeremy Wallace examines China's massive - if messy - renewable energy revolution which stands to make fossil fuels obsolete in the very near future.…
Springsteen’s ‘Street of Minneapolis’
A turning point for America? The post Springsteen’s ‘Street of Minneapolis’ first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Private Money In Politics Is The Root Of Our Rot
Nearly all the problems we are facing today share a common root cause: the role of money — and those who have too much of it — in politics.
We the North: Carney walks it forward, not back
So the Power and Politics discussion panel was complaining today that Carney hadn't produced a read-out about the conversation with Trump.And they mostly agreed that US treasury secretary Bessent got…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Reaching cat.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Adam Serwer offers a hopeful take on how Minnesota is proving MAGA social theory wrong, showing that the vast majority of people are…
Register now for Wealth and Inequality Forum
We have organized an exciting event at Canada West Forum on February 4th. Please register in advance and spread this information to others through your social media accounts. This citizen…
What next for Iran? The Amit Segal interview
Amit Segal is one of the most influential journalists in Israel and the Middle East. He has sources at the highest level of governments and intelligence agencies. He writes a…
Facebook says this photo has been altered
… So says Mark Zuckerberg’s Meta organization, which is unabashedly pro-MAGA. I say they’re lying. If anyone knows how this image, which has been published by dozens of reputable news…
Naheed Nenshi challenges UCP MLAs to sign a pledge to Canada and make their opposition to separatism clear
As a work of political performance art, NDP Opposition Leader Naheed Nenshi’s challenge yesterday to United Conservative Party MLAs to sign a letter saying they are proud Canadians, opponents of…
Today’s News: Carney shows courage, Poilievre attempts survival, Trump knuckles under, Toronto digs out
Carney's courage In the week after PM Carney's Davos speech, I think the world is responding to Carney's challenge to show courage and deal with reality. View on Threads This…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading.- Francine Prose offers a reminder that everything else happening in the U.S. is secondary to the imminent threat of an authoritarian takeover. Ed Burmila…
That Is Not A Sales Pitch
According to US Ambassador Hoekstra, if Canada doesn't buy the full fleet of F-35s, "that will affect NORAD". Coming from the Trump regime, this is another mafia-esque threat that boils…