In a rage
New one. This is in Israel, directly across the road from kibbutz Be’eri and just up from the Nova site. This is where I was with Amit, a young man…
Alberta Politicians should ask one question: Who is going to buy natural gas after 2035?
Fortis BC has been advertising an interesting programme. The programme is a rebate that assists their customers in transitioning to a new “dual fuel” heat pump system. The idea is…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading.- Bill McKibben rightly describes the Trump regime's attacks on the entire federal regulatory apparatus as vandalism with a plan (which includes making things more…
My latest: Ottawa has an antisemitism problem. Still.
Meet the new boss, worse than the old boss. Apologies to The Who, but the misapplication of their song lyric is apt: on all matters related to the Jewish state,…
The Best Photo
I'll quote Alan Levine in full:For a refreshing break from the sameness of GenAI imagery, immerse yourself into the still vital act of photography in 50 winning images from All…
The Best Photo
I'll quote Alan Levine in full:For a refreshing break from the sameness of GenAI imagery, immerse yourself into the still vital act of photography in 50 winning images from All…
Today’s News: Turning America into Oceania
*illustration from Wayne Horton's substack View on Threads It is not just Canadians and other foreign visitors who are running afoul of America's border police. It's now happening to Americans…
Musical interlude
TWO LANES - Belong
VIRGINIA BREAKS A LEG TO TRANSFER ME OUT OF STATE (2025) By Kevin “Rashid” Johnson
On the early morning on May 1, 2025 I was awakened by guards opening my general population cell door at Virginia’s Keen Mountain Correctional (sic!) Center and telling me to…
There’s so much work wrecking health care that Danielle Smith had to double number of ministers responsible to 4!
It’s lot of work to destroy a well-established and popular public health care system, and Alberta Premier Danielle Smith seems to have recognized that reality with her cabinet shuffle early…
A carbon tax on the filthy rich?
The very rich, F. Scott Fitzgerald famously said, are different from you and me. Of... The post A carbon tax on the filthy rich? first appeared on Views from the…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Natalie Alms reports that Elon Musk's attempt to manufacture a fraud scandal at the Social Security Administration has failed miserably - except to the…
The Fallout Continues
I admit to taking a certain pleasure in reporting bad news about the U.S. That it is being sanctioned by Canadians for its abysmal treatment of such a reliable trading…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 15, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 15, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Bill 168: Ontario Workplace Harassment and Violence Legislation In Force https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/06/bill-168-ontario-workplace-harassment.html - Garry J. Wise, Toro...
Part 3: AM I OPTIMISTIC AND, IF SO, HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE
Part 3: Looking for optimism in troubled times So, where are we and where are we headed? Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci, writing in prison in the 1930s when liberal…
things we saw from the road, mostly lies
Billboards seen on the highways between St. Louis, Tulsa, and Kansas City. Lies about pregnancy"Heartbeat heard 18 days after conception"This is the most frequently-seen lie on all the highway signs.…
things we saw from the road, mostly lies
Billboards seen on the highways between St. Louis, Tulsa, and Kansas City. Lies about pregnancy"Heartbeat heard 18 days after conception"This is the most frequently-seen lie on all the highway signs.…