Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Eric Levitz points out how the damage COVID-19 has caused to the U.S.’ economy arises largely out of underlying ailments, including its…
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A pandemic is no time to be Tory.
You need to be considerate of your conservative friends in these troubled times. You might even think kindly of inviting some conservatives into your circle. Share the lottery of covid-19…
Alert the media! Fair Deal Panel recommendations to be trotted out today
Today we will see the results of the efforts of Alberta’s Fair Deal Panel throughout the first half of 2020. We know this because the Kenney Government yesterday emailed out…
What Manner Of Man Is This?
The short answer is that he is not a man at all. A man, as opposed to a raging narcissist/sociopath, would never do what Donald Trump is planning as he…
Somehow South Tyrolean autonomy doesn’t sound like the best way to sell the Alberta Fair Deal Panel’s dumb ideas
Sure sounds like Jason Kenney has a problem. He’s promised to release his Fair Deal Panel’s report next Monday, but it’s not at all clear Albertans are going to like…
Why #DeleteFacebook
Not because Mark Zuckerberg is a self-entitled white-privileged frat boy who based Facebook on an app he developed called Facemash to rate students “hotness”. Not because of Facebook’s Predatory Business…
Justin Trudeau Sends Donald Trump Another Silent Message
They have been marching all over the world to remember George Floyd, and denounce police brutality and anti-black racism.They have been peacefully demonstrating in Canada too, from coast to coast…
Donald Trump and the Road To Fascism
Donald Trump has been in an absolute frenzy all week, firing off more tweets than he ever has before. And never sounding more delusional and more dangerous. It all began…
Despite COVID-19, 15,000 people join Fight for Equity rally against racism at Alberta Legislature
A mostly youthful throng estimated at more than 15,000 people braved the coronavirus pandemic yesterday evening to join the Fight for Equity rally against racism at the Alberta Legislature in…
Justin Trudeau’s Silence and the Shame of Jagmeet Singh
It was the 21 seconds of silence that was heard around the world. Part of Justin Trudeau's reply to a question about Donald Trump.And it couldn't have been clearer or…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robert Reich writes about the end of any pretense that Donald Trump was acting as a president rather than a self-serving social…
Signs of the times
It’s been awhile since I’ve done much with Photoshop, and I can’t take credit for the concept of working with this background. But for those interested, a couple of takes…
Trump will not go gentle into that good night.
Welsh poet Dylan Thomas was talking about older people and death in that often-quoted poem. It is much to far ahead of the election to make a confident prediction but…
Mr. Trump’s Stupid Wars.
It is hard to say what the Americans have done wrong to deserve this. They have the best equipped standing army in the world and they elect a guy like…
The Day Kenney Bet $7.5 Billion on the US Election
In September 2019 Jason Kenney began negotiating with TC Energy to invest $7.5 billion in cash and loan guarantees in the Keystone XL pipeline. In March 2020 Kenney announced negotiations…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Linda McQuaig warns us not to tolerate yet another around of austerian demagoguery when investment in people’s well-being is a positive step toward…
Is Donald Trump Trying To Poison His Own People?
As we all know the depraved Donald Trump has been posing as a U.S. President for what seems forever, and failing miserably. Over and over again.But the raging pandemic, and…
Who’s voting for stupid?
The ignorant and the gullible are on the march in America. They are coming to his rallies and buying his snake oil. Donald Trump has his eye on the prize:…
When Jason Kenney Told Off China and It Backfired
Covid-19 upended everything. No one knows whether the world will snap back to “normal” like an elastic band or be gone forever. Economists, futurists, and historians are all over the…