politics
Argentina: Neoliberalism In Drag As Freedom
The new president of Argentina calls himself a libertarian, but he is a right-wing libertarian. (The distinction is crucial.) That means, essentially, neo-liberalism on steroids, unchecked and unleashed. Either he…
The Global Fascist Coup: Time To Face Reality
We need to stop making the irrational and unfounded, anti-empirical assumption that the corporate and financial elite are stupid – they are demonstrably sociopathic, but they are not stupid, as…
You Had One Job! On IPACs Refusal to Prevent or Control Infection
The Infection Prevention and Control (IPAC) of Canada is a registered charity making some questionable decisions recently. They promote themselves as, “Focussing on infection prevention and control in the community…
Abolish The Monarchy?
Abolish the monarchy? A better idea, since it is actually achievable within the relatively near term, is to create a new British constitution, which clearly enshrines – and re-asserts –…
Yo, Podcasters! Read This.
An excellent, important video was the inspiration for this short post (linked here, below) from a generally lackluster podcast. The musings arising after watching the video, however, I would say…
What Is The Populist Right?
Neoliberals, “progressives”, and the neo-Maoist faux-Left, of which, neoliberals and so-called progressives form the core part, rabidly slander, dehumanize and demonize the populist right. But what, in reality, in truth,…
Strategies For A Creating A Better World For All: Crisis & Opportunity
Who rules the world? Two empires, which are in reality, two crime syndicates, the biggest in history, now dominate, and effectively rule over most nations on Earth: the corporate-fascist empire,…
The Big Picture: Markers Of The Global Tectonic Shift, Now Underway
Or, The Big Picture: Economic Strength vs Economic Insolvency: US, Canada and Uruguay compared Uruguayan national debt in 2023:$40 billion USD(52% of GDP) Canadian national debt in 2023:$1.4 trillion USDOr$1,400…
Greenwash & Eco-Fascism
Climate change is real, but the WEF billionaire-run, corporate-fascist oligarchy is not the saviour of humanity or the Earth – they are the principle devourers of both. We need to…
Uniting The People – Yes, it’s happening
Jimmy Dore, from the populist left, and Tucker Carlson, from the grassroots centre-right, can not only have a conversation, but a respectful one – and furthermore, they are allies and…
Elon Musk, Alex Jones, X – and Freedom
Twitter / X and Elon Musk have reaffirmed their upholding of the inalienable human right to freedom of speech. This is extremely important, and extremely good. “I’m generally against evil…
Accuracy, Licence, and the Death of Stalin
One of my favourite movies in my collection — seen three times already on DVD or Blu-ray but likely to be seen more — is the 2017 satire, The Death…
Living in a Nightmare
“Many describe living in a sort of waking, powerless nightmare where an obvious catastrophe is unfolding but society just blithely ignores it.” That’s from this Guardian article from May 2022…
Further Reflections On Nationalism
I would emphasize there are better and worse forms of nationalism, but stress that nationalist political-economic policies can be highly beneficial for the people, as opposed to neoliberalism, globalism or…
Canada Now Requires Companies to Disclose Who Benefits
Following similar legislation in other countries Canada has finally introduced a beneficial ownership requirement on Canadian companies. Federally registered companies will have to disclose who owns them, which means it’ll…
The Danger Posed by Covid is Indeed Being Underestimated
Covid updates from Ontario and Germany were in the news yesterday. But first, check out this graphic of tips for staying healthy over the holidays from the Canadian Covid-19 Hazard…
Liberals Are Right About Conservative Intentions
But the Liberals are wrong about the solution. Their betrayal on electoral reform has given the CPC’s PP power over them. They could be working collaboratively to implement things the…
Are the Covid Inquiries Just for Show?
How many inquiries do we need before Public Health kicks into gear again?? Wastewater in my area is hitting the tippy top of the graph, and that’s after the y-axis…