What Happened to Politics?
I want to save this thread by Jeff Rybak, defence lawyer, lecturer at the University of Toronto, and a not-for-profit corporate director: “I’m trying to understand what’s happening with politics…
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Strap One On For Safety!
I wrote about the almost total absence of PSAs around using masks to prevent transmission of a virus that, in some areas, kills ten times as often as traffic collisions,…
Covid-Free Schools are Possible!
A school in Texas has been 100% Covid-free with zero learning loss. They used good masks indoors (N95 or better) with no ‘mask breaks.’ Everyone eats outdoors even in the…
Conservatives should search for a better analytical lens
As an Ideology, Conservatism tends to use already developed ideas. Conservatives tend to go back into the past and look for the best ideas to lead us in this time.…
My responses to the Province’s local elections and councillor accountability engagement
Today is the deadline for Albertans to submit their input as the provincial government develops updates to the Municipal Government Act and the Local Authorities Election Act on the topics…
Brad Wall Caught Aiding FreeDumb Racists
Bad Wall behind the #FluTruxKlan? Colour me unsurprised. He supported them when they were only known as #UnitedWeRoll.#skpoli https://t.co/vzdlAwosu5 — Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy) July 4, 2022 “Also it is…
Biblical Commandments the Pseudo-Christians Avoid
The Talibangelists (aka the Christofascists) like those on the Supreme Court of the US (SCOTUS) or in the anti-abortion movement like to pretend they base their decisions, their politics, their…
Covid and Climate Change: Similar Rationalizations, Different Intensity
I was searching through YouTube looking for things to include in my career retrospective, mainly looking for a clip of an old CKCO show, What’s Your Point/The Final Round, from…
The Talibangelists Are Winning
I imagine what I’m feeling now about the rise of the extremist, pseudo-Christian right (aka the Talibangelists, aka Christofascists) in the USA, Canada, and in other democracies is what my…
Row Row Row Your Boat
Gently off a cliff,Throw the women overboard,Republicans want a tiff. The Trump Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, which for half a century put an end to most low-quality abortions…
Kazakhstan Listens to Protestors, Moves Towards Democracy
Earlier this year the people of Kazakhstan went to the streets to protest the authoritarian government, which was met with lethal force from the government. Now, that same government is…
And on to LongCovid
Masks are all but gone in my neck of the woods. A couple stores have employees that wear them, but not many, and then very few customers do. The people…
School’s Out
I was going to make this big ranty post about the SK provincial government’s attitude toward education, citing the absolute farce of our premier scolding school divisions for instituting or…
On Expertise
We’ve grown to develop an anti-expertise view in society. I imagine it might have something to do with a do-it-yourself mentality born of individualism and capitalism. I can work harder…
Australia Taking Action on Climate Change
Australia (like Canada) has a well-deserved reputation of being a laggard on climate issues and being one of the worst polluters on the planet. The recent Australian election results will…
Plague Update: PM Trudeau Has COVID-19 Again
The PM got COVID by going to the Americas summit in the USA recently. I’ve tested positive for COVID-19. I’ll be following public health guidelines and isolating. I feel okay,…
Russia’s Hunger Plan
This Timothy Snyder (historian specializing in genocide) thread is unnerving: “Russia has a hunger plan. Vladimir Putin is preparing to starve much of the developing world as the next stage…
Klondike Papers
I’m just getting my head around it all here. But I’ve watched lots of videos and read lots of threads, and here’s what seems to be happening in as brief…
Top Story of June 10, 2022? Former President Trump Tried a Coup
“Trump was at the center of this conspiracy,” Chairman Thompson said in his opening remarks at the first public Jan. 6 hearing. https://t.co/8gqmTtTpTW pic.twitter.com/8SFan1xZNA — MSNBC (@MSNBC) June 10, 2022…
Bad Driver or Hate Crime? RCMP says “impatient”
" was shouting stuff out. He was being racist, using some racial slurs," said Garrett Dan. "We have a whole bunch of witnesses to what happened to my brothers." Please…