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 –…
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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…
BLOWBACK – And Collapse
JFK, MLK, The CIA – And The Collapse Of The West Yes, the evidence is clear: the CIA killed JFK, RFK, MLK, and Malcolm X. They are the goons of…
Farm Fields of Solar Produce Bonuses
In the UK the average person wants to get off fossil fuels, but the Conservatives in power want the opposite. Obviously this is not good, and it gets worse: the…
Charles In Charge
Well, it finally happened. The Queen of Canada died, at 96 years old. She passed a couple days ago at her Scotland estate, and I still haven’t heard a cause…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Maggie Mills discusses how an antisocial public health policy in the midst of an ongoing pandemic is producing a disastrous human cost (particularly…
Plague Update: BoJo Caught Lying To Parliament, Again
https://t.co/s05SEJNIvH — Saskboy from Saskatchewan (@saskboy) May 23, 2022 This is not Boris Johnson’s first rodeo. His party excused him before, will they again protect him and MET police too?…
Plague Update: BoJo’s Contempt For Parliament
Two years ago the UK PM Boris Johnson almost died from COVID-19. About 3 months after that, he broke his own government’s COVID-19 public safety measures and had a birthday…
Insulation is Better Than Oil
Insulation is a boring solution to the deadly consumption of oil inside your home. If you have a gas furnace or other fossil fuel heater then you can start reducing…
Plague Update: Worst Among Us
I practically couldn’t believe this, except I know BoJo is not a fine bloke. Boris Johnson considered being injected with COVID-19 on live TV: ex-adviser Man too stupid to realize…
To Revive Main Streets Let’s Make them People Focussed Instead of Business Focussed
Since the proliferation of big box stores and malls small cities have been struggling to keep their downtowns engaging and profitable for businesses. What if we rethought our downtowns to…
UK: Uber Drivers are Employees not Individual Entrepreneurs
Uber drivers in the UK will now get better treatment from Uber thanks to the courts ruling the company can’t as robustly exploit their drivers. The way drivers get gigs…
Britain Bans Fossil Fuel Cars Starting in 2030
The United Kingdom is taking a step towards a green future by announcing that diesel and gas powered cars won’t be allowed in the country starting in 2030. Older cars…
BoJo Unwell, Like The Economy And Environment
Boris Johnson is at death’s doorstep. This would otherwise be an unremarkable point, except he’s inexplicably the Prime Minister of the UK. Sorry you started taking the advice of doctors…
Scotland Banned Fraking, Rest of UK to Follow
Fraking is really bad for all of us, it’s the process of using water to force dirty oil out of the ground. This practice destabilizes the ground causing earthquakes and…
Is Anglosphere Democracy Becoming an International Joke?
Not long ago, if one were asked to name the world’s two leading democracies, the answer would probably have been the United States and the United Kingdom—the United States largely…
What Yesterday Meant to Me
Since that first time I heard Greta Thunberg, I sensed that something wonderful might be about to happen. Eventually she inspired a resistance. The school children’s revolt and then Extinction…
"We’ve No Time to Waste"
Jeremy Corbyn, today, in the House of Commons. This should make us all disgusted with our federal parties and our petro-provinces alike. The Liberals, and their apologists, have no excuse…
Climate Change Protest Groups Keep Growing
Across Europe students and teachers are standing up to negligent leaders who ignore climate change. Last week in Belgium students took to the streets and their movement forced the resignation…
An Open Letter to Boris Johnson’s Hair
Dear Boris Johnson’s Hair, It’s really not going very well, is it? But it’s not your fault. It really isn’t. In the history of British… Continue ReadingAn Open Letter to…