GenAI Sucks Power and Water
Most people would not be surprised to learn that computer data centres need a lot of electricity and water for cooling. “The federal government, and some provinces, have been actively…
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Clumsy Carney Comment Confounding
Was the bombing of the girls’ school in Iran worth it Carney? Was a blockade of the world’s oil worth it? What was the gain other than high gas prices?…
More questions for the referendum
Premier Danielle Smith, leader of the Not Really United Conservative Party, has announced that a question (actually, two questions, but don’t ask) will be added to the already bloated referendum…
Ottawa Backed the War. Then Hedged. Then Went Quiet.
Canada's double standard on Operation Epic Fury, the joint U.S. and Israeli military campaign against Iran, isn't a diplomatic nuance. It's a choice — and British Columbians are living with…
“I know it when I see it”
The New York Times published a piece by Brown University Professor Omer Bartov, titled, “I’m a Scholar of Genocide. I Know It When I See It.” At the risk of…
Qu’est-ce que c’est le Duolingo ?
Do you use Duolingo? Or should I say, Tu fais du Duolingo? Or should that be Faites-vous du Duolingo? or Est-ce que vous faites du Duolingo? One of those will…
The Separatists Will Cheat
I smell a fix coming for the 'referendum on the referendum'. Let's hope I'm wrong. The post The Separatists Will Cheat first appeared on Excited Delirium.
The 2024 US Election Was Rigged
The 2024 US Election Was Rigged. The post The 2024 US Election Was Rigged first appeared on Excited Delirium.
The Mavericks’ Raul
Raul ruled! He passed away in December. He was only 60 years old. I remember listening to The Mavericks on the radio, and on CD in the living room juggling…
Crossing the USA in Helicopter
A fun tour of some of the USA and they fly over Canada for a little bit in the middle also.
Danger Zone
A little extreme format shifting. From Vinyl, to VHS via a camcorder and mono auxiliary cable and jack size adapter, and then a VCR-TV combo to screener from an Android…
Change is possible, but unlikely
Climate change is not a problem that can be solved within the current economic system without deep structural change.
Colbert’s Late Show Is Ending On Thursday
Three interesting and funny Colbert videos in the wind-up week. Colbert describes how he met Jon Stewart, and it’s funny. Such a shame that this TV studio may not go…
Why Do the Sask NDP Sound Like Grant Devine?
W5 showing a now 44 year old clip of Grant Devine, and he said, “The first order in council, the first thing we ever do, you just line up at…
PEF’s 2026 Summer School: May 28, Vancouver
Join several of Canada’s leading heterodox and progressive economists for an introduction to theories, tools, and policy applications that go beyond the bounds of conventional free-market economics. This one-day course…
Saskatchewan Planning To Fail
The Sask Party and NDP have presented similar and disastrous plans for the electrical grid. There are details about what the Sask Party would have Sask Power do, in this…
Saskatchewan NDP Turmoil
On Tuesday, the Sask NDP lost one of their MLAs. She’s sitting as an independent MLA, after leader Carla Beck cracked the whip. Jennifer Bowes spoke out on Facebook with…
Geothermal opportunities
Geothermal Opportunities is the third installment of the Canada West Forum Society’s series of online energy forums. The series began with Powering the Future, an overview of energy in British…
Queen Danielle knows what is best for us
Cast your mind back, dear readers, to a simpler time. And by that I mean 2021. The UCP government of Jason Kenney (who would have thought then that we’d look…
WHY HIGHWAYS AND ROADS SUCK NOW
My understanding for why we don’t fill potholes is because municipal governments permit developers to build on greenfields, extending a city’s existing infrastructure past reasonable distances for transit, policing, firefighting,…