Just Woke Up….
I know it’s been a long, long time since I posted..I’ve been in shock for so many weeks now, just sort of coming out of it a bit..but instead of…
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Italy Needs Expansionary Fiscal Policy to Escape Six-Year Recession
http://therealnews.com/t2/story:18005:Italy-Needs-Expansionary-Fiscal-Policy-to-Escape-Six-Year-Recession Filed under: Uncategorized
Should we have a carbon tax or end carbon deductions?
We allow businesses to deduct carbon while punishing those that don’t with regressive carbon taxes. Why? Why not just put an end to carbon deduction with taxes?
Stuff Still Happens, week 50 : Why won’t this horrible year just END?
A meltdown of humanity. That vivid phrase was used this week by a UN spokesman, in reference to the final days of the battle for Aleppo. It’s not a bad…
Climate Change Explained in 165 Words
Stephen Leahy, International Environmental Journalist The moon has no atmosphere so it is scorching hot (+100C) during the day and bitterly cold (-150C) at night. The Earth has an atmosphere…
North Dakota Wind Beats Saskatchewan Coal
2. How about neighbour North Dakota?Coal 4185 MWGas 248 MWWind 1759 MWYou could REPLACE either Coal or Gas in #skpoli with ND's #wind — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) December 13, 2016…
The Very Small Handful of Companies that Rule Our Lives
This is GREAT stuff! Fun Sunday reading, for sure. If you were in any doubt about who calls the shots, it’s not us. It’s THEM. Here are a few copy/pastes…
The Official 9/11 Story … Shredded
15+ years later, the official story of 9/11 continues to erode under the evidence. What’s your take on the ‘official’ story?
Stuff Still Happens, week 49: On the ‘lock her up’ chant, and the woman they DID lock up.
Last Saturday, the right-wing rabble rouser, Ezra Levant, roused the rabble just enough to host an anti-carbon tax rally at the Alberta legislature. The crowd of probably a few hundred…
Can Journalism be Virtual?
I have an article in the Columbia Journalism Review that explores virtual reality, Facebook, the challenges of doing journalism in and on virtual realities, and the importance of holding platform…
Spreading stupid stuff on the Internet.
You have got to be kidding! Are there that many people who actually believe what they read on the Internet? As someone who was accessing databases on remote computers before…
Wolfgang Streeck: ‘Look at London – it’s a second Rome. This is what an empire looks like’ | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/dec/09/wolfgang-streeck-the-german-economist-calling-time-on-capitalism Filed under: Uncategorized
The new Canadian $10 Bill
Canada is finally putting a woman on the front of a bank note (other than the Queen, of course). The first will be Viola Desmond, who will replace Sir John…
IT Problem At Saskatchewan Government
What’s going on? Trying to communicate with #skpoli gov't?Don't bother. E-mail server, website all still down. — Murray Mandryk (@MMandryk) December 7, 2016 server down all day. No gov't news…
How EU Policies Have Fueled Economic Stagnation
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=17116 Filed under: Uncategorized
Italian Referendum Defeat is No Victory for the Right Wing
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=17853 Filed under: Uncategorized
Austrian Presidential Election Shows How United Front Politics Can Defeat the Far Right
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=17852 Filed under: Uncategorized
Democracy Against Neoliberalism | Jacobin
Matteo Renzi’s constitutional reform was politically illegitimate in method and antidemocratic in content. We should celebrate its rejection. Source: Democracy Against Neoliberalism | Jacobin Filed under: Uncategorized Tagged: Italy
The slippery slide to sophistry.
Not all communications from readers are complimentary. There was a reader the other day who accused us of the dastardly use of comma splices. It was only by Googling ‘comma…
The Italy to Come | Jacobin
If Italian voters reject Sunday’s constitutional referendum, the country could see a left revival in the name of popular democracy. Source: The Italy to Come | Jacobin Filed under: Uncategorized…