Martian Weather
Have a look at what Mars would look like if it had a proper weather satellite.
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In Greece, Property Is Debt – The New York Times
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Wall Took Money From Who?
Who has the Saskatchewan Party accepted donations from? The UofR, City of Regina, Regina Public Library, etc. Most of the cash came from oil companies such as Crescent Point, Cenovus,…
Stuff Still Happens, week 43: An entirely Trump free blog (except for this mention)
See if you can guess in which country the following prison horror story took place. A 24-year-old man, accused of killing another inmate back in 2012, has been held in…
Trump a Plant?
A window into how a major campaign manipulates media and the public to steer the national conversation: July 23rd, 2015: Summary of Morning Joe by TVeyes — Speculation into the…
Rethinking political communication.
Read something the other day that said young people ignore political pamphlets. What was new about this puzzled us. If it looks like a political pamphlet, it deserves to be…
Enquiring Canadian minds want to know.
As a youngster in public relations, we used to reassure clients that people would read anything by pointing out that a million Americans bought the supermarket tabloid National Enquirer each…
Gull Lake Hotel Fire
I didn’t hear until last week that the town of Gull Lake, on the Trans-Canada Highway, lost its Hotel building on Thanksgiving weekend. It was arson. This Summer we spent…
Too Much Climate Change Truth
Brad Wall’s “plan is laughable“. That’s because it isn’t a plan to address climate change, it’s a plan to sweep it under the rug for another decade. Too bad we’re…
Get Better at Systems Theory!
As we pivot from our world in crisis to a more healthy and sustainable world, we all must get better …
Stuff Still Happens, week 42: A nasty, nasty man
For a few moments during Wednesday’s presidential debate (mercifully the last), Donald Trump appeared almost presidential. He said exactly the same things he has said at every debate, but at…
Obama’s Legacy and American Soft Fascism
As we watch Obama end his 2nd term as president we need to be mindful of the increasing Soft Fascist …
We Are Pivoting
“Politics, Re-Spun” is now WePivot.net! but why, you scream in horror! next month is the 14th anniversary of Politics, Re-Spun…it’s …
What’s Really Going On With Climate Change
There are too many people espousing their uneducated, or simply malicious views about the problem of climate change. There are enough of them in some places as to have totally…
Book Review: Beyond Banksters – Resisting the New Feudalism
Bankers Hall in Calgary (Bernard Spragg, NZ / Flickr CC Licence) Something strange was happening in the world and until a social event in November, 2011, I was having trouble…
Liberal 1 Year Report Card
The Trudeau Liberals returned to power on October 19, 2015. In the last year they’ve done some things I’ve disagreed with, and some things I approve of. I’ll list them…
Wall Wants It Both Ways on #carbontax
The Premier says Saskatchewan doesn’t make a difference in world pollution because of our small population, despite our world-record pollution rate when measured on a per-capita basis. Then he argues…
Johnstone: Supports Coal, But Calls Out Wall’s Lack of Plan
A notable column in the Star Phoenix from Bruce Johnstone, as he chastises Premier Wall’s “grandstanding” and for having no plan to deal with climate change. Wall called the plan,…
Stuff Still Happens, week 41: America gone wild
The American election campaign, which was already the worst in history, imploded this week. The week began with a presidential debate widely seen as the worst in history. Donald Trump,…
We Hear #carbontax Won’t Work But It Will Change Behaviour
Coyne has a point: .@acoyne @ZackSiezmagraff Yes, exactly. Same way people don't like paying taxes so they avoid them, but a #carbontax won't change behaviour. — Saskboy (@saskboy) October 14,…