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…
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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,…
As Humans Do
Obituary: Great Barrier Reef (25 Million BC-2016). Killed by coal, ocean acidification and climate change: https://t.co/V4npCbP1yR — 350 dot org (@350) October 14, 2016 Idle conversation among strangers around the…
Foreseeable Future of Oil
Cameron MacGillivray, the president and CEO of Enform, says he’s not hearing many concerns about the job market of the future. Rather than getting questions about the oil and gas…
Anxious Entitlement
Kurt Vonnegut once quipped that “True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country”, a sentiment I have long held…
Join me: #RaiseTheRates #WelfareFoodChallenge2016
One year away from blogging and I decided to open my account back up to keep me accountable for the 5th Annual Welfare Food Challenge, a challenge to get us
The Story Of Human Voice Recordings
For the longest time, historians thought they knew Edison was the first to record the human voice. Then a team of researchers realized there were earlier recordings that were made…
Never Watch a Presidential Debate When You’ve Got the Flu
Ms Soapbox has the flu and missed Thanksgiving dinner last night with her family and friends. She stayed home and watched the second Presidential debate. It almost finished her off.…
Stuff Still Happens, week 40: OK, now he CAN’T win
Even the Teflon Don can’t get out of this one. Everyone except his most fanatical supporters knows Trump is a pig, a boor, a crass, classless thug. Now we have…
Trump Trumps Trump
Trump is disgusting. People that support Trump are disgusting. They still have a chance to dump him.
Election day is not a holiday.
One of the objectives of the current special parliamentary committee on electoral reform in Canada is to look at ways of encouraging more people to vote. To-date they have considered…
A Tax on Everything Is Coming
Run for the hills! .@CNN #PriceOnCarbon article: "because we've been so slow to act on this crisis, bold action is now required" https://t.co/PvV1Y1oFdM — Pembina Institute (@Pembina) October 5, 2016…