Catalan Independence Struggle Impedes Formation of Spanish Government
Filed under: Europe, Eurozone crisis, Uncategorized Tagged: Catalonia, Spain
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Bottom Of the Barrel Brad
What’s with Saskatchewan generating unkind Conservative politicians named Brad? Brad “Bumpkin” “Two Finger” Trost threw together some stock images into a meme against people in love being married. Something inadvertantly…
Even When It Tries To Be Good, It’s Not
Oh boy, do I have thoughts. pic.twitter.com/lIEkxvT9uY — Steve Ladurantaye (@ladurantaye) September 13, 2016 The Mainstream Media, or MSM, has failed the people. Maybe because the majority is not owned…
Dramatic Jupiter Exploration Video
It’s done in the style of a fiction/action movie trailer, but this is for real. One of the early results is this compressed/shifted audio depiction of aurora on Jupiter.
Wynne’s Losing Power Play
Kathleen Wynne's power play will lead to her political demise.
Who should govern in times of significant disruption?
Chris Kutarna says this is the best time in history to be alive. We’re healthier, wealthier and better educated than at any other time in history…so why are we so…
Stuff Still Happens, week 36: Edmonton’s shiny new toy is unwrapped.
November of 2014 marked the 40th anniversary of the opening of the old Northlands Coliseum, later renamed Skyreach Centre, later renamed Rexall Place, now back to Northlands Coliseum. As I…
Article in Foreign Affairs
Last year I was fortunate enough to get to attend a remarkable workshop at the University of Sidney lead by James Der Derian. It was part of a workshop series…
Canadian Debt
Jeremy Harrison, minister of the economy pointed to the fact the average Canadian family needs 42.8 per cent of its pre-tax income for housing while the average in Saskatchewan is…
Will We Let This Man Put An End To Canadian Health Care?
Dr. Brian Day is the face of privatization of Canada's health care system. Do you want him to win?
Alexis Tsipras, the escapologist – POLITICO
http://www.politico.eu/article/alexis-tsipras-the-escapologist-grece-austerity/Filed under: Uncategorized
Stuff Still Happens, week 35:Why politicians shouldn’t make ‘jokes’
Oh, my. Will politicians never learn? Of course not. This week’s political miscue was by Brian Jean, leader of the Wildrose Party. Speaking at a town hall meeting in Fort…
Trump, Erdoğan, Farage: The attractions of populism for politicians, the dangers for democracy | Books | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2016/sep/02/trump-erdogan-farage-the-attractions-of-populism-for-politicians-the-dangers-for-democracyFiled under: Uncategorized
Portugal’s PM: The idea of a bailout is nonsensical – POLITICO
http://www.politico.eu/article/portugals-pm-the-idea-of-a-bailout-is-nonsensical/Filed under: Uncategorized
Rafe: How it became offensive for women to wear too much clothing
Photo: Flickr CC Licence / Flood G Yes, yes, yes, I know, Mr. Editor, we’re in the last stretch before the last stretch just before a big, real last stretch…
Lies, Damned Lies, and Statistics (with apologies and an acknowledgement to Mark Twain..)
ttps://www.facebook.com/BCLiberalCaucus/?hc_ref=NEWSFEED&fref=nf http://thetyee.ca/Opinion/2016/08/23/Critical-Services-Suffering-in-BC/?utm_source=weekly&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=290816 In their latest propaganda piece the BC Libs are attempting, lamely, to counter research that shows that BC has one of the…
Greece Was the Prologue | Jacobin
https://www.jacobinmag.com/2016/08/greece-debt-austerity-syriza-tsipras-grexit-eu/Filed under: Uncategorized
Trump and the Nukes
We’re so focused on Donald Trump’s race-baiting rhetoric that we’ve almost forgotten that if elected this man will have the nuclear codes at the tips of his stubby little fingers.…
Stuff Still Happens, week 34: More Donald Trump (sigh)
Sigh. I really didn’t want to write one more word about Donald Trump, but the guy just continues to astound. Consider the past week. He told African-Americans – or “the…
Buying Coal Time, Burns Ours
2. Because if coal's "demise" is anything like Big Tobacco's, the industry didn't shut down after lawmakers' cracked down some. — Saskboy (@saskboy) August 26, 2016 Man bites dog:#Coal industry…