The age-old question of … age
One of the biggest issues in the U.S. election isn’t the economy, or the border (southern, not northern), or various worldwide conflicts. It’s age. Specifically, old age. The only thing…
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Skip Valentine’s Day, save the world
How much have you, or are you, spending on Valentine’s Day? If the Retail Council of Canada can be trusted (have they ever lied to us before?), the answer is,…
Trump: Officially An Ambassador of Russian Expansionism and Terrorism
Trump: Endorsing Russian Expansionism While Bullying NATO Members. Nice. The post Trump: Officially An Ambassador of Russian Expansionism and Terrorism first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Trudeau Donates $3.1 Billion Public Money to Ford’s Private Health Care System
Is giving public money to someone who’s committed to privatizing our health care system a good idea? The post Trudeau Donates $3.1 Billion Public Money to Ford’s Private Health Care…
When The Beatles conquered America (and me)
I am reading a called ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ a history of pop music. Naturally, there was a chapter on The Beatles and their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,…
Plague Update: SARS1 2009 News, Viewed from 2022
How many mental health problems seen since the pandemic started are actually blamed on changes in the brains of people infected, and not on some scapegoat like quarantines that kept…
The Decline Of The US Empire & The Rising Star Of Mexico
I’ve written extensively and in depth, for decades, in two published books and over a thousand published articles, with tens of thousands of references, on the rapidly shifting state of…
Intellectual Self-Defence: Time For A Reading Sabbatical
To be brief: The obsession with quantity and volume has to end. More is not always better. Quality matters most. But people in the 21st century are addicted to endless…
Tim Hortons has become the ultimate symbol of Canada
Canada is not a great country for symbols. Sure, there’s the maple leaf, but how many times do you actually see a maple leaf tree in Western Canada? There’s the…
Alberta’s War on Rights Will Become Poilievre’s War on Rights
Alberta’s War on Rights Will Become Poilievre’s War on Rights The post Alberta’s War on Rights Will Become Poilievre’s War on Rights first appeared on Excited Delirium.
The Death Of Materialism & The Rebirth Of The World
The Newtonian-Cartesian paradigm, or world view, of atomistic, dualistic, mechanistic reductionism, is a very recent, 400 year old delusion, a recent blink of the eye, and is now crumbling as…
A Trump Presidency In 2025: Fascism, National Rebirth, Or Civil War?
Let me start by saying that I speak from the libertarian left – meaning, I fiercely believe in freedom, compassion, voluntary mutual aid, decentralization, and the sovereignty of individuals, communities,…
Defeat The Fascists! Unite The People Now!
The anti-authoritarian grassroots left and right are uniting – at last, as I’ve been urging for decades; and which is absolutely necessary, if we are to halt and reverse our…
A Sinking Ship On Fire: The Dismal State Of A Civilization (sic) In Slow Motion Collapse
(Written this morning as an open letter to a fine independent journalist) Patrick, I found you on 21st Century Wire and was very impressed. Before I listen to this TNT…
Socialism, Capitalism, Corporatism, & The Future Of Humanity: Ideology vs Reality
A few thoughts on the recent, very thoughtful and interesting discourse and debate, between Professors Brookes and Wolff, linked in the video below: To Professor Wolff:Bravo – brilliant crystalization. To…
Canada’s Version of McCarthyism Begins
Canada’s inquiry into foreign influence will be a misguided and misdirected mess. The post Canada’s Version of McCarthyism Begins first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Plague Update: From The Past
It’s January 27th, 2022, but you’re reading this in the future. I’m writing this after my intended bed time, having just helped a friend learn how to purchase an NFT.…
Fossil Fuel Companies’ New Evil Strategy
There’s an effort underway by Conservatives and Fossil Fuel companies to suggest that fossil fuels are “sustainable”. This is an attempt to rebrand fossil fuels as non-harmful, when the reality…
Whither the Alberta NDP?
During the provincial election of 2015, Rachel Notley was everywhere. Literally. The party – which, going into the election, had just four seats – was desperate. Their candidates were so…
Oh, Canada: A Funeral Dirge – And A Prayer
Travelling the world recently again, I am struck by the staggering ignorance among the great majority of people in the world, as to what Canada is like today. All of…