Stuff Still Happens, week 28: A summer to regret
Remember when summer was carefree? Sunshine, lollipops and rainbows? Hot times in the city? Walking on sunshine? Sunny days? Well, not this year. The summer of 2016 has been riddled…
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There’s Somethin’ Happening Here…
I’ve been holding back on commenting….reality has been so overwhelming and I feel as if, for the first time since possibly the War of 1812, that the West is slowly,…
Human
Human. Choose which to feed: hate or love. Starve the other.
Coin Toss: Will blockchain undermine or buttress state power?
I have a review of Don and Alex Tapscott’s new book, Blockchain Revolution: How the Technology Behind Bitcoin Is Changing Money, Business and the World in this month’s Literary Review…
The Day America Died
Let’s see … add 1 racist Presidential candidate … meet in a state that has ‘open gun’ laws … allow everyone to get together in a powder keg situation ……
Brexit Madness: Propaganda and Hyperbole
The media and the politicians are screaming that the world will end if Britain really does leave the EU. The absurdity of this now-standard narrative should be clear from the…
Confronting the problem of violence against health workers
It’s a dangerous time to be working in health care. On any given day, health care workers are at risk of getting stabbed, choked, punched, bitten, spat on or verbally…
France’s Parliament Deals Major Blow to Labor
http://therealnews.com/t2/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=31&Itemid=74&jumival=16714Filed under: Uncategorized
Jason Kenney: Alberta’s Very Own Music Man
Like the Music Man, Jason Kenney blew into town with a message: We’ve got trouble folks! Trouble with a capital “T” that rhymes with “P” and that stands for “Progressive!”…
Stuff Still Happens, week 27: Black Days in July
Back in 1968, singer Gordon Lightfoot released one of his greatest songs, Black Day in July, about the race riots that left “Motor City burning” as he sang. That song…
Electric Cars cleaner than Gas Cars!
Here’s a blog post worth reading about the relative pollution from electric vehicles compared with the more common gas burners. “For the longest time, I wanted to write about the…
Spanish Left Falls Short in Poll Amid New Deadlock | The Bullet No. 1279
http://www.socialistproject.ca/bullet/1279.php#continueFiled under: Uncategorized
Feeling the Bern-Out? Feel the Movement
To put it briefly, it’s the movement that matters. The office of the President is secondary to the movement, and almost, but not quite, peripheral. Winning the presidency is significant.…
The Death of the Democratic Party
Let’s start with some basic facts about Hillary Clinton, the darling of Wall Street and the Democratic party establishment, and why her credibility is both threadbare, and also collapsing.…
In or Out? Democracy, the EU, and the Fate of the Earth
The people of Britain have now voted to leave the EU. That vote has deeper and more far-ranging consequences than many people realize. Among other things, it means the beginning…
Brexit: Intentional Corporate Fragmentation
Brexit = tax cuts for the rich. Have fun with your independence and new-found poverty, Britain!
B-17 Flying Fortress over Regina
Regina was lucky to get a visit from the famous World War II bomber plane. I spent a few days running outside in the morning when I heard it roaring…
French PM bypasses parliament to force through labour laws | World news | The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/jul/05/french-pm-bypasses-parliament-to-force-through-labour-lawsFiled under: Uncategorized