Stuff Still Happens, week 20: A very Canadian ‘outrage’
Chaos in the Commons! Hell in the House! Kerfuffle in the Kommons! Parliamentary punch-up! Broohaha! Shenanigans! Other old words nobody ever uses anymore! By now, you have no doubt heard…
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The Scummy Race to the Bottom Orchestrated by the Conservatives & Media
The people that pull Justin Trudeau's wife into the limelight are the scummiest scum of the earth.
Wall’s Government Denies Climate Change
Wall had the Lieutenant Governor read to the Legislature that opposition to climate change is a “misguided dogma” in his throne speech. https://you.leadnow.ca/petitions/tell-saskatchewan-s-premier-to-stop-denying-climate-change-and-act The Premier and the Sask Party are…
Stuff Still Happens, week 19: Rumours fill in for facts in Fort Mac
Canadians continue to show remarkable kindness to the Fort McRefugees. The Red Cross is swimming in cash (much of which they have already distributed) and donation centres are overflowing with…
Paul Godfrey is What’s Wrong With Capitalism
Canada's media companies give capitalism a bad name.
Ghomeshi’s Apology
It’s over. Yesterday Jian Ghomeshi signed a peace bond and apologized to Kathryn Borel. The Crown dropped the sexual assault charge. Here’s Mr Ghomeshi’s apology and Ms Borel’s reply. Ghomeshi’s…
Double Standards
Eeeevil Lefties: ‘This is a disaster. We should aim to prevent future disasters. What went so wrong?’ Rawlco: “it will be positive and it will go a long way to…
Norway’s Unions Confront Neoliberalism
By Asbjørn Wahl For a long time, Norway has represented an exception in Europe and the word. The main reason has been the abundance of oil revenue, which has made…
Head In The Tarsand
When an out of control fire roars toward you, it’s totally fine to stick your head (and the rest of you) into the sand, in a fireproof shelter preferably. After…
Lynton Crosby Stock Plummets
Something tells me Lynton Crosby will make an appearance soon in the US to support Trump and his pleasant messages about Mexicans, Muslims, women and others in the run-up to…
Stuff Still Happens, week 18: Apocalypse Now
On Tuesday when I turned on the evening news, I saw pictures of thousands of cars fleeing an apocalyptic hellscape. I first assumed it was just thousands of Americans fleeing…
Did the Smoke Get in Your Eyes, Justin?
Evacuees fear having to leave Fort McMurray permanently Energy workers already uncertain about their jobs now worry about homes By Briar Stewart, CBC News Posted: May 07, 2016 7:00 AM…
CBS CEO backpedals on paying Canadians for their plasma
The Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Blood Services is doing some damage control by backtracking on the agency’s position on plasma collection. In an internal blog post last week, Dr.…
Trudeau on Forest Fire Tragedy
The Prime Minister spoke about forest fires’ connection to climate change at a community affected by a massive evacuation due in part to climate change. “The reality of climate change…
Lawful, Neutral and Chaotic: mapping the drivers behind social media, companies and states in the public sphere
I’ve been playing with ways to help some students understand the online space: i.e. who the actors are, and what motivates them around the big policy debates about the internet,…
Trump and the Grand Old Puppeteers
When you look at the recent history of American Republican politics, maybe Trump is the best thing for them. Time will tell.
Spain’s left must unite to steer country on road to recovery
Giles Tremlett for the Guardian In his restaurant overlooking the Med at Mataró, a few miles north of Barcelona, Ricard Jornet declares himself an insumiso, a rebel who refuses to…
Skip The Wishes
The Trans Pacific Partnership is a trade agreement intended to remove red tape for international trade, so if someone overseas can provide a product at a better price than a…
Stuff Still Happens, week 17: The impossible is now probable
Thought Batman vs. Superman was unwatchable? Just wait until Trump vs. Clinton. With the prospects of stopping crazed billionaire Donald Trump looking more remote with each passing primary (the Trumpster…
An ounce of prevention: Fighting poverty improves health
Imagine two children, born on the same day, at the same hospital, to different parents. One family is rich, the other is poor. Experts say one of those kids will…