Covid Journal, October 10, 2020
A quick snapshot reminding us that democratic socialism is much better than the ‘dog-eat-dog’ capitalism of the US.
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Mother Mushroom, blogging and freedom of speech
As I post pearls of wisdom on my blog, including righteous criticism about this country’s follies, I rarely stop to think how fortunate I am to be able to do…
Daylight Savings Debacle
In these days of COVID it’s interesting to see what legislation different elected people decide to continue to pursue. There are always different kinds of hobby horse bills floating around,…
Virtual Insanity
In 2020 things seemed to have moved at the speed of light, making it so hard to keep up. Days have felt like hours, as big event after big event…
The green wave swallows Exxon
I have read so many articles about banks and investment firms high-tailing it away from oil recently, I hardly pay attention when another crops up in the news. Nonetheless, I…
Talking COVID-19 in the White House & the Second Wave of COVID in Canada on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the COVID-19 diagnosis of American President Donald…
Attacks on American Democracy Under the Radar
2020 has been a crazy year and more so than usual, it’s felt like life have serious come at us fast. It feels almost like the further we’ve gotten into…
Refugees aren’t safe in the USA. Canada must help out.
Share this: Our southern neighbors are at a boiling point with a torrent of racial unrest and questions about whether or not the current president will honor the results of…
SaskParty Replaces Candidate
After a SaskParty candidate was revealed to be an anti-science Q-cult fascist, so Moe removed him to reduce embarrassment to the party. The replacement is a home builder association CEO.…
U.S. democracy corrupted by U.S. constitution
In 2016, most Americans voted for Hillary Clinton. They got President Donald Trump. Republicans represent fewer citizens than Democrats, yet they have controlled the Senate for more than half of…
Covid Journal, October 3, 2020
Setting the Stage for a Covid Coup? Unfortunately (I mean it), Donald and Melania Trump have both been tested positive for Covid. A horde of others, particularly those caught gladhanding…
Duck Donald, He’s a Fascist
Trump is a terribly despicable person. One might say deplorable. And he surrounds himself with terrible people, and is supported by terrible people. While embarrassing his country with a disgraceful…
Climate Change & Common Sense: “We ain’t gots none.”
Beautiful, moving sculptures, the old Bugattis are. Yes, they should be converted either to a parallel electric hybrid or solar-hydrogen, as with all internal combustion vehicles. If our society had…
How Bad Is WordPress’s Block Editor? Bad.
I have over 2 decades experience editing websites. 18 years of writing blogs, from Angelfire, to CMS systems like WordPress. And the latest update to the editor is mystifying. Who…
Kenney Stands Up For Doomed Oil
Nowhere in Canada is more cursed than Alberta. It’s the Resource Curse. And Jason Kenney is the leader of the cursed. At the empty Tesla charging station in Fort Macleod.…
R.I.P U.S.A.
I confess to being kind of excited to watch the first presidential debate between Democrat Joseph R. Biden II (his full New York Times title), and Trump party candidate Donald…
Covid Journal, October 1, 2020
Tax cheats everywhere trying to soak up public money.
Talking the First Trump-Biden Debate with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Zoe Knowles for a rare Wednesday appearance. We talked about the first Trump-Biden Presidential Debate, the dumpster fire of…
Flowers
Today is Orange Shirt Day, an important day on our collective calendar here in Canada. On this day we remember and honour the First Nations, Métis and Inuit children who…
Censorship, Big Tech & The Closing Down of Society
Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, and the MAGATs – Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon and Twitter – are all now embedded and engaged in censorship, data mining, privacy invasion, the new global…