Covid Journal, July 22, 2020
Masks reveal our true selves. Billionaire bailouts. Portland.
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Talking the Latest on Phase 3 Re-Opening & the Growing WE Scandal with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the latest on Phase 3 re-opening…
The “new normal”
A 75 year old man gets his skull fractured by riot police – for bringing back their helmet – and the hew and cry on Twitter is that he got…
Critical Info On Health & Stress
(An email I just sent to friends, I will share here.) Lea, other friends, look!!! Useful info for everyone, even critical info, I’d say: Healing Chronic Stress and Disease…
Architecture & Home Design: Raising the Bar
This is my favourite home design so far. (Video below) Every home and building should be passive solar, and every home or building should be an Earth Home –…
Education & Reading
I wrote these thoughts for the tiny home movement, which, although it is mainly arising out of economic injustice and sheer necessity, I think is still, nevertheless, a very positive,…
Plague Update: Post-lockdown
Even though everything isn’t re-opened, the Saskatchewan Government very much wants people to think and act as if everything is back to normal. They’ll deny that if asked. There’s no…
Covid Journal, July 17, 2020
After 4 weeks of home-schooling my child, I’m a self-appointed expert on education. Since I’ve seen very little by way of ideas about how to make our schools safe and…
Somethings Gotta Give
Back on Monday Ontario announced it’s plans to move most of the province into Phase Three of re-opening, something that many people welcome despite the unknown that we face ahead…
Temporary Demotion of Democratic Norms in Lethbridge
Working in politics and for elected officials is an experience where you get to do many things and hone many different skills. From research, to getting to know policy, budgeting…
The Fiscal Deficit, Modern Monetary Theory and Progressive Economic Policy
Modern Monetary Theory or MMT has crept in from the academic margins to become an influential doctrine in progressive policy circles in the United States. Both Elizabeth Warren and Bernie…
Talking the Trudeau WE apology & Phase Three of Re-Opening with Graham Richardson
Today I joined Graham Richardson on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Katlyn Harrison & Lindsay Maskell on the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the Prime Ministers apology for the…
Covid Journal, July 13, 2020
Tracking Trump’s Twitter Tirades.
Trudeau’s WE Strike Three
Normally summers are very quiet times around Ottawa, and for good reason. MPs head home, people take vacation and generally it’s a period of quiet and a time that people…
Please do not label me.
While this is not about me, I admit that I do not like being labelled by people who do not know me. It matters not what my racial origin might…
Is this the end of ‘the E word’?
As you may know, there is a controversy over the name of the Edmonton Canadian Football League franchise. The Edmonton …. I dunno, Energy? Emeralds? Executives? Exhibitionists? End Zones? Various…
Covid Journal, July 11, 2020
America passports are worthless; The CLAW – paying nothing, collecting it all.
Balance
Oy. Sometimes I just want to bury my head in the sand. The state of things is terrifying and grotesque, especially if you understand what is really happening with this…
Whose Side Are You On?
What side am I on? I’m with the people. By that, I mean all of humanity, and not just one select group, or my own narrow interests. I’m with humanity…
Connecting The Dots
Piece it together. 1. Danger exaggerated – 0.1% fatality does not warrant authoritarian measures. 2. Tests are unscientific and unreliable. 3. Numbers are proven inflated. (Though even official numbers of…