I like this brutally honest architecture in Hiroshima, Japan
April 21, 2025 at 10:01 PM
I like this brutally honest architecture in Hiroshima, Japan
Maybe the problem with US political economy is that they haven’t yet discovered the VAT. Pity to live in a muddle.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/6a395a6...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/6a395a6...
If Trump attacks Canada’s GST next, we must defend it
We cannot allow the U.S. to make our tax system less efficient for the sake of placating the White House
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April 1, 2025 at 3:34 PM
Maybe the problem with US political economy is that they haven’t yet discovered the VAT. Pity to live in a muddle.
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/6a395a6...
www.theglobeandmail.com/gift/6a395a6...
If I save a $0.15 on every litre of gas I buy with the demise of the carbon tax I will on the outside save $250 in a year. I was getting almost that much quarterly in rebates. Oh thank heavens they have saved me from the villainy of the carbon tax.
April 1, 2025 at 11:47 AM
If I save a $0.15 on every litre of gas I buy with the demise of the carbon tax I will on the outside save $250 in a year. I was getting almost that much quarterly in rebates. Oh thank heavens they have saved me from the villainy of the carbon tax.
I cannot ignore the fact that ‘The West’ is appalled by what happens in Ukraine, but ‘understands’ what happens in Gaza and the West Bank is necessary in some way. Human beings are human beings. Children are children. Why are we geopoliticians when discussing Palestine and moralists when discussing
March 25, 2025 at 11:25 PM
I cannot ignore the fact that ‘The West’ is appalled by what happens in Ukraine, but ‘understands’ what happens in Gaza and the West Bank is necessary in some way. Human beings are human beings. Children are children. Why are we geopoliticians when discussing Palestine and moralists when discussing
Canadians needs to read this
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www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
Who’s hacking CRA accounts?
Victims of identity theft across the country told CBC's The Fifth Estate that the Canada Revenue Agency wrongly blamed them for claiming bogus refunds. Our journalists set out to uncover the real scam...
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March 11, 2025 at 1:27 PM
Canadians needs to read this
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www.cbc.ca/newsinteract...
On Bluesky and Substack, I see the word ‘fascist’ used in so many posts about the Trump admin. I don’t think that kind is getting anywhere with the people. Why don’t we use the specific words that describe a given situation: cruel, destructive, unconstitutional, etc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
Opinion | I’ve Covered Authoritarians Abroad. Trump’s Actions Look Familiar. (Gift Article)
Trump’s actions remind me of authoritarians I’ve covered for four decades around the globe.
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February 15, 2025 at 12:39 PM
On Bluesky and Substack, I see the word ‘fascist’ used in so many posts about the Trump admin. I don’t think that kind is getting anywhere with the people. Why don’t we use the specific words that describe a given situation: cruel, destructive, unconstitutional, etc.
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
www.nytimes.com/2025/02/15/o...
Chronicle Herald, Halifax Feb 8, 2025
February 9, 2025 at 6:08 PM
Chronicle Herald, Halifax Feb 8, 2025
To our American neighbours:
“Freedom as belonging does justice to the original ideal of freedom. Etymologically, the word ‘free’ means to be among friends. Both ‘freedom’ and ‘friend’ have the same Ind-Germanic root ‘fri’, meaning ‘to love’. Freedom is friendliness.”
Byung-Chul Han
“Freedom as belonging does justice to the original ideal of freedom. Etymologically, the word ‘free’ means to be among friends. Both ‘freedom’ and ‘friend’ have the same Ind-Germanic root ‘fri’, meaning ‘to love’. Freedom is friendliness.”
Byung-Chul Han
February 4, 2025 at 12:31 AM
To our American neighbours:
“Freedom as belonging does justice to the original ideal of freedom. Etymologically, the word ‘free’ means to be among friends. Both ‘freedom’ and ‘friend’ have the same Ind-Germanic root ‘fri’, meaning ‘to love’. Freedom is friendliness.”
Byung-Chul Han
“Freedom as belonging does justice to the original ideal of freedom. Etymologically, the word ‘free’ means to be among friends. Both ‘freedom’ and ‘friend’ have the same Ind-Germanic root ‘fri’, meaning ‘to love’. Freedom is friendliness.”
Byung-Chul Han
If you're wondering (I was) why you can't see the comments in a post... you just click on any part of the text and the comments will appear.
January 25, 2025 at 12:18 AM
If you're wondering (I was) why you can't see the comments in a post... you just click on any part of the text and the comments will appear.
The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth
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The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth at TEDxBoulder
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January 24, 2025 at 3:31 PM
The success of nonviolent civil resistance: Erica Chenoweth
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I can’t help thinking of this whenever I see President Elin acting… strange
December 22, 2024 at 10:11 PM
I can’t help thinking of this whenever I see President Elin acting… strange
a novel of Canada and Michigan… my places: the War of 1812… flawless and moving
December 20, 2024 at 10:26 PM
a novel of Canada and Michigan… my places: the War of 1812… flawless and moving
The cost of electricity…The people with their feet in the earth have to stand against the bulldozers, to create new community in resistance and provide friction and heat.
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The fate of the Daugava How the fight to save a river gave rise to Latvia’s independence movement — Meduza
Story by Katya Balaban for The Beet. Translation by Sam Breazeale.
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December 16, 2024 at 12:04 PM
The cost of electricity…The people with their feet in the earth have to stand against the bulldozers, to create new community in resistance and provide friction and heat.
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I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
December 12, 2024 at 12:56 AM
I foresee that man will resign himself each day to new abominations, and soon that only bandits and soldiers will be left.
Jorge Luis Borges
Jorge Luis Borges
Trudeau’s promise of Christmas tax breaks and $250 cheques reminded me of the passage I read this morning in ‘Dominion’, by Stephen R. Bown: “Canadians are governed, at least in certain aspects, by what can only be described as ineptocracy.”
November 22, 2024 at 11:48 PM
Trudeau’s promise of Christmas tax breaks and $250 cheques reminded me of the passage I read this morning in ‘Dominion’, by Stephen R. Bown: “Canadians are governed, at least in certain aspects, by what can only be described as ineptocracy.”
Erasmus of Rotterdam citing the Roman (pagan) injunction: Drink, or depart.
November 12, 2024 at 11:50 PM
Erasmus of Rotterdam citing the Roman (pagan) injunction: Drink, or depart.