Jul 6, 20235 min read
INDUSTRY STANDARD
I’ve been looking at commercial and residential real estate numbers pretty regularly since 2016. When I was in Calgary at that time and...
Jun 25, 202312 min read
"IF IT'S SO AVAILABLE WHY ARE PEOPLE DYING MORE THAN EVER?"
I saw a “safe supply” rally yesterday in Victoria. And I read this article about it this morning, titled “ BC mother runs across province...
Jun 15, 202317 min read
OBLIGATIONS, PRIORITIES, AND THE COLLECTIVE MEMORY or HOW TO DESTROY TRUST IN OUR INSTITUTIONS
In order to have a civilization we need to have trust in our institutions. I think that’s irrefutable. But are those institutions and the...
Jun 11, 20239 min read
TIME TO LOOK AGAIN
Oliver Stone just put out a new film promoting nuclear energy, titled Nuclear Now: Time to look again. So, just as he asks, let’s...
May 28, 202311 min read
UNPRECEDENTED
As with every fire season in recent memory, we’re being told this one is unprecedented. Fires in Alberta and Nova Scotia are said to be...
May 26, 20234 min read
GIANT SADISTIC MURDER-DOLPHINS
The killer whale is the largest known species of dolphin. This exposes its common name as a rather silly one. ( Silly, just like so many...
May 20, 20239 min read
COMPASSION AND CLEAN DRUGS
BC’s Chief Coroner, Lisa Lapointe, came out in defence of “safe supply.” Safe supply being the tack recently adopted by the province to...
May 15, 20236 min read
USER EXPERIENCE
A true story — 5:51 AM — Me: “Hi. There’s a problem with my bill.” Them: “Thank you for contacting the [REDACTED]. Merci d'avoir...
Apr 28, 20237 min read
ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE
For eighty years humans have lived under the threat of a nuclear exchange between superpowers, intended or unintended. Despite the...
Apr 18, 20238 min read
STRIKE
More than 155,000 public servants under the Public Service Alliance of Canada have set up picket lines across the country. On the service...