Friday, September 25, 2020

NDP Lead in BC. Will It Hold?

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Premier John Horgan is the hands-down favourite party leader in British Columbia with a 17-point lead over Liberal leader, Andrew Wilkinson...
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Krugman Looks at Trump, Sees the Ghost of Joseph Stalin

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In his latest column, Paul Krugman sees troubling hints of a terrible dictator in president Donald Trump. Like Stalin, he sees vast, implaus...
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That's No Answer. We Can't Choose Between Climate and Covid.

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  In some ways the resurgent Covid-19 pandemic seems more urgent than the breakdown of our planet's climate. Perhaps that's because ...
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Thursday, September 24, 2020

Climate Scientists' Worst Nightmare - Four More Years of Trump

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The idea of Donald Trump winning a second term terrifies a lot of people, especially climate scientists. Climate change is only part of thei...
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Are We Collectively "Holding Our Breath"?

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  The American elections are barely five weeks off and the tension is palpable. People are on edge, worried about what lies in store for the...
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Wednesday, September 23, 2020

Obama's National Security Advisor Warns Social Division America's Greatest National Security Threat

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Former US National Security Advisor, Susan B. Rice, writes in The New York Times that America today finds itself facing many threats but, in...
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I Don't See the Border Opening Anytime Soon

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Donald Trump is shameless when it comes to praising his response to the Covid-19 epidemic. On the campaign trail he depicts his personal fai...
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Tuesday, September 22, 2020

"Twice as Bad" - What Does That Even Mean?

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The New York Times has published a 'state of the climate' piece based on interviews with interviews with two dozen leading American ...
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Monday, September 21, 2020

Mueller Bunted. He Was Never Swinging For the Stands.

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You probably already suspected that the Mueller report fell far short of what had been expected.  Among Mueller's team of lawyers there ...
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Eat the Rich - Episode 3

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As if the rich need to give us another reason to despise them. This just in. The richest one per cent are responsible for greenhouse gas em...
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Sunday, September 20, 2020

Playing Dominoes With the Earth

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"Everyone who studies tipping point cascades agrees on two key points. The first is that it is crucial not to become disheartened by th...
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How Dangerous Have Our Governments Become?

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"The squeaky wheel gets the grease." If there was ever an area where that adage is unhelpful it is probably climate change.  Yet i...
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