The conspiracy theorists and buffoons have moved out of the shadowy mirror world of X and into real life, where they have taken over the Department of Justice, the Pentagon, the Department of Defense. They have set their sights on Canada and Greenland. But they are so brazen, so outlandish, the whole world is awake to the threat they represent.
Real life, actual stuff, the facts on the ground. Hold on to them. They are powerful weapons in a rabid war of empty rhetoric and stupid ideas.
Climate Change, the CBC, and Assisted Dying on readers' minds this week.
Tesla shares are in free fall — down 42 percent since the beginning of the year — as unit sales plunge around the world. That sudden steep decline represents solidarity.
Tourism can be a double-edged sword. Find a striking location, an enviable place to live, full of vibrant interest, unique unto itself, and destroy it. Turn it into a cleaned up, micromanaged, staged version of what it once was. Make it into a backdrop for “experiences,” expensive accommodations, and overpriced restaurants. Let the public run roughshod over it. Charge admission.
We have come to expect zero in the way of moral or ethical considerations from the companies, and the countries, we nevertheless patronize, even if they deny workers the right to unionize, never mind exploit child labour.
We are suddenly no longer shackled to the monolithic market to the south, with which, in its more extreme, libertarian modes we have always had stark divergences in values and in public policy.
How does Picton Terminals' rock quarrying relate to the question of a variance for P & H? Perhaps just in the fact that none of the destruction was allowed to enter the consideration of the question at hand. It was, as they say, the elephant in the room.
The Ford government’s shocking dismantling of public education, healthcare, affordable housing and environmental protections over the past seven years, policies we are seeing writ large south of the border, allies Premier Ford with President Trump.
The news for some time now has made it clear that real life is under siege.
There are no facts, only opinions, and if you believe in facts, you have the wrong ones.
Amalgamation brought about a system designed to protect a patchwork of small wards and hamlets from the overbearing “urban centres” of Picton and Wellington. Keep everyone honest and dispel fears the little guys from South or North Marysburgh were going to get lost in the shuffle in the brave new world of a unified County.
Our sense of home keeps us centered no matter where we are
Gratitude may be the hardest emotion. You need the confidence to be both generous and humble — to recognize and to be recognized. It is also probably the most necessary emotion. We are fundamentally social beings, indebted to one another in ways large and small.
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