One day, I was supervising a chemistry lab with a grade 9 class, and one of my students was walking along with a test-tube rack, fully loaded. One of the test tubes wasn’t quite nestled in properly – it slipped out, and broke on the floor, spilling the contents.
The student expressed his frustration by giving the test tube rack a sharp up and down jerk, which ended up dropping most of the rest of the test tubes on the floor. A small mess was turned into a significantly bigger one, and put the student that much farther behind because he had to re-prepare more solutions.
Unfortunate, and avoidable.
There are a bunch of messes in progress. The climate catastrophe, COVID, war… We are not going to make it better by giving society a shake and electing right-wing politicians. We’re just going to get a bigger mess.
It’s a natural instinct, when things are going to shit, to close in and protect your own. But that just continues the cycle of shit, as we circle the drain. It’s a downward spiral (figuratively, so I can get off the poop metaphors 😄).
Resist that urge. When things are bad, help others. Stop doing the bad things.
Insist that leaders manage the country for everyone, not just a privileged few.
Killing innocents is a bad thing, usually a war crime, no matter who does it. Don't tolerate that shit from anybody. Don't tolerate leaders that tolerate it.
Don't vote for anyone who uses “Take back ______" as a slogan. People interested in taking will take from you, too.
We can have a just society. But we have to work for it, avoid the easy negative reactions, and force those with power and those who would seek power to work for the better, not for themselves.
"The Liberals give themselves a pass on many of these shortcomings because they see their motives as fundamentally good.
But from any objective perspective, eight-and-a-half years in power has exposed the shallowness of the Liberal talent pool, shattered the relationship with the public service and revealed the lack of seriousness in the governing party’s culture, which is now geared to grasping at the shadow of political recovery."
"The Bank of #Canada has one job: to maintain the rate of inflation at 2%."
Maybe read the BoC Act before spouting nonsense? The Bank's mission is set out in the preamble. While inflation - though the word is never used in the law - is part of the story, it's anything but the full story. And, yes, 2% has become convention since the 90s, but it's nowhere to be found in the law either.
Israeli foreign influence campaign must be investigated: CJPME
"Montreal, June 5, 2024 — Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East (CJPME) is calling on Parliament to investigate Israeli foreign influence in Canada, following the alarming discovery that Israel has been covertly targeting Canadians with racist anti-Muslim messages. "
Regarding #ForeignInterference Canada needs full disclosure and where malfeasance has been committed by our elected representatives they must be exposed and stripped of their powers root and branch, regardless of political stripe. #cdnpoli
"Chrystia Freeland put out the bunting after her April 16th budget. The fiscal plan had three targets or “guideposts”: keeping the deficit below $40 billion in 2023/24; lowering the debt-to-GDP ratio in the current fiscal year, compared to last fall’s financial statement; and keeping deficits below one per cent of GDP in 2026/27."
But the Department of Finance now says the deficit was $50.9B.
Last chance. If you want to have your signature on the real life letter that goes to Canada's House of Commons Speaker and others, you must tell me before 9AM PDT (about 40 minutes).
You do not have to be Canadian to sign.
Signatures received after 9AM will be on the web version.
I've made some updates to the letter including more supporting links and sources.
I just hit send on the Open Letter to the Speaker, Clerks of the House and Senate and the Chair of the House Procedures and House Affairs Committee. (and cc'ed to other relevant Ministers, MPs and Senator)
67 signatures included! Anyone can still add one on the web version.
Thanks 🙏 for helping to push this. There may be a third (and final!) push, but it will be Canada only.
THANK YOU!
Today's the Day! NDP Nomination Meeting, for the Saanich--Gulf Islands NDP, April 27, 1:45pm, at St Andrew’s Church Hall, 9691--4th Str., Sidney, BC.
Make sure your voice is heard.
Definition of utter insanity - Ontario will be cancelling funding of wastewater surveillance for ALL diseases - this as Covid is once again on the rise and H5N1 is lurking as a potential new pandemic
Oh booooo. I didn't know that there was also an evil grocer in the North.
"There's one dominant grocer in the north, the North West Company, which owns 129 stores across northern Canada.
But a former employee with a North West Company store in Iqaluit told The Fifth Estate, in a co-production with APTN Investigates, that she has concerns that the company often inflates prices beyond its rising costs.
The co-production also looked at allegations that the company isn't fully passing along a federal subsidy that's supposed to help keep nutritious food prices low for consumers."
This federal survey is a complete #farce. My Dad got covid in hospital. He died from long covid cardiac arrest. My Aunt got covid in hospital & now suffers from long covid.....
You can find out who your MLA & MP #financial donors are & also learn more about their #finances. #Information on #political entities - search for contributions, view financial reports, etc.