‘No great civilization of the past has ever pulled this off, none!’ William Rathje former Univ. of Arizona garbage researcher commenting on the probability of success in the quest to achieve an optimal level of waste reduction. Matt Malone is an American dumpster diver who has been doing pretty wellContinue Reading
Manon on her campaign, ‘Let me tell you it’s going to rock’! Her party platform is proposing many very progressive changes for Quebec society. Her personal story is special and then there is her intelligence and charm. She is a game changer.Continue Reading
Gitmo and ‘The War Terror’ compliments the historical narrative on Race Wars with the white man’s deep drive to colonize. Debi Cornwall’s recent series of photographs speak volumes to America’s ongoing geopolitical ambitions in the Arab world. Inside Guantanamo Bay: A Photographer Documents America’s Most Heavily Guarded Prison Continue Reading
The making of this now famous dissident and an analysis of the trajectory of his radicalization is a compelling read.Continue Reading
This Russian military malware attack was intended to permanently disable all computers in the Ukraine. However the action soon spread to the world wide web causing near catastrophic results on computer systems big and small with the costs of repair running into untold hundreds of millions of dollars. The storyContinue Reading
McKenzie Wark, Chair of Culture and Media at Eugene Lang College and Liberal Studies at the New School of Social Research in NY gives a brief analysis of the ideas of Marshall McLuhan.Continue Reading
Nick Srnicek is a Lecturer at City, University of London, and author of the book Platform Capitalism, 2017. I just finished this book, recommended and kindly loaned to me by Cheryl, and I found it to be very a concise, clear and instructive read. Quoting McKenzie Wark from the bookContinue Reading
The historical record speaks for itself concerning MacDonalds white supremacist ideas and deeds in Canada. That he was not alone speaks to a commonly held world view shared with his peers back in the day. The ongoing unresolved project concerning issues regarding treaties and respect for First Nations today isContinue Reading
One of the first to lead in revelations of sexual abuse via #MeToo, Argento gained unqualified support from life partner Anthony Bourdain. However recent revelations cloud and complicate the picture.Continue Reading
Holmes is the founder and CEO of Teranos, a silicon valley startup for a small health care diagnostic device, which rocketed to a market value of 10 billion dollars at it’s peak a couple of years ago. Among her major investors was Rupert Murdoch, ($125 mil) the Koch brothers, ($100Continue Reading