Maj and I went to see a world-famous comedian perform in Montreal a week or so back. It was fun and funny, but he made some cringeworthy errors talking to the audience that cost him some flat deliveries and lost him some laughs. I’ve seen it a lot when American performers come to Montreal and … Continue reading Notes for US Performers in Montreal
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~by Sean Paul Kelley Courtest my alma mater Morgan Stanley, we have this graphic that perfectly depicts what the AI-Ponzi scheme looks like and just how incestuous it truly is: Is any other comment necessary?
~by Sean Paul Kelley Forewarned: this is culture war stuff. So, if you trigger easily: don’t read this. Then again, you’ll be missing out on some excellent counterintuitive culture war rabble-rousing. I guess I ought to declare right here and now before I get trounced for being an out of touch GenXer neobigot. So, say […]
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Week-end Wrap – Political Economy – March 29, 2026 by Tony Wikrent Tell Your State To Pass This No-ICE-At-Our-Precincts Model Law. Now. Josh Marshall, March 27, 2026 [Talking Points Memo] I found a piece of model legislation published on March 9th by the Brennan Center. War Plans, Platforms And Projectiles — The longer-term meaning of the Iran war. […]
There’s something uniquely demoralizing about editing and editing and editing a book manuscript. The words all start to blur together and you start thinking that every sentence is crap, no one will ever want to read this, why bother completing the book. I was definitely in this state. And then… my publisher sent me the […]
Bill King and other fans offer their thoughts on Macca’s loveliest composition. … Ask someone what they think Paul McCartney’s most beautiful piece of music is, and you’re likely to hear titles of some of his most famous Beatles and … Continue reading
This is a guest post from Prof. Marc Lavoie, emeritus professor of economics at the University of Ottawa and winner of the 2025 Galbraith Prize from the Progressive Economics Forum for his lifetime contributions to heterodox theory and practice in Canada and around the world. Prof. Lavoie was recently invited by SSHRC to provide input to a restructuring of the [...]
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