Monthly Archives: July 2021

UK Labour Party Seeks to Exploit Climate Change for Votes

Posted on 2021-07-31 by jimbelton

Ed Miliband of the UK Labour party opines in the Guardian that Our biggest enemy is no longer climate denial but climate delay. Is this mere partisan political hackery, or does he have something to say. Future generations will look … Continue reading →

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Review of “Black Widow” (some spoilers)

Posted on 2021-07-25 by jimbelton

* * C Black Widow is another Marvel movie that, like Black Panther, was almost good, but had a terrible “messy spectacle” ending. Scarlett Johansson was solid in the title roll, and Florence Pugh was a stand out as Yolena, … Continue reading →

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Individualism is not Extremist, Nationalism is not Racist

Posted on 2021-07-24 by jimbelton

Writing in the Guardian, Aditya Chakrabortty claims that After Covid, the climate crisis will be the next thing the right says we ‘just have to live with’. He then goes on to attack individualism, something valued by leftist anarchists and … Continue reading →

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New Report Begs for More Taxation

Posted on 2021-07-23 by jimbelton

CBC reports that Ottawa, provinces and territories not on track to meet new climate targets. The solution: lower emission targets. The only implementation suggestion: more carbon taxation. The federal, provincial and territorial governments have failed to plan emissions cuts sufficient to achieve Canada’s net-zero targets, … Continue reading →

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Top Ten Worst Remakes

Posted on 2021-07-23 by jimbelton

Hollywood loves to remake classic films, but often the results are less that stellar. I tend to avoid watching them unless I hear they are good, but I’ve still managed to see a few that either sucked or were significantly … Continue reading →

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Leftists Covet Bezos’s Fortune, Whine About Space Pollution

Posted on 2021-07-23 by jimbelton

Gaby Hinsliff, writing in the Guardian, opines For all our sakes, let’s hope Jeff Bezos’s space trip is just a midlife crisis. Why would she wish this? Does she have something against space exploration? One very small step for mankind, … Continue reading →

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If God is Dead, Are We Next?

Posted on 2021-07-21 by jimbelton

I’m going to comment on the Aussie Nationalist’s post The problem with rationalism. While our opinions on both rationalism and the coronavirus vaccine differ in the details, the Nationalist’s thoughts bear witnessing. In large part, the definition of ‘rationalism’ varies … Continue reading →

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Climate Activists Turn Their Sites on the Suburbs

Posted on 2021-07-21 by jimbelton

Don Pittis, writing for the CBC, has an interesting article that posits Climate change focus moves to the suburbs as cities continue to sprawl. He makes some good points. You might think that cramped and crowded cities, dense with roads … Continue reading →

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Review of “Major Grom: Plague Doctor”

Posted on 2021-07-15 by jimbelton

* * C This Netflix film, dubbed from Russian, is based on a Russian comic book. It follows a renegade overachieving Saint Petersburg police man, his rookie partner, and a plucky reporter as they battle the mysterious Plague Doctor, a … Continue reading →

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Club of Rome Still Predicting the End of the World

Posted on 2021-07-15 by jimbelton

Recently, Vice published an article titled MIT Predicted in 1972 That Society Will Collapse This Century. New Research Shows We’re on Schedule. The title is misleading, as though the study was undertaken by two MIT economists, it was published by … Continue reading →

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