Wildfires are becoming a major disaster around the world. Last year we even saw fires sweep across Siberia and deep inside the Arctic Circle. In a coastal towns in Australia, bush fires pushed the locals to take refuge in the sea in 2019 and 2020. Some had to be rescued
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The Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Going, Going, No – Not Quite Yet
We’ve heard it before so many times. Mankind is pushing the planet over the abyss on climate change. If we don’t mend our ways – and soon – we’ll be sorry. It’s a message we’ve heard several times from the UN Secretary-General, Antonio Gutteres. On the opening day of
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: I Wish I Could Feel Upset
When your party holds just three seats in the House of Commons you don’t need a leader who sows dissension among the party rank and file. Green Party leader Annamie Paul has allowed the issue of Israel and Palestine to fracture the party and cause Green MP Jenica Atwin
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Cameron MacLean reports that Manitoba is providing incentives to overcome vaccine hesitancy. But Guy Quenneville reports on the Saskatchewan Party’s refusal to consider anything of the sort even as new vaccinations grind to a halt. – Djaffar Shalchi writes about the need
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Devon McKendrick reports on Manitoba’s announcement of a digital vaccine passport as a means of both incentivizing people to get vaccinations, and ensuring that additional activity avoids unacceptable risks to the public. And Andre Picard writes about the merits of vaccination-based lotteries to
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: A Thirst for Vision
Has the world stopped behaving rationally or was that just a figment of my imagination? The world, as in humanity, human civilization, the community of nations can, at times, appear out of control, flirting with self-destruction. Sometimes we behave as the person who compulsively pulls out their hair and
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Referendumbs and Equalization
So, the Kenney-led UCP government in Alberta wants to hold a referendum on equalization. Here’s the proposed question: I want to bring two points to your attention here. First, is the fact that this is about removing Section 36(2) from the constitution. To put it bluntly, this is a non-trivial
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lauren Pullen reports on two outbreaks of the Delta variant of COVID-19 within a Calgary hospital. Emily Mertz reports on a push by Alberta doctors to have the province’s major cities retain mask mandates until more people are fully vaccinated after the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Even in 1792 They Knew Understood His Type
The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies and apprehensions, to throw affairs into confusion and bring on commotion. When a man, unprincipled in his private life,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: How Many Like This Lurk Among Us
He drove his truck into a family, targeting them because of their garments. He killed four of the five, a 76 year old woman, a 44 year old man, a 42 year old woman and a 15 year old girl. A 9 year old boy was struck but is
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Adam Miller writes about the race between vaccinations and COVID-19 variants. The Strategic COVID-19 Pandemic Committee of Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association highlights why it’s reckless to be insisting on an end to public health regulations (and concurrent encouragement of potential superspreader events).
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: If We Can’t Handle Covid, We’ll Never Solve Climate Change. The Pandemic May Be Our Miners’ Canary
What do Covid and the climate emergency have in common? They’re both truly global in dimension and ultimately defy local fixes. Yes, we in the developed world can vaccinate most of our people but that could still leave us vulnerable to the variant strains of the virus that
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: "Weapons Grade Lunacy"
The scary part isn’t that Trump (and his whole fam damily for that matter) is a grifter. The scary part is that Trump cons himself. He pulls things out of his butt and says they smell like roses and he believes it. The National Review is now confirming that
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Sometimes you just gotta call "Election Fraud."
Benjamin Netanyahu is taking a page out of Donald Trump’s post-election playbook. Benjamin Netanyahu has said a newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him as prime minister was the result of “the greatest election fraud” in the history of democracy. Netanyahu focused his allegations on a broken
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: The Empire Strikes Back
The Roman Catholic church is fighting back. The Roman Catholic archbishop of Toronto took aim at Justin Trudeau this morning following comments from the Prime Minister about the Catholic Church’s role in Canadian residential schools. Cardinal Thomas Collins said in an interview today he felt Trudeau’s comments that the Catholic
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Olive rightly questions why big pharma has been gifted intellectual property monopolies and multi-billion-dollar profit streams over COVID vaccines developed through publicly-funded research. Ivan Semeniuk and Kelly Grant write about the push to speed up the delivery of second vaccine doses
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Aaron Derfel writes about the threat posed by the Delta COVID-19 variant. The Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix editorial boards point out the Moe government’s rush to “normal” (which includes abandoning even the most basic protections including masking). And Heidi Atter reports on public health
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Dirty Vegas – Lost Not Found
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Trudeau Tags RC Church in Residential School Abuse. What Choice Did He Have?
Could it be that prime minister Trudeau doesn’t want another Catholic church scandal around his neck in a looming federal election? I suppose it’s cynical to suggest a possible linkage behind the prime minister’s statement calling on the church, his church, to release its records from Canada’s residential schools.
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