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The 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
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
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.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Vaccines Should Be a Last Resort
After SARS, MERS, Ebola and HIV we really dropped the ball by failing to be prepared when Covid-19 hit. We, or at least the affluent parts of the world, got off lightly thanks to the rapid development of Covid vaccines, especially the latest technology mRNA products. What do all these
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: The Unidentified Shall Remain Unidentified
In three weeks the US intelligence committee will deliver to Congress its report on what they really know about UFOs or what they call “unidentified aerial phenomenon.” Those in the know say the report won’t shed much light on this controversy. The unidentified shall remain unidentified. The report determines
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Max Fawcett writes about Jason Kenney’s reckless wager of countless lives in the unlikely hope that a Stampede can save his political hide. And Bartley Kives writes that while Manitoba may finally be seeing case counts drop following its devastating third wave,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Is This the World We’re Bequeathing to our Grandkids?
Are we about to plunge out grandchildren into a climate that the Earth hasn’t known in 50 million years? A new report analyzing prehistoric levels of CO2 warns that may be what we’re doing if we don’t abandon fossil energy as rapidly and totally as possible. Scientists looked into
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Democracy on the Ropes
I get the impression that there are now two types of Americans. There are Americans who believe they live in a democracy and those who couldn’t care less. Some, such as professors Gilens and Page, believe that representative democracy in America is finished. In its place is an elected yet
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