Hibernating cats.
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The Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Deja Vu, Anyone?
It’s hard to watch Donald Trump debase himself and whatever legacy he might have achieved through his presidency. It’s a creepy spectacle to watch as he throws away his last shreds of dignity and integrity in the blind pursuit of a delusion. Surrounded by a lunatic coven of Giuliani, Sydney
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Katherine Scott and David Macdonald take a look at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canada’s labour force survey data – confirming that employment dominated by women has seen the most severe losses, and figures to take the longest to recover.
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: There Will Be No Martial Law, No Coup d’Etat. Pentagon Slams the Door on Trump’s Maniacal Delusions.
What used to be the Trump administration has been reduced to a coven of lunacy. He has retreated to his bunker, abandoning the issues of the day – the pandemic, cyber-attacks, just about everything – to hunker down with blatantly addled, Rudy Giuliani; off-the-wall lawyer, Sydney Powell; and disgraced felon,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Steven Lewis writes about the need for firm and decisive public health action to stop the spread of COVID-19, rather than the excuse-making and bothsidesing that have come to be the norm. And Kaitlin Peters discusses how the people already dealing with long-haul
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Lou Dobbs Gets His Bottom Spanked
Since he departed CNN for FOX, Lou Dobbs has been a shameless whore for America’s right wingnuts. Now Lou is getting an education in comeuppance. Dobbs has been flogging the conspiracy theory of a rigged election. One of the companies he smeared was Smartmatic, a company involved in the
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: The Trials of Joe Biden
There’ll be no honeymoon when Joe Biden is inaugurated the 46th president of the United States. The Covid pandemic seems to be taking a nasty turn due to a new variant that is spreading throughout the UK and has already been found in Europe. It’s not a more lethal strain.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Luke Savage weighs in on the false promise of tax giveaways to the rich as an economic strategy for anybody else. – Nichole Dusyk argues that it’s past time to bridge the gap between Canada’s climate change promises and our actual policies.
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Lianne La Havas – Weird Fishes
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Who’d a Thunk It?
I saw this old print and it reminded me so much of Erin O’Toole. It depicts a medical procedure in England in centuries past. “By the late 1700s, blowing smoke had become a regularly applied medical procedure, mostly used to revive people thought to be nearly deceased, usually drowning
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Half a Century of Skillfully Engineered Inequality. Now The Results Are In.
Joe Stiglitz knows a few things about inequality. It was the focus of his doctoral thesis and the mainstay of a career that saw him rise to chief economist for the World Bank and, eventually, the Nobel Prize in economics. Doctor Stiglitz knows more than a few things about inequality,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jeremy Samuel Faust, Harlan Krumholz and Rochelle Walensky write about the false – and dangerous – assumption that COVID-19 would pose few risks for young adults. – David Cyranoski examines how restaurants and other crowded businesses have proven to be regular transmission grounds
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Hope and Julian Limberg study (PDF) the effects of tax cuts for the rich – concluding that they lead to worsened inequality while generating no significant benefits for anybody but the few who are able to hoard wealth as a result.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On non-goals
The combination of Paul Merriman’s appalling use of poll numbers as a measure of COVID success – followed by Scott Moe’s feckless response – has rightly been the subject of plenty of criticism. But it’s worth a reminder that there’s nothing new in either of their messages – such that
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Elisabeth Rosenthal writes about the need to ensure that our public health messaging includes the graphic details of the severe threat of COVID-19. And Josh Kovensky points out one of the crucial questions still unanswered about the vaccines we’re hoping to rely on
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Homebound cats.
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: More Anti-Trans Nonsense – This Time From Discovery Institute
So, Discovery Institute’s blog “Evolution News” has published a lengthy series of essays on transgender people, and the diagnosis and treatment of transgender youth in particular. It’s 7 or so essays, each one probably a good 1,000 words or more. I’m not going to dissect each essay in detail. There
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Paul Wells writes that the Libs’ latest climate announcement represents at least some break from their tendency to take the easy way out on tough policy choices, while Canadians for Tax Fairness offers a thumbs-up to the first national plan to meet any
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On preferential treatment
Chris Selley’s thread trying to justify a fully effective anti-COVID strategy does manage to make an extremely strong statement. But it’s not the one he means to – and it speaks volumes about Canada’s warped priorities if we accept his examples and reasoning in the context of the violent law
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: This May Be Pretty Hard to Watch on a Monday Morning. Trump’s "Muscle" Unleashed.
Think of them as the 21st century version of Hitler’s Brown Shirts. As the deviant president continues to rail on about how Joe Biden and the Democrats stole the election he’s inciting his thug followers to violence and they’re dutifully responding to Trump’s dog whistle. On the weekend it was
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