This afternoon, we find out which of the 50+ policy resolutions get adopted by the CPC. Back here, I reviewed 3 policy resolutions in context, and questioned just how “broad” the conservative tent really is. If any of those 3 resolutions is adopted, we can safely conclude that the CPC
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Emma Hewitt X Orjan Nilsen – Warrior
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Assorted content to end your week. – Rebecca Leber highlights how drilling in the Arctic and other high-cost fossil fuel extraction plans are based on a sociopathic bet against any prospect of limiting the harm from a climate breakdown. Carl Meyer reports on new research showing that 90% of Saskatchewan’s
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Tess Finch Lee writes about the importance of doing everything we can to protect children (and indeed the general population) from COVID-19. But Thomas Piggott laments that instead of taking a lesson in interdependence and the need for social care, we’ve been
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: What Exactly Is A “Broad Coalition Of Conservatives”?
This morning, on the news one of the headline stories was about the CPC policy convention, where they are going to debate a range of policies, and two of them are outright eliminationist anti-transgender crap. (We’ll come back to that) One of the party talking heads said some inane drivel
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jamey Keaten and Seth Borenstein report on the World Meteorological Association’s finding that we’ve just had the hottest summer in recorded history. And Chelsey Harvey highlights how the combination of extreme heat and other climate calamities looks to be a harbinger of worse
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Dawn Bowdish and Andrew Costa provide a reminder as to how to stay as safe as possible from COVID-19 (even as governments have abandoned any attempt to limit the spread of a dangerous disease). – Ryan Meili writes about the connection between the
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: "Return To The Office" Policies
So, now that we are 3 years past the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a sizeable number of companies are beginning to demand people “be back in the office”. For many good reasons, workers are pushing back. Here’s the first thing about “back to the office” policies. The vast
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Eating off the Hill: Air Canada’s new Jérôme Ferrer, meal box
Even if I’m not always hungry during the flight, if I’m going cross-country in particular I find a little nosh helps to pass the flight. And I’m a planner, so I will often pre-order my meal when I book my ticket to save a few bucks. This is what led
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Jax Jones, Au/Ra – I Miss U
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Assorted content to end your week. – Amy Goodman interviews Peter Kalmus about the need to start treating the climate breakdown as an emergency, while Joelle Gergis points out that the extreme destruction from catastrophic climate-caused events in the summer of 2023 represents just a taste of what we can
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This and that for your Thursday reading. – Michael Klare writes about the growing indications that the climate breakdown is pushing us toward a civilizational collapse. Jeff Renaud discusses new research showing that climate change could cause over a billion deaths over the next century, while William Skipworth reports on
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sascha Pare reports on the growing recognition that methane emissions could trigger “termination” events which see tundra turn into tropical savannah. And Robson Fletcher reports on a drop in wheat production caused by drought which may make staple foods far more expensive. –
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Cats amid chaos.
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Michelle Gamage and Katie Hyslop report on the grassroots push for better anti-COVID-19 planning in British Columbia schools. And in case there’s any doubt what’s at stake, Brenda Goodman reports on new research finding that long COVID may cause a greater disability
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Bailey’s Baaaack … and He’s Pissed
Apparently, J. Michael Bailey is “back”, and he wants to make himself out as another Jordan Peterson – beset by the onslaught of “woke” attacking his work. Bailey’s the same researcher who tried to define transgender people based mostly on his interviews of drag queens in a book titled “The
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Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Apoora Mandavilli writes that cleaner air is essential to avoid the spread of COVID-19 in schools. Elizabeth Hlavinka discusses the severe impact of long COVID on children and the lack of resources to treat it. And Helen McArdle reports that hundreds of Scottish hospital
Continue readingAnti-Racist Canada: The ARC Collective: Schism Appears Amongst "SaveTheChildren Convoy 2023 East Meets West" Convoy to Toronto Organizers
If I've said it once I've said it 1000 times, but if there are three things in life that are certain, those things are death, taxes, and the ironclad certainty that there will be infighting amongst members of the far-right and/or conspiracy theorists. Back on the platform formerly known as
Continue readingThe Cracked Crystal Ball II: Alright – One More Post About Jordan Peterson
Okay – all the wagging mouths are going off about the latest ruling in the ongoing Jordan Peterson court drama. Over at Runkle of the Bailey on YouTube, Ian Runkle has posted a lengthy discussion of the ruling and his concerns that it represents an overreach on the part of
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