Assorted content to end your week. – Elian Peltier reports that Denmark’s message that the COVID pandemic is over has predictably given rise to a new – and particularly dangerous – wave as people abandon even the most elementary care to avoid community transmission. And Brittany Gervais reports on the
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Accidental Deliberations: Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Zak Vescera reports on leaked information showing that Saskatchewan’s COVID hospitalization rate has reached a record high just as Scott Moe decided to starve the public of information about the toll being taken by an ongoing pandemic. Meredith Wadman discusses the growing
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Climenhaga writes about the need to investigate the U.S. funding which seems to have built the #FluTruxKlan’s profile, while Saba Aziz discusses how the cross-border extremist ties have only become tighter as Ottawa has been occupied. Arwa Mahdawi discusses how the threat
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: The Issue That Refuses to Go Away – Rights versus Responsibilities
It goes to the heart of the trucker protest in Ottawa and elsewhere. The truckers accept no responsibility for the misery they’re inflicting on those unfortunate enough to live anywhere near them. They assert their rights as sacrosanct, screw everyone else. It’s becoming a norm in many nations. Thomas Friedman
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Pushing Earth’s Oceans Over the Edge.
It’s one of the most important stories of this year but it’s largely been overlooked. A report released one week ago by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) warned that our oceans have permanently entered a state of extreme heat. Today the story made it to CBC’s
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Barbarians at the Gate – Canada’s Gate.
Canadians are becoming fearful of our next door neighbour, the disunited state of America. An Angus Reid poll finds that nearly 70 per cent of us believe that democracy in the US, such as that is, cannot survive another Trump presidency. And we’re worried about what that means for Canada.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Sarath Peiris discusses the foolishness of prioritizing the self-indulgence of the grossly uninformed over the protection of the vulnerable. For those looking for a thoughtful discussion of how to avoid recklessly gambling with public health, Andre Picard discusses how protections could be removed responsibly. And Yasmine
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: What Two Millennia of Chinese Dynasties
Wars, revolutions and assassinations can trigger regime change but climate events destroy societies. A paper, published in the journal Nature, traced major volcanic events over two millennia that had global impacts. The timing matched major upheavals from ancient Egypt to dynastic China. What stunned [Joseph Manning, a Yale Egyptologist],
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Bruce Ziff highlights how axing vaccine passports and other basic health protections would only eliminate freedom for the vast majority of people who want to be able to act responsibly in the face of a pandemic. And Karen Mossman and Matthew Miller write
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Mark Carney – "This Is Sedition"
Mark Carney writes that it’s time to stop coddling the “freedom convoy” miscreants. Enforce the law and follow the money. In our capital city, many people have been terrorized for more than a week. Women fleeing abuse have been harassed. Many elderly have been too afraid to venture outside their
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melody Schreiber discusses how the U.S.’ inequality and lack of support for workers has severely exacerbated the pandemic. And Eric Schwitzgebel examines what it means to be a COVID jerk – and how their ubiquity and prominence has made life worse for
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Mike Mariani writes about the difficulty people suffering from long COVID have experienced trying to have their condition recognized and treated under governments looking to diminish or deny the existence of their disease. And Hannah Devlin and Nicola Davis discuss how scientific knowledge
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Elderbrook – Why Do We Shake In The Cold?
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: "Legitimate Political Discourse" – GOP
In a brazen affront to decency, the Republican Party has declared the January 6th attack on the Capitol as “legitimate political discourse.” The Republican National Committee’s voice vote to censure Representatives Liz Cheney of Wyoming and Adam Kinzinger of Illinois at its winter meeting in Salt Lake City culminated more
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Gregg Gonsalves writes about the continued dangers of responding to COVID with wishful thinking rather than realistic public health measures, while Meredith Wadman reports on how the spread of the Omicron BA.2 strain has caught the scientific community off guard. The National Institute
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: What’s That Smell? Is It Fear?
Reliably rightwing newspaper columnists seem rattled by the ouster of former Conservative leader, Erin O’Toole. They’re suddenly worried about the extremists in the Tory ranks, perhaps fearing some sort of Tea Party takeover akin to political ebola. The latest is NatPo’s Kelly McParland. O’Toole’s margin of defeat — 73 of
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib Mk. II: Two to Watch
Two possible dark horses for the Conservative leadership job. This is just what I’ve heard from my favourite Tory insider, a guy who has been married to the party since the days of Bob Stanfield. Former Ontario PC leader, Patrick Brown, is drawing attention. Apparently Brown has been doing
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