This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lisa Young writes about the stark difference in how Alberta’s main party leaders approach the role of women in politics and society. But Drew Anderson laments the lack of a meaningful willingness on the part of any substantial party to engage in
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Tattered Sleeve: Oh, Carey
(apologies to Steve Perry) You shouldn’t have posted Knowing how Montrealers feel And you should’ve known Dec. 6 and what it means Oh, I must’ve been a dreamer And I thought you were someone else ‘Course you’re livin’ in a bubble! Oh, Carey, regarding guns Hold on, hold your fire
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Selena Simmons-Duffin writes about the large number of COVID cases going unreported – and thus unaccounted for in risk mitigation – due to the shift toward private, at-home testing. – Jessie Anton reports on Saskatchewan’s place as the worst jurisdiction in Canada
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Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Aekkachai Tuekprakhon et al. study how the Omicron COVID-19 subvariants are evading both previous immunity and existing treatments. And Zak Vescera reports on Dr. Saqib Shahab’s recognition that misinformation and apathy are key factors keeping Saskatchewan’s vaccination rates low – though both government policy and
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Mark Kline warns against accepting continuing denialism about the impact of COVID-19 on children. Andre Picard discusses Canada’s grim milestone of 40,000 (reported) COVID deaths. And Dennis Thompson notes the reality that long COVID may be a chronic condition requiring constant treatment, while Sky
Continue readingThings Are Good: Mexico Targets American Gun Manufactures
The drug cartels in Mexico are backed by American guns and profits from selling drugs to Americans. The Mexican government can’t do anything about the demand side within America, but they can do something about the arms trade. The Mexican government is strategically taking American gun makers and sellers to
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday #skvotes Links
The latest news and notes from Saskatchewan’s 2020 election campaign. – Nicholas Frew reports that a majority of Saskatchewan’s voters are willing to fund a reduction in class sizes. And PressProgress highlights how Scott Moe is insisting that the public health measures required in every other indoor space be waived
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your weekend reading. – Jason Markusoff writes about the absurdity of Jason Kenney’s continued bluster about attacking the rest of Canada rather than working on improving the lives of Albertans. And Shama Rangwala and Danielle Paradis discuss the warped idea of “freedom” underlying the ideology of
Continue readingTattered Sleeve: 30 years ago but never to be forgotten
Geneviève Bergeron (1968-1989)Hélène Colgan (1966-1989)Nathalie Croteau (1966-1989)Barbara Daigneault (1967-1989)Anne-Marie Edward (1968-1989)Maud Haviernick (1960-1989)Maryse Laganière (1964-1989)Maryse Leclair (1966-1989)Anne-Marie Lemay (1967-1989)Sonia Pelletier (1961-1989)Michèle Richard (1968-1989)Annie St-Arneault (1966-1989)Annie Turcotte (1969-1989)Barbara Klucznik-Widajewicz (1958-1989) May they rest in eternal peace. And may they ever remind us of the need to eradicate violence against women, and
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Guns & The British Empire – Protect the Homeland, Hamstring the Colonies.
The armament industries have lead the way in the conquest and modernization of the world. One of the key policies of British Empire was to keep manufacturing technology out of the hands of her far flung colonial conquests while denaturing and appropriating any of the native craftsmanship/technology solely for the
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: Guns and Mass Murder in the United States – Choices Made…
The US has made the choice, with regards to their gun laws, of prioritizing personal freedom over the value of collective security. Is the choice correct? From the view of those outside the US, probably not but it is a path that most American’s seem content to continue to
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Guns – What Are They Good For
War The Wikipedia section on the history of guns makes it clear that the history of guns and war are clearly intertwined, guns being developed primarily as a means to kill people in warfare. Indeed even with the advent of weapons of mass destruction, the infamous WMDs, guns are still
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alastair Campbell discusses how the latest group of right-wing demagogues has progressed from being post-truth to being post-shame. – IMFBlog examines how the perpetual slashing of corporate tax rates has eliminated needed public revenue – particularly in lower-income countries – without producing
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Sandy Garossino offers a reminder of the large-scale corruption – including bribery supporting dictatorial regimes and multiple instances of illegal practices in Canada – at the root of the Libs’ SNC Lavalin scandal. Andrew Coyne comments on the parallels between SNC Lavalin’s lobbying
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – Vanmala Subramaniam reports on the move by real estate developers to push tenants out of desperately-needed housing in Canada’s largest cities to chase after short-term profits. – David Wallace Wells asks how the rapidly-materializing worst-case climate change scenarios are being met with
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This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ed Finn writes that we shouldn’t believe claims that Canada lacks money for social benefits when Lib and Con governments have deliberately chosen not to bring in the revenue needed to fund them: Canadian governments back in the 1960s and ‘70s never
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This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lucas Chancel points out the myths underlying any claim that corporate globalization does anything but voluntarily exacerbate inequality: It is often said that rising inequality is inevitable — that it is a natural consequence of trade openness and digitalization that governments are powerless
Continue readingThings Are Good: Why the Parkland Shooting can Change the Gun Conversation in the USA
Out of the tragedy of the Parkland school shooting might come some good. You might be sceptical as Americans are used to schools being attacked by gunmen and we’ve heard before that the most recent shooting will change things. Indeed, school shootings are still so common that the Onion runs
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Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Thomas Edsall discusses the difficulties in trying to address wealth inequality through a money-infused electoral system: Five years ago, for example, Adam Bonica, a political scientist at Stanford, published “Why Hasn’t Democracy Slowed Rising Inequality?” Economic theory, he wrote, holds that “inequality should
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