This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrew Nikiforuk discusses how a “COVID zero” strategy has been successfully executed elsewhere – and could be achieved in Canada as well. But in case we needed a reminder as to the numerous ways in which our current governments are falling painfully
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Right Wing Media in Australia Gets Slapped
Former PM lays out more truth than Newscorp toadies can handle: Watch this remarkable confrontation between a former Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, and Paul Kelly, editor-at-large for one of Murdoch's key properties, The Australian. The subject is climate change and the Murdoch empire's disastrous legacy. pic.twitter.com/30OU2uo9XG — Jay Rosen
Continue readingAlberta Politics: With COVID-19 infections surging, Jason Kenney doubles down on failing voluntary strategy
With Alberta’s COVID-19 infection rates surging toward Red State proportions, Premier Jason Kenney opted yesterday to double down on the strategy that’s already failing. Using an unusual Friday COVID-19 briefing as his stage, Premier Kenney bragged about how well Alberta used to be doing, then urged Albertans to do their
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On flight risks
It’s long appeared likely that while Scott Moe has tried to claim sympathy based on the lasting effects of having caused a deadly vehicle crash, the main lasting impact was an all-too-justified belief that he’ll be protected from consequences no matter how much damage he does. And that theory only
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Fred Hahn writes about the importance of government investment in times of crisis to make up for what people can’t afford – or are understandably scared – to spend. Erica Natividad reports on the millions of Canadians who have no fallback plan if
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Alberta’s story about Ottawa’s COVID-19 app keeps changing, but the ending’s still the same: You can’t have it!
Premier Jason Kenney issued a new explanation yesterday for why Alberta won’t adopt the COVID Alert tracing app created by the federal government. In a testy response to a question by the Globe and Mail’s Emma Graney, Premier Kenney claimed the federal smartphone app isn’t compatible with Alberta’s coronavirus infection
Continue readingAlberta Politics: It’s the UCP Government that’s been blocking Albertans’ access to Ottawa’s COVID Alert app, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says
We now know with reasonable certainty it’s the United Conservative Party Government that’s been responsible for blocking Albertans from having access to the federal COVID Alert smartphone app. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made it clear in a radio interview in Edmonton yesterday morning that Ottawa views Alberta’s UCP Government as
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Media Worth Listening To
Who is worth listening to? Well, the short answer is, everyone. But of course, given time limitations, some voices are more worthy of our time than others. I have written analyses of the media before, but perhaps there is value in distilling a list of best sources, even further, given
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On coverage failures
As noted a couple of days back, let’s take a look at how Saskatchewan’s provincial election is being covered by local media – and how people responsible for holding the government to account are instead going far our of their way to serve it, leaving important stories to be dealt
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On starting points
It’s certainly been interesting to see Saskatchewan’s local corporate media go out of its way to trample coverage of the leadership debate with a poll which was outdated from the moment it was released. And I’ll have plenty more to points out about the coverage of the campaign generally. But
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #skdebate Notes
For those who weren’t able to watch Saskatchewan’s leadership debate last night, it’s well worth a look: Many viewers seem to have been surprised by Ryan Meili’s effectiveness. And he certainly moved past what I’d seen in the NDP’s leadership campaigns in terms of managing the debate environment, making full
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: OPCW Scandal Reveals Deep Systemic Corruption of Western Elite, the Mainstream & Alternative Media, & the Centre, the Right & the Left
Here is a devastating critique of the mainstream, major media, the “alternative” or “progressive” media, the liberal “centrists” and the left. See my essays on the media and the left, on my blog on WordPress, for further analysis. Check your sources, read widely as well as deeply, and question everything
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: More Infections and Elections
The news around the world has been more awful than usual, with the President of the USA purportedly getting over his COVID-19 infection, while on dexamethasone (a powerful, potentially mind altering steroid) threatening to kiss guys in the crowd of his maskless rally. This is astonishing. Almost every state that’s
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: On non-disclosure
Much of the pushback against any discussion of Scott Moe’s patterns of drinking and driving, vehicle accidents and general refusal to own up to anything of the sort boils down to two themes. The first is that somehow, the authority to decide whether to discuss Moe’s harm to others lies
Continue readingAlberta Politics: What was Saskatchewan’s media doing when it wasn’t reporting on Scott Moe’s driving record?
Seriously, what was the media in Saskatchewan doing when it wasn’t investigating Scott Moe’s history of drunk and, on one occasion, deadly driving? Wednesday morning, the province’s Saskatchewan Party premier got up on his hind legs at a campaign event and “spoke to an impaired driving charge he faced following
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Censorship, Big Tech & The Closing Down of Society
Facebook, Pinterest, Instagram, YouTube, and the MAGATs – Microsoft, Apple, Google, Amazon and Twitter – are all now embedded and engaged in censorship, data mining, privacy invasion, the new global surveillance and police state, and/or state-corporate propaganda, and manipulation of elections and the public mind (ie: the Facebook and Cambridge
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Big Exodus from Big Tech
Time for the exodus to begin in earnest from the now confirmed to be fascist and deeply Orwellian Big Tech giants. At the least, we need to begin the migration and the shift, by supporting and using the alternative social media, search engines, email, browsers, etc., which do not data
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Covid Journal, September 25, 2020
Canada’s misdirected media management (starring Canadian Heritage Minister Steven Guilbeault); Trump Tyranny.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Patrick Brethour discusses houw the effects of the coronavirus pandemic have been anything but fairly or equally distributed. And Katherine Scott highlights how the effect has been to undo decades of already-slow progress in improving the conditions of single mothers. – Don
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Alberta RCMP Protecting Racists
#ACAB Mounties saying they're protecting hate speech and violent racists because those voices matter as much as anyone else. That's a load of BS. https://t.co/WzsTMKYaGj — Saskboy says #BlackLivesMatter (@saskboy) September 23, 2020 Stop violent racists from being violent, and when they are, arrest them. It's not rocket science, it's
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