Wasn’t Socrates executed for corrupting the youth? Courting a child wearing Minnie Mouse ears sets my ‘Spidey sense’ tingling. H/t The Salamander Horde Recommend this Post
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Politics and its Discontents: We’ve Been Warned
With the NDP hinting that their pact supporting the Liberals until 2025 could be under strain, a timely reminder from de Adder about the alternative: Recommend this Post
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Kaylyn Whibbs reports on the entirely justified concerns of parents whose children have been unable to receive a COVID booster due to provincial neglect. And Dana Smith discusses how polio has managed to make a resurgence in the U.S. as the same
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rage Farming And Hypocrisy Come So Easily To Him
While political hypocrisy is hardly rare, in my view Pierre Poilievre ‘elevates’ it to an entirely new level – new at least in Canadian politics. And while his blind followers will no doubt fail to see this, rational, reflective citizens will. By now, most people will have heard about or
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Carolyn Johnson discusses how one’s initial development of an immune response to COVID may affect the impact of future vaccinations. Kim Constantino reports on a finding from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics that long COVID is responsible for a third of the
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: In Good Company
Given the unhinged crowd Pierre Poilievre cultivates, it would seem that Patrick Corrigan has pierced the heart of the demagogue’s mystery. And for those who would like a graphic reminder of that crowd, there’s this: Recommend this Post
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Linda McQuaig writes about the dangers of treating public health care systems as resources to be plundered by corporate raiders rather than essential services for people. And John Michael McGrath discusses how the Ford PCs are demanding that some of the most
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jonny Thomson writes about the philosophy of “lagom” as an alternative to perpetually demanding more. But Matt Gurney notes that on a rapidaly warming planet, the former luxury of air conditioning is becoming a necessity for far more people – even if
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: A Clear And Present Danger
No less than The Globe And Mail has warned us. Michael Harris writes: In this country, The Globe and Mail did not refer to Poilievre by name in a long piece by its editorial board, but it warned that a “highly contagious” political virus is flooding over the border from
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Irini Osaeivi et al. study the effects of long COVID and find that it continues to result in vascular damage for 18 months (or more) after infection. – Carly Weeks discusses how the combination of COVID misinformation and increasingly untenable workloads is imposing intolerable
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: A Timely Reminder
That division exists in our country is undeniable. That there are those amongst us who seek to exploit those divisions is also a fact. Two Star letter-writers remind us to be very wary of such merchants of discord: Poilievre leads candidates in donations, Aug. 3 Uncivil behaviour, unbridled entitlement, a
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: About Freedom
Although I read and write a fair amount, I clearly am not an expert in the affairs of the world. I can merely observe, report and comment on the things that interest, hearten or outrage me. An armchair (or is it keyboard?) pundit am I. Nonetheless, there are certain realities
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Matthew Sitman writes about the fundamentally anti-social values being pushed by U.S. Republicans and their right-wing cousins – as well as the desperate need for pushback from progressives who actually value communities and the people who live in them. Gregg Gonsalves writes that
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Laceratingly Accurate
Given Mr. Poilievre’s refusal to debate his opponents, Michael de Adder’s assessment of the putative front-runner in the Conservative leadership race seems spot-on. Some also think Mr. Poilievre bears an uncanny resemblance to this young fellow: Recommend this Post
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Freedom’s Just Another Word…
… for demagoguery, at least if you are Pierre Poilievre. The leading contender for the helm of the Conservative Party of Canada is, of course, making a concerted effort at preaching the virtues of freedom while conspicuously eschewing its yoked counterpart, responsibility. And as he exalts the individual and their
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: The Wooden Candidate
Pierre Poilievre’s latest video is all about wood, Or so he says. Marcus Gee writes: If you haven’t seen his video yet, do tune in. We find Mr. Poilievre at home in Ottawa, admiring a post he recovered from an old barn to use in a DIY project. Early lumberjacks
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This Left Me Feeling Queasy
I confess, making it to the 3:27 mark was a real effort, one fortified by a pre-dinner libation(s) last evening. However, eventually I steeled myself to watch the remaining minute, the entire video experience leaving me feeling a tad bruised. The following production is unbelievably cheesy but at the same
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Independence Day, freedom, the dog days of summer, and Pierre Poilievre’s profundities … plus the care and treatment of wood
“As long as the roots are not severed, all is well. And all will be well in the garden.” — Chauncey Gardner An Internet wit spots how Mr. Poilievre’s old wood surrounds a new gas fireplace (Photo: Twitter/@DocMCohen). In the United States today, they’re celebrating Independence Day today with fireworks
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Danny Altmann discusses how infection with COVID-19 tends to produce weakness and long-term illness rather than immunity, while Tom Livingstone likewise notes that reinfection is worse than previously assumed. Hanna Geissler reports on the warning from experts that we’re looking at another new
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Pick Your Friends Wisely
Clearly, Pierre Poilievre is making a calculated decision here in who and what he associates himself with. H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
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