Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Jason Warick reports on the concern of doctors that Scott Moe’s insistence on reducing protections against the spread of COVID-19 doesn’t take…
May 2020
Kevin Johnston is Masquerading as an Ex-Muslim Woman In America
We last saw Kevin Johnston begging for cash and trying to sell his graphic design services, just before he was sent to prison for allegedly threatening the Crown prosecutor in…
we movie to canada: wmtc annual movie awards, 2019-20 edition
It’s that time of year again. With no baseball, and home most nights, even before the lockdown, I spent a lot of time watching. First, my annual recap. (This is…
Covid Journal, May 3, 2020
The Great Realization, where Hindsight is 2020 Many of you may have seen this video making the rounds. It’s worth watching. It reminds us: why return to normal when normal…
“Unprecedented” – Reality vs Delusion
Every year a tragic event happens. 300,000 to 500,000 people die globally of the flu. Most are very old, very ill, or immune compromised. In 2020 fewer people have died…
Conservative Leadership Campaign Back Again
The newest episode of the Magpie Brûlé Video Podcast is now up. In this episode, I talk about the return of the Conservative Leadership Race, the fails & disturbing comments…
The future, no future
The New York Times‘ Frank Bruni is the writer I’ll never be. Here, in its entirety, is his column in today’s paper, about the woman above, the one who foresaw…
If We’re Wise
The coronavirus has shown us who our “essential workers” are. Robin Sears asks: What community, with any pretence of fairness or equity, deems it acceptable to pay its essential workers…
Bitcoin not accepted
One of my books came out just before 9/11. Another one came out just before the pandemic hit. For my next book, I am accepting a billion dollars not to…
Glen’s coat of many colors turns Green.
Former mayor of Winnipeg, former member of the Ontario legislature, former Ontario cabinet minister and former executive director of the Calgary-based Pembina Institute, Glen Murray, has a new quest. He…
CEO’s letter does nothing to restore confidence in AIMCo after its volatility strategy led to ‘a very unfortunate loss’
It’s only half as bad as you were told by the media, Alberta Investment Management Corp. Chief Executive Officer Kevin Uebelein says in a letter to stakeholders — the Crown-owned…
Oh my.
A Message from President George W. Bush@TheCalltoUnite pic.twitter.com/FIn9wuOPTF — George W. Bush Presidential Center (@TheBushCenter) May 2, 2020
May 2: The final war?
https://rabble.ca/news/2020/04/trudeau-liberals-play-coy-support-corporations-abuse-offshore-tax-havens When are Canadians (and Americans and British and more than a few others) going to get fed up with letting the super-rich get off every year with billions of…
A Tale Of Two Countries
Each night I allow myself a half-hour dose of news from an American perspective, usually NBC Nightly News with Lester Holt. And every night I emerge from the experience immensely…
Why Canada is doing much better than the U.S.
From today’s New York Times. Short version: • Canada has public health care • Canadian hospitals are publicly managed and coordinated • Canada has had effective leadership that works cooperatively,…
Saturday Morning Links
This and that for your Saturday reading. – Ed Yong writes about the many complexities surrounding the coronavirus pandemic, including how much we have left to figure out before being…
On incentive structures
Sure, this is one possible interpretation of the choices facing low-income parents whose school and child care have been taken away: This is heartbreaking: One family decided to voluntarily put…
Saturday Photo: Forsythia, and Rushing It
Forsythia in bloom in several places this morning! Nice and cheery to see! The other photo is obviously the project of someone who couldn’t wait for spring. I took a…
Cemetery
Went for a long bike ride and visited one of our local cemeteries.
2020 the year of hindsight