RIP Senator
It was always neat to have a sitting Senator show up at our Progressive Bloggers meetings/get-togethers — not just as a politician glad-handing us looking for photo-ops.. but as an…
December 2020
Senator Elaine McCoy ……
Senator McCoy wrote on her own personal blog called “Hullabaloos”. Scott Tribe of Progressve Blogger writes… ‘It was pretty cool the day I got an application from her in my…
RIP Senator
It was always neat to have a sitting Senator show up at our Progressive Bloggers meetings/get-togethers — not just as a politician glad-handing us looking for photo-ops.. but as an…
Federal Court Judge "It’s Not Surprising a Criminal Like Trump Pardons Other Criminals"
Them’s fightin’ words from Iowa District Court judge, Robert Pratt. Pratt said, “Apparently to get a pardon, one has to be either a Republican, a convicted child murderer or a…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emma Ladds, Alex Rushforth, Sietse Wieringa, Sharon Taylor, Clare Rayner, Laiba Husain and Trisha Greenhalgh study the wade-ranging and severe symptoms resulting…
“Do As I Say, Not As I Do”
2020 is close to an end and we’ve been going through one of the hardest years that we’ve faced in generations. We’ve seen a global pandemic hit us, hurting not…
#Guillotine2020 – Is Celebrity Losing Its Mojo?
Wonderful article in The New York Times about how celebrities are starting to piss people off with their platitudes over the Covid-19 pandemic. The “common man” appeal is losing its…
Match, Meet Gasoline
We’re told the latest variant of the Covid-19 virus isn’t more deadly except that it is much more transmissible. It’s more easily spread. A greater number of people may be…
A Warning From The WHO
I doubt there is anyone amongst us who doesn’t wish this pandemic were over. The cost in lives, health and jobs has been unprecedented in modern times. Yet to think…
Covid Journal, December 29, 2020
White privilege? Trickle-down fail? PCR fail? Cure for Cancer? All in today’s journal. Happy holidays!
Corruption At Centre Stage
Lisa Van Dusen writes that corruption has taken centre stage in our politics. In the battle between democracy and authoritarianism, corruption is seminal — because corruption is all about incentives…
Taking a byte out of Big Tech with economist Rob Larson
Big Tech has been the benefactor of profound corporate concentration unprecedented since the Gilded Age, when railroad tycoons hoarded wealth and inequality skyrocketed. Photo by Markus Spiske/Unsplash. For the first…
More than 1,000 Albertans have died from COVID-19, half of them in the past month
Albertans learned yesterday the grim toll from COVID-19 in the province has now passed 1,000 deaths. This is a terrible tragedy but it need surprise no one, given humanity’s extensive…
Why Doug Ford Could Never Be Ontario`s Big Daddy
I'm proud to say that not for one fleeting second, did I ever believe that Doug "Meatloaf" Ford was fit to be the Premier of Ontario. And I've always considered…
Germany’s pandemic recovery has a direct effect on Alberta
It is rare for the Province of Alberta to feel the effects of a policy decision made by the German Federal Government. However, it is clear that over the next…
When Is A Person A TERF?
The short answer is “when they are using TERF arguments to argue against transgender rights and/or treatment issues. The longer answer is more interesting. I got tagged into a Twitter…
My latest in Sun Media: the best and worst public figures in 2020
Here’s my list of public figures, from worst to best, in 2020: Ranking the worst 1. Justin Trudeau: Did OK at start of pandemic. CERB was a good program. But…
The Gomer Effect
He’s been called the “Dumbest Man in Congress” and more than once at that. Texas representative, Louie Ghomert, has filed suit against vice president Mike Pence. Gohmert’s lawsuit against Pence…
Failure to protect essential prisoner workers undermines public safety
As of December 27, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) has reported 952 positive cases and two deaths among federal prisoners. The outbreaks show no sign of slowing down anytime…
A "Never Trump" Conservative Writes Trump Has Burned His Bridges to 2024
It might be wishful thinking but Washington Post columnist, Jennifer Rubin, writes that this time (as opposed to every previous ‘this time’) Donald Trump and the GOP are quits. Trump’s…