Covid Journal, October 10, 2021
Arbitrary and unequal application of rules related to Covid will only result in the general public ignoring them. The post Covid Journal, October 10, 2021 first appeared on Excited Delirium.
October 2021
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Ricky Leong discusses the complete lack of any reasonable explanation for the UCP’s failure to protect the health of Albertans in the…
KINSELLACAST 180: Mraz, Mills and Belanger on the vaccine culture war – and more
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Nobody’s Rules
We’re becoming subject to unrest in our schools and hospitals, with anti-vax picketers yelling at cancer patients and school children alike: “Stop being sheep! Take off your mask!” It’s not…
Star Readers Weigh In
I like to regularly post letters-to-the-editor that hit targets concisely and precisely. The following meet those criteria. On the subject of the Pandora Papers, her is what one writer thinks:…
We get letters: the anti-vaxxers write in
We get letters: “Numerberg” pic.twitter.com/OFtva19ysk — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) October 10, 2021 The post We get letters: the anti-vaxxers write in first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
An Ornery Bunch
Canadian Conservatives are an ornery bunch. Robin Sears writes that it’s always been hard to get them all to sing out of the same hymnal: Since the dawn of Confederation,…
This week’s Sparky: surf and turfed
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Campaigns matter but governing sort of doesn’t
It still amazes me how many people still think ideology matters. Once they’re in power, folks, the policy differences between the myriad political options is precisely zero. #cdnpoli — Warren…
Defining Del Duca.
Ontario premier Doug Ford would have taken the advice from his late brother Rob. The former Toronto mayor would have used the municipal measure of when a campaign begins. Hit…
Why we need to hear The Story Of January 6
Here in a nutshell is The Story Of January 6 — an impressive summary by Huff Post White House correspondent S.V. Date describing what happened in the Trump Insurrection: This…
A couple of old favourites return to the top of the Alberta independent bookshops’ bestseller lists
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Oct. 3, 2021. A couple of recent…
Yes, I mean every word of this.
Another day, another oil spill, this one in Texas on top of the disaster in southern California. Not to worry, said Trudeau. Not to worry said Biden as we wait…
How The Liberal "Psychos" Are Pounding The Con Media
By Canadian standards it's practically a revolution. Tens of thousands of angry Liberal supporters going after our ugly Con media. They are accusing them of trying to steal the election…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Adam Hunter points out the stark gap between public health officials emphasizing the need for protections against community transmission of COVID-19, and Scott…
Things to be sort of thankful for this weekend
Happy Thanksgiving weekend, everyone. Or, as Americans call it, Canadian Thanksgiving. Thanksgiving is a day Canadians set aside to be thankful, as opposed to the just completed Truth and Reconciliation…
Fighting anti-Semitism (and those who cry ‘wolf’ about it) at the University of Toronto
False claims of anti-Semitism are dangerous. They harm Palestinians and damage the fight against racism and bigotry everywhere. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. In recent months, we have witnessed a full-frontal…
They’ll All Be Gone
Michael Harris believes that none of our national party leaders will be around for the next election: The leader most likely to go quickly is Annamie Paul. The bitter feuding…
Saturday Photo: Happy Thanksgiving, Despite Everything
This Canadian Thanksgiving weekend. The statutory holiday is Monday but we’ve always celebrated whenever it’s convenient for friends and family to get together. At times we have had big potluck…
Big Tent, Little Tent Tories?
You often hear the conservative and liberal parties referred to as big-tent parties. We would therefore assume, in contrast, that the greens, new democrats and peoples’ party are just little…