Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Emily Henderson discusses new research showing the harm COVID-19 does to the central nervous system. And Stuart Layt reports on a new study…
October 2022
Today’s tonic on the eve of #Brazil elections: “Brazil, it is time to wake up from your Bolsonaro nightmare”
Today’s tonic on the eve of #Brazil elections: “Brazil, it is time to wake up from your Bolsonaro nightmare” https://aljazeera.com/opinions/2022/10/1/brazil-it-is-time-to-wake-up-from-bolsonaros-nightmare… and Today’s reality check: “Brazil may have its own January…
Truth In Advertising?
Wouldn’t you love to see a commercial like this, just once? I know I would. Language warning: If tender ears are around, you might play this discretely. H/t Adam McKay…
A World Of Problems
We live in a world of problems. Bob Rae writes from the United Nations: We are meeting at a time of major disruption in the global economy, geopolitics and politics,…
Québec Solidaire’s housing platform is a break from stale orthodoxy
Row houses in Montréal. Photo by Ted McGrath/Flickr. While Québec has been spared the worst of Canada’s housing crisis, the province hasn’t been without significant issues. Major cities throughout the…
Delusions of the NDP.
That did it. The federal new democrats think they can ingratiate themselves with Quebec voters by supporting bigotry and economic deprivation. As Puck said in Shakespeare’s A Midsummer Night’s Dream:…