Conservative Paranoia
Paranoia permeates the Conservative Party of Canada. Andrew Coyne writes: Candidate Pierre Poilievre warns his followers that the government of Canada “has been spying on you everywhere. They’ve been following…
2022
This Campaign Sucks.
The current election campaign in Ontario should go down as the worst campaign in the province’s history. I told liberal leader Steven Del Duca that a 15-day campaign was not…
Today’s News: Things fall apart
As a freshman in college, I got angry at a friend. Slammed my soda cup on the table & said, “Well, fuck & a half!” before storming off. It’s not…
Justice Minister Tyler Shandro gives Edmonton City Council two weeks to solve a problem decades in the making
Alberta Justice Minister Tyler Shandro used a provision of the Police Act yesterday to order Edmonton Mayor Amarjeet Sohi to come up with a new public safety plan for Alberta’s…
Switch to Wind, Water, Solar, and Save Billions
“$2B saved since Ukraine war Wind and solar power plants generated 46.3 terawatt-hours of electricity between May 1, 2021 and April 30, 2022, the data showed. “Without these power plants,…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Sara Reardon discusses new research showing that vaccination has only a limited effect on the prevalance of long COVID among people who…
Gun Control – A Not So Modest Proposal
This post will no doubt annoy firearms aficionados – I don’t much care. In the last 2 weeks, the United States has experienced 2 mass shooting events that resulted in…
In Gun We Trust
H/t Moudakis Just a brief post. As a parent of two and a grandfather of one (our granddaughter was born last August), I do not have the stomach, the heart…
Canadian mining and the tragedy in Burkina Faso
After the deaths of eight miners at Burkina Faso’s Perkoa zinc mine, owned by the Vancouver-based Trevali Mining Corporation, watchdogs have accused Canadian mining firms of acting with impunity abroad.…
If you want a new, progressive government at Queen’s Park, vote for the Ontario Liberals
It’s pretty simple. After four years of government at Queen’s Park that ranged from chaotic and crazy to barely adequate, I want Doug Ford’s Conservatives out. A little bit of…
Are Universities and Colleges Failing Society?
A campus tour of a college will reveal to most people that our post-secondary institutions are poorly equipped with the tools needed to train our kids how to save society.…
Insanity, Pure And Simple
A week after a kid walked into a Buffalo supermarket and killed 10 people, another kid in Uvalde, Texas walked into an elementary school and killed 21 people, 19 of…
Kelp Could be the Carbon Capture King
The simple kelp plant could help us suck carbon out of the air in large quantities, and if so then we need more kelp – and fast! Kelp is a…
Legault’s Gestapo.
History has a slower pace in Canada’s Quebec Province. Old wounds are often rubbed raw as the shibboleths of long ago, such as Duplessis’ Padlock Law, are repeatedly turned against…
Today’s News: This #ProLifeMyAss hashtag is brutal
Twitter is having a moment today. hashtag of 2022: #ProLifeMyAss — Amy Siskind ?️? (@Amy_Siskind) May 25, 2022 Paul Gosar: Uvalde shooter was “transsexual leftist illegal alien” Ted Cruz: gun…
Kenney Government’s persistent habit of advocating U.S.-style gun laws bears repeating, and remembering
On May 17, just three days after the racial-hate-motivated massacre at Tops Friendly Market in Buffalo, N.Y., the Kenney Government was publicly complaining about new federal regulations intended to ensure…
Can Proportional Representation Save Our Parliamentary Democracy
Parliament – Etymology The English term is derived from Anglo-Norman and dates to the 14th century, coming from the 11th century Old French parlement, “discussion, discourse”, from parler, meaning “to…
Ouch
When in government Steven Del Duca had tried to pull a fast one on the Members of LiUNA, burying a draconian piece of legislation in the budget to strip our…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Aekkachai Tuekprakhon et al. study how the Omicron COVID-19 subvariants are evading both previous immunity and existing treatments. And Zak Vescera reports on…