Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Doug Cuthand calls out the Kenney and Moe governments for prematurely and irresponsibly declaring victory over COVID rather than paying any attention…
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Relentless
The Libs’ choice of themes to start off a needless federal election campaign is telling mostly in the contast it presents between their self-image, and the obvious realities facing people…
Untangling Sex
The discourse around transgender people often breaks into two sides screaming at each other, one arguing that 'gender is a social construct', and the other stamping their feet and yelling…
"In This Pivotal Moment" Justin Makes His Play for Power
Well, that’s it. Parliament is dissolved. We’re off to the polls on September 20th. Justin Trudeau, trying to pretend this election is about the country, not the Liberal Party and…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – The editorial boards of the Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix discuss the individual math which makes the case for vaccination compelling – though it’s worth…
An Idea Whose Time Has Come Again
In the Middle East the locals have been living with extreme heat for millennia. The Persians are credited with an idea proven to cool buildings. The best part is they…
Musical interlude
CARIBOU – Can’t Do Without You
Faster Than Anyone Imagined. Kabul Under Siege.
We have to give the Taliban their due. They haven’t wasted their years in exile. They’re still as brutal as ever but they’ve learned from their mistakes. Taliban Mk. 1…
But I’ll Bet You Knew That, Didn’t You?
The numbers are in. July 2021 was the hottest month ever recorded. It was the month that Canada learned how to make an entire town disappear in a day. Here…
Which you can do by one-three thousand, three hundred and thirty-thirds
Peter Julian highlights exactly how little the Liberals have done with the promise of Pharmacare in the course of two terms in government before precipitating an election: Undoubtedly the most…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Aaron D’Andrea reports on Dr. Theresa Tam’s recognition that most of Canada is now firmly trapped in a fourth wave of COVID. Alexander…
Sunday It Is
It’s reported that Justin Trudeau will announce an election call this Sunday. Apparently the climate-dodger will make this election a referendum on his government’s handling of Covid-19. The Liberals supposedly…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Greg Jericho writes that the latest IPCC report confirms that we’re running out of time to avert climate breakdown, but still have…
We’ve Seen This Before. Saigon, April, 1975.
Canada’s embassy staff in Kabul are preparing to exit di di mau-style, fearing the Taliban could take the capital in the coming weeks. They’ve plenty of company as other embassies…
No More Excuses
Climate scientist Sonia Seneviratne says the latest IPCC report leaves no room for more excuses for policy makers reluctant to act on the climate crisis. She says they’ve got all…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Lauren Pelley reports on the certainty that Canada is facing a fourth major wave of COVID-19 even as right-wing governments try to proclaim…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on guard.
Whatever Were We Thinking. Talibs Overrun 8 Provincial Capitals in Just Five Days.
My apologies for this map. It reflects the spread of the Taliban in Afghanistan as of August 8. It’s two days out of date. Since then the Talibs have bagged…
Because It’s Just Not Going Away
From The Guardian: “Let’s say it without flinching: the fossil fuel industry is destroying our future.” Simon Lewis, professor of global change science at University College London, writes that our…
Cuomo Bails
He didn’t so much leave as he was swept out of office by a tsunami of his victims’ allegations. New York’s “touchy-feely” governor, Andrew Cuomo, departs in disgrace.