B.C. Wildfires now Triple the Ten Year Average.
310,000 hectares burned. That’s 200,000 hectares above the 10 year average for this point in the fire season. Premier John Horgan has finally declared a state of emergency. Well, duh.…
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Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Brian Owens’ roundup includes reference to new research showing that excess deaths are the result of COVID-19 itself, not the lockdowns used to…
"We are at the point that there’s nothing untouched."
Those who have stood vigil at a love one’s death bed know the agony of loss. University of Montana entomologist, Diana Six, says a constant haunting depression has taken over…
Wildfire Smoke Blankets New York City, Worst Air Quality In the World.
We’ve become accustomed to horrific air quality in Beijing or Mumbai, some of the worst on the planet. Now that laurel has passed to New York City courtesy of wildfire…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Playtime cats.
When Your God Deserts You
In the American southwest, water is and always has been god. Its divinity is enshrined in man-made aquifers such as Lake Mead and Lake Powell, in the once mighty Hoover…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Sarah Rieger reports on the experts pointing out that Jason Kenney (among other right-wing demagogues) is wrong in bleating incessantly that the…
You Might Have Noticed There’s Smoke Everywhere
There’s photos aplenty – smoky Calgary, smoky Toronto, smoky Ottawa, wildfire smoke just about everywhere. A lot of it is from wildfires burning out of control in British Columbia but…
Smoke & Mirrors, or, "Don’t Eat That Stuff Charlie, That’s Horseshit".
Ex-enviromin, Cathy McKenna, has unveiled the Liberals climate election goodie. It’s an extra 1.4 billion dollar fund for disaster mitigation and adaptation. Wow, that sounds like a lot of money…
"Pretty Please" Isn’t Working. If the Carrot Fails, You Might Have to Try the Stick.
If we’re to have any hope of achieving herd immunity over Covid-19, we might have to resort to a little muscle. Max Boot writes that “pretty please” isn’t working. President…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – John Paul Tasker writes that Canada needs to push hard to increase the number of vaccinated people to prevent a fourth wave of…
OMG, If This Is True.
The accusation is numbing. Two TB researchers allege that the mass deaths from tuberculosis at Canada’s residential schools were no accident. Lena Faust, a PhD student at the McGill International…
Donald Trump Destroyed Whatever He Touched. Who Knew the Evangelical Church Would Be One?
Hallelujah! There has been a precipitous drop in the number of Americans who identify as evangelical Christians from 23 per cent of the population in 2006 to just 14 per…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Kelly Grant writes that the toll from COVID-19 includes driving many workers out of the nursing profession. And Kim Siever notes that…
Farewell "Same Old, Same Old." You’ll Be Missed.
“Same old, same old” used to convey monotony, something dull, repetitive and boring. Our same old, same old world is no longer. We may wish it wasn’t. Our world is…
The Deconstruction of the United States of America
Americans, or half of them, are descending into madness. This item from CNN explores the link between those who reject the idea that Joe Biden won last November and the…
A Bit of a Shocker. Has the Liberal Lead Faded?
Angus Reid finds that the Liberal lead over the O’Toole Conservatives isn’t what it was even just two weeks ago. The Trudeau Liberals were comfortably ahead – so long as…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Robert Booth and Heather Stewart report on Boris Johnson’s insistence on lifting COVID-19 protections even as case counts rise in the UK. And…
Musical interlude
LAUREL – Scream Drive Faster
Fed Up. Is It Time for Both Americas to Each Go Their Own Way?
Chris Hedges believes America is in a pre-revolutionary state, coming apart at the seams. Hedges is no outlier either. A report in Newsweek suggests Americans, Blue State and Red State,…