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…
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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…
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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,…
It’s Time To Blow Up The Party System
I have never been a political partisan. That isn't to say I don't have political beliefs, or positions. But I simply don't buy into the broad idea of being a…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Claire Pomeroy and the Financial Times each highlight the likelihood that survivors of long COVID will be affected for the rest of their…
A General Cooks His Own Goose
Former chief of defence staff, general Jonathan Vance, is neck deep in allegations of inappropriate conduct toward female subordinates. Now, it’s alleged, he’s gone from the frying pan into the…
Powerful Words. "The Nazis Aren’t Getting In."
“I Alone Can Fix It: Donald Trump’s Catastrophic Final Year” appears to shine a glaring light on, among other things, Trump’s exit after losing the election to Joe Biden. One…
Something Has to Give. It’s Either Bolsonaro or the Amazon Rainforest.
It’s a pretty scary idea – the Amazon rainforest may be unable to survive Jair Bolsonaro. The collapse of the Amazon rainforest is inevitable if Jair Bolsonaro remains president of…
Another Nail in Canada’s Carbon Coffin?
Canada’s longstanding position on fossil fuels is “We just make the stuff. We’re not responsible for what someone else does with it.” That argument seems to be running into resistance…