Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats at rest.
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A Thirst for Vision
Has the world stopped behaving rationally or was that just a figment of my imagination? The world, as in humanity, human civilization, the community of nations can, at times, appear…
Referendumbs and Equalization
So, the Kenney-led UCP government in Alberta wants to hold a referendum on equalization. Here’s the proposed question: I want to bring two points to your attention here. First, is…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Lauren Pullen reports on two outbreaks of the Delta variant of COVID-19 within a Calgary hospital. Emily Mertz reports on a push…
Even in 1792 They Knew Understood His Type
The truth unquestionably is, that the only path to a subversion of the republican system of the Country is, by flattering the prejudices of the people, and exciting their jealousies…
How Many Like This Lurk Among Us
He drove his truck into a family, targeting them because of their garments. He killed four of the five, a 76 year old woman, a 44 year old man, a…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Adam Miller writes about the race between vaccinations and COVID-19 variants. The Strategic COVID-19 Pandemic Committee of Edmonton Zone Medical Staff Association highlights…
If We Can’t Handle Covid, We’ll Never Solve Climate Change. The Pandemic May Be Our Miners’ Canary
What do Covid and the climate emergency have in common? They’re both truly global in dimension and ultimately defy local fixes. Yes, we in the developed world can vaccinate most…
"Weapons Grade Lunacy"
The scary part isn’t that Trump (and his whole fam damily for that matter) is a grifter. The scary part is that Trump cons himself. He pulls things out of…
Sometimes you just gotta call "Election Fraud."
Benjamin Netanyahu is taking a page out of Donald Trump’s post-election playbook. Benjamin Netanyahu has said a newly formed Israeli coalition that is poised to unseat him as prime minister…
The Empire Strikes Back
The Roman Catholic church is fighting back. The Roman Catholic archbishop of Toronto took aim at Justin Trudeau this morning following comments from the Prime Minister about the Catholic Church’s…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Olive rightly questions why big pharma has been gifted intellectual property monopolies and multi-billion-dollar profit streams over COVID vaccines developed through…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Aaron Derfel writes about the threat posed by the Delta COVID-19 variant. The Leader-Post and Star-Phoenix editorial boards point out the Moe government’s…
Musical interlude
Dirty Vegas – Lost Not Found
Trudeau Tags RC Church in Residential School Abuse. What Choice Did He Have?
Could it be that prime minister Trudeau doesn’t want another Catholic church scandal around his neck in a looming federal election? I suppose it’s cynical to suggest a possible linkage…
Vaccines Should Be a Last Resort
After SARS, MERS, Ebola and HIV we really dropped the ball by failing to be prepared when Covid-19 hit. We, or at least the affluent parts of the world, got…
The Unidentified Shall Remain Unidentified
In three weeks the US intelligence committee will deliver to Congress its report on what they really know about UFOs or what they call “unidentified aerial phenomenon.” Those in the…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Max Fawcett writes about Jason Kenney’s reckless wager of countless lives in the unlikely hope that a Stampede can save his political…
Is This the World We’re Bequeathing to our Grandkids?
Are we about to plunge out grandchildren into a climate that the Earth hasn’t known in 50 million years? A new report analyzing prehistoric levels of CO2 warns that may…
Democracy on the Ropes
I get the impression that there are now two types of Americans. There are Americans who believe they live in a democracy and those who couldn’t care less. Some, such…