Chip, Chip, Chipping Away at Reproductive Rights in Washington
A case will come before the US Supreme Court this fall that opponents claim could mark the beginning of the end of Roe v. Wade. The oh so enlightened state…
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Sunday Evening Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Marianne Guenot reports on a World Health Organization-backed report confirming that political leaders could have averted the spread of COVID-19, but failed…
Why Comparing Taxes is Futile
Some Canadians have the idea that we pay way too much in taxes, especially compared to Americans. Don’t buy that nonsense. They’re comparing apples to watermelons – big, huge, watermelons.…
A Handful of Deviants Manipulate the Co-Vidiots
According to the Center for Countering Digital Hate, just 12 individuals are responsible for spreading most of the disinformation and outright lies about Covid vaccine on social media. “The ‘Disinformation…
Bernie Sanders – Enough Already
US Senator Bernie Sanders writes it’s time for America (and, by implication, Canada) to stop being an apologist for Benjamin Netanyahu. No one is arguing that Israel, or any government,…
The Other Pandemic – Moral Decay.
I spotted this on social media the other day: “Fascinated by how the behaviour of people who took 3 slices of pizza at the pizza party because they thought it…
Musical interlude
Deftones – This Link Is Dead
When You’re Doug Ford and Kelly McParland Turns On You, You Might Be in Trouble
Fatuous. There’s a ring to that word at least when Kelly McParland is using it. For all-time most fatuous remarks by a serving politician, Ontario Premier Doug Ford’s explanation for…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Michael Smart compares Canada’s fiscal response to the COVID crisis to the reaction to previous recessions – finding that benefits for people are…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Matt Gurney discusses the need for public health planning to reflect the predictable reactions of people whose compliance affects the viability of…
Is America Just Spoiling For a Fight?
It’s been a long, long time since I was in a fight but not so long to erase the memory of the dance that precedes it and signals that “it’s…
America on the Edge of Revolt? Grumblings from the Military Underworld.
The Big Lie, January 6, Proud Boys, Boogaloo Boyz, white supremacists, the Klan, white nativists, militia violence and a supremely radicalized Republican Party. Now America’s military leadership may add momentum…
Wag the Dog
Recent events. Netanyahu fails to form a government. In danger of losing office, never a good thing when you’re facing criminal charges. Israel sends forces to surround a mosque in…
What Happens When Science Goes Private
One of the most troubling aspects of the neoliberal era is the privatization of scientific research out of the public eye. Taking science in-house, behind the corporate curtain, under the…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Duncan Cameron discusses how right-wing nationalism is contributing to the destruction of our planet and the exploitation of people. Don Braid highlights how…
A Global Leadership Fail
The headline in Scientific American was jarring. What we must do to prepare for the next pandemic. If this pandemic taught us one thing, it’s that we weren’t ready for…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Slumbering cats.
Shaggin’ the Help?
A bit of salacious gossip from the Guardian. The paper reports that Don Junior’s former missus, Vanessa, and Trump’s almost daughter (by Marla Maples as if that counts), Tiffany, may…
Carbon Wars?
What the hell is it? Is it a tax? Is it a levy? Does it matter? As I read it, they’re talking about a global price on carbon. The idea…
America’s Juggernaut – the Perma-War Machine
“We kept our country at peace. We never went to war. We never dropped a bomb. We never fired a bullet. But still we achieved our international goals.” C’mon, quick.…