Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Active cats.
Active cats.
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Andrea Reimer examines the power dynamics at play in government responses to the COVID-19 pandemic, including the limits of formal political power…
The Washington Post’s Jennifer Rubin is what is being described as an ‘old school’ or conservative Republican. George Will and David Frum are her fellow travelers. Think of them as…
He’s no longer in the White House but, like Napoleon on Elba, Donald Trump remains a menace to the Republican Party, to America and potentially even to the world. Trump…
There’s been a spate of recent stories about the change in butter quality arising out of the use of palm oil as feed for cattle – with attention being paid…
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Marieke Walsh reports on the new modeling from the Public Health Agency of Canada which shows how COVID’s variants will foreseeably result in…
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Damian Carrington reports on Antonio Gutierres’ needed message that we can’t afford to keep waging war on our natural environment. And Bruce…
Texas had a record breaking cold snap this past week as a result of the Jet Stream slumping way south of where it normally sits, and allowing a huge mass…
It’s an old phrase that has taken on a new meaning in the Anthropocene epoch. Wildfires that sweep vast regions, year after year, sometimes spreading at such speed that they…
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Andre Noel reports on the growing push among medical professionals for a COVID-zero strategy, while Zach Goudie points out how people can reduce…
Hum – Waves
If you’re a small business owner, you’re probably in trouble. If you work for that small business owner or the hundreds of thousands of others, your job may be gone…
While all eyes are on Texas, the foibles of Ted Cruz, etc. there’s scant mention of the heatwave over Greenland in the 24 hr. darkness of the Arctic winter. Greenland…
Assorted content to end your week. – Matt Karp writes about the connection between heavily polarized politics, and the concentration of wealth in the hands of people whose interests are…
President Biden is expected to release the US intelligence report fingering Saudi crown prince Mohammed bin Salman in the brutal killing and dismemberment of then Washington Post correspondent, Jamal Khashoggi…
They’re the gold standard for Covid vaccines but that laurel may be fleeting. A laboratory study suggests that the South African variant of the coronavirus may reduce antibody protection from…
While his home state was in a frozen crisis, senator Ted Cruz headed for the sun and warmth of Cancun. Big problem. Cruz has a face as recognizable as a…
James Lovelock once depicted human beings as parasites that grow to numbers that overwhelm their host, Earth, sending the host into a powerful fever that, in turn, kills off the…
The Japanese government has been catching hell from the International Olympic Committee over its sexist policies. Former Japanese prime minister, Yoshiro Mori, headed Tokyo’s Olympic Organizing Committee until it came…
Don’t Mess With Texas – at least not while it’s neck deep in a mess of its own making. But when you’re the government, go for the easy out –…