Erin O’Toole’s Dark Farce
Oh, now the Conservatives are getting worried about Canada’s relationship with the United States. Four years of getting bullied and smeared by Trump, that was apparently okay. Biden, oh, there’s…
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Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Damien Cave writes about the lessons Australia’s successful containment of COVID-19 offer to any other jurisdiction willing to listen and learn rather…
French Government Convicted of Greenwashing
Imagine if your federal and provincial governments could be put on trial for failing to meet their commitments to fight climate change. Today, a court in Paris convicted the French…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jim Stanford reminds us that a focus on protecting health is the best strategy to ensure a functioning economy. And Gary Mason writes…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Elevated cats.
Alberta’s Administrative Penalties Act: Justice More Expedient, or Justice Denied?
In July 2020, Alberta passed a bill which makes sweeping changes to what it euphemistically calls "Administrative Penalties" (basically anything you might get a ticket for) and the way that…
We’ve Got’em On the Run Now, Boys.
We, humankind, are putting nature to rout and that’s not good for any species including our own. A new study in Nature, Ecology and Evolution of 160 species on six…
At Last, Canada Enters the Vaccine Business
A National Research Council facility in Montreal will be repurposed to produce the Novovax Covid vaccine. About time.
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Gabrielle Drolet discusses how essential workers have been left to bear the physical and emotional burdens of workplaces designed to prioritize the…
Trump Emulates Lazarus, Returns to the White House March 4th.
When Joe Biden was inaugurated president it was said to have sent shockwaves through the QAnon loons who had convinced each other that Trump, not Biden, would be sworn in.…
Covid 19 and the "Evolutionary Mismatch"
A fascinating article in the journal, Lancet Planetary Health, explores while some societies are relatively successful in dampening the spread of a contagion such as Covid while others fare much…
The Consensus Builds – In Crisis Canada Cannot Afford to be Dependent On "The Market"
Canada is paying for a failure that goes back through every federal government since Mulroney including Chretien, Martin, Harper and Trudeau – the lot. As we’ve done on so many…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Linda Geddes discusses the problem with people approaching COVID-19 restrictions based on the question of what’s permitted (or worse yet what they…
Biden Democrats Feeling Fat and Sassy. Why?
According to the New York Times, the Democrats are flush with cash and hope it’s a sign they can hold on to the House in the mid-terms. It seems the…
For Those Keeping Score
On Saturday, Britain logged 600,000 Covid-19 vaccinations. 600,000 – one day. Just Saturday. Since vaccines first became available about six weeks ago, Canada has administered 954,000 doses. That’s all in.…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Jerusalem Demsas discusses the strong popular support for affordable social housing even as governments continually fail to provide it. Daphne Bramham rightly asks…
There’s an Idea! Let’s Make Our Own Vaccines.
Dr. Alan Bernstein, head of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, says Canada needs something we haven’t had since Mulroney allowed Connaught Labs to be sold off. He wants Canada…
Musical interlude
Joywave – Doubt
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Andrew Nikiforuk writes about the even greater urgency to get to COVID zero as more dangerous strains of the virus spread in Canada.…
Trump Unmasked?
It has become popular in some circles to dismiss all the evidence that Donald Trump was, perhaps unwittingly, in service to the Kremlin. These types seem to overlook how much…