Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Holiday cats.
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Federal Court Judge "It’s Not Surprising a Criminal Like Trump Pardons Other Criminals"
Them’s fightin’ words from Iowa District Court judge, Robert Pratt. Pratt said, “Apparently to get a pardon, one has to be either a Republican, a convicted child murderer or a…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Emma Ladds, Alex Rushforth, Sietse Wieringa, Sharon Taylor, Clare Rayner, Laiba Husain and Trisha Greenhalgh study the wade-ranging and severe symptoms resulting…
#Guillotine2020 – Is Celebrity Losing Its Mojo?
Wonderful article in The New York Times about how celebrities are starting to piss people off with their platitudes over the Covid-19 pandemic. The “common man” appeal is losing its…
Match, Meet Gasoline
We’re told the latest variant of the Covid-19 virus isn’t more deadly except that it is much more transmissible. It’s more easily spread. A greater number of people may be…
When Is A Person A TERF?
The short answer is “when they are using TERF arguments to argue against transgender rights and/or treatment issues. The longer answer is more interesting. I got tagged into a Twitter…
The Gomer Effect
He’s been called the “Dumbest Man in Congress” and more than once at that. Texas representative, Louie Ghomert, has filed suit against vice president Mike Pence. Gohmert’s lawsuit against Pence…
A "Never Trump" Conservative Writes Trump Has Burned His Bridges to 2024
It might be wishful thinking but Washington Post columnist, Jennifer Rubin, writes that this time (as opposed to every previous ‘this time’) Donald Trump and the GOP are quits. Trump’s…
When the Going Gets Tough, the Brits "Di Di Mau"
Every time someone tells you how we’re all in this together think Verebier, a ski resort town in Switzerland. There were some 420 Brits holidaying in Verbier when the virulent…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Adam Finn writes about the factors which have allowed for the rapid development of safe COVID-19 vaccines. – Helen Tang discusses the stress…
Review: Reading Across Borders
A lot of Serious People who do Serious Things when it comes to knowledge tend to treat stories and other kinds of experience-based narratives as inherently suspect and not…
Review: Reading Across Borders
A lot of Serious People who do Serious Things when it comes to knowledge tend to treat stories and other kinds of experience-based narratives as inherently suspect and not terribly…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Owen Jones writes that the oft-repeated message that the public is responsible for the control (or spread) of COVID-19 serves mostly to…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Boxing Day reading. – Kyle Hanniman and Trevor Tombe examine the relative fiscal positions of Canada’s federal and provincial governments – concluding that while there isn’t…
Musical interlude
Gordi – Extraordinary Life
Contextualizing Racism
During the 2019 Alberta Election, a number of UCP candidates were tagged by opposition as having track records of peddling hate. Several of these candidates ended up stepping aside during…
Navigating the Minefield of Short-Termism
Its disappearance went largely unnoticed. There was no post mortem, no eulogy, no deep sighs for what had been lost. Posterity slipped from our consciousness as we ushered in the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – John Klein points out how Doug Ford’s combination of abject failure and laughable deflection in response to the avoidable spread of COVID-19…
Coming Soon – How to Fix the World
What a great present, full online access to the MIT Technology Review year-ender magazine, “The Long Term Issue.” A glance through the index page produced a bevy of terrific articles…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Hibernating cats.