Deja Vu, Anyone?
It’s hard to watch Donald Trump debase himself and whatever legacy he might have achieved through his presidency. It’s a creepy spectacle to watch as he throws away his last…
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Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Katherine Scott and David Macdonald take a look at the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on Canada’s labour force survey data –…
There Will Be No Martial Law, No Coup d’Etat. Pentagon Slams the Door on Trump’s Maniacal Delusions.
What used to be the Trump administration has been reduced to a coven of lunacy. He has retreated to his bunker, abandoning the issues of the day – the pandemic,…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Steven Lewis writes about the need for firm and decisive public health action to stop the spread of COVID-19, rather than the excuse-making…
Lou Dobbs Gets His Bottom Spanked
Since he departed CNN for FOX, Lou Dobbs has been a shameless whore for America’s right wingnuts. Now Lou is getting an education in comeuppance. Dobbs has been flogging the…
The Trials of Joe Biden
There’ll be no honeymoon when Joe Biden is inaugurated the 46th president of the United States. The Covid pandemic seems to be taking a nasty turn due to a new…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Luke Savage weighs in on the false promise of tax giveaways to the rich as an economic strategy for anybody else. –…
Musical interlude
Lianne La Havas – Weird Fishes
Who’d a Thunk It?
I saw this old print and it reminded me so much of Erin O’Toole. It depicts a medical procedure in England in centuries past. “By the late 1700s, blowing smoke…
Half a Century of Skillfully Engineered Inequality. Now The Results Are In.
Joe Stiglitz knows a few things about inequality. It was the focus of his doctoral thesis and the mainstay of a career that saw him rise to chief economist for…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jeremy Samuel Faust, Harlan Krumholz and Rochelle Walensky write about the false – and dangerous – assumption that COVID-19 would pose few risks…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Hope and Julian Limberg study (PDF) the effects of tax cuts for the rich – concluding that they lead to worsened…
On non-goals
The combination of Paul Merriman’s appalling use of poll numbers as a measure of COVID success – followed by Scott Moe’s feckless response – has rightly been the subject of…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Elisabeth Rosenthal writes about the need to ensure that our public health messaging includes the graphic details of the severe threat of COVID-19.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Homebound cats.
More Anti-Trans Nonsense – This Time From Discovery Institute
So, Discovery Institute’s blog “Evolution News” has published a lengthy series of essays on transgender people, and the diagnosis and treatment of transgender youth in particular. It’s 7 or so…
Monday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your Monday reading. – Paul Wells writes that the Libs’ latest climate announcement represents at least some break from their tendency to take the easy way out…
On preferential treatment
Chris Selley’s thread trying to justify a fully effective anti-COVID strategy does manage to make an extremely strong statement. But it’s not the one he means to – and it…
This May Be Pretty Hard to Watch on a Monday Morning. Trump’s "Muscle" Unleashed.
Think of them as the 21st century version of Hitler’s Brown Shirts. As the deviant president continues to rail on about how Joe Biden and the Democrats stole the election…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Andrew Jackson summarizes and discusses Lance Taylor and Ozlem Omer‘s new book showing how the combination of wage suppression and growing inequality…