Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Robin McKie and Michael Savage write about the warnings of UK scientists that the reckless elimination of public health protections will lead…
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A Few Thoughts On The "Freedom Convoy" Protests
I’m not going to spend a great deal of time reviewing the chronology and activities of this “protest” – it’s all been documented to death in the media. What I…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Gary Mason writes about the combination of fatigue and outrage which is producing a particularly toxic mix for anybody attempting to limit the…
Musical interlude
The Avener feat. Ane Brun – To Let Myself Go
The Grand Experiment Begins
Why do I feel like a lab rat? Why don’t you? After two years of Covid 19, we’re about to be left to our own devices. Those of us who…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Elian Peltier reports that Denmark’s message that the COVID pandemic is over has predictably given rise to a new – and particularly dangerous…
Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Zak Vescera reports on leaked information showing that Saskatchewan’s COVID hospitalization rate has reached a record high just as Scott Moe decided…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – David Climenhaga writes about the need to investigate the U.S. funding which seems to have built the #FluTruxKlan’s profile, while Saba Aziz discusses…
The Issue That Refuses to Go Away – Rights versus Responsibilities
It goes to the heart of the trucker protest in Ottawa and elsewhere. The truckers accept no responsibility for the misery they’re inflicting on those unfortunate enough to live anywhere…
Pushing Earth’s Oceans Over the Edge.
It’s one of the most important stories of this year but it’s largely been overlooked. A report released one week ago by the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA)…
Barbarians at the Gate – Canada’s Gate.
Canadians are becoming fearful of our next door neighbour, the disunited state of America. An Angus Reid poll finds that nearly 70 per cent of us believe that democracy in…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Sprawled cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Sarath Peiris discusses the foolishness of prioritizing the self-indulgence of the grossly uninformed over the protection of the vulnerable. For those looking…
What Two Millennia of Chinese Dynasties
Wars, revolutions and assassinations can trigger regime change but climate events destroy societies. A paper, published in the journal Nature, traced major volcanic events over two millennia that had global…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to start your week. – Bruce Ziff highlights how axing vaccine passports and other basic health protections would only eliminate freedom for the vast majority of people who…
Mark Carney – "This Is Sedition"
Mark Carney writes that it’s time to stop coddling the “freedom convoy” miscreants. Enforce the law and follow the money. In our capital city, many people have been terrorized for…
Sunday Morning Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melody Schreiber discusses how the U.S.’ inequality and lack of support for workers has severely exacerbated the pandemic. And Eric Schwitzgebel examines…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Mike Mariani writes about the difficulty people suffering from long COVID have experienced trying to have their condition recognized and treated under governments…
Musical interlude
Elderbrook – Why Do We Shake In The Cold?