Our Oceans Passed a Critical Tipping Point in 2014
Eight years ago the oceans entered a state of extreme heat and there’s no going back. Extreme heat in the world’s oceans passed the “point of no return” in 2014…
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Now They’re Extremists?
My jaw dropped a bit when I read, first Coyne, then Ibbitson, decry the Conservative caucus’ descent into extremism. I could be wrong. I read Coyne sometimes and Ibbitson infrequently…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Bollyky et al. examine the factors which have led to reducing the spread COVID-19 and resulting harm – with trust in fellow…
First Coyne, Now Ibbitson. Warnings of a Party Committing Suicide.
Like Andrew Coyne, John Ibbitson is quaking with fear that his darling Tories are doing themselves in. By forcing a vote of confidence in his leadership, dissident Conservative MPs have…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Puzzled cats.
Coyne: Ditching O’Toole Won’t Cure What Ails the CPC
Andrew Coyne isn’t riding to the defence of Erin O’Toole but he says it’ll take a lot more than a new leader to fix the rot inside the Conservative Party.…
O’Toole Grovels.
I feel deeply embarrassed for this man. No one should ever debase themselves as he is. Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole told MPs Tuesday he was open to changing his party’s…
Reading the Riot Act
The media are questioning how and when the truckers’ protest in Ottawa will end. There is fear this will get ugly before it’s over. Enter the Riot Act. 67 A…
The "E" Word.
It was only a matter of time before the issue of mass extinction surfaced again. Are we already in the throes of a sixth mass extinction event? If we are,…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alexander Quon reports on the politicization of Saskatchewan’s COVID policy in the summer of 2021, with political staffers and commercial interests winning…
By The Company They Keep
Freelance columnist, Supriya Dwivedi, writes that “Canada needs a healthy Conservative party. Not whatever this is.” There are consequences to peddling misinformation and refusing to overtly condemn extremist rhetoric, as…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Yasmin Tayag discusses the progress being made in determining how long COVID is caused – though the only point that appears beyond dispute…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Eric Topol charts how vaccines to date have continued to provide essential protection against the Omicron COVID variant, even as people with…
About That Convoy … Protest … Whatever
As we speak a bunch of anti-mask/vaxx/generally pissed off with govt types are clogging things up in Ottawa. Frankly, this is a bunch of loudmouth idiots who have fallen down…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Doug Cuthand writes that all spin to the contrary, the #flutruxklan has nothing to do with freedom. Rachel Gilmore reports on the its…
Burning question
Where could Scott Moe have possibly developed the idea he’s entitled to dictate what questions the media is allowed to ask?
A Weekend Chuckle (Truck-Free Entertainment)
As China struggles to mount a Winter Olympics, here’s a dandy alternative – the Average Games.
Ice Road Truckers
It was bitter cold that broke Napoleon’s army in Russia in 1812. It was the same murderous cold that broke Hitler’s army 130 years later. Today, Ottawa is blanketed in…
Jerry Falwell Jr. Comes Clean, Tells All to Vanity Fair.
He was a crown prince of the evangelical movement but he tells Vanity Fair it was a scam. “BECAUSE OF MY LAST NAME, PEOPLE THINK I’M A RELIGIOUS PERSON. BUT…
Musical interlude
Cannons – Shadows