New Maritime Law at UN Protects Ecosystems
Pirates love the high seas and so do illegal fishers and poachers; heck cruise ship companies love the high seas as a place to dump sewage. All in, we don’t…
politics
In the News…
A couple unnerving things happened recently that I’m just catching up with. First, the CDC quietly added an update for guidance around certifying death from Covid last February. The controversial…
Understanding Long Covid
A couple days ago, Martin Kulldorff, a Swedish biostatistician, was at a White House roundtable discussing Covid when he said, “We knew about since 430 BC, since the Athenian plague…
Without a Home, but Wins a Medal
I looked closely at the article hoping to see that McPherson had also been given a home, but he clearly hasn't. Wouldn't a home be better than a medal? (Or…
SaskPower Plots To End Drinking Water Availability
Not maintaining availability and quality of drinking water is an option? Cool. Cool, cool, cool. NOT COOL, @SaskPower. What happens if the slavering hordes decide in the poll that we…
OPSBA Conference in the Time of Covid
I’m missing my first trustee conference this weekend because there are no Covid mitigations in effect. I called to ask about it, and they’re following the Ontario protocol, which is…
ComeupPence
Pun is from a friend. What are all 3 of these ex-executive dorks doing with classified documents in their homes anyway??
On Argumentation and Straddling the Middle
At the school board meeting Monday night (video here, starting at 1:23:50 for over an hour), an open letter the board recently sent out was discussed. I said nothing because…
SaskTel’s email bait and switch
After offering free email since the 1990s, to start charging per email account is an absurd insult to customers and should probably be illegal. The problem is the provincial government…
Leading by Example or What’s Good for the Goose…
This is about the Davos World Economic Forum, ending tomorrow. Social media is all atwitter with the incredible precautions they pulled off. Check out their rules here. It’s three pages…
Putting Eco Back in Economics
Traditional economists ignore reality to justify their thinking, and anyone who studies economics is well aware of this. From the myth of the “rational human” to trickle down economics, to…
We Need to Talk about Kraken (XBB.1.5)
I watched this livestream tonight: an interview and Q&A with Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding (EFD), an U.S. epidemiologist who broke the news that the CDC knew XBB.1.5. was a variant of…
Debunking Sheer’s Carbon Tax "Myth"
Max Fawcett, columnist for the National Observer, wrote a thread debunking Andrew Scheer’s 6 minute video on the “myth” of the carbon tax. First, a few caveats/concessions. He complains about…
It’s Time to Clear the Air
A recent New Yorker article warns about a “ragtag coalition of public-health activists” who want us to wear masks forever! And then the New York Times published an article about…
Politics of Hopelessness
I started posting other people’s twitter threads in part because twitter was (is) threatening to self-destruct, but also because there are some incredible gems that could disappear into the ether…
Evidence on Both Sides
A school board in Winnipeg passed a motion to strongly recommend masking at school to protect from SARS-CoV-2 and other viruses currently affecting kids. Many of the comments on that…
Left, Right or Centre – Explainer
In today’s age of populism, with ideology apparently dead, how do you now if you are on the left or right or in the centre. There are indeed some basic…
Dr. Moore and the Media Must Take Responsibility for Viral Deaths in January
Let’s have a look at that article by Elizabeth Payne that highlights a mishmash of comments from Our Chief Medical Officer of Health, Dr. Kieran Moore: “Ontario’s chief medical officer…
What”s a Government to Do?
RevivalCare‘s erudite answer on Twitter to Breakfast Television’s question: What do you think the federal government should do to help alleviate the current healthcare crisis? Provide free universal N95s to…
An Ask to Mask in Class
Here’s a run-down of presenting a motion to request that students masks if they can, two weeks ago, and the final motion that was passed last night. It’s been picked…