The medicalisation of gender non-conforming young people is the biggest medical scandal of our time.
FIRST READING: Liberals muzzling COVID scientists, growing evidence of a Tory victory
In a recent story, the Canadian Medical Association Journal alleged that the Liberals have been muzzling access to government scientists throughout the course of Election 44. The journal said that interview requests with both Chief Public Health Officer Theresa Tam and NACI Chair Dr. Shelley Deeks – two key figures in setting Canadian COVID-19 policy – were rejected “in light of the election.”
A eulogy for Kathy
Kathy Shaidle was the most honest person I’ve ever known. If she was around to be honest with us today I’m sure she’d say that she really didn’t want to see us here, almost as much as she’d say that she’d really rather not be here, herself.
Kathy was never afraid of candor or controversy or hurt feelings. She was tough and, at a time when the word is thrown around far too often, truly brave. Kathy set a standard for public behaviour and personal loyalty that we, the people she left behind, are forced to live up to in her absence.
Like many of us, I first met Kathy online, but I was lucky enough to transfer that friendship to the real world, where I came to rely on Kathy for her unerring ability to cut through clouds of error and confusion, starting with her own. Kathy had no patience for Pontius Pilate’s “What is truth?” She knew the truth was out there, and that even when it was hard to find, there was no excuse to settle for flattering lies.
Kathy made enemies, but what she talked about less was how she made friends, often at a distance of hundreds or even thousands of miles. That was her superpower – with little more than her words she let you know who you were dealing with, and her honesty and heedless candor became a magnet that pulled us into her orbit.
‘Boiling point’: Alberta doctors warn of health system collapse as COVID cases climb
Staffing crisis, overwhelmed ICUs & mixed messaging from province created ‘dire’ situation, doctors say.
How Orwell Became the Prophet Who Foresaw Our Future
There is something ghostly and ghastly about the resurrection of British author George Orwell in contemporary politics, especially in the reaction to the disruption and transformation of public policy now taking place.
Ottawa trustee wants mandatory vaccines for students, online classes for unvaccinated
The motion states that students over the age of 12 will “be required to be partially vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus or provide proof of a medical exemption as of 30 September 2021 and be fully vaccinated as of 20 November 2021 to continue to attend in person classes. Any student who is not vaccinated against the COVID-19 virus after this date will be re-enrolled in the virtual school.”
Little known fact
Little known fact to those who don’t know history, media was hung right next to the Nazis. https://t.co/NKna5vK4Rk
— Ms. Donna (@DCTFTW) September 7, 2021
Five critical steps that Canada must take to combat the climate crisis
We are 18 months into a global pandemic, three weeks into a federal-election campaign — and at least 26 years into a climate crisis.
Scientists have been warning for decades that increased average temperatures would lead to such extreme weather events as massive flooding and out-of-control wildfires.
We now are witnessing these events almost every week. In the past few days, we saw devastating flooding across the United States. In New York City, the financial centre of the most powerful country in the world, flood waters rose so rapidly that some residents couldn’t leave their homes, and drowned. This isn’t normal; it’s like 100-year storms happening monthly. Just the latest horror on a long list: the destruction of Lytton, British Columbia, by an out-of-control wildfire. And, unless we act now, it will get immeasurably worse.
NSW Health limits residents of locked-down tower block to six beers per day
Residents in a Sydney tower block under a strict coronavirus lockdown are having their alcohol deliveries policed.
Exclusion Of Foreign Policy From Debate Is A Gift To Trudeau & Insult To Canadians
The elites will always protect their own interests, and that’s what they’re doing by trying to give Trudeau a free pass for his horrendous foreign policy failures.
Begala: ‘Knuckle-Dragging Nincompoops on Right’ Are ‘Lying to People’ About COVID
Former Clinton adviser and CNN political commentator Paul Begala said Wednesday on CNN’s “Newsroom” that President Joe Biden needs to use his upcoming coronavirus pandemic speech to combat “all these knuckle-dragging nincompoops on right-wing media who are lying to people.”
Leaders debate
NatPo – Lacklustre second leaders debate short on emotion, heavy on talking points
Just like during the first debate last week, Trudeau was repeatedly grilled by opposition leaders about his decision to call a ‘selfish’ election
Global – Federal leaders trade barbs on COVID-19, Indigenous rights in French election debate
Indigenous reconciliation, climate change and the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic sparked fiery but mostly peaceful exchanges among the federal party leaders in the Canadian election‘s French language debate.
The Star – Leaders clash over character and credibility in French-language election debate
OTTAWA—Political promises were on the menu, but hot takes on character and credibility were the dishes served up at the French-language debate staged in Gatineau Wednesday night.
Toronto Sun – Leaders gather in Gatineau, drill Trudeau about ill-timed election
As five federal party leaders squared off in the second French-language debate of the election campaign, Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau again found himself attacked for calling an election at the beginning of a fourth wave of COVID-19 infections.
CBC – This election is tight — and last night’s debate likely did little to change that
There were some sharp elbows on display but nothing that suggests a pivot point in the campaign
BBC – Party leaders spar in first national debate Yea it’s the second of 3 the Beeb got it wrong
Canadian federal party leaders clashed over vaccines, climate policy and the economy in the first national TV debate of this general election campaign.
Ontario confirms there are only two valid medical exemptions from COVID-19 vaccines
When Ontario’s COVID-19 vaccine passport rolls out on Sept. 22, individuals with medical exceptions must show proof confirming why they can’t get the shot.
‘Remarkable, even though it go off to a hazy start’: Nancy Pelosi PRAISES Biden’s ‘historic’ Afghanistan withdrawal that left 13 US service members dead and hundreds of Americans still stranded on the ground
The House leader’s comments are particularly noteworthy as President Joe Biden’s handling of the total troop withdrawal from Afghanistan has been widely criticized by Democrat and Republican lawmakers and politicians, as well as the general American public.
Continental Breakfast
Licia Corbella: Canada’s vaccine hesitant are 40-something women in Ontario who tend to vote Liberal
As we’ve seen from the ugly crowds hurling verbal abuse at Justin Trudeau, there’s a lot of women in Canada’s anti-vaxxers contingent.
Diane Francis: The Liberals’ unsustainable immigration plan
Hardly anyone would disagree that Canada needs immigrants, but such a flood is not justifiable.
See? We’re hardly anyone!
Majority 3rd World Populations In 41 Ridings, Issues In Homeland Drive Voters
A politically incorrect interpretation renders 41 ridings in Canada to be minority white constituencies. How many times have readers discovered this through Canadian media sources? Between zero and nothing is your answer.
Climate change is forcing animals to ‘shape-shift’ fast: study
It’s survival of the fittest — and fastest.
Animals may now “shape-shift” to avoid the threats of climate change, according to a new study.
A rapidly warming ecosystem is known to prompt rapid and often detrimental changes in many animal species, such as opportunistic eating, fertility loss and, ultimately, extinction.
Now, scientists are beginning to see how species are adapting their bodies — sometimes between one generation to the next — to deal with the breakneck pace of human impact on the environment.
h/t Todd
The CDC Just Made an Orwellian Change to the Definition of ‘Vaccine’ and ‘Vaccination’
For your entire life, you’ve known that when you get vaccinated, you’re protected from a particular disease. You’ve probably been vaccinated for such diseases as polio, tetanus, measles, diphtheria, and others, and you no longer have to worry about them, because the whole reason your parents took you to the doctor to get those shots was to protect you from those diseases. Polio, in particular, has been completely wiped out in the United States thanks to the immunity created by vaccination.