The Catch-All: ICYMI August 10-16

Hello all, hope you had a good week. I highly recommend you check out the video in the AV Corner, as John's breakdown of market socialism is thorough and entertaining. On with the round-up!

News Round-up

Ontario

Primary care for every Ontarian, for the price of two hospitals, Dr. Danielle Martin, Dr. Jane Philpott and Dr. Sarita Verma, Ottawa Citizen (Aug. 10)

NDP staffer who complained about alleged MPP harassment wrongly let go: arbitrator, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Aug. 11)

Experts told Ontario to start ‘small,’ ‘slowly’ in alcohol expansion plan. They were ignored, Isaac Callan and Colin D'Mello, Global News (Aug. 12)

Ontario’s ‘unofficial estimate’ of homeless population is 234,000: documents, Charlie Pinkerton and Jack Hauen, The Trillium (Aug. 13)

Ont opposition parties criticize Ford for joking human patients could get MRIs at vet, The Canadian Press (Aug. 14)

Man pushed to the ground by Toronto undercover officer suffering from headaches, lack of sleep, Shauna Hunt and Meredith Bond, CityNews (Aug. 15)

Canada

U.S. Names Quebec Contractor In Newly Approved Arms Sale To Israel, Alex Cosh, The Maple (Aug. 15)

Tories blast Trudeau for ‘lavish’ retreat at Sudbury Holiday Inn, Tyler Clarke, Sudbury.com (Aug. 15)

‘Like dark clouds’: First Nations evacuated because of wildfires in northern Manitoba, Tiar Wheatle, APTN News (Aug. 15)

Ukraine cleared to use armour donated by Canada on Russian territory, Murray Brewster, CBC News (Aug. 15)

Edmonton Police Tracked a Critic’s Social Media, Charles Rusnell, The Tyee (Aug. 16)

US

We received internal Trump documents from ‘Robert.’ Then the campaign confirmed it was hacked., Alex Isenstadt, POLITICO (Aug. 10)

Hackers may have stolen the Social Security numbers of every American. Here’s how to protect yourself, Jon Healy, Los Angeles Times (Aug. 13)

Signing up for Disney+ prevents death lawsuit, argues Disney, John Silk, DW News (Aug. 16)

World

Thaksin’s daughter Paetongtarn Shinawatra is elected Thailand’s prime minister, Jintamas Saksornchai, Associated Press (Aug. 16)

Mpox: EU must prepare for more cases, health agency warns, DW News (Aug. 16)

Gunman Kills Construction Union Leader in Peru, teleSUR (Aug. 16)

UK judge tells Muslim man jailed for fighting back against rioters to 'rise above' racism, Imran Mulla, Middle East Eye (Aug. 16)

Israel-Palestine

Israeli media’s coverage of the rape of Palestinian detainees shows support for sexual violence in service of genocide, Jonathan Ofir, Mondoweiss (Aug. 12)

US clears $20bn in arms sales for Israel as atrocities continue in Gaza, Al Jazeera (Aug. 14)

Israel’s intensifying attacks on Gaza schools, Al Jazeera (Aug. 14)

Settler rampage in West Bank sparks rare condemnation from Israeli leaders, Julia Frankel and Aref Tufaha, Associated Press (Aug. 16)

COVID

Noah Lyles' collapse underscores our collective COVID denial, Troy Farah, Salon (Aug. 10)

Montreal man with long COVID seeks medical assistance in dying, Katrine Desautels, The Canadian Press via CityNews (Aug. 14)

The US is experiencing its largest summer Covid wave in at least two years, Brenda Goodman, CNN (Aug.16)

Tech

Meta shutters tool used to fight disinformation, despite outcry, Dara Kerr, NPR (Aug. 14)

AI-powered ‘undressing’ websites are getting sued, Jess Weatherbed, The Verge (Aug. 16)

AV Corner

Podcast: The OSINT Hunt for a Sex Trafficking Ringleader - 404 Media
Music: Moto(R) - the Jesus Lizard
Video: Are Co-ops the Future? Market Socialism, transition, and Exploitation - John the Duncan