Many citizens shape their opinions by paying attention to corporate media. What if those news providers are unreliable?
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sean Boynton reports on new research showing that the deadline 2021 heat dome was significantly exacerbated by the climate crisis. And William Boos discusses modeling showing a strong likelihood that we’ll see another record-breaking summer for heat and humidity in the tropics. – Meanwhile,
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: April 24, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto Catholic District School Board will not fly ‘pro-life’ flag #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/3s6eruur – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: the enemy is inside the house
There’s a scene in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies that applies, and doesn’t, to the madness that now grips the civilized world. In Golding’s famous book, a plane full of boys crashes on a deserted island during a nuclear war. The pilot dies; the boys survive. The boys soon
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: More On Ulmar Zameer
H/t Graeme MacKay Yesterday’s post highlighted the rush to judgement many people embraced when Ulmar Zameer was charged with murdering a police officer. People like Doug Ford, John Tory and Patrick Brown condemned the fact that he was granted bail. A publication ban prevented the reasons for the bail from
Continue readingThings Are Good: Improve Your Mental Health by Ignoring Celebrities
Are you interested in the comings and goings of the celebrity set? If so, you may want to put down your mobile and go touch grass. Researchers have found a direct connection between mental health and the worshipping of celebrities, as in people not doing so well will tend to
Continue readingScripturient: Review: Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves
Maybe I’m just old and jaded, but after watching the 2023 movie, Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, I couldn’t figure out why the film wasn’t in WalMart’s $5 bin rather than on the racks at $15. This is from a fan not only of fantasy novels and movies, but
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: An Intergenerational Battle
A battle is brewing between Canada’s generations. Max Fawcett writes: Young Canadians can be forgiven for being a bit confused by the latest federal budget. For the first time in their lives, they’re looking at a budget that explicitly tries to cater to their needs and interests — and
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is an Executor?
An Executor is the person who’s the legal representative of your Estate. After you die, your Executor is responsible for taking all of the assets and properties that you own and distributing it to your heirs. If you’re thinking about who should be your Executor, you want to name a
Continue readingA View From the Back Bench: Entering the Ottawa bubble
Even before I left Guelph, I began helping Jean-Marc Lacoste, the nominated Liberal candidate for my home riding of Laurentides–Labelle, having met him on my last visit before moving in the spring of 2010. [ Continued from Part 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Busted! Globe outs Danielle Smith’s unpublicized pandemic data ‘task force’ headed by physician who attacked COVID restrictions
When Alberta Premier Danielle Smith mused in the midst debate over her government’s new funding turf war with Ottawa that “we could also establish our own research programs” to ensure ideological balance in academic research, many Albertans suspected they understood precisely what she had in mind. Dr. Gary Davidson, the
Continue readingIn This Corner: Upcoming policies from future Alberta Prime Minster Danielle Smith
Premier Danielle Smith has announced changes to how Alberta educational institutions may accept research money from the federal government. “For too long, the Trudeau government has given research money based on left-wing, so-called ‘progressive’ ideology”, the premier said. “Only research designed to support Justin Trudeau’s view of the world is
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Rip ‘n’ Read, 2024 style
There are many good journalists working in corporate media today. But, lack of resources stifles their work. At times, news people simply accept press releases as accurate and report the contents without close examination…
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Robin McKie warns that the next pandemic is likely to develop from a flu virus, while Augie Ray offers a reminder that we’re still seeing waves of COVID-19 sweep through the population. And Alexander Quon and Zak Vescera report on warnings of
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: April 23, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto police chief asks for OPP review after judge in Umar Zameer trial raised concerns about officer testimony #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/35jkn7wu – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Look Before You Speak
It is obviously just human nature to sometimes react with outrage and certitude when confronted with something that seems to beggar common sense. We have likely all experienced such a response at one time or another. The recent acquittal of Ulmar Zameer, charged with murdering a police officer, is an
Continue readingThings Are Good: Cool Cities Have Botanical Gardens
If you live near a park you know that even a small amount of nature can cool the local environment, and you know that the bigger the park the more cool it is. In terms of a land-to-cooling-effect ratio certain types of parks are more efficient than others with the
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Doug Ford: Should we be thankful for small mercies ?
So is there anything good to say about Doug Ford. Well he is not Pierre Poilievre or Danielle Smith. At least Ford does not seek votes by appealing to people’s fears and hatred. He is more of an old fashioned corporations know best, privatization will solve all our problems, capitalist
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