CC @AleanaYoung and the entire @Sask_NDP who think it's 1999 and we can mess around with methane, instead of 2024 with #ZeroYears left to hit 1.5° to stay alive. #skpoli https://t.co/XODYtKNKWc — John "Saskboy" Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) May 5, 2024
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo: Guerilla Gardening?
Came upon these daffodils when out walking near the Champs des possibles, a park that is being left to re-wild in the Mile End district, not far from the CN train line. The arrondissement planted a lot of bulbs last fall in curb extensions and they’re looking great these days.
Continue readingScripturient: The Death of Truth in the Trump Era
The ongoing criminal trial of Donald Trump (the first one; others are to follow) continues to expose the difference between what he and his followers believe and anything related to evidence, truth, or facts. Trump lies. Blatantly, shamelessly, openly, and frequently. He lies so often that quite literally nothing he
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Suppressing free enterprise in Florida
Meat. Steak and hamburgers. Who would have thought a diet staple would become such a controversial subject? Conservatives, as is their wont, have dragged the issue into the culture wars. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has banned cultured meat (grown in a lab from animal cells) from sale in his state.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: Annual Report on Kanata South Pathways Deterioration, Spring 2024
Another year has gone by and it is time to report again on the deterioration of the Bridlewood and Glen Cairn pathways in Kanata.Bridlewood Glen Cairn Previous ReportsSpring 2023 Bridlewood & Glen Cairn Spring 2022 BridlewoodSpring 2022 Glen Cairn Spring 2021 Bridlewood
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Conspirituality
George Monbiot has a compelling theory to explain what makes people believe conspiracies. “Those who believe unevidenced stories about hidden cabals and secret machinations tend to display no interest in well-documented stories about hidden cabals and secret machinations. Why might this be? Why, when there are so many real conspiracies
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Royksopp – Stay Awhile
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: This is where we were today.
It was happy and sad. Happy, because I fulfilled the promise I made to my Dad 20 years ago. Sad, because we all love them so much.
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jessica Wildfire comments on the elite panic which has seen information suppression become the norm in order to maintain the status quo for the general public while the wealthiest few try to insulate themselves from obvious dangers. And Larry Elliott writes that if
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: May 3, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Jury Hears Tape of Trump and Cohen Discussing Hush-Money Deal #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/36mcha2e – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: PP’s Latest Aphorism
As the saying goes, even a stopped clock is right twice a day. And, dare I say, even PP might correctly take the people’s pulse on occasion. However, even if he does say something that our more reactive selves may respond positively to, it hardly means he is fit for
Continue readingWise Law Blog: This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Supreme Court of Canada: All Ontario Tribunals Must Apply Human Rights Code http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/04/supreme-court-of-canada-all-ontario.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Championing Canada
It’s easy to paint Pierre Poilievre as the Trump of the North. His “everything is broken” meme is right out of Trump’s playbook. But Robin Sears writes that turning Poilievre into a mini-Trump cheapens Canadian politics: Justin Trudeau must avoid the temptation to paint Poilievre as a Trump mini-me. It
Continue readingThe Progressive Economics Forum: Canada’s 2024 federal budget: What’s in it for rental housing and homelessness?
I’ve written a blog post titled “Canada’s 2024 federal budget: What’s in it for rental housing and homelessness?” The English version is here: https://nickfalvo.ca/canadas-2024-federal-budget-whats-in-it-for-rental-housing-and-homelessness/ The French version is here: https://nickfalvo.ca/le-budget-federal-2024-quels-sont-les-avantages-our-le-logement-locatif-et-litinerance/
Continue readingAlberta Politics: High-speed rail in Alberta: STILL a terrible idea that won’t go away!
Alberta has a plan to create a “master plan” for a huge passenger rail network around the province! Really. OK, the unidentified man on the left above is Devin Dreeshen, who nowadays is the minister of transportation and economic corridors in Ms. Smith’s Government – if anyone spots an economic corridor,
Continue readingLife...A Small Spark Between Two Eternities: Iranian Revolutionary Guard Sympathiser Protest Leader in Canada
https://tinyurl.com/jab4mmmb OTTAWA — The Crown has asked a judge to consider an Ottawa man’s pro-Hamas comments at a Toronto protest as an aggravating factor when deciding his sentence for breaching the bail conditions of an unrelated charge. Mohammed Assadi was supposed to be living under house arrest with his sister
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Markham Hislop offers up his apologies for cheerleading for the TransMountain pipeline – both due to its immensely increased price tag, and for its imminent obsolescence if we even remotely approach a workable response to the climate crisis. John Woodside calls out
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