One of the more significant subjects I’ve included in my link posts over the past few years is that of plastic contamination. We’re learning more and more about the accumulation of plastic in our bodies and the environment, as well as about a growing list of harms caused as a
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Joe Vipond and Steve Bentley write about the need to treat the climate breakdown in progress as a serious problem requiring immediate action rather than a game. David Thurton reports on the Libs’ inexplicable choice to eliminate the federal government’s ability to
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: May 7, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Have you been removed from your family doctor’s patient list for visiting an Ontario walk-in clinic? #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/6mt95p8w – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingHalf an Hour: Perplexity on Connectivism
This is a response from Perplexity, an AI engine that promises accuracy and cites real sources in its answer. The question was: “What is Connectivism”. It’s worth noting that while the response is reasonably accurate, the sources listed are not necessarily what we would call authoritative. ConnectivismTheoretical framework for understanding
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Employment #LawFactof the Day: Accommodating Pregnancy in the Workplace
Can an employer fire an employee whose pregnancy is causing medical complications that affect her ability to perform her usual workplace duties? Employers have a duty to accommodate in those circumstances unless it would cause undue hardship. This accommodation may include changing job duties temporarily or providing time off work.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: Israel won’t blink
TEL AVIV – Israel won’t stop its military advance against the Hamas stronghold of Rafah, says a former senior ranking Israeli military commander – whether the United States and Western allies approve or not. And Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has no choice, says retired Israeli Brigadier General Amir Avivi
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: The Case for Colonialism – Bruce Gilley
Bruce Gilley is a professor of political science at Portland State University. Bruce wrote an article in 2017 for Third World Quarterly titled, “The case for colonialism.” This enraged people who called for him to lose his academic position and be stripped of his PhD. The article was retracted due
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: Hezbollah drone attacks just East of where we are
…right after we met with an ex-IDF officer who tracks such attacks 24/7. Welcome to the lives of the people of Northern Israel.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: PSA
GPS won’t tell you where we are in Northern Israel right now. GPS signals here are being jammed by IDF to deter Hezbollah missiles from landing on our heads. Sorry, Hezbollah. And, no, I won’t tell you exactly where we are. Duh.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Plague Update: 40% Chance After only 3 Infections
What is Tik Tok and the news not telling you? “The pile of evidence continues to build that you don’t want to catch Covid. Moderna recently released a report confirming that your odds of developing Long Covid go up with each infection, hovering at 40 percent by your third. (The
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Another little flaw with Bill 20: It’s not just bad law, it’ll probably make life hell for UCP backbenchers
Alberta’s United Conservative Party MLAs are likely to soon get a hard lesson in what the late Colin Powell supposedly called the Pottery Barn Rule. The late Colin Powell, U.S. secretary of state, the guy who gets credit for mentioning the Pottery Barn Rule, whether he did or not (Photo:
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: Walks like a duck and swims like a duck and quacks like a duck…
An IN-SIGHTS reader asks, “Who gains from chaos on American university campuses?” He suggests the theme of the 1997 movie ‘Wag the Dog’ motivates Netanyahu. Dark forces believe the conflict in Gaza also serves Trump.
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Truth and Reconciliation in Quesnel
Much is heard these days about Canadian history and the truth, particularly regarding the fortunes, or misfortunes, of the Indigenous population. The narrative has been biased against them, we hear, now we want the truth, the whole truth. But do we? Judging by the recent contretemps in Quesnel, B.C. one
Continue readingExcited Delirium: Why Is A Dollar Not A Dollar?
A dollar should be treated like a dollar when it comes to income. So why all the jumping and yelling about the new capital gains INCLUSION rate? The post Why Is A Dollar Not A Dollar? first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: May 6, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Judge should be censured for street brawl, conflict of interest, New York judicial conduct commission says #law #legal #lawtwitter via @ABAJournal https://tinyurl.com/3wba5k96 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue reading52 Ideas: Capital Power is not an outlier, it is apart of a trend
So Capital Power just announced that they are cancelling their greenhouse gas/carbon sequestration program just outside of Edmonton. Now, if one was to listen to the United Conservative Party of Alberta (UCP), one would think that the recent announcement from Capital Power was an outlier. If one were to listen
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: images of October 7
KIBBUTZ NIR OZ AND SDEROT – On this, Holocaust Remembrance Day 2024, the image that is difficult to forget is found on a bed at Nir Oz. It is of a child’s clothing, fresh out of the laundry: a stack of tiny, carefully-folded underwear, toddler-sized, placed on the corner of
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of May 6, 2024
– Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingThe Daveberta Podcast: “We win by being more New Democrat, not less,” says NDP leadership candidate Gil McGowan
Longtime labour leader joins the Daveberta Podcast to explain why he’s running for the Alberta NDP leadership Labour leader Gil McGowan joins the Daveberta Podcast to share why he’s running to succeed Rachel Notley as leader of Alberta’s NDP. The full interview with Gil McGowan is available to paid subscribers of the
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