InfoWars nutbar Alex Jones has endorsed Pierre Poilievre. Emily Leedham writes: Pierre Poilievre has earned a new admirer — conspiracy theorist Alex Jones. Jones, who regularly promotes conspiracy theories and hateful rhetoric through his website InfoWars, took time during a recent broadcast to heap praise on Canada’s newly elected Conservative
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: What’s Good for the King is Good for the Kids
We KNOW that Covid makes kids sick, which affects attendance, and we KNOW cleaning the air will help (since so many have been convince not to wear masks to class), but we’ll still only implement solutions for the wealthiest 1%. Back in June 2020, the New York Times reported how Covid short-circuits
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Impediments to establishing truth about the Rwandan genocide
Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, Kigali, Rwanda. Photo from Flickr. Facing history means facing ourselves. No history is hermetically sealed. One of the most serious historical tasks is to examine our role in shaping and interpreting events. It is only after scrutinizing ourselves that we are able to see where we
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Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Thomas Neuberger (via Ian Welsh) discusses the imminent reality that insurers will refuse to cover massive swaths of property due to the climate crisis – even as the public money which could provide a social insurance alternative continues to be spent exacerbating the problem
Continue readingViews from the Beltline: Trump and Hitler: disturbing parallels
Many people think that Hitler was democratically elected chancellor of Germany. He wasn’t. In fact, some highly influential conservatives convinced President von Hindenburg to appoint him to the position. The Nazis never won a majority in German elections. In July, 1932 they won a plurality with 37 percent of the
Continue readingJeff Jedras: Eating on the Road: The Bicycle Thief in Halifax
I did a great deal of research and sought advice from local experts before my visit to Halifax, intending to make the most of my time from a culinary perspective and lean heavily onto the seafood side of things. And after getting off the train, checking into my hotel and
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: April 5, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario integrity commissioner won’t reopen Greenbelt review due to internal email #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/44u7wf3c – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingQueer-liberal: Today’s tonic: “Why do so many ignore facts, like the carbon tax works? Because we’re hard-wired to follow the pack”
Today’s tonic: “Why do so many ignore facts, like the carbon tax works? Because we’re hard-wired to follow the pack,” by columnist Andrew Phillips of the Toronto Star. This piece is a great reminder about how most people choose to think and approach the issues of our time. Here’s an
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: No Ragrets
The frustrating experiences that linger with me the longest are the times I was able to make a difference in my tiny corner of the world or have some kind of effect or even have the potential to have an effect, and then it was derailed, often by a well-meaning person
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: "The Trumpiest Story Of All Time"?
Maybe. Maybe not, since there is still more time until the end of time. Nonetheless, the following story does seem to suggest that there is no end to the unbridled gall of Don Trump and, undoubtedly, it will probably be fully supported by the MAGA crowd who, we are told,
Continue readingWise Law Blog: This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from March 18, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: $1 Million damages for Mental Suffering to BC Employee
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from March 18, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: $1 Million damages for Mental Suffering to BC Employee http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/03/1-million-damages-for-mental-suffering.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingCanadian Dimension: Mounds and memories, landfills and lost lives
Mural honouring missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls on the main road into the Brady Road landfill, just outside of Winnipeg. A blockade went up on the road after the province refused to fund a search of Prairie Green landfill, located north of Winnipeg, for the remains of three
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Trending tonight: #PuntTheRunt
Canadians are laughing at Poilievre’s three-word policies for anything that ails Canada — and tonight, “Punt The Runt” is trending: Also today, Charlie Angus announced he won’t run again, and Poilievre couldn’t resist responding with the usual petty and mean whine. Christ, what an asshole! #PuntTheRunt@PierrePoilievre@CBCNews@CPC_HQPierre Poilievre wants to be
Continue readingIN-SIGHTS: 33 False Claims About Solar, Wind, and Electric Vehicles
The Sabin Center for Climate Change Law develops legal techniques to fight climate change, trains law students and lawyers in their use, and provides the public with up-to-date resources on key topics in climate law and regulation. The center works closely with Columbia University’s Earth Institute and with governmental, nongovernmental and academic organizations.
Continue readingAlberta Politics: No surprise, Alberta’s privatized surgery clinics don’t seem to be doing anything to reduce wait times
Does anyone remember Premier Danielle Smith’s handpicked administrator of Alberta Health Services confidently predicting that wait times for surgeries in this province were about to fall and fall dramatically? NDP Opposition Health Critic Luanne Metz (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Reduced surgical wait times would be the biggest single mark of
Continue readingPaul S. Graham: Canada Out of NATO!
Winnipeg, April 4, 2024: Members of Peace Alliance Winnipeg marked the 75th anniversary of the founding of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with an information picket in the Osborne Villlage neighbourhood of Winnipeg. Following is the text of the statement they distributed. Canada Must Get Out of NATOIt’s High
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Provincial Politics And Other Bad Things
Was inspired to add a new blog entry by a Conservative troll, just like the old days. Prove it. — John "Saskboy" Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) April 4, 2024 === https://t.co/cc91yKhRDy #onpoli — John "Saskboy" Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) April 4, 2024 === “The Amazon” — lambanmartyr (@iRamona) April 4, 2024 === You know,
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Rachel Fairbank discusses how a patient-led research collaborative is filling in the gaps in long COVID research and treatment. – Re.Climate examines (PDF) the state of Canadian public opinion on the climate crisis – which sadly features a stark and growing gap
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