It’s Official. Trump Nixes Paris Climate Accord.
Everybody was right. Trump has decided the United States will withdraw from the Paris climate accord. “In order to fulfill my solemn duty to protect America and its citizens, the…
June 2017
Important Bail Case from Supreme Court of Canada
R. v. Antic (June 1), 2017 SCC 27 (S.C.C.) 67 Therefore, the following principles and guidelines should be adhered to when applying the bail provisions in a contested hearing: (a)…
Dear Galactus: A Word From Trey Gowdy, GOP Congressman From South Carolina…
I have contacted Galactus and The Eater Of Worlds is apparently solid GOP. He will be accessing his pay-pal account and forwarding Mr. Gowdy $5. The Eater of Worlds is…
It’s About The Power
It’s about the power. Would you prefer it belongs to us or to them?
Maybe George Bush Was Onto Something
Remember how, in the wake of the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, then president George w. Bush told the world that, in the fight against…
How Globalization hammers France
Worth reading is this article: Guilluy doubts that any place exists in France’s new economy for working people as we’ve previously understood them. Paris offers the most striking case. As…
I love Justin Trudeau. There, I said it.
Just getting that out here, about this. Takes big constitutional balls to say what he has said, very clearly. Ipso facto, I (and Coyne, probably) love the guy. As Premier…
Toronto city councillor says his constituents have a “Grade Two” understanding
Who could it be? What Toronto City Councillor wrote that his/her residents have "a grade 2 understanding" of issues? #topoli #onpoli pic.twitter.com/cXzAl7PpIM — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) April 19, 2017
LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law Toronto for Thursday June 1, 2017. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. For an Ontario will to be valid, it…
Most brilliant Twitter exchange ever
You’ve probably seen this by now, but it still makes me spit my morning covfefe all over my desk. Here’s the Unpresident: Crooked Hillary Clinton now blames everybody but herself,…
The Infrastructure Bank: Another Taxpayer-Funded Subsidy To Big Business
There are undoubtedly those who will never accept the fact that in electing Justin Trudeau and his sunny band of men and women, they were, in fact, putting into power…
Farming for the Future on the Roofs of Hong Kong
Green roofs are great for collecting water and cooling neighbourhoods, they are also useful for feeding their local communities. In the densely built urban environment of Hong Kong there is…
It was fifty years ago today
Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band. A half century. Incredible. I don’t remember it coming out, on June 1, 1967. I was six, and we were living in Dallas. Much…
How To Play A Fool
As Donald Trump makes a shambles of the world — reports claim that he will back out of the Paris Climate Agreement today — the Europeans and the Asians are…
Donald Trump and the Day of Judgement
As you may know, today is the day Donald Trump will announce whether he will pull the United States out of the Paris Accord. Momentous arguments inside the West Wing…
Choosing a Conservative caretaker.
The Conservative Party hierarchy could not have the better fall guy for the next federal election. Whomever came up with the convoluted voting system that was used to choose this…
Report questioning tidewater premium for Alberta petroleum undermines a powerful narrative … expect fireworks
PHOTOS: No Smoking … no kidding! An oil tanker sits in a Spanish port. B.C. environmentalists don’t want to see scenes like this on their coast. (Photo: Wikipedia Commons) A…
Edmonton Election Update: 137 days to go.
Photo: Kris Andreychuk launches his campaign for city council in Ward 7. We are now 137 days away from the October 2017 municipal elections in Edmonton. Here are some of…
Among the Walking Wounded by Colonel John Conrad tops Audreys Books list of bestsellers
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in Edmonton for the week ended May 28, 2017, compiled by Audreys Books and provided by the…
Wednesday Evening Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Diane Cardwell points out how carbon politics are threatening renewable energy just at the point where it would win a fair fight against…