Dan Bern – the year-by-year home run totals of the great barry bonds
Had the pleasure once again of seeing Dan Bern in person at Turbo Haus in Saint Henri on Saturday. He played this song and I was stunned as I consider…
September 2017
Freedom of Information Seriously Suffered Under BC Liberals’ Last Years: Report
By Andrew MacLeod for The Tyee. For two years leading up to the May election, the government of British Columbia regularly broke its own law for responding to freedom of…
Wait Just One Second. We Let Conrad Black In But Turn Chelsea Manning Away?
C’mon, Justin. Just for a while can you pull that giant rag out of your ass? Tell those boys and girls in those little booths to let Chelsea Manning visit…
Sorry, Puerto Rico, You’re Just Not White Enough.
Donald Trump has earned praise for how well his administration has responded to the disasters caused in Texas and the southeast by Hurricanes Harvey and Irma. He’s not showing signs…
Tony and His Weiner Going To the Country Club Corral.
Tony Weiner’s uncontrollable deviance has landed him and his now infamous appendage a 21-month, all expenses paid visit to the Greybar Hotel. Only Tony won’t be headed to Attica or…
John McCain’s Adieu
Anyone who has lost a friend or loved one to brain cancer knows how rapidly it can claim its victim. That’s John McCain’s reality and he didn’t dodge it in…
Coach Knows Best
Steve Kerr is the head coach of the NBA champion, Golden State Warriors. Stephen Curry, considered by some “the greatest shooter in NBA history,” is one of Kerr’s star players…
The Logical and Foreseeable Consequences of Our Acts
What will the next 50 years hold, the next 20? 50 years ago really isn’t that long, especially for anyone over 50. 50 years ago I rode a pretty quick…
This week’s column: never missing an opportunity to miss an opportunity
You never achieve great things if you don’t take risks. How Conservative leader Andrew Scheer doesn’t understand this is an enduring mystery. He never misses an opportunity to miss an…
Top 10 Legal headlines for the Week of September 25, 2017
140Law: Here are our Top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of September 25, 2017. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of September 25, 2017
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 25, 2017 from Wise Law on Twitter: Privacy czar’s concern at cellphone searches by U.S. border agents Lawyers can…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Steve Roth points out how extreme concentrations of wealth lead to poor economic and social outcomes: If wealth is consistently more widely dispersed…
Cats and beasts #1
Yes, the new Procreate 4 is out for IOS. Some new brush capabilities to work on. I’ve been playing a bit. But this is work from about a month back,…
Scenes From The Resistance: A Spreading Solidarity
Continuing with yesterday’s theme, here are some scenes from Sunday’s sports contests that show increasing numbers of players refusing to stand for Donald Trump and America’s racism by either taking…
A Single Digit IQ
Donald Trump’s real talent — his only talent — is knowing how to pick a fight. On Friday night he targeted players in the NBA and the NFL. At a…
Jimmy the K? Not OK.
From the new Hill Times: Former eight-term Liberal MP Jim Karygiannis, who is now a Toronto city councillor, is considering running in Toronto’s mayoral race in next year’s municipal election.…
About that Forum poll: Tories 39, Libs 35, Dippers 15
Three things. One, it’s Forum. They’re the ones who said there’d be a Parti Québécois majority, a BC NDP majority, a Wildrose majority, and…you get the picture. Two, it’s a…
Is Andrew Scheer Now More Popular Than Justin Trudeau?
It's going to feel like 40 degrees again in Ottawa today. And I was pretty sure that Andrew Scheer was melting.Not just because of the brutal temperature, but also because…
Chile Set to Ban Plastic Bags in Coastal Cities
Chile is set to be the first country in the Americas to ban plastic bags in coastal cities. Given the extent of Chile’s coastline this can make for a very…
Donald Trump and the Great Football War
Donald Trump has been losing his marbles for a long time, but now it seems the last few are blasting out or rolling out of his rear orifice. And it's…