Revealed!
My new best friend. Found this cool little guy in bathroom. Anyone know what he is? Will he make a good pet?
January 2018
The guy they’d win with is the guy who won’t run for them
Suggests to me he’s doing a good job doing what he’s doing. #onpoli from @AngusReid of *all* Ontarians, not just PCPO members: Which leader would make you most likely to…
A song for our times
All times, actually.
US Slips on "Best Democracies" Scale
The Economist Intelligence Unit calculates that less than five per cent of the world’s population live in a true democracy. Falling short of that list are the people of the…
2018 OLDaily Survey
I got 64 responses to my survey, which is a response rate of 0.3 percent, which doesn’t seem very high to me, but I’ve read refereed academic publications based on…
‘There Isn’t Time’: Endangered Orcas Need Emergency Intervention, Coalition Tells Ottawa
Time is running out for the remaining 76 orcas that make up B.C.’s Southern Resident killer whale population and the federal government should take action to intervene, say a coalition…
Well, Ain’t That Grand? Arms Race Update.
For several years the United States and Russia have been in a nuclear arms race, each side racing to develop new warheads and ever better delivery systems. Now the world’s…
Cyclists Obey the Law More Than Drivers
Cyclists are law disobeying maniacs! At least that’s a common and all too nasty rumour in North American cities. It turns out that car drivers are the maniacs according to…
WIP: A very short post about introductions and about complexity…
One of my tasks for today is finishing writing the introduction for next week’s episode of Talking Radical Radio. And that has me thinking about the challenge of representing complexity…
Let’s talk
And she is amazing! I’m grateful for my workplace and @lisakinsella & @kinsellawarren for being nothing but supportive through the challenges I’ve faced with my mental health since starting at…
$2,000,000,000.00 – Now There’s a Figure That Grabs Your Attention.
Two trillion dollars. I’m guessing that, even for you, that’s a lot of money. It’s the estimated liability of Alberta’s five largest energy producers according to the Parkland Institute, a…
B.C.’s Fugitive Gas Pains: Report Calls for Crackdown on Biggest Polluters
A potent, heat-trapping gas is being released into the atmosphere from B.C.’s oil and gas wells at a much higher rate than shown in industry and government reports and immediate…
Statement on Anniversary of Quebec Mosque Shooting
Photo by Sonia Aslam The terrible murder of six Muslim men of Quebec City, one year ago today, demands that we Quebecers speak out about what kind of society we…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday January 31, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on Jan…
Spare a thought for Melania Trump (and all political spouses)
Married to a serial philanderer, a rank misogynist and an admitted sexual assaulter. It can’t be easy. Is she aware? Of course she’s aware. There’s plenty of evidence, right there…
Donald Trump and the Fictitious State of the Union
I tried to watch Donald Trump's State of the Union address last night from start to finish.But it was really long, and really boring, and since I was lounging on…
Is The BBC Normailizing Roger Stone?
There has been a concerted effort in the United States to normalize Donald Trump. But Jonathan Freedland wonders if that effort is moving beyond that country’s shores. He points to…
Seeking Some Substance – Part 1
In yesterday’s Star, Christopher Hume had occasion to call Prime Minister Trudeau the princeling practitioner of the politics of appearance. In light of an alarming shortfall in revenues that is…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Thomas Walkom discusses Canada’s likely NAFTA decision between an even worse deal than exists now, and no deal at all – though it’s…