Diamonds Suck; De Beers Gives Up
Back in 2006 Josh Kaufman got married and during that process he discover the sham of modern diamonds – they aren’t that valuable. Kaufman created the website Diamonds Suck to…
June 2018
What an unexpected surprise!
I felt like it was more a bit of incoherent rambling. đ But I would like to emphasize that LondOntLife is intended as an outlet for local editorial cartoons, by…
"Iceberg, Dead Ahead!" Trudeau’s Multi-Billion Dollar Pipeline Blunder.
The J. Trudeau Memorial Pipeline could be transformed into a multi-million dollar blunder, swept away by a bursting carbon bubble. We’ve been warned about the carbon bubble for years, well…
The Bank of Canada should target full employment: 61 economists
On May 28th, 61 Canadian economists (myself included) signed the following letter urging the federal government to instruct the Bank of Canada to consider full employment and not only inflation…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Andrew Anthony interviews Richard Wilkinson and Kate Pickett about their new book on the connection between inequality and mental illness. And Danny Dorling…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of June 4, 2018
140Law: Here are our top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of June 4, 2018. For links, vist 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 4, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 4, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: More than 1,000 CRA employees disciplined for misconduct over past 4 years…
Kathleen Wynne doesnât think she should have resigned
On Saturday, five days before Election Day, the Ontario Liberal leader conceded the election. Usually, politicians wait until, you know, the actual vote has taken place. But Kathleen Wynne insisted…
The Ghost Of King George
Michael Harris writes that the ghost of King George III stalks the White House. Soon he will float into Quebec: King George III is in the Oval Office and heâs…
Has Doug Ford ever lied to you before?
Have you dug into Doug Fordâs âfully-costedâ plan for Ontario? I trust it has satisfied your thirst for knowledge? It reads like a used-car salesmanâs figures done on the back…
Kinder, gentler Kenney must be for real! UCP lavishes 13 words of praise on NDP for capping super superintendent salaries!
Albertaâs United Conservative Party generates a lot of noise. Other than the Trans Mountain Pipeline, however, not a lot of it seems to have much to do with the principal…
BREAKING: Ontario PC Candidate Facing Multiple Claims of Fraud
The PC candidate for Brampton North Ripudaman Dhillon is currently facing four lawsuits, and eight claims of fraud stemming from his immigration consultancy business. Former clients allege he duped them…
Wynne Loses It For the Liberals
This past weekend was a nightmare was a grand finale for the Liberal Party of Ontario. As many people know, Kathleen Wynne bailed on the party this weekend and is…
What do Jason Kenney, John Horgan and Elizabeth May have in Common?
This just in from the âstrange-bedfellowsâ department: When it comes to the Trans Mountain pipeline, Jason Kenney, BC premier John Horgan and Green Party leader Elizabeth May are singing from…
Hey, Isn’t That Even More Insulting than Calling Canada a National Security Threat?
Justin Trudeau, bless his little heart, has denounced Trump’s tariffs on steel and aluminum exports as “insulting.” That’s because Team Trump has used the contrivance that the tariffs are in…
Kinder Morgan bailout to cost north of $15 billion
Oil tanker at Kinder Morgan pipeline terminal ⢠Photo by Roy Luck Finance Minister Bill Morneau announced on May 29 that the Government of Canada will buy the existing Trans…
Why Venezuelaâs Election MattersâIt Was Under Siege by U.S., Canadian and EU Influence
On May 20, half the people of Venezuela went to vote. They delivered a mandate to NicolĂĄs Maduro, the 55-year-old successor to Hugo ChĂĄvez and the leader of the Chavista…
Taking Democracy for Granted. We’re Probably On This Road Too.
Andrew Sullivan has a thought-provoking essay in New York Magazine about how we’re killing off liberal democracy and not just in Poland or Hungary or the United States either. This…
Who is your oppressor?
Photo by Dimitri Svetsikas It’s hard to pinpoint when the bifurcation of all of society into either oppressor or oppressed was first articulated. Hegel noted in 1802 that âhe Catholics…
How Henry Kissinger Learned How the Enlightenment Ends.
It came to Hank at a conference on transatlantic issues a few years back. There was an address on artificial intelligence that to Kissinger was a yawner until the presenter…