LawFact of the Day: Wills and Estates
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Friday June 22, 2018. Today we are talking about Wills and Estates. Where a person dies without a will, an intestacyarises.…
June 2018
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Harry Leslie Smith reiterates his determination to make sure that new generations don’t face the poverty and deprivation that marked his childhood. And…
This tweet about a ridiculous Scheer tweet struck a chord
72,000 impressions and counting. This isn’t the first time the Conservative leader’s social media has misfired. He needs to take a look at that. It isn’t “Justin Trudeau’s cottage.” It’s…
Conservatives’ Lack Of Imagination
The ice in Antarctica is melting much more quickly than we thought it was. Yet conservative governments across the country are wailing about carbon taxes. Paul Mason writes: Everywhere you…
Doug Ford makes a smart pick
Our friend Jenni Byrne is heading to Premier Ford’s office, in a big role. Smart pick. Ontario Premier-designate Doug Ford has tapped a senior staffer from Stephen Harper’s government to…
LDP 02: What is in a name?
One of the responses we received about a proposed new liberal democratic party (LDP) was from a reader who thought we could just join the Green party and be done…
Fugitive emissions and fugitive revenues
Between 2004 and 2017, the quantity of natural gas produced increased by 64% and the royalties, which once measured over $1.5 billion annually, disappeared.
June 21: The robots of New Brunswick
http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/james-hansen-global-warming-1.4710713________________________________________________________________ For a break from today’s news, note the following photos of the wild, wild, west.Notice what’s largely missing? It’s guns. Only a few people in these pictures are wearing…
Google Blooger Comment Problem
Folks using or replying to posts on Google Blogger should be aware that at least some users are not getting notification of replies to their posts if they have moderation…
Ecclestone’s laughable campaign literature
When I saw Cam Ecclestone’s self-aggrandizing flyer, I was strongly reminded of the opening of Chapter 24 of the Tao Te Ching, which in my latest translation reads, Blowhards have…
Trudeau’s Tar Sands Gamble Worsening By the Day.
Bill McKibbin has some news – good news to some, bad news to others. Fossil energy markets are falling apart. The environmental activist (350.com) says energy stocks are suddenly weak.…
congratulations to the people of ireland! #repealedthe8th
While this blog was offline, an amazing and incredibly important thing happened: the people of the Republic of Ireland affirmed the human right to control our own bodies. In a…
"Time" Lowers the Lumber on America’s National Disgrace
Time magazine launches its July 2nd edition with a gut-wrenching and long overdue look at how Donald Trump has debased America. Presidents have many jobs, and one is telling us…
Does ‘anti-racism’ contribute to racism?
Photo by Ted Eytan Let us begin with a heretical proposition: anti-racism may contribute not to combatting racism but to actually deepening it. How could this be possible? One of…
We All Live in a Mediocracy
Mediocracy: The Politics of the Extreme Centre Alain Deneault Between the Lines, 2018 Alain Deneault has become one of the most important Canadian public intellectuals Anglosphere audiences have never heard…
Warning, Don’t Read This About the USA
It’s a crime against humanity that #BabyJails are not shut down in the USA. The extreme human rights abuses taking place each day are horrifying. Many medical staff are going…
Vancouver Park Board and Vancouver Symphony Orchestra present first-ever ”Symphony At Sunset,” a free, open-air concert July 14th at Sunset Beach Park
June 21 2018 “We are absolutely thrilled to partner with the VSO to bring symphonic music to the Vancouver public in this first-ever Symphony At Sunset,” said Park Board Chair…
The Distemper Of Our Times
For one who naturally inclines toward dark brooding, these are not good times. But then, if people follow the news and keep themselves reasonably well-informed about our headlong plunge toward…