Doug Ford’s First Conflict of Interest
Hmmmm … using public funds to make signs via your own privately-held company. Nothing wrong here folks …
November 2018
Moe Defends His Travel By Attacking the wrong NDP
Saskatchewan’s Premier literally thinks that raw resources are more important than our people and their future here in Saskatchewan. Why is his badly typed meme using a federal NDP campaign…
Kudos to Doug Ford for taking decisive action – fast
Unlike another certain first minister who lives in Ottawa and is Prime Minister of Canada and who has been accused of wrongdoing himself, Doug Ford isn’t tolerating improper conduct by…
Snow Sky – NaBloPoMo Day 5
I don’t like snow skies. I don’t like grey air and grey skies. Not one bit. I look at the ground a lot when there’s sky-poop happening. I don’t mind…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of November 5, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of November 5, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Mom, son reunited after he was allegedly abducted as a toddler in…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Alexi White points out how tall tales about “welfare fraud” have been used as excuse to trap people in poverty. And the Star’s…
Will Donald Trump Win Or Lose The Midterm Elections?
I can only imagine how Donald Trump must be feeling, with the midterm elections now only a few hours away. He's been ranting and raving and spewing out bigotry, at…
U.S. Midterms
If entirely conventional benchmarks were what mattered in the U.S. elections on November 6 the current strength of the economy – essentially the pinnacle of the growth cycle that started…
Imperialism and razors
I’m looking at my recently-acquired, matte black, Weishi adjustable, TTO (Twist To Open, aka butterfly-head) razor. Quite attractive, smart even, and a solid heft in the hand. Chinese-made, Amazon-sold. I…
Tomorrow
Americans have been voting for a month. But tomorrow is the day the final count will begin. Micheal Harris writes that the choice couldn’t be more stark: A Republican vote…
Something to wear on the wrist: Garmin Instinct first impression
I have been looking for a more versatile thing to wear on my wrist that doesn’t cost a month’s wages. I need it to track long cross country ski efforts,…
Swag Bags are a Drag
Professional conferences which suffer from being described as boring try to appeal to people using consumerism in the form of a “swag bag”. A swag bag handed out to conference…
Our friends in B.C have been ‘RUP’ted.
Not being from the Wet coast as our friends there sometimes call their beautiful province, we had to get our information about the current British Columbia voting referendum from the…
Bill Maher’s Most Important Ever "New Rule"
Just set aside your contempt, ridicule reservations about Bill Maher and listen to his Friday “new rules” closer.
Hello Ottawa!
Ms Soapbox is on her way to Ottawa. There’s a good chance she’s in the air right now squashed into a tiny little seat trying to figure out why her…
On J.S. Mill and Free Speech
Most on “Just say ‘no’ to hate speech.” Maverick Philosopher wrote about free speech today, and I’d love to comment there, but there seems to be no means. So I’ll…
On strategic implications
One of the most worrisome aspects of first-past-the-post politics is the reality that a party can take what amounts to unaccountable power for an election cycle based on frivolous and/or…
Why I Vote Green
Recently in British Columbia there was a perfect example of why, when I find myself in the voting booth, I vote green. I do this even where there are more…
Munk Debates: Is Populism the Way of the Future?
I watched the recent, heavily protested, Munk Debate between good buddies on the right, Steve Bannon and David Frum. The issue they were debating was, “Be it resolved, the future…