Nov. 21: extra
I had not intended to write a blog today because I’m up to my ears in packing. So this will be short. Trump has forgiven the prince of Saudi Arabia…
November 2018
When It Comes to Climate Change Fixes, Remember This
There are two faces to the climate change issue. One is science. The other is politics. Rarely does the second comport with the first, especially on the thorny problem of…
Tall Tales From the Oil Patch
Even out here on the Pacific it’s not hard to hear the squeals emanating from Athabasca and the Calgary Petroleum Club. The Tar Sands are in trouble. Actually the Tar…
The Brexit Disaster and the Hidden Face of Andrew Scheer
If you've been following the Brexit nightmare, you know what trouble Theresa May's Con Britain is in.With a new last chance deal, May herself, and the British economy in danger…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday November 21, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
LawFact of the Day: Employment Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Tuesday November 20, 2018. Today we are talking about Employment Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
An Amoral Chump
Donald Trump is a con man. But the truth is that he himself is easily conned. Tom Friedman writes in The New York Times: I really wrestle with this question:…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sara Mojtehedzadeh reports that the Ford government’s move to strip sick days away from workers was made without any attempt to consider the…
And a possum shall lead them.
Are you old enough to remember American Walt Kelly’s sage words: “We have met the enemy and he is us.”? And if you knew what those words meant, there is…
People Who Trust News Sources More Likely to Identify Fake News
Figure 1 from Cook, Ellerton, and Kinkead 2018. CC BY 3.0 A recent survey to find out who is susceptible to “fake news” found that people who hate the media…
the move west: day two: sudbury to wawa
I’ve retitled the last two posts. Original day one is now day zero, and day one is a new (different) post. I won’t attempt to explain what I was thinking,…
the move west: day one: sauga to sudbury
I tried to post this earlier today but had some annoying technical difficulties. Truth be told, I had organizational difficulties: the AC adapter for the netbook was in the truck.…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Enclosed cats.
Tuesday Evening Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Katrina Miller writes that Canada’s economic future lies in developing equitable and sustainable growth, not following the U.S. in its race to…
Is this the best they can do? The weak case against $14 in Ontario
Today the libertarian Montreal Economic Institute think tank released a short report claiming that Ontario’s $14 minimum wage is costing thousands of young workers their jobs and raising prices for…
On Extinction Rebellion
Here’s climate scientist Dr. Kate Marvel on hope and courage as quoted in Truthout: “Hope is a creature of privilege….he opposite of hope is not despair. It is grief. Even…
A Metaphor For Saskatchewan Politics
This is what it’s like to live in Saskatchewan with Premier Moe. What it's like seeing your carjacker shoot himself in the leg with a shotgun while going 140 km/h…
When the Climate Hammer Falls, It May Look Like This.
I make an effort to try to keep up with the river of research papers and studies on climate change that now pour in with increasing frequency. Sometimes I have…
St. Mike’s
I have lots to say about what is happening over there, and the root causes. But I’ve told my wife that I won’t, because this is all causing great pain…
Nov. 20: Our Last Chance?
I don”t know quite what to make of this piece of sensationalism/ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/defence-policy-trump-china-russia-1.4910038 Of course we could lose the next world war. In fact, It is almost certain everybody would…