Donald Trump and the Crazytown Nightmare
It's the most devastating portrait of a President ever written. And its title "Fear" couldn't be better chosen.For Bob Woodward's new book about Donald Trump reveals a President and a…
2018
The Trans Mountain Pipeline Court Decision
Ms Soapbox spent the long weekend poring over the Federal Court of Appeal’s decision nullifying the Order-in-Council that approved the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion (TMX). Mr Bumble’s comment in Oliver…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Alert cats.
Bulletin from Keesmaatistan
.@jen_keesmaat, who tweeted in favour of secession, slept on it and doubled down on secession, and whose tweets on secession are still up, says you shouldn’t believe what she says…
Sept. 3: The New Brunswick election – endless trivia and boredom.
The story the irving press will never print. It’s about how U.S. invasions and U.S. corporations (and Canadian ones) have made Guatemala a hell. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/study-of-portuguese-and-spanish-explodes-as-china-expands-role-in-latin-america________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/trumps-un-funding-move-risks-damage-to-palestine-israel-and-us Another example of how…
Opportunity knocks
Illustration by Theo Moudakis It’s not clear why Donald Trump is acting like a one-man wrecking crew out to demolish the global trading system that took shape in the post-war…
Torkil Lauesen Answers Bromma, on The Global Perspective
available from leftwingbooks.net Dear Bromma Thanks for the review and comments. It is rewarding to receive reflective feedback on your work. I was hoping for this kind of discussion. The…
Child-separation: an ugly Canadian tradition
Photo from U.S. National Archives and Records Administration “Obviously, this is not the way we do things in Canada,” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said to reporters on June 20, responding…
The Real Russian Interference in US Politics
Mikhail Khorkovsky on hist first press-conference after he was released from jail, December 22, 2013 • Photo by Mitya Aleshkovskiy The Cold War between the United States and the Soviet…
Doug Ford and Andrew Scheer’s Assault On Our Universities
At first glance, you wouldn't think that Rob Ford had anything in common with Andrew Scheer.Scheer is a sinister religious fanatic and alt-right sympathizer, who despite the creepy smile that…
The Vindication Of Colin Kaepernick
Colin Kaepernick is someone I admire. As previously noted in this blog, the former NFL player, whose decision to protest police brutality against blacks by taking a knee during the…
Water: Our most precious resource
Did you know there were water restrictions in Collingwood this summer? No? Well, there were. And that underscores the vulnerability of our community to climate change when a community situated…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of September 4, 2018
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of September 4, 2018. For links, visit 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Thomas Walkom reminds us that the Libs’s supposed tradeoff of climate policy for pipelines is failing as much in producing the former…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of September 4, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 4, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Tesla wins lawsuit against Ontario government over phase-out of electric vehicle incentives…
Not Merely Window Dressing
The Federal Court of Appeal rejected the Trans Mountain Pipeline Project because, it said, there had not been “meaningful consultation.” But what, exactly, does that mean? Don Lenihan writes: After…
India is Crafting 21st Century Jugaad
The Hindi term jugaad roughly translates to “a type of frugal innovation or creative hack” and can be found throughout India. It’s not so much one thing as it is…
Harper’s henchmen halted.
The earth is still shaking in Alberta from the Federal Court of Appeal finally corralling the Calgary-based National Energy Board (NEB). The court was asking the logical questions about the…