2018
Calgary MLA Brian Malkinson joins NDP cabinet as Alberta shuffle unfolds as more micro than macro
Alberta Premier Notley runs a pretty tight ship when it comes to her cabinet. So, as expected, there wasn’t much shuffling in the cabinet shuffle announced on the weekend and…
DUCK!
Female Wood Duck – Stanley Park
Neil Macdonald – "This Is America"
In Neil Macdonald’s considered opinion, Donald Trump is no aberration. If anything, he says that Trump “represents the true soul of America.” Along the southern border, families with the will…
Worst President Possible
Who puts children in cages?Not men assured living wages.A #FightforFifteen?A quaint little dream,While American Dreams shrink in stages.#WhereAreTheChildren?#ChildrenConcentrationCamps.This started when?President Orange Gramps.* *Obama and Bush share some blame. — John…
June 19: Pope Francis must be……
…the last Christian in this world. https://zenit.org/articles/pope-francis-prayers-for-people-of-yemen/ Meanwhile, the evangelicals of America cry Hallelujah for Trump. Christians in general should be ashamed of themselves._______________________________________________________________ Praise the Lord. http://theantimedia.com/french-special-forces-yemen/________________________________________________________________ https://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/06/06/news/what-have-irvings-done-new-brunswick What…
Canadian labour in crisis: the way forward
Photo by Roger Annis Workers across Canada, most of whom are non-unionized, will benefit from the success of the Fight for 15 & Fairness campaign that swept the province of…
War on Iran is US Policy Now According to US Secretary of State
Photo by Gage Skidmore On May 21, in his first formal public address, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo (sworn in May 2) effectively declared war on the sovereign nation…
There’s a Lesson for Us in This.
Canadians have always taken for granted our “special relationship” with the United States and the longest undefended border in the world, yada, yada, yada. Integrating our economy with America’s seemed…
Should Justin Trudeau Call An Early Election?
As you probably know Donald Trump's decision to declare war on Canada has sent Justin Trudeau's popularity skyrocketing.According to the latest poll his approval rating hasn't been as high since…
Bill Maher on Trump and Trudeau as Goofus and Gallant
Donald Trump's decision to attack Justin Trudeau and declare war on Canada is deeply disturbing and the act of a madman.But one of the bright spots in this darkness is…
The American Caliphate
It’s a testament to how utterly fucked up American evangelicals have become that they now worship the least Christian president in their nation’s history. Team Trump will even defile the…
Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of June 18, 2018
140Law: Here are our top 10 Legal Headlines for the week of June 18, 2018. For links, vist 140Law at http://wiselaw.blogspot.com. A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on…
At an anti-Zundel rally
At an Anti-Zundel rally in Etobicoke Back in the summer 2004, neo-Nazi Holocaust denier Ernst Zundel was in detention at the Metro West Detention Centre. Neo-nazis and anti-Semites, under the…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Matt Bruening comments on the National Low Income Housing Coalition’s research showing that minimum-wage workers are unable to afford basic housing across the…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of June 18, 2018
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 18, 2018 from Wise Law on Twitter: Read the full text of the statement Trump and Kim signed Will…
Wash Park Prophet: The Iron Law of Oligopoly In Action
Wash Park Prophet: The Iron Law of Oligopoly In Action: Markets naturally tend to form oligopolies (i.e. markets dominanted by a small number of firms), a tendency called the Iron…
I’m with Lloyd – the USA is not a safe third country right now
I enjoyed another fantastic Father's Day in the company of my children, but all the while I fought back tears whenever I heard more of the sordid tales of asylum…