Trump’s 30 Years of Red-Square Bashing
It seems that Donald Trump has been studying the Kremlin drill manual for about thirty years. Now, just in time for the mid-term elections, two exposes of Trump’s lengthy ties…
2018
Bill Davis: a Canadian political giant speaks
From Steve Paikin’s spot: As a rule, former Progressive Conservative premier Bill Davis has avoided weighing in on controversial issues since he retired from public life in 1985. He is…
North Carolina – the First Little Piggy. Now the Big, Bad Wolf Is At The Door.
Oh, well. It’s not like they couldn’t have seen it coming – if only they had bothered to open their eyes. North Carolina is about to receive what southerners like…
Flawed Ford Logic On NWS Clause
Of all the scenarios out there where I’d envision a provincial government in Ontario invoking or trying to invoke Section 33 of the Charter (the “notwithstanding clause”) to override court…
FIDLAR!
Seeing the guys again tonight with my daughter – and, yes, I’m regularly the oldest guy at FIDLAR shows. They are godlike geniuses. Here’s one of their recent best. See…
He’s Insane
We’re told that Donald Trump is beating the bushes trying to find out who “Anonymous” is. Tom Friedman writes that he, she or them are hiding in plain sight. In…
LawFact of the Day: Family Law
Here is your daily LawFact from Wise Law for Wednesday September 12, 2018. Today we are talking about Family Law. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise…
Nearer My God To Thee
While Donald Trump was yesterday holding forth on Hurricane Florence in a manner that might make even a fourth-grader cringe (“They haven’t seen anything like what’s coming at us in…
New Dark Ages promo thingie
Out in early November. Pre-order yours now!
Donald Trump’s Hideous 911 Horror Show
As you know, yesterday was the 17th anniversary of the 911 terrorist attacks. A day to remember the dead, and all those who lost their loved ones.And a day when…
Akin learns about my solo band project
The high school my kids go to sent out an e-newsletter today advising us parents it’s time for “Meat the Teacher”. I think that’s the name of a band @kinsellawarren…
Not your father’s Tories.
Back in the years when I was a frequent visitor to the legislature at Queen’s Park, the conservatives there were a different breed. There is no way we can compare…
The era of Notwithstanding Clause restraint is over … get used to it!
The era of Notwithstanding Clause restraint is over. Get used to it. To borrow someone else’s felicitous metaphor, Section 33 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms was always…
Sometimes events just get away from you
One of the delights, and one of the devils are the same thing: the rapidity of electronic media. It allows immediate responses and demands immediate postings. And even the start…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats amid chaos.
The Obscene President
That would be Trump, of course. Now with Hurricane Florence barreling down on the Carolinas, Trump is patting himself on the back for his own government’s lethal neglect across Puerto…
Eating up the Hill: Piri piri chicken with corn on the cob & chips
As part of the Parliamentary Cafeteria’s menu revitalization they’ve been introducing more ethnic dishes, or at least ethnic-inspired dishes. One of the new offerings fits this category: piri piri chicken…
Column: Leaky McLeakface
There’s leaks, and there’s leaks. And then there’s the leak the New York Times got. It was splashed across last Wednesday’s paper, to the extent that the Old Gray Lady…
It’s Not the Science. It’s the Sheer Enormity of It We Can’t Handle.
Most of us get the idea that greenhouse gas emissions, the man-made stuff resulting from human activity, is the major driving force behind recent global warming. We accept that reality…