140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of March 30, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 30, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: Watch: Mayor John Tory to declare state of emergency for Toronto Small…
March 2020
Checking with the Cuckoo Clock.
We have a pattern emerging. Every day at 11 am Eastern, we are now tuning into a news channel or live streaming CPAC on the Internet. The opening shot, is…
All around in circles #nlpoli
Going around in circles must be frustrating. Plummeting crude prices have dropped refining margins to negative numbers and so it isn’t surprising that Come by Chance refinery announced Sunday it…
Is This a Re-Run of the High Middle Ages?
An historian of the Middle Ages, Patrick Wyman, sees eerie parallels between European history leading up to the Black Death and the post-WWII era leading up to the Covid-19 pandemic.…
Never mind the Kenney Government’s ‘Blueprint for Jobs’ — 26,000 jobs gone with the wind in a day
So, make that 26,000 Alberta jobs, gone with the wind! Now that some of the smoke is starting to clear from Premier Jason Kenney’s Saturday Afternoon Massacre of school board…
Making the COVID19 Wage Subsidy Program work better for workers
With the federal government is increasing its temporary wage subsidy to 75%, other reforms are needed to ensure the public funding goes to maintain workers, and not pad the profits…
An Accurate Graph of my Response to COVID-19
H/T David Appell
Park Board salutes health care workers with 12-pound cannon boom at 7PM, altering schedule of iconic Nine O’clock Gun
News Release Vancouver Park Board March 29, 2020 The Vancouver Park Board is signaling its solidarity with the 7 PM movement to thank health care workers in the city who…
‘We Take the Dead From Morning Till Night’
Originally published by the New York Times Once known as a quiet and wealthy province, Bergamo is now a place where Red Cross workers go door to door, carrying away…
March 29 COVID News
The following COVID-19 resources may be useful to many of you; if you know of similar resources not on this list, send me an email and let me know. i…
The Leader and His Team
It’s been a tough week for everyone; especially that “young, energetic and diverse team with deep experience” that Jason Kenney (his words by the way) appointed to Cabinet. Health Minister…
How Do You Wash Your Hands When There’s No Water?
Handwashing is a lifesaver. As we are being reminded constantly in these days of pandemic, thorough handwashing with soap and water is one of the most effective barriers to the…
KINSELLACAST 101: Adler, Kinsella, callers on Cuomo, Trudeau – plus Wire, Television and Against Me!
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – David Bush reminds us that the hoarders worth being concerned about are the ones accumulating obscene amounts of wealth at the expense…
God Or Trump? You Decide
Your Sunday afternoon (rueful) smile. God only brought one guy back from the dead on Easter. Trump is here to bring back the whole economy on Easter 2020. Enjoy this…
Scenes from a mall
The only food court customer. On Saturday, at great personal risk, I went to a shopping mall. I know, crazy, right? Taking a risk like that? Am I insane or…
is my body keeping score? personal insights (plus brain dump) after reading the book by bessel van der kolk
When I wrote my beyond-rave review of The Body Keeps the Score: Brain, Mind, and Body in the Healing of Trauma, by Bessel van der Kolk, I purposely omitted some…
My living will, Jake Tapper and Brian Goldman
A living will is sometimes called an advance care planning document, or an advance directive. I call mine a living will, like the Americans do. Basically, it’s a document that…
Rural Isolation a Challenge or Opportunity
With all of us asked to stay at home unless we absolutly HAVE to go out into the larger community internet access has become even more of a nessity rather…