Thursday Evening Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Thomas Powell makes the case for ensuring that families are able to maintain connections to loved ones in long-term care as part…
2020
Today’s tawdry Trudeau testimony, tweeted
“I am very happy to be here to talk about the pandemic for as long as possible. Also, what do you think about the cool horse behind me?” pic.twitter.com/xvnSokY28G —…
July 30: Oh, if only we had done what we said we would do in 1945…..
…but we were sold out by politicians – Liberal, Conservative, Democrat , Republican – who were, themselves, sold out to the super rich. _________________________________________________________________________________ My computer is acting very odd…
How to Help Students Succeed by Taking Ownership of Their Learning Online Through Personal Learning
This is an unedited transcript created by the Google Sound Recording on the Pixel 4 (the main reason I bought this phone in fact) of the webinar I gave July…
A Thursday with Justin
Tuesday we saw a big day in Ottawa when the Co-Founders of WE, the Kielburger brothers, testifying before the House of Commons Standing Committee on Finance. It was testimony the…
Toronto Needs a Bailout for the Ages
Toronto skyline taken from the CN Tower. Photo by VV Nincic/Flickr. As the poster child for financial calamity, it should surprise no one that COVID-19 has essentially set Toronto ablaze.…
Black and Indigenous Solidarity: An Oral History of Maestro Fresh Wes’s “Nothing At All”
Maestro Fresh Wes. Still image from YouTube. Before artists such as Drake and The Weeknd became global ambassadors for Canadian hip hop, Wesley Williams (better known as Maestro Fresh-Wes or…
Plague Update: Herman Cain Dies
Herman Cain, former U.S. presidential candidate, dies after contracting coronavirus Oh my god. He didn't even know what a vaccine is. pic.twitter.com/yEMR4gFgp0 — Jessica H (@yesssi) July 30, 2020
If You Want a Scandal, Go For One That May Have Cost Lives.
When Pierre Poilievre and Warren Kinsella are chewing on the same bone it’s time to look for something more engaging. Is “We” the best they can come up with? Besides,…
Talking the WE Scandal & the Kielburgers Testimony with Rob Snow
Yesterday I joined Rob Snow on 1310 News “The Rob Snow Show” along with Katlyn Harrison. We talked about the latest on the WE Scandal, Tuesdays testimony by the Kielburgers…
"Boring" Thy Name is August.
If it wasn’t for Covid-19, the climate crisis and the world generally spinning off its axis, this would be a painfully boring time in Canada. August is traditionally a quiet…
The Cancer Diaries, part 5
The resilience of the human body is truly amazing. Here I am, three weeks after major surgery, and much of my daily life is back to normal. I can drive,…
July 28: And it goes on….
For reasons best known to itself, my computer did not send out the following blog on July 28 – though I ordered it to do so. But computers follow their…
How to never navigate a public relations crisis
Before we all forget, it is worth noting that the smarmy, smug, smirking brothers’ performance this week was poorly shot, poorly executed, and poorly advised. I intend to use it…
Lewis’ Last Words
In an earlier post, I expressed my admiration for John Lewis. Today, The New York Times published his last address to his nation, written a couple of days before he…
My latest: the October Surprise
It’s coming. October and the October Surprise, that is. It is as inevitable as it is predictable. The October Surprise can be capitalized, like that, because it is an actual…
Liberals whistle past the graveyard.
While it might be foolish to buy stock in Trudeau and Company in Ottawa, you have to ask who is going to gain in an election? It is a serious…