Back in the Summer of ‘39
…in Bavaria. Back in the Summer of ‘39. In, you know, Bavaria. https://t.co/nXJsEQ9QR6 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 12, 2020
2020
Selfish Pandemic Grandstanding Coming to Queen’s Park
During the battle against Covid-19 we’ve seen very few examples of poor behaviour when it’s come to our political leaders working together. We’ve seen some in Ottawa involving partisan spats…
The Other Outbreak: Workplace Struggles During the Pandemic
A worker at the Edwards Air Force Base in Kern County, California. Photo from Flickr. Only months ago, a polite and mostly sterile discussion was underway in official circles over…
Trump is Igniting a Cold War With China to Try to Win Re-election
President Donald Trump salutes cadets during the 136th U.S. Coast Guard Academy Commencement in New London, Conn., May 17, 2017. Photo by Petty Officer 2nd Class Patrick Kelley/US Department of…
Call The Libertarians!
Reader Brian sent this along to me this morning. Enjoy! Though they’ve been a tad quiet during the CoVid 19 Semi-Apocalypse, all you need to do to get by is…
Vancouver park and beach parking lots to remain closed
Vancouver Park Board Information Bulletin May 11, 2020 The Vancouver Board of Parks and Recreation will not be reopening parking lots at beaches and parks in the coming days as…
Monday Morning Links
Assorted content to start your week. – John Nichols writes about Pramila Jayapal’s recognition that mass unemployment is a policy choice – and her plan for wage supports to make…
A 100% virus-free blog
The things you notice while you have nothing else to do. The other day, I was having my daily glass of beer with my wife. (This requires some explaining. We…
Talking the Latest on the Easing of COVID-19 Restrictions on “The Arlene Bynon Show”
This morning I joined Arlene Bynon on “The Arlene Bynon Show” on Sirius XM’s Canada Talks 167, along with Alise Mills. We discussed the latest on the provinces beginning to…
Anti-Lockdown Protesters Block Ambulance Bay at Vancouver Hospital, Lead Chants Against Healthcare Workers
Photo: H. Gillies (Facebook) VIDEO Anti-lockdown protesters block St. Paul’s Hospital emergency entrance and shout insults at frontline healthcare workers An anti-lockdown march in downtown Vancouver nearly spiralled out…
Not Helping the Team: The Chilliwacky Trustee
Through out our fight against Covid-19 we’ve seen so many people rise to the challenge of these times, make big sacrifices and do whatever they can to help their communities.…
Today’s Warren Explainer©️
The US 2020 ballot question will be social distancing vs. opening everything up. Or, as we call it up here in Canada, living vs. dying. — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May…
A Petro-Prophet Says Bitumen is Finished.
Today marks the resumption of Trudeau’s Folly, the multi-billion dollar Trans-Mountain pipeline expansion destined to carry a whole lot of nothing from Athabasca to “tidewater” on BC’s Lower Mainland. The…
140Law: Top 10 Legal Headlines for the Week of May 11, 2020
140Law: Here are our Top 10 legal headlines for the week of May 11, 2020. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Wise Law Office (@wiselaw) on May…
A New Tension in the Workplace
It’s almost hard to believe that for many of us we’re starting our third month living with the measures to fight Covid-19. It was two months ago today that Ontario…
Pandemic Appropriate TV? I’m Not So Sure.
BBC’s ‘culture’ section is praising a TV series adaptation of a dystopian movie, “Snowpiercer,” set to air this month. The Beebs calls it “the perfect TV show for right now.”…
The End Of A Cycle
We’ve been here before. That’s the lesson of Andrew Nikiforuk’s latest column in The Tyee: The coronavirus pandemic is, among other things, a tribute to human ingenuity and our relentless…
140Law: Legal Headlines for the week of May 11, 2020
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 11, 2020 from Wise Law on Twitter: UPDATED: Everything you need to know about CERB, EI and income support…
Caring About the GDP is Passé
In 2009 we looked at how Bhutan uses Gross National Happiness instead of the bizarre Gross Domestic Product (GDP) measurement to see how “successful” the country is. The GDP doesn’t…
After the Pandemic, Let’s Double Down.
Canada is going to come out of this pandemic stronger, more determined and in a better position to build a stronger future. And we could come out with a national…