All hands on deck to rig the oil market
The oil industry and the free market are not well acquainted. The price of oil has long been manipulated more by cartels than by free markets. Since the 1970s, the…
March 2021
Saunderson Still Won’t Do the Right Thing
Mayor Brian Saunderson swore an oath at the council inauguration in 2018 that included the promise to “truly, faithfully and impartially exercise this office to the best of my knowledge…
The pandemic and capitalism’s essential workers
When it comes to essential services, workers must continue to deliver them. On the other hand, capitalism sees the freedom of capitalists not to deliver essential services as sacrosanct. Photo…
Piers Has A Moment
It must be hard to be Piers Morgan. The erstwhile CNN host, now a presenter on Good Morning Britain, loves to level caustic criticism at any number of targets, his…
Is music’s crypto moment a boon for artists or a symbol of capitalism’s worst impulses?
NFTs, or non-fungible tokens, look to be more like an expression of venture capitalism and commodification than a salve to the world’s ailing arts industries. Photo by Tom Robertson/Unsplash. The…
Talking the Timing of the Federal Budget and COVID Vaccination Passports with Kristy Cameron
Yesterday I joined Kristy Cameron on CFRA’s “Ottawa Now” along with Kate Harrison & Lindsay Maskell for the “Political Heat” panel. We talked about the Federal Government further delaying the…
Can I change my mind?
Recently I have been thinking October for the election that Trudeau wants. That could be wrong. The problem is that I was basing my thinking on the end of the…
ASIRT won’t do to investigate Lethbridge Police spying on NDP MLA; a judicial inquiry is required
ASIRT may be an OK place to start the investigation into the concerted effort by the Lethbridge Police Service to spy on Shannon Phillips, a local woman who just happened…
Covid Journal, March 8, 2021
A checklist of quality middle / left news sources. Can we cancel ‘cancel culture’? Also: an inventory of options related to Covid vaccines. We need to consider ALL of the…
ONDP’s "Green New Democratic Deal" – Cap and Trade – A Bad Idea Made Worse
"Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again." -From Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"There are a lot of good ideas in the Ontario NDP's recently released "Green…
ONDP’s "Green New Democratic Deal" – Cap and Trade – A Bad Idea Made Worse
"Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again." -From Billy Joel's "We Didn't Start the Fire"There are a lot of good ideas in the Ontario NDP's recently released "Green…
ONDP’s "Green New Democratic Deal" – Cap and Trade – A Bad Idea Made Worse
“Birth control, Ho Chi Minh, Richard Nixon back again.” -From Billy Joel’s “We Didn’t Start the Fire” There are a lot of good ideas in the Ontario NDP’s recently released…
Researching the right
Members of the Proud Boys march in Washington, DC, December 12, 2020. Photo by Elvert Barnes/Flickr. The last few years have seen a sharp uptick in discussions on the North…
Tracking the pandemic’s toll on Canada’s largest retail network
The government is failing to ensure that Canada Post employees are treated like frontline workers, and exposing them to additional stress and unsafe working conditions amid the pandemic. Photo from…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Paul Krugman notes that hostility toward basic public health protection such as masks represents a stark example of conservatives sacrificing human lives to…
Finding a Breakfast Cereal With No Added Sugar
Why is it so difficult to find a breakfast cereal without added sugar? Even your basic, unadorned bran flakes have added sugar in them! And not just a small amount.…
Underestimating Biden
During the Democratic primary and the election, Jennifer Rubin writes, the media consistently underestimated Joe Biden. This weekend his COVID rescue plan passed the Senate. Much has been made of…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the week of March 8, 2021
Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of March 8, 2021. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Seven Virtues To Liberate and Heal The World
The following is a seed thought, a note to myself, for further elaboration in the future, and it is a note I will share with others, because it is a…