The Certitude Of The Profoundly Ignorant
Throughout this pandemic, much praise has rightly been given to the tireless frontline healthcare workers who have put themselves and their families at risk trying to keep others alive. The…
July 2021
The Upper Hand
We certainly do live in strange times, eh? H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
friends and family reunion road trip: day seven: dodgers vs giants!
Yesterday, family and friends from different areas of my life were brought together, through our plans — and through baseball! We dropped the dogs at the daycare place in the…
Just Plain Stupid
Have Albertans lost their minds? David Climenhaga writes: With Delta-dominated post-Calgary-Stampede COVID-19 rates surging and more than 1.5 million Albertans including all children under 12 still unvaccinated, Dr. Hinshaw announced…
Why are Canadian charitable donations going to Israel’s military?
Former Israeli President Reuven Rivlin salutes members of the Israel Defense Forces during the 72nd anniversary of the founding of the country. Photo from Twitter. Funding other countries’ militaries is…
Red is Dead and Blue is True!
It is possible to get confused between the political colors of Canada and the U.S.A. The problem is that the liberal red in Canada is the color red of the…
Health minister makes sure we understand chief medical officer of health came up with harshly criticized COVID-19 plan
According to Alberta Health Minister Tyler Shandro, speaking at a news conference on another topic yesterday, Wednesday’s decision for Alberta to become the only jurisdiction on the planet to start…
The Ugly Con Games Of the NDP’s Jagmeet Singh
He's a multi millionaire who likes to pose as a man of the people. He's the creepy king of Tik Tok who is always claiming credit for the ideas of…
Justin Trudeau and the Con Covidiots
Justin Trudeau couldn't hide how happy and proud he was. And he had every right to feel that way. Many months ago, during the darkest days of the Covid pandemic,…
Scavenger Hunt – Helium
A lot of attention is being paid to the “end of growth” expected to grind the global economy to a near halt by the end of the 2020s. See here,…
Time to reclaim the Sunnyside Bus Terminal: Toronto’s forgotten bus station
The Toronto Coach Terminal’s closure earlier this month was a reminder that the TTC used to operate an intercity bus service called Gray Coach, until it was sold off in…
Grilling turkey breast and zucchini with my Weber Q 2400 electric grill
A few months into owning my Weber Q 2400 and regular use on my condo balcony, a look at a typical meal: marinated turkey breast and zucchini with olive oil…
WTF, How Did We Wind Up Here?
Two centuries of progress. Cheap, abundant fossil energy. The Industrial Revolution. The Great Acceleration. The verge of collapse. There’s a new paper, published just last week, by Nick King and…
When My Heart Gently Whispered…. It’s Time to Let Go
It is my pleasure to host this guest post from caregiver and writer, Ruth Berzins. This blog post is part of a series on grief published on the Madiha Foundation…
Theatre Of The Absurd
Who will rescue me from the depths of cynicism this pandemic has ensnared me in? The simplest solution, of course, would be not to watch things like the following, but…
friends and family reunion road trip: a story about the digital divide
I separated out this story, because I didn’t want to give the impression that it ruined our day — and because I wanted to properly explicate it. The events were…
friends and family reunion road trip: day six: san francisco
Ah, San Francisco, how I love you. I love the energy of this city, its unique beauty, its mosaic of people and cultures and vibes. Just being here today was…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 29, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay:Britney Spears files to remove her father as conservator of her estate via CNN Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet0729202 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Talking Jagmeet Singh’s Letter to the Governor General on True North Politics
Yesterday I joined CTV News Channels “True North Politics” panel with Jennifer Burke from Shoal Lake, Ontario, along with Susan Smith and Andrew Brander. We talked about NDP Leader Jagmeet…
The Natural Governing Party
Lawrence Martin writes that the Liberals have been Canada’s natural governing party for a long time. Consider the history: The Liberals have been in power 71 of the last 100…