Betrayal
This summer, with its heatwaves and wildfires, droughts and floods, has left no doubt that the age of climate breakdown is here. All we have left to decide is how…
August 2021
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 4, 2021
#LegalTweetOfTheDay:READ: NY AG report into harassment allegations against Gov. Andrew Cuomo via CNN Read more: https://bit.ly/WiseLawLegalTweet080421 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
76 years after Hiroshima bombing, time for a nuke-free world is now
A huge expanse of ruins left after the explosion of the atomic bomb in Hiroshima. Photo courtesy AP. The Trudeau government says it supports nuclear disarmament, but its actions tell…
Warren’s highly-scientific voting methodology
If I vote in the County, I’m voting for @ryan_r_williams because he helped me find Joey and Roxy when they were lost. No other political candidates helped in the search,…
Sometimes They Get It Right
People who read this blog more than occasionally will be aware that I am not a big fan of Americans. Their widespread ignorance, their collective solipsism, their endless bruiting about…
friends and family road trip reunion: day twelve: ashland to portland
On our last day in Oregon, we met my mother and sister-in-law for breakfast in Ashland, finally getting to Brothers, a favourite of mine from our 2016 trip to the…
Vancouver needs a real housing solution, not more for-profit exploits
Vancouver is one of the most expensive and unaffordable cities in the world. Photo by Spencer Watson/Unsplash. Corporations exist for one reason: to make profit for their shareholders. Sure, some…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Estate Tax
When your Estate is submitted to the Court for Probate, an Estate Administration tax will be payable based on the value of your Estate. Capital gains tax may be payable…
Republican Nihilists
Some commentators claim that Republicans are the new hippies. Max Boot writes: In the 1960s, points out, the liberal counterculture attacked the establishment, while the GOP stood for order and…
Converting to Co-Ops will Save Small Businesses
The pandemic clearly caused chaos in the business world from lockdowns to supply chain issues, and this has caused many small businesses to face closure. Small businesses closing isn’t good…
‘Cousin’ Kyle is leaving us.
It is hard to imagine anyone willingly wanting to go to Florida at this time. Not that I pay much attention to basketball. It was only when the Toronto Raptors…
If the Alberta Party wants to get to the end of the rainbow, Brian Jean is probably not the man to take it there
Can it really be true Brian Jean, who once thought he had a pretty good chance of occupying the Alberta premier’s office as leader of the Wildrose Party, is quietly…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Leisurely cats.
A better world, and a better life
How do we build a better world? How do we build a better nation, a better community, a better life? The answer is the same in all cases. Alertness, always…
Retrieved from the memory hole: Our collective imagination
Here is a note from the memory hole, to jolt us back to a sense of reality: which means, a sense that all things truly are possible – with the…
Green Emergency
We’re getting closer to what appears to be an inevitable election in a couple of weeks, and just to be safe, all of the parties are getting ready to compete…
On Justice Warriors, and The Death of Freedom
When I hear people talk disdainfully or scoffingly at what they refer to as “justice warriors”, I have to cringe – not because they are right, although to some degree…
We get letters: not a Joe fan
I live rent-free in the tiny skulls of Trumpkin types. https://t.co/EmgeQ59CSc — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 3, 2021 The post We get letters: not a Joe fan first appeared on…