September 2021
Are We Becoming Ungovernable?
Like the jackass who threw gravel at Justin Trudeau we’re plainly becoming unruly but that’s not the point. Are we, as a nation, a society, becoming ungovernable? Are we disposed…
In Which an Anti-Vaxxer Ethics Professor Falls Far Short Of The Mark
Dr. Julie Ponesse, erstwhile professor of ethics at Western University, has been terminated for her refusal to adhere to the Covid vaccination mandate at her school. The following is a…
Time for craft brewery workers to organize
Kim Sturdavant, brewmaster at the now-defunct Social Kitchen & Brewery in San Francisco. Photo from Facebook. Over the past four months, the craft brewing industry has been rocked by revelations…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the Week of September 13, 2021
Here are our Top 10 #LawTweets for the week of September 13, 2021. – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Hedges on 9/11
On the anniversary of 9/11, Chris Hedges offered these thoughts: The explosions and collapse of the towers, however, were, to me, intimately familiar. I had seen it before. This was…
A Kenyan Factory Turns Plastic Waste into Bricks
Nzambi Matee got tired of waiting for a solution to all the plastic waste she saw, so she created a company to deal with it. The material engineer opened a…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of September 13, 2021
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 13, 2021 from Wise Law on Twitter: Drug possession charges dropped across Ontario at an unprecedented rate Lawyer Rankin…
A Bigot’s Endorsement.
Dammit Justin, can’t you get anything right? You were supposed to trash the Bloc’s Blanchet in the French-language debate. In the English-language debate your targets were conservative Erin O’Toole and…
Election Follies and Funnies #22: Trudeau’s remarkable speech
Today on the campaign: Trudeau made an impassioned speech about Canadians coming together to help each other out during the pandemic. Singh had a zinger tweet. O’Toole fell on his…
Canadian leaders ignore deadly risks
The science is clear. We must act today to address climate change. Goals for reduced emissions in 2030, 2040 or 2050 are simply inadequate. Yet politicians sitting on both sides…
Another Covid Solution, Another Non-Plan
Nero fiddled while Rome burned; Jason Kenney hid while Albertan’s lives and livelihoods went up in smoke. Last Thursday Health minister Shandro and Drs Hinshaw and Yiu unveiled the government’s…
Let’s Get Real
The world we know today began in 1920. That’s when Britain and France began invasions of the Muslim countries of the middle east. A major force in that was the…
This week’s Sparky: enough.
The post This week’s Sparky: enough. first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Here’s A Scary Thought: Let’s Keep Fossil Fuels In The Ground
WTF? What are you talking about?You heard me right. Let's keep them in the ground. The choice is clear. If we continue to extract and burn them, dumping huge amounts…
Here’s A Scary Thought: Let’s Keep Fossil Fuels In The Ground
WTF? What are you talking about? You heard me right. Let’s keep them in the ground. The choice is clear. If we continue to extract and burn them, dumping huge…
The last week: where things stand
State of the RaceIn the last few days the Liberals have begun inching upward in various polls, in particular in the Nanos daily tracking poll for the Globe and Mail…
The last week: where things stand
State of the RaceIn the last few days the Liberals have begun inching upward in various polls, in particular in the Nanos daily tracking poll for the Globe and Mail…
The last week: where things stand
State of the Race In the last few days the Liberals have begun inching upward in various polls, in particular in the Nanos daily tracking poll for the Globe and…
