Afghanistan. There Was Never Anything to Save.
Our 20 year fool’s errand. The country’s last finance minister before the Taliban return has given an interview to BBC. Khalid Payenda says his country fell, not to the Taliban,…
November 2021
The Framework Convention Fails. Not Enough Nails.
The Glasgow climate summit, COP 26, or, as Prince Charles called it, our “Last Chance Saloon,” has lived up to none of the hype. There’ll be no Kumbaya moment. If…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 10, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Analysis: Trump suffers blow in January 6 case but keeps trying to outrun the clock ahead of 2022 midterms via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
My latest: punk rock and the plague!
Pandemics aren’t a ton of fun. The current one has caused economic chaos, political instability and no shortage of anxiety, planet-wide. For musicians and for those who promote live music,…
I’m a child, yes, but seriously
Because I’m an adolescent, I love this @CBCNews story because the guy in the picture looks like he’s so stoned he doesn’t know he’s got a string of nastiness dripping…
Then They Came For The Educators
As a longtime educator, I have always believed that whatever progress we can make as a species resides within the domain of knowledge and its concomitant, critical thinking. When both…
This is why we can’t have even minimally acceptable things
Here we go again. And somehow, the latest round of hysteria includes the Cons learning nothing from the failure of their attacks on coalitions or other forms of inter-party cooperation…
O’Toole’s Bogeyman
Erin O’Toole has found his bogeyman — a “coalition government” between the Liberals and the NDP. Althea Raj writes: Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole had a hard time concealing his smile…
Not Using Fossil Fuels is Better Than Technopostivism
The COP26 news coverage has focussed on pledges from counties to cut their emissions (which is good) and on funding for new technologies to suck carbon out of the air…
Monbiot, It’s Our Only Chance – Make Extreme Wealth Extinct.
Guardian eco-scribe, George Monbiot, writes that the ultra rich will be our ruin unless we get them first. Most of our dysfunctions are caused by pandering to the rich. The…
That office drinking scandal? Just never mind! Jason Kenney launches job program update in Calgary pub
No wonder they call it the Liquor Cabinet! You’d think it might have occurred to someone in the United Conservative Party strategic brain trust to factor former agriculture minister Devin…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Festive cats.
Eating off the Hill: Rotisserie chicken dinner with my air fryer
As mentioned a few weeks ago, I bought an air fryer. And while I quickly tried the usual air fryer favourites like like chicken wings, tendies, sammies and tater tots,…
Media Making Moe Not A Monster
Speaking of people who've lost touch, @MMandryk defends Merriman and Moe, saying his comment won't go over well with people who want to vilify the "monsters who don't care", but…
Every weakness is claimed as strength: Chuang’s ‘Social Contagion’ is critical proletarian research for our catastrophic present [Lausan.hk]
By JN A “SARS outbreak” on the mainland was first reported by media in Hong Kong on December 30, 2019. For those living in or involved with politics in Hong…
Legal Tweet of the Day: November 9, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: DOJ asks federal appeals court to lift temporary order blocking Covid-19 vaccine mandate via @CNN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Luxury pollution and the rigging of COP26
Jeff Bezos, founder of sub-orbital spaceflight services company Blue Origin, inspects New Shepard’s West Texas launch facility before the rocket’s maiden voyage. Photo courtesy Blue Origin. What’s being called “luxury…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Bruce Arthur offers a reminder that we know perfectly well how to limit the damage done by COVID-19 as long as a…
High CEO Pay Reduces Customer Satisfaction
The more a CEO is paid the worst customers are treated. Everyone knows inequality is bad for our society, but now shareholders might start caring because inequality within companies produces…