Bolsonaro’s Amazon
On the right is the Amazon rainforest of the region’s indigenous tribes. On the left is the Amazon as Jair Bolsonaro prefers it. This does not end well.
2021
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 24, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Huawei exec Meng Wanzhou appearing in court Friday to resolve charges, report says via @TorontoStar – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Rule Brittania? No, Nay, Never.
In response to Canada’s half-assed efforts to defend its sovereignty in the Arctic, the Brits have offered to throw us a lifeline. Nobody in Ottawa has been paying much attention…
Oh Please, Now Can You Release Those Hostages? Please?
Meng Wanzhou is expected to make a virtual appearance in a U.S. court to enter a guilty plea to some sort of plea-bargained charges today. The Hwawai CFO has been…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Katherine Wu, Ed Yong and Sarah Zhang set out six rules which will shape how we handle the next wave of COVID –…
Designed To Fail
H/t Theo Moudakis In his column today, Bruce Arthur offers the opinion that Ontario’s vaccine passport is a half-hearted effort by Doug Ford that seems almost designed to fail. …as…
He Won!
Newsflash! The Cyber Ningas — you remember, those bozos from Florida who conducted an audit in Arizona to discover who won the American presidential election in Maricopa County — have…
Can we really fight for a left agenda within the NDP?
NDP leader Jagmeet Singh makes a campaign stop in the riding of Pitt Meadows—Maple Ridge in British Columbia, September 19, 2021. Photo from Twitter. As electoral cycles go, this one…
Liberal Win, Trudeau Loss.
Liberals are in for a few more years of Justin Trudeau creating his legacy, but his time is limited. It is unlikely that he has more than three years left…
Today’s news: frustration and sadness in our hospitals
Saskatchewan had 460 new cases of COVID-19 to report Thursday, along with 444 recoveries and seven deaths. There are 273 COVID patients in the province's hospitals, including 58 in ICUs.https://t.co/DYD2Too4Ws…
RIP Fern Hill.
I would like to acknowledge the passing of former Progressive Blogger affiliate Fern Hill. Her former blog affiliate on here would be Birth Pangs – you can still find some…
The real world.
For something like 150 years, Canadians have been fighting other people’s wars. Recently,(since 1949) Canadians have been fighting American wars. (The worst bout was 12 years killing Afghans to make…
Big climate promises at the UN … but
The United States and China, rivals on the world stage and also the two biggest economies and the two biggest emitters of greenhouse gases made some big climate promises at…
We get letters: Warren gets the gold
I don't get paid to medal. I medal through hard work and excellence. #cdnpoli https://t.co/GSmMLcPUxc — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 23, 2021 The post We get letters: Warren gets the…
Mein Gott! He Said What? Glavin, Really?
I can’t think of the last time I agreed with National Post columnist, Terry Glavin. This could be a first. In his latest column, Glavin agrees with a former mentor,…
On echoes
Plenty of commentators have pointed out the symmetry between this year’s election and that of 2008 in terms of low voter turnout and general dissatisfaction with the outcome on the…
Donald Trump was unavailable for comment
From CBC: Twitter restricted People’s Party of Canada Leader Maxime Bernier’s account, preventing him from posting any new messages for 12 hours after he used the platform to encourage his…
Are the new Conservatives the old Conservatives?
Erin O’Toole’s Conservatives showed a new face during the recent campaign. A surprisingly progressive one. The leader said the party has let Canadians down, citing climate policies and engaging with…
#Elxn44 Roundup
News and notes from the aftermath of Canada’s federal election. – Christo Aivalis is the latest to point out that nobody emerged from the election as a winner. And John…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 23, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario’s vaccine passport: What you need to know via @CBCNews – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net