This City Captures Drinkable Water from the Air
Aquifers feel there pressure of increasing populations and farms; as a result, cities around the world get drastically close to running out of water. The solution in some places may…
February 2022
Today’s News: It passed
Done! The Emergencies Act passed the Commons and now the Senators get to posture and preen for a bit before they pass it too. The fact that we got through…
Kenney’s Confusion.
Heard the other day that Alberta Premier Jason Kenney intends to go to court to block the Trudeau government’s use of the Emergency Measures Act. That is a little late…
Looks like Albertans will get their wish and become the focus of Canada’s attention – it may be an unpleasant experience for some
As the folk wisdom goes, be careful what you wish for, you might just get it. Albertans, who have a habit of complaining bitterly when they are not at the…
The End of the Postwar World
Today marks the end of the post-Cold War world. At least that’s how the editorial board of the Washington Post views Vladimir Putin’s decision to recognize two disputed regions of…
Unpublished Ottawa: whither thou goest, Tories, is your 1958 Edsel?
Watching some gesture-y guy talk about why the #CPC are hooped. Joey and Roxy are asleep. Link here: https://t.co/xAeEuunVyW pic.twitter.com/3Lmpjz5eUL — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) February 22, 2022 The post Unpublished…
Hot takes: Putin outmanoeuvres the West; Trudeau outmanoeuvres the Opposition, and Alberta outmanoeuvres … shoes!
Well, this has been an interesting Alberta Family Day – and it’s not even over yet. In international politics, Russia recognized the independence of two breakaway Russian-speaking provinces of eastern…
Why The Cons Are The Big Losers Of The Battle of Ottawa
It's amazing what a difference a few days can make. Just three days ago this poor loser might have thought the Con terrorists were winning. As he bellowed and belched…
Who are they?
Video captured by CTV News appeared to show several protesters surrounding, harassing and intimidating a crew from the CBC. Two men could also be seen spitting at the journalists Link…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Alexandra Hutzler reports that even a majority of Americans seeing mask mandates lifted aren’t prepared to buy the line that it’s safe to…
Drowning in Greenwash
November, 2015. A newly elected Canadian prime minister took to the floor of the Paris Climate Summit and proclaimed “Canada’s back.” The climate pariah, Stephen Harper, had been vanquished. Canada…
Flash Floods in London???
One thing that still amazes me when these climate emergency events occur is how easily our resilience is overwhelmed. Next week the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change will release its…
"Useful Idiots"
Andrew Nikiforuk has always been a very credible journalist. I don’t dismiss his work lightly and neither should you. His latest column, however, will trigger some of you to skepticism.…
International criminal justice bares its colonial fangs
Photo by Rick Bajornas/United Nations/Flickr The inhuman manner in which the United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) treats Rwandans who have been acquitted or who have been freed…
"Don’t Call Them Protesters" – Michael Harris
Michael Harris writes that the mob that occupied Ottawa’s Centretown were no more “protesters” than the mob that ransacked the Capitol on January 6th were “tourists” or “patriots.” And he…
Meme Monday #11
What can be said here except “Long may she reign”? Althoughmaybe someone should check to make sure Italy is alright… Loyally Yours,A Kisaragi Colour
A Con Job Par Excellence
We live in an age where con men — and women — rule the roost. The Ottawa Occupation was a con job par excellence. Patrick Gossage writes: There is little…
what i’m reading: four lost cities: a secret history of the urban age by anna newitz
Wmtc readers may know that I am endlessly fascinated with ancient civilizations. Allan and I will go anywhere to see ruins from antiquity or Neolithic sites. My desire to see…
Wise Law’s Top 10 LawTweets for the Week of February 21, 2022
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The Police Problem in Canada
The Emergencies Act sets a dangerous precedent- as does Bill 1 in Alberta, and we should not be encouraging their precedent-setting use. It is clear that the systems and leaders…