Today’s News: Oops
I deleted one of my tweets today. It was, of course, about the situation in the Ukraine and in it, I supported the NATO decision not to implement a No…
March 2022
Perennial favourite, Five Little Indians, returns to top of independent bookshops’ Alberta bestseller list
Here are the lists of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold by independent booksellers in Alberta during the week ended Sunday, Feb. 27, 2022. The lists are compiled…
Ukraine—a hard power lesson for Iran … and others
In December, 1991, as the Soviet Union crumbled into dust, Ukrainians voted overwhelmingly for independence. Thus was created something of a nuclear problem. The new country was the world’s third…
Musical interlude
Bob Moses & ZHU – Desire
Fifteen bad Ukraine narratives
Photo by Artem Kniaz/Unsplash Especially when deepened by the fog of war, idiocy comes in many mutually reinforcing forms. Let’s examine and get past some problematic thinking on the Russian…
John Duffy, RIP
John Duffy and I were on different teams. He was a Martin guy, and I was a Chretien guy. But he was one of those Martin guys – like Karl…
Justin’s White Elephant
The Parliamentary Budget Officer says the Justin Trudeau Memorial Pipeline Trans Mountain pipeline will be a big loser for the federal treasury. With costs now at $21.4 billion and expected…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Reuters reports on research showing that public health measures implemented in response to COVID-19 also saved hundreds of thousands of lives by limiting…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 4, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: US Supreme Court Restores Death Sentence for Boston Marathon Bomber #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3vEHOlW – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Change-Of-Pace Friday: A Teachable Moment
Given all of the strife and anguished suffering of today’s world, it really is necessary for our health just to sit back and have an occasional good laugh. I hope…
Chrystia Freeland’s ties to Ukrainian nationalists reveal a double standard
A since deleted photo posted to Deputy Prime Minister Chrystia Freeland’s Twitter account showing her posing with a red-and-black scarf featuring the words Slava Ukraini (Glory to Ukraine). The scarf’s…
Character And Destiny
On one level, the war in Ukraine is a study in character. Eugene Robinson writes: Perhaps any Russian leader would feel some measure of frustration or even rage at the…
Leadership Losers.
It’s hard to tell if the conservative leadership race is just winding up or already winding down. It doesn’t look good either way. The first problem is that the party…
Today’s News: There’s something happening here
I said this, or words to this effect, a few days ago and I feel this even more now: …Now the days before February 2022 have become the actual “Before…
Unauthorized recording dramatically illustrates the deep rift in Alberta’s United Conservative Party
“Let’s be clear, this Premier is a bully. And the people around him are jerks. And they will come after you, and they’ll come after your family, and they will…
Putin’s apologists
Russia’s war-mongering president, Vladimir Putin, has many admirers in the West. Various notable European politicians have paid homage, including the leader of France’s far right National Rally party, Marine Le…
MAD
Starting a world war always seemed pretty self-defeating to me. But bombing the biggest nuclear plant in Europe doesn’t seem to suggest a lot of long-term thinking, either. #PutinWarCriminal —…
Another dazzling bust to boom for Alberta
Having lived in Alberta on and off for over 60 years, I’ve seen my share of boom and bust cycles, perhaps our most well known economic phenomenon. But this last…
Nuclear War Not Humanity’s Only Option
Aside from the insane invasion of democratic Ukraine by the Russians, there’s another pending catastrophe in store for humanity anywhere between this afternoon and the next 5000 years. Destruction from…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 3, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario planning to deregulate traditional Chinese medicine, acupuncture #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CP24 https://bit.ly/3sCphol – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…