The Arsenal Of Democracy — Again
Mark Twain wrote that “history doesn’t repeat itself. But sometimes it rhymes.” Paul Krugman writes: Britain in 1940, like Ukraine in 2022, had unexpected success against a seemingly unstoppable enemy,…
April 2022
What’s in a Name?
When you live in a large city, you find naming streets and places more difficult as time goes on. Proposed names have to be researched. Maybe not to the extent…
Alberta’s Continuing Care Act: Real problems, fake solutions
Photo by Gagliardi Photogra/Shutterstock Since taking power in 2019, the United Conservative Party (UCP) has maintained a heavy focus on “reforming” health care in Alberta, introducing measures which it says…
my happy kitchen life (i still love my instant pot — but it is not a good slow-cooker)
Don’t get rid of your slow-cooker! Since moving to a remote region with very limited food choices, I’ve upped my cook-ahead game to levels I never thought possible. I’m really…
Today’s News: Explaining Norway to a duck
I think Elon Musk may finally be meeting his comeuppance. He’s used to people telling him how brilliant he is: A lot of the recent profiles of Musk read like…
Garmin Vector 3 pedals: the company really stands by their products
Wherein Garmin replaces my four year old defective power pedals well out of warranty. For free.
Garmin Vector 3 pedals: the company really stands by their products
Wherein Garmin replaces my four year old defective power pedals well out of warranty. For free.
Why The Cons Are So Scared of the Emergencies Act Inquiry
It was one of the ugliest protests in modern Canadian history. The invasion and occupation of Ottawa by far right truckers bent on overthrowing the Liberal government. They blocked the…
My latest: never forgive, never forget
Ukraine. Remember that? Country in Eastern Europe, 40 million citizens. Has been invaded by Vladimir Putin, a war criminal, who has been murdering thousands of Ukrainian men, women and children…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 28, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Disney ends silence, suggests repeal of tax district is illegal | Miami Herald #law #legal #lawtwitter via @MiamiHerald http://hrld.us/3xUANPc – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Ouch
Steven Del Duca,he's NOT a leader. pic.twitter.com/OSOYssc9l1 — LiUNA! Canada (@LiUNACanada) April 28, 2022
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Peter Smits et al. examine some of the risk factors which tend to produce particularly severe breakthrough cases of COVID-19. The Economist…
Election Augeries
The ancients, when they wanted to know the future, often examined the entrails of birds. It was believed such dissections could augur both good and bad fortune. In a famous…
Pump Up The Heat Pumps
Too many homes use dead dino juice for heat, and we need to get every home to stop burning the remains of extinct species if we’re going avert catastrophic climate…
Language Pirates
Lawrence Martin writes that those on the Right have become skilled language pirates: The word “woke” used to have a positive connotation. It originated in Black culture and took on…
Freebies for fat cats: a loophole Trump partly closed lives large in Canada
Lord Green, Minister of State for Trade and Investment and Libya’s Prime Minister Abdurrahim al-Kib at a business lunch with members of the CEO Forum in London, May 2012. Photo…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates
What are the legal rights of adopted children when a parent – biological or adoptive – passes away? If the Will makes a gift to “my children”, does that include…
Better Build Bradford Bypass.
Damn the greed of Doug Ford’s Ontario conservatives. They have told their developer friends that they will build highway 413. The idea of 413 had been killed by the Wynne…
Today’s News: Blundered by the Right
When I looked at today’s news, I saw a lot of blundering today by conservatives – thus my title. But first, I want to do a Ukraine roundup. I thought…
Sweet Home Alberda? Jason Kenney, the Rodney Dangerfield of Canada, holds forth on pipelines, petroleum, and Pawliver
Jason Kenney is the Rodney Dangerfield of Canadian politics – he don’t get no respect! Right-wing American podcaster Josh Holmes (Photo: Podchaser.com). Alberta’s premier went to Washington, D.C. He wanted…