Now for the Nasty Stuff.
The election in Ontario might be the shortest in the history of the province, but it certainly won’t be the most courteous. How could it be? The voters are frustrated…
May 2022
Today’s News: Skippy will just wave his magic wand!
Lots of comments tonight about the first Conservative debate — apparently not an “official” debate though I’m not sure why that mattered. The big loser was, I think, Patrick Brown…
Will students learn ‘financial literacy’ or corporate propaganda from Alberta’s $5M curriculum ‘investment’?
There’s nothing wrong with a little financial education, but is that what Alberta students will be getting from the grade school “financial literacy” program Alberta Education Minister Adriana LaGrange announced…
More craziness from Texas
Many years ago, when I toiled in the oil patch, I lived in Houston, Texas for a couple of years. It was most enjoyable, especially the part about missing Canadian…
Dispatches from the front: A surrender in the chip war of 2022?
A few weeks ago, news broke that the standoff over pricing between Frito-Lay and Loblaw that had stripped chip shelves bare at Loblaws, Superstore, Independent Grocers and Shoppers had ended.…
Canada’s climate scorecard: “highly insufficient”
Checking the various international climate performance indices for Canada’s rankings is a depressing business. Consider for example the Climate Change Performance Index (CCPI). The CCPI is compiled annually by three…
Plague Update: Drugs and Tests
Are the Rapid A Tests much good for making social plans? Not definitively. Cases are going undetected by tests in many cases, giving false negatives that result in infectious people…
The Silence Is A Warning
This week, a draft ruling from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) was leaked. Although what’s in the ruling itself is retrograde (and that’s being kind), that isn’t…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 5, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: A federal judge accepts Derek Chauvin’s plea deal and will sentence him to 20 to 25 years #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3vMGRI7 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Eric Topol describes how COVID-19’s infectiousness has been steadily increasing with time even as so many governments have gone out of their…
Willful And Egregious Ignorance
I suppose that all political campaigns, to one extent or another, require some willful ignorance or selective memory. If they didn’t, how could so many voters support so many obviously…
The New American Civil War
The leak of the draft Supreme Court opinion on Roe v Wade is the second attack on Fort Sumter. It is the beginning of the second American Civil War. Lawrence…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: If a family member has put money into an investment in your name and you have co-signed on changes to the investment, does the…
Fifteen million
But, by all means, continue to go unvaccinated and stop wearing masks and act like it’s just another flu. Oh, and do your own research. That too. “Covid: World’s true…
First we take Staten Island: Lessons from the unionization of Amazon’s JFK8
Photo by Kalden Rangdrol Dhatsenpa/Canadian Dimension “The revolution is here.” —Christian Smalls, president and founder, Amazon Labor Union What happened on Friday, April 1 at Amazon’s JFK8 fulfillment centre in…
The ‘Don’t Care’ Politicos.
It’s election time in Ontario. And nobody cares about the environment. Oh sure, what’s his name, the green party guy is expected to complain a lot but even his seat…
Today’s News: Fuddle Duddle
A 1972 Merle “Ting” Tingley cartoon Today turned out to be the perfect day for this old cartoon The original remark, from 1971: pic.twitter.com/aLLy1r13Q1 — Sarah Sears (@iamSas) May 4,…
Elections Alberta contributions report shows NDP leading first-quarter fund-raising with more than $1M raised
Albertans donated just over a million dollars to the New Democratic Party Opposition in the first quarter of 2022, according to contribution records released yesterday by Elections Alberta. Contributions of…
Looking for Information
I am looking for information — and hopefully confirmation — about some local events that may have involved people who may be — or may wish to be — in…
How The Cons Fell Into The Abortion Trap
It's an American nightmare. A threat by the U.S. Supreme Court to deny women in that country the right to control their own bodies. It's a nightmare for all Americans…