The Internet: a vanity press for the deranged
I’m not nearly as alarmed as @PierrePoilievre will be to hear that I am traveling with him. #cdnpoli #cpc @ClintonDesveaux pic.twitter.com/sLeohYvqrC — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 30, 2022
May 2022
The false hope of carbon capture and storage
A carbon capture plant built by Climateworks in Hinwil, Switzerland. Photo by Adam Sébire/Keystone/Redux. Carbon Engineering, the carbon removal start-up based in Squamish, BC’s “Outdoor Recreation Capital,” recently announced an…
De Adder Strikes Again
I have nothing to add to this depiction by Michael de Adder of a diseased America we would all be well-advised to steer clear of. Recommend this Post
Calling It What It Is
Jennifer Rubin doesn’t mince words. She writes in The Washington Post: Now is the time for precise language. “Forces” are not the problem; one political movement encased within the Republican…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of May 30, 2022
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Obstacles and prospects for a united left in France
Jean-Luc Mélenchon in Toulouse, April 16, 2017. Photo by MathieuMD/Wikimedia Commons. On May 29, the united French left presented a program of 650 propositions, offering a glimpse of what left…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 30, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 30, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: The Great Resignation: The toll taken on the legal field and what…
Run-off Elections are Best.
An acquaintance was berating me the other day for preferring first-past-the-post voting. The truth is though that I would really prefer run-off elections in every electoral district where needed. It…
Funny stuff, with dogs too
What a week! Here’s some funny stuff to start the next one. With dogs too, of course: man i don’t think i have another “why is jk rowling trending?” left…
Ed Mead on Millennials Are Killing Capitalism [Podcast interview]
Ed Mead (revolutionary, former urban guerilla, and ex-prisoner) recently appeared on the excellent Millennials Are Killing Capitalism podcast for an hour-long interview. We highly recommend checking it out. See below…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Selena Simmons-Duffin writes about the large number of COVID cases going unreported – and thus unaccounted for in risk mitigation – due…
Ford’s Privatization Scheme
How privatization of social services and healthcare is moving forward in Ontario from an anonymous ODSP employment provider: (from here with links to articles here and here) Ford two years…
The Catastrophe Is Upon Us
Robin Sears writes that the pandemic has exposed just how fragile our public healthcare system is: The list of the collective failures would fill an entire page of this newspaper.…
Today’s News: Waiting for the other shoe to drop
Waiting for more shoes to drop: There is non zero chance they shot one of the kids. Why else make this statement oh yeah it will get worse. https://t.co/xaVehvFMug —…
Pierre Poilievre Pivots.
Canadians laughed at Prime Minister Mackenzie King during the Second World War when he said “Conscription, if necessary…but not necessarily conscription.” Any serious student of Canadian politics understands what the…
Building the store. Aaargh.
OMG. Square is a PITA. One seriously needs a guide-priest to figure out the system. Whatever I need to toggle to set something is set three clicks away under a…
Building the store. Aaargh.
OMG. Square is a PITA. One seriously needs a guide-priest to figure out the system. Whatever I need to toggle to set something is set three clicks away under a…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Katherine Wu warns about the consequences of the powers that be deciding that people will be subjected to repeated COVID-19 infections. And Saba…