In social relations, it is often said that pride goeth before the fall. What prefaces the parliamentary cretinism that flows from the crowning of bourgeois governments? The 2022 election campaign…
People are already voting in Ontario. And I can assure you, it is far more convenient to vote in the ten days of advance polls than to get in line…
Busy day today so its not a long post tonight. First of all, here’s a great news story: On May 18, 2022 Saskatoon Tribal Council had the pleasure of witnessing…
Three former presidents of the Alberta Teachers Association have written a strongly worded open letter to Alberta public, Catholic and francophone schoolteachers throughout the province urging them to reject an…
PVRIS – Old Wounds
It’s reached the point where it’s hard work to ignore our perilous reality. But our political leaders, bless their hearts, shun it as a vampire does the noonday sun. Jason…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Taliban orders all female TV presenters to cover their faces while on air #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3MA0pW5 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Assorted content to end your week. – Ed Yong discusses how we may have created a “pandemicine” era by fundamentally changing how viruses are able to mutate and spread. The…
It’s Friday – end of the week, and the last 2 days of politics in Alberta have been a whirlwind … on Wednesday, Kenney said he would step down after…
Last post I mentioned I had rescued a set of encyclopedias from the dumpster at the end of this year’s Mother Of All Yard Sales (MOAYS; an Optimist Club event).…
I still remember how disappointed I was when Jason Kenney resigned his seat in the House of Commons, after stinking out the joint for years. Only to be greeted like…
The fall of Jason Kenney has brought forth nary a word from any of the contenders for the leadership of the federal Conservative Party. Susan Delacourt writes: No thanks or…
Jason Kenney has long maintained an address in fantasyland. Back in 2016 he somehow came to the now clearly erroneous conclusion that only he could fashion a robust and longstanding…
Charles and his lovely wife Camilla are in Canada and the news media are dishing out their usual orgy of coverage. Not that the coverage will be anything like the…
The Republican Party didn’t become disgusting when Trump came to power, it’s been terrible for over 20 years. How can you tell? W Bush just confessed to knowing the Iraq…
Heeeeere’s Kenney! One night after saying he was quitting, Alberta’s premier is back by unpopular demand. UCP Party Secretary Janice Nett (Photo: Linked-in). You have to admit that, by any…
I have been struck by the number of outstanding photos I am seeing of the brave soldiers fighting for Ukraine. I have been collecting these now for more than a…
Condo towers in downtown Toronto. Photo by VV Nincic/Flickr. Rental housing has been on the frontlines of Doug Ford’s war on the working class over the past four years. Shortly…
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Former Minneapolis Officer Pleads Guilty in George Floyd Case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3My3NR9 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Pam Belluck reports on a new study showing that people who weren’t initially hospitalized for COVID make up over three-quarters of the…
