The Paternoster
I was late. I’d arrived in Prague just that week, in 1993, and I was still figuring out how to get around. I thought an… The post The Paternoster appeared…
May 2022
The Bridlewood Small Hydro Line Pathway – The Crumbling Continues
A year ago I wrote a blog post, Climate Change, The Pandemic and Multi-Use Pathways (MUPs), in which I talked about the state of Ottawa’s Multi User Pathways citing The…
I’ve decided not to run for the Green Party of Canada leadership. Here’s why
Green Party of Canada supporters march in downtown Toronto. Photo from Shutterstock. After months of reflection and consultations with family, friends and political allies, I’ve decided not to run in…
He Speaks – But Will The Truth Set Him Free?
In the following, George Bush offers an opinion that reveals more than he perhaps intended. Was it just one of his usual gaffes, his advancing years, or a subconsciously motivated…
Election primer: Ontario’s health care crisis
The Ontario Health Coalition is warning against unprecedented health care privatization and is calling for it to be a key election issue. Photo by International Museum of the Red Cross…
Alberta’s Cannibals
If you’re a conservative these days, you swim with sharks. And the sharks are cannibals. Carson Jerema writes: Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party has eaten itself. The dismal 51.4 per…
Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign Wants You to Vote
Canada’s most populous province goes to the polls in a few weeks, and climate should be at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Politicians are talking about the increased costs of…
My latest: Jason, we badly knew ye
Wither thou goest, Conservatives, in thine dark blue car at night? Sorry to get all Jack Kerouac on y’all, but that little line from On The Road kind of fits,…
Pandemic Amnesia
Someone told me that we need to adapt to Covid faster, and get used to masks and checking air quality much faster for our own survival. They think our problem…
Doug Doesn’t Debate.
Ontario conservative leader Doug Ford showed up at the only all-Ontario leaders’ debate Monday—book of notes in hand. It was an event designed for sociology students. It revealed more about…
After 51% vote, Jason Kenney announces he’ll quit as UCP leader and Alberta premier – but maybe not just yet …
Short days ago, Jason Kenney boasted to a right-wing podcaster in Washington, D.C., that he’d never lost an election. Likely UCP leadership candidate Brian Jean (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). That…
Today’s News: Ha ha
Sorry, I just can’t help myself. It’s truly a Nelson moment today. Jason Kenny has resigned as Alberta premier and as party leader. The Alberta Premier’s truck nuts will lie…
This Is One Part Of The Problem
The other, of course, is the love of the gun that indelibly stains America and which few are talking about in the aftermath of the Buffalo massacre. H/t Theo Moudakis…
Who puts the ‘D’ in….”Dystopia”?
Okay first, right off the hop, let me just say that yes, like a twelve-year-old, I have been snickering at the question “who puts the ‘D’ in ‘Dystopia’”. Dystopian fiction…
The Book of Knowledge: 1
When I was growing up in the Fifties and Sixties, having an encyclopedia in your home was the bee’s knees, to use my grandmother’s phrase. It was a sign of…
Plague Update: Doug Ford Broke Quarantine Law
Liberals might be happy to learn that OPC leader Doug Ford has been privately prosecuted with breaking federal quarantine law. Trial is pending. They may be less excited to learn…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ross Barkan takes stock of the reality that the U.S. has allowed a million people to die of a disease whose transmission could…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 18, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Maple Leafs star Mitch Marner’s SUV stolen in armed carjacking Monday #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3Ns9wbv – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
This’ll Make Wexiteers Lose Their Minds!
Three words that I’m sure Wexiteers will cringe at: mandatory heat pumps. The post This’ll Make Wexiteers Lose Their Minds! first appeared on Excited Delirium.
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 17, 2022
NOTE: If you send them to Gage Halupowski or Eric King, they have been transferred: Gage Halupowski #21894460 South Fork Forest Camp 48300 Wilson River Highway Tillamook, Oregon 97141-9799 Eric…