Poilievre’s Plaint.
Writing about Carleton MP Pierre Poilievre the other day, we failed to resolve the key question. How can he expect the anger of his ‘Convoy’ followers to co-exist with the…
June 2022
Animal crackers
Busy day today so just some funny animal tweets to enjoy: pic.twitter.com/kxBADuoqhj — Cathie from Canada ?? ??️? (@CathieCanada) June 7, 2022 Bear sits next to guy ?? pic.twitter.com/0mkauOqsaL —…
Kinsellamusic
Made y’all another playlist. You’re welcome. https://t.co/AQbq72QsuP pic.twitter.com/cTK65OoX8V — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 9, 2022
Hidden billions, missing millions
In 2016, an unnamed whistleblower provided Munich daily newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung with encrypted internal documents from Mossack Fonseca, a Panamanian law firm that sold anonymous offshore companies. These entities enabled…
Interview with Akinyele Umoja on Kuwasi Balagoon [Black Agenda Report]
BAR Book Forum: Interview with Akinyele Umoja Roberto Sirvent, BAR Book Forum Editor 08 Jun 2022
Circular Barometer & CIty Planning
Our cities NEED to be a LOT better if we’re going to address climate change in any meaningful way. Here are some resources. Also, Europe has announced they will likely…
Rethinking police reform and abolition in the wake of Uvalde
Members of the Uvalde Police Department pose for a photo, August 2018. Photo from Facebook. Eighty minutes passed between the first call to the Uvalde Police Department and the killing…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Nathalie Schwab et al. study the results of autopsies, and find that COVID-19 appears to be the actual cause of death even for…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 8, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: TTC denies responsibility in subway-pushing case, calls for $1 million lawsuit to be dismissed #law #legal #lawtwitter https://bit.ly/3aFdP4N – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
The Long Emergency
The inflation we’re facing now is part of what James Kunstler called “the long emergency.” Andrew Nikiforuk writes: In 2005 Kunstler, famous for his critique of suburbia, noted that civilization’s…
The war in Ukraine has Canadian mining companies looking to Africa
Phosphate mining in Togo. Photo by Alexandra Pugachevsky/Wikimedia Commons. The invasion of Ukraine and the resultant Western sanctions against Russia have wrought far-reaching consequences on global commodity flows. These impacts…
“There is no joy in Mudville.”
In writing “Casey at the Bat” E.L. Thayer spoke of the depth of disappointment felt by the people of Mudville when their champion is defeated. It is the same disappointment…
Today’s News: News from all over
First, in Canada, the Mass Casualty Commission into the 2020 Portapique massacre is continuing with RCMP testifying today. Here’s the worst of it: as shown in Tim Bousquet’s hearing coverage…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Sociable cats.
Bad Driver or Hate Crime? RCMP says “impatient”
" was shouting stuff out. He was being racist, using some racial slurs," said Garrett Dan. "We have a whole bunch of witnesses to what happened to my brothers." Please…
Alpha Max won an award for best cover design!
Great news: my latest novel won an IndieReader Discovery Award for the Best Cover Design (fiction)! This is exciting news – I knew I’d found… The post Alpha Max won…
Legal Tweet of the Da: June 7, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Proud Boys Charged With Sedition in Capitol Attack #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3HddGCd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
Body cameras do not fix the problem of police legitimacy
Body camera worn by an officer in North Charleston, South Carolina. Photo by Ryan Johnson/Wikimedia Commons. On May 27, Leonna Hale, a 26-year-old black woman, was shot multiple times and…
The Arboreal Record
This, from Michael de Adder: Recommend this Post