Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – SBS News reports on the WHO’s warning that not only is the COVID-19 pandemic far from over, but cases are spiking globally. And…
July 2022
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 13, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Charter not violated in denying transplant to patient who refused COVID-19 vaccine, court rules #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3PqBEg4 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
On Claims of Porn in Schools
There’s a call to arms on a social media from a few people who think the memoir in graphic novel form, Gender Queer by Maia Kobabe (e/em/eir pronouns), should be…
They’re Focused On Trump
After yesterday’s hearings, it’s now clear that the January 6 Committee is focused on Donald Trump. Eugene Robinson writes: It was Donald Trump, and Donald Trump alone, who summoned and…
Is It the Canada We Want?
It’s an annual event. The provincial and territorial leaders gather to dine and feast on the supposed failures of the federal government. It is a blame game and it proves…
Today’s News: Ain’t we havin’ some fun now!
The Jan 6 committee held another hearing today – they’re taking aim right at Trump now, putting the “fun” in “fundamentally nuts”: As bad as we thought it was…it was…
Danielle Smith, campaigning to lead the United Conservative Party, sounds crazy – but is she crazy like a Trump?
Former Wildrose Party leader Danielle Smith, campaigning to replace Jason Kenney as leader of the United Conservative Party, apparently thinks we should “Uber-fy public services,” let teachers set up their…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Snuggly cats.
The one and only Sophie Howe, Future Generations Commissioner
Sophie Howe is unique—the world’s only Future Generations Commissioner. What, you might well ask, is a Future Generations Commissioner. Her function, according to her website, “is to provide advice to…
July 17: Montreal March for Status for All [Solidarity Across Borders]
Montreal March for Status for All Sunday, 17 July 2022 2pm at Place Emilie Gamelin (Berri UQAM metro) As the federal government is in the process of developing a regularization…
My latest: JC, come back
Where have the political leaders gone? The federal ones, that is. The national ones. The ones who are supposed to be leading this country, and other countries. National leadership —…
Legal Tweet of the Day: July 12, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Elon Musk hits back at Twitter court threat #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3atG9Yw – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Yasmine Ghania reports on the wastewater analyses showing that Saskatchewan is facing a new COVID-19 wave. Ed Yong discusses how the BA.5…
2 Tn (USD). That’s Real Money.
The US has caused roughly two trillion dollars in greenhouse gas emissions related damages since 1990. The huge volume of planet-heating gases pumped out by the US, the largest historical…
The causes and consequences of the Ukraine war
“No Putin. No War.” Street art by Plan B. Photo by rajatonvimma/Flickr. This is the full text of a speech given on June 16 by John J. Mearsheimer at the…
Hello, It’s Me, the Invisible Hand of the Marketplace.
Last Friday’s fiasco with Rogers network sure caused a ruckus for the cashless society. Merchants posted makeshift cardboard signs on their front doors warning customers they better have a valid…
Rae On Orwell
Bob Rae writes that these days he has turned once again to the works of George Orwell to understand what is happening: I began reading the works of George Orwell…
Violence is widespread and growing in Ontario health care
Contrary to popular perception, there are more assaults in hospitals than in any other industry. Long-term are facilities are also major site for assaults. Health care as a whole has…
On Choosing Leaders.
I’ve got a novel idea. Let’s choose the next liberal party leader for Ontario with an honest election. It might even be precedent setting. What I would suggest is an…
Today’s News: Finally!
Well, finally. Somebody in the White House seems to have taken charge of the abortion issue — maybe Harris, maybe Becerra, maybe Biden himself — and this is actually getting…