Musical interlude
Metric – All Comes Crashing
August 2022
Trump Being Investigated Under the Espionage Act
The Independent has obtained a copy of the warrant to search Mar-a-Lardo.The search warrant, which federal agents obtained on 5 August, directed agents to seize “physical documents and records constituting…
Trump Being Investigated Under the Espionage Act
The Independent has obtained a copy of the warrant to search Mar-a-Lardo.The search warrant, which federal agents obtained on 5 August, directed agents to seize “physical documents and records constituting…
Trump Being Investigated Under the Espionage Act
The Independent has obtained a copy of the warrant to search Mar-a-Lardo. The search warrant, which federal agents obtained on 5 August, directed agents to seize “physical documents and records…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Irini Osaeivi et al. study the effects of long COVID and find that it continues to result in vascular damage for 18 months…
Faster Than We Imagined.
It's widely understood that the Arctic has been warming twice as fast as the rest of the world.Wrong, we got that wrong.A paper published in Communications Earth & Environment contends…
Faster Than We Imagined.
It's widely understood that the Arctic has been warming twice as fast as the rest of the world.Wrong, we got that wrong.A paper published in Communications Earth & Environment contends…
Faster Than We Imagined.
It’s widely understood that the Arctic has been warming twice as fast as the rest of the world. Wrong, we got that wrong. A paper published in Communications Earth &…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 12, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: In 18 months, it will be illegal in Quebec to declaw a cat or dock a dog’s ears or tail #law #legal #LawTwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3Qmmnha – Garry J.…
Who Benefits?
Some time ago, I read an excellent book by Michael Lewis called The Premonition: A Pandemic Story. In it, the author follows a group of dedicated researchers and a public…
Today’s News: Going Nuclear
Ain’t we havin’ some fun now? So Garland threw down the gauntlet to Trump – put up or shut up. He told Trump he was applying to the court to…
Retaliation isn’t justice
Ayman al-Zawahiri was the second emir of Al Qaeda from June 16, 2011 until he was killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan in July 2022. Photo by B.K.…
The Tax Credit Con.
This is not exactly a love note to Ontario premier Ford and his pathetic finance minister. The wife and I are seniors on a fixed income and these idiots are…
Advanced education minister drops demand that 500 Athabasca University employees must move to town of Athabasca
Alberta Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides seems to have dropped his threat to cut off some or all of Athabasca University’s $41.2 million annual operating funds if the distance-learning institution…
Quixotic quest bound to fail
A group of naive people believe that John Horgan’s departure will result in an open contest by which party members will elect a leader. But BC’s New Democratic Party is…
How Many Lives Is Pierre Poilievre Prepared to Sacrifice?
In my last post I wrote about reports that Pierre Poilievre is slowly but surely losing his marbles. The news that Stephen Harper's endorsement had done him more harm than…
A Cogent Rebuttal To Privatized Healthcare
Here in Ontario, the newly re-elected Conservatives under Doug Ford are making oblique sounds about private health care as a way to help solve our hospital crises. While we do…
Festival of Joy present to myself
FORTIS IN ARDUIS. New birthday ink from Passage! pic.twitter.com/5QsqgiT1dg — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 11, 2022
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – David Quammen writes about the ongoing race between scientific discovery and an evolving coronavirus. And Heidi Sheehan reports on new research showing…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 11, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Twitter lawyer: No ‘exit ramp’ for Elon Musk out of takeover deal #law #legal #LawTwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3QyC4S4 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…