Musical interlude
Jessie Frye feat. Timecop1983 – Faded Memory
August 2022
Lessons learned from a wedding
My youngest son got married last weekend. The outdoor venue was beautiful, the weather warm but not hot. The bride looked wonderful, the kind of bride you would see in…
Pierre Poilievre and the Deadly Terrorist Threat
I call them the toxic Trudeau haters, and have long warned that unless these ugly Cons are brought under control they could set this country on fire. Only to be…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Elizabeth Yuko reports on the Biden administration’s creation of an office to address long COVID, while Joe Middleton reports on the soaring number…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 5, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Federal charges filed against 4 Kentucky officers in raid that led to Breonna Taylor’s death #law #legal #lawtwitter via @ABAJournal https://bit.ly/3Qjw9QI – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Ripped From The Headlines?
There are days while I scroll through Twitter that I come upon a headline that seems to be ripped from a satirical source, such as The Onion or The Beaverton.…
Make Lying Expensive
Alex Jones has built a career on lying. This week, in a courtroom in Texas, he has met with a reckoning. Eugene Robinson writes: The far-right radio host’s trial in…
The ‘Beyond Van Gogh Immersive Experience’: a sadness that lasts forever
he “Beyond Van Gogh” immersive exhibit has been traveling its way across North America for the past two years. Photo by Michael Brosilow/Frommer’s. Yesterday, I made the terrible decision to…
Is Doug Ford ‘Getting it Done’?
The silence from the Ontario premier’s office has been deafening. Hallway medicine is still practiced in Ontario. Do you remember when the jerk told us that it would not be…
Today’s News: Cue the Rocky Music!
Not to jinx things, but I think maybe Biden is winning! …are finding a way to make it work. They have done it alone with the American Rescue Plan. They…
Funding threatened by advanced education minister, battle over Athabasca University’s future continues
What’s up with Athabasca University, where Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides has threatened to cut off much of the 52-year-old Alberta institution’s funding if it won’t drop plans to move…
Suing for a green planet
Checking out the ensia website recently I encountered an article that surprised me. In a good way. Ensia, published at the University of Minnesota, is one of my favourite environmental…
On Anti-Racist Educating Provoking Bullying of White Kids
Addressing a local concern about bullying: I’m very sorry to hear about any child’s bullying experience in school. Bullying of any kind has no place in our schools, but we’ve…
Just a reminder…
During this 2022 municipal election campaign, I will also be posting on my campaign website blog with short pieces about local issues, events, policies, elections, and my vision for Collingwood.…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Bedir Alihsan et al. examine the effectiveness of face masks in preventing COVID-19 infections in both health care and community settings. And…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 4, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay:Toronto General Hospital under critical care bed alert amid staff shortages #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVToronto https://bit.ly/3QjbNqF – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
On Showing My Cards
I’m showing them!! People keep telling me not to let people know what I stand for until after the election, and that doesn’t sit well with me. Others have told…
Top Tools for Learning 2022
It’s that time of the year again when educators and developers send their list of top tools to Jane Hart. You can see my full list of web-based tools and…
Pro-golfers dirty themselves by taking blood money from Saudi Arabia
The new Saudi-financed LIV Golf series has been fraught with controversy. Photo courtesy Front Office Sports. When a golfer hits an errant shot that might bonk an unsuspecting spectator on…
UN chief says ‘grotesque’ fossil fuel greed punishing the poor, destroying planet
UN Secretary-General António Guterres at a press conference in Geneva. Photo by UNHCR/Flickr. United Nations Secretary-General António Guterres unveiled a new report Wednesday about the global effects of Russia’s invasion…