Leaf Blowers Getting Blown Away
Leave your leaves alone! Leaf blowers, like lawn mowers, are counterproductive to a productive piece of land. If you want a better, healthier, garden next year then you should let…
October 2022
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 20, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Justice: Rapid City, South Dakota hotel sued for denying rooms to Native Americans #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3saw4oe – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
The unbalanced scales of international criminal justice
The International Criminal Court in The Hague. Photo by OSeveno/Wikimedia Commons. “The tribunal was an important judicial tool, and I had enough support from President Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine…
Campaigning on Covid
As you might know, if you’re a frequent reader here, I’m running for an elected position: school board trustee. It’s a little position, so there’s no budget or staff. There’s…
Eleven wrong ideas about climate
Photo by Magnus D/Flickr In various speeches on climate and climate change, we find a large number of commonplace ideas, repeated a thousand times in all tones, which constitute wrong…
Truss Is Gone
That was fast. Liz Truss has resigned as prime minister of the U.K. Nick Eardley writes: I’ve never seen anything like this. Let’s be clear what’s happened: yesterday Truss told…
Seems About Right For The Times We Live In
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Undemocratic democracy
The activities of groups and individuals promoting preferred candidate David Eby were acceptable, while those working for Anjali Appadurai were, in the words of Elizabeth cull, “engaged in serious improper…
For Whom Bell Tolls?
It was 22 years ago that Bell Canada spun off Nortel—the jewel in Canada’s communications crown. What Jean Monty of Bell Canada really did was to dismiss Canada’s world leadership…
Today’s News: Updates
Just a short one tonight. First, about the POEC hearings: A lot of people are looking really really bad in this inquiry and none of them are named Trudeau. —…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Andre Picard discusses how Canada is unprepared (by choice) for the effects of long COVID, while Jennifer Lee reports on warnings from Alberta…
On democratic decisions
Today looks to be a watershed moment for the future of the B.C. NDP, as its provincial council determines whether to follow a recommendation to disqualify Anjali Appadurai from its…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 19, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Justin Trudeau accused Doug Ford of ‘hiding’ during convoy protest, documents show #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3TmvXlO – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…
Will He Be A Witness?
If there’s one thing Doug Ford doesn’t want to do, it’s being a witness at the Emergencies Act Inquiry. Susan Delacourt writes: Many mysterious characters drifted into Ottawa during last…
The Breath of Fools
Another thread to save – this time from author Alisa Lynn Valdés. Warning: Lots of swears in this one! The mechanism of SARS2? Endothelial damage. In plain English? Covid-19 fucks…
Artists Show the Real Toronto
Another impressive piece by the artist @JohnTory. #AusterityTO pic.twitter.com/9ZwvXUDIDz — Yash Keough (@conradsleight) October 5, 2022 Hopefully next week Toronto will have a new mayor (vote Gil Penalosa!) and oust…
The Blame Game.
It is like making sausage. You really did not want to dig into the process. That is what Justice Paul Rouleau and his ‘Freedom Convoy’ Inquiry has gotten into. The…
A big apology by Danielle Smith and a bad poll for the UCP make it look like her government’s already on the ropes
Coming on the heels of two official statements since she was sworn in as Alberta’s premier that attempted to explain or clarify contentious comments, Danielle Smith’s straight-up apology yesterday for…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
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The Next President?
Many think the swamp in Florida will yield up one of its fondest denizens, Gov. Ron DeSantis, as a contender for the GOP presidential nomination. The following reveals much about…