Today’s news: Its a "Tridemic" now
I guess they’re calling it a “tridemic” now — the triple hammer of Covid, flu and respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) that is destroying our hospitals. This time, its the children:…
December 2022
Financing Ford’s Follies.
I hate to admit that I am going to have to stop saying Ontario premier Doug Ford is stupid. That dumbass has us paying for his stupidity. So, who’s stupid…
Rachel Notley’s portrait to be unveiled on Thursday in the Legislature Building – there are policy issues
Let’s take a break from the Sovereignty Act today and talk about something really important: Alberta premiers’ portraits. An Alberta premier could do worse than emulate Barack Obama’s official presidential…
Homo sapiens—a hierarchical species
Observing the recent political shenanigans in Alberta one notes an intriguing pattern of human behaviour. During the recent competition for leader of the UCP, and therefore for premier of the…
Georgia runoff, in tweets
Who do you think I support in the #GeorgiaRunoff? pic.twitter.com/TTkd4hsqUG — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 7, 2022 @GOP are so, so stupid for shit-talking early voting. #GeorgiaSenateRunoff — Warren Kinsella…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Benched cats.
Reward for information
If you provide credible information about the “men” threatening this reporter, or others, you will get a substantial reward. We don’t need your name. Anonymous. DM me. I’m done. Free…
How Could Covid Cause Kids to Die of Strep A??
A great thread from @1goodtern explains this study providing evidence to help people understand why children are dying of Strep A. All the loud letters are theirs.: Here’s how. Covid…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 6, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Facebook warns it could block Canadians’ access to news over Ottawa’s online news bill #law #legal #lawtwitter via @globeandmail https://tgam.ca/3P2n2Vb – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
My latest: dummies, dumped
Spare a thought and a prayer, if you will, for the convoy types. Because they are sad and lonely, these days. Their suitor and champion has abandoned them, you see.…
What I’ve Learned So Far
The boardroom is smaller than it looks on camera, and cozier and everyone’s very nice and welcoming. It doesn’t feel as formal as it looks, so I started out a…
Bats In His Belfry
Donald Trump has gone completely off the rails. Marc Thiessen writes: After the Supreme Court two weeks ago unanimously rejected his request to stop a congressional committee from obtaining his…
SHART Machines Can Detect Your Defecation
The next time you go to the doctor they may want to know the sounds you make while using the toilet. You may even get a S.H.A.R.T. detector in your…
Planning our way out of poverty: Racism and Toronto’s housing crisis
Kensington Market, Toronto, Canada. Photo by Dan D./Unsplash. Fearing the Immigrant: Racialization and Urban Policy in Toronto Parastou Saberi University of Minnesota Press, 2022 The cities of Europe are in…
Today’s News: What we learned
Please enjoy my #PierrePoilievre cartoon for Tuesday’s @TorontoStar pic.twitter.com/UHF3AVp4VE — Theo Moudakis (@TheoMoudakis) December 5, 2022 Majority of Canadians favour Emergencies Act invocation, poll shows https://t.co/7S0prdOJIK — The Globe and…
Golden Rule Days.
One of the stupidest moves over the years with Toronto schools was the removal of school resource officers. It was an example of ignorance winning over common sense. School resource…
Rank and file UCP MLAs are momentarily powerful – which likely explains Danielle Smiths’ partial Sovereignty Act climbdown
Given everything that’s happened up to now, no one should be surprised by the United Conservative Party’s awkward flip-flop on Premier Danielle Smith’s rapidly deflating “Sovereignty Act.” Alberta Premier Danielle…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Beth Gardiner discusses how the oil industry has long understood how much fossil fuels would damage the Earth’s climate (even while fighting tooth…
Oh, Carey
(apologies to Steve Perry)You shouldn't have postedKnowing how Montrealers feelAnd you should've knownDec. 6 and what it meansOh, I must've been a dreamerAnd I thought you were someone else'Course you're…
Oh, Carey
(apologies to Steve Perry)You shouldn't have postedKnowing how Montrealers feelAnd you should've knownDec. 6 and what it meansOh, I must've been a dreamerAnd I thought you were someone else'Course you're…