Not a Creature Was Stirring.
The House of Commons sits vacant. Workers’ tools are scattered here and there, ready to be picked up as restoration resumes. And yet, it is the ghosts of politicians past…
December 2022
Danielle Smith runs the idea of an Alberta pension plan referendum in May up the flagpole – then yanks it halfway down again
From time to time, Calgary Herald columnist Rick Bell has been used by Alberta Conservatives to float their trial balloons. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). So when Mr.…
How ya gonna keep ’em in Paree after they’ve been down on the farm?
One of the lasting impacts of the pandemic, I think, will be the destruction of the “downtown office” concept as an organizing principle for cities. Historically, it has always taken…
Why did the Ottawa Citizen publish Holocaust revisionism?
National Holocaust Monument in Ottawa. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. On the second night of Hanukkah, the Postmedia-owned Ottawa Citizen published a crude piece of gross Holocaust revisionism from a Ukrainian…
Do kids still play with toys? Yes, MY toys!
The other day, one of my sons asked a seemingly silly question: do kids still play with toys? At first, I thought the question was weird, but as he explained,…
My latest: the leader of the free world
Volodomyr Zelenskyy paid a surprise visit to Joe Biden this week. It was really, really important. For starters, it was the Ukrainian president’s first trip outside his country since Vladimir…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Julia Doubleday writes that we shouldn’t accept spin from any party which attempts to minimize the unacceptable dangers of exposing children to a…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 21, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ombudsman releases scathing report after Toronto boy, 10, found malnourished and living in squalor #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3GavbUF – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
The Fox In The Henhouse
My apologies for titling this post with a cliché, but it seems particularly apt given who is really behind the plan to degrade our greenspace and wetlands, also known as…
Plague Update: Logic Fails
There’s a cartoon showing how many people still think that COVID-19 is just like chicken pox, and you aren’t likely to get a symptomatic infection another time while healthy, so…
Left, Right or Centre – Explainer
In today’s age of populism, with ideology apparently dead, how do you now if you are on the left or right or in the centre. There are indeed some basic…
The Petulant Oligarch
Elon Musk’s meltdown reminds us — yet again — that we live in the Age of the Petulant Oligarch. Paul Krugman writes: As The Times’s Kevin Roose recently pointed out,…
The economic realities we face at the end of 2022
Photo by Sascha Grosser/Wikimedia Commons Economies around the world were shocked and damaged over the course of 2022. Global capitalism had been brewing conflicts among the major powers (the United…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Estate Tax
There are 3 basic ways in which most simple Estates may be required to pay taxes. 1. If all or part of your state is being submitted to Probate, you’ll…
Lentils Instead of Meat Saves Money, Health Costs, and the Planet
Lentils (and other pulses) are a fantastic way to save money, but did you know it’s good for your health and the planet? Researchers have concluded that if people who…
Death of Democracy.
We should all wait patiently for the time soon when we have to admit that democracy might be a ghost. A ghost is something that people talk about but we…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Watchful cats.
A safer future for life on earth
Along with Greta Thunberg and Naomi Klein, The Guardian presented on video three other panelists, Prof. Saleem Huq, Prof. Kate Raworth and Ayisha Siddiqa. The panelists did a great job…
Participatory Governance and the Fediverse
Image: Heise Magazine Today Alex Tarkowski launched a 24-part Twitter thread into the digisphere expanding on his views about participatory governance and fediverse. It builds on his article Priorities to…
I miss the County
New one. Got tired of waiting for Bell, Jeep, et al., so started painting a spot PEC folks might know. pic.twitter.com/3tvf8qAe6X — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) December 20, 2022