The Twelve Days of a Caregiver Christmas
This is a reprise of a Christmas post from 2017. Hasn't the world changed since then?! Then again, time moves more slowly in caregiving. Merry Christmas, everyone! And may we…
December 2022
Saturday Photo: Inside Looking out until the Side Walk Tractors Pass
Lots of fluffy white stuff has been falling since the middle of the night. Maybe we’ll have a white Christmas… But I’m not going out until the sidewalk tractors come…
The Twelve Days of a Caregiver Christmas
This is a reprise of a Christmas post from 2017. Hasn’t the world changed since then?! Then again, time moves more slowly in caregiving. Merry Christmas, everyone! And may we…
Money And Mental Illness
Elon Musk has suspended several journalists from Twitter. Paul Farhi writes: Many of the journalists suspended Thursday, including Washington Post technology reporter Drew Harwell, had been covering that rule change,…
Downey Does It His Way.
Ontario attorney general Doug Downey is accepting applications for the position of Ontario chief justice. In a rare turnabout in the process of selecting senior legal personnel in Ontario, Downey…
In only 64 days, Danielle Smith blew the relationship Jason Kenney strove to build with Alberta First Nations to smithereens
Say what you will about Jason Kenney and his ideas, he made progress on persuading First Nations communities to buy into his vision of Alberta’s future. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith…
Ventilation and Viral Evolution
I watched a great webinar from OHCOW (Occupational Health Clinics for Ontario Workers) on, in the first half, Covid and ventilation, specifically in congregated settings, with Amy Katz, a knowledge…
Musical interlude
Serge Devant & Damiano feat. Camille Safiya – Fearing Love
this leftist yellowstone fan rejects the claim that’s it a right-wing show
Season 5 of “Yellowstone” is streaming now. I love this show, and I’m waiting for the full season to post on Prime before I bingeing this latest season. I was…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 16, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Her ex-boyfriend stalked her using an AirTag. Now, she’s suing Apple #law #legal #lawtwitter via CNN https://cnn.it/3huMdn1 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Shiloh Payne reports on new numbers from the World Health Organization showing that COVID-19 is responsible for nearly 15 million excess deaths around…
Look Who’s Talking
I know that Donnie Jr. has had a rough time, what with his cocaine addiction, limited intellect, hellish girlfriend and an incompetent narcissist of a father. As well, I suspect…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from August 12, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: B.C. Court: Loss of “Promising” Law Career Assessed at $5.1 Millionhttps://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/08/bccourt-loss-of-promising-law-career.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
A New Nutbar
Polls suggest that Donald Trump’s popularity is waning and that Ron DeSantis’ star is on the rise. Paul Krugman writes: Anyone imagining DeSantis as a more sensible, saner figure than…
In Ayn Rand’s Tutelage.
A recent opinion piece in my daily paper invoked the image of “Ayn Rand’s Apostles.” It is hard to believe that forty years after her death, a Russian-born script writer…
Alberta: Doing everything in its power to protect ‘law abiding’ gun owners from having to obey the law!
Welcome to Alberta where you can now be a law-abiding citizen while defying the law! Says who? Says Tyler Shandro, minister of justice, who announced yesterday that the province will…
Yup, Masks Really Work. I’m not Sure Why This is So Hard to Grasp!
I’ve been inundated lately with pictures from the sides of mask boxes that say something like this: I could return volley with this, from the side of my 3M Aura…
This Is Not A Parody
Paging P.T Barnum: But wait! There’s more! H/t Keith Edwards If you are considering this as a gift for someone who has everything, please make sure they are in possession…
‘Triangle of Sadness’ is a flawed rebuke of the billionaire class
Sunnyi Melles aboard Triangle of Sadness. Still image courtesy of Cannes Film Festival. Triangle of Sadness Ruben Östlund Imperative Entertainment, 2022 “I am more interested in when we are failing.…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 15, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Have a Toronto home sitting empty? You could face the new vacancy tax in the new year #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://bit.ly/3FwTkDt – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…