Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Sasha Warren reports on new research showing that people suffering from long COVID may not be fully clearing the coronavirus from their systems…
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Legal Tweet of the Day: July 25, 2022
#LegalTweetofteDay: Heard to appeal $10M judgment in Depp defamation case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3PSXskF – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
How Banks Destroy Your Future, And What You Can do About It
Money makes the world go round, but it can also make the world go burn. If you care about the planet, the people on it, or just life in general…
Pierre Poilievre and the Island Airport Fiasco
You don't have to live right next to Billy Bishop Airport, like I and about half a million others do, to understand what a disruptive presence the island airport has…
Why progressives need to abandon means-testing and embrace universality
A program is not universal unless it is truly accessible and meets the differentiated needs of all, writes Joshua K. McEvoy. Photo by Bofu Shaw/Unsplash. Earlier this year, the NDP…
Laceratingly Accurate
Given Mr. Poilievre’s refusal to debate his opponents, Michael de Adder’s assessment of the putative front-runner in the Conservative leadership race seems spot-on. Some also think Mr. Poilievre bears an…
Burning Up
On Saturday, we lost power here for nine hours. There was an explosion and fire at an Ontario Hydro station up the road on a very hot day. There will…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of July 25, 2022
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 25, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 25, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: ‘Freedom Convoy’ organizer Pat King released on bail with conditions Patient safety…
Conservative Kangaroo Court.
Wow, would it ever speed up the processes through our courts if the conservative party’s minions were running things. I will freely admit that I have absolutely no use for…
Today’s News: Pope Francis arrives in Canada
#PopeFrancis arrived in Edmonton on Sunday to an honour drum song ahead of what he describes as a “penitential” trip aimed at advancing reconciliation with Indigenous people over the lasting…
Filipinos across Canada to gather to reject fascist Marcos regime
Ferdinand “Bongbong” Marcos Jr. Photo by Ilocos Norte/Flickr. OTTAWA — Newly elected President of the Philippines Ferdinand Marcos Jr. will deliver his inaugural State of the Nation address (SONA) on…
Putin making Russia great again
Both the two major world powers during the Cold War have had leaders who wanted to “make their nations great again.” Both hark back nostalgically to some imagined golden age.…
Beyond Growth, a New Economic Paradigm
In today’s world of overpopulation, overdevelopment and ecological overshoot, chasing constant growth is wilful lunacy. Yet our leaders, like those of every developed country, are obsessed with growing GDP, Gross…
How To Tell The Players Apart
This should clarify things: H/t Roy Zimmerman Recommend this Post
Strategies to defend abortion access: a review article by Matthew N. Lyons [ThreeWayFight]
How do we assert reproductive autonomy when far rightists are on the offensive and liberals have failed to stop them? As we noted two months ago, the U.S. Supreme Court’s
BC Hydro and the illusory truth effect
Misinformation is common in our world. Sometimes it involves benign self-protection or ego boosting. Other times, humans use deception to gain advantages. Businesses and governments do it every day, by…
Progressive Conservatism 2.0?
Konrad Kakabuski speculates that we may soon see a rebooted Progressive-Conservative Party of Canada: The party looks set to embrace the grievance politics of U.S. Republicans and the European far…