W Gaffes Again
The Republican Party didn’t become disgusting when Trump came to power, it’s been terrible for over 20 years. How can you tell? W Bush just confessed to knowing the Iraq…
2022
Heeeeere’s Kenney! Alberta’s premier is back by unpopular demand!
Heeeeere’s Kenney! One night after saying he was quitting, Alberta’s premier is back by unpopular demand. UCP Party Secretary Janice Nett (Photo: Linked-in). You have to admit that, by any…
Soldiers of Ukraine
I have been struck by the number of outstanding photos I am seeing of the brave soldiers fighting for Ukraine. I have been collecting these now for more than a…
Ontario’s political parties aren’t treating the housing crisis with the urgency it deserves
Condo towers in downtown Toronto. Photo by VV Nincic/Flickr. Rental housing has been on the frontlines of Doug Ford’s war on the working class over the past four years. Shortly…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 19, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Former Minneapolis Officer Pleads Guilty in George Floyd Case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3My3NR9 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Pam Belluck reports on a new study showing that people who weren’t initially hospitalized for COVID make up over three-quarters of the…
The Bridlewood Small Hydro Line Pathway – The Crumbling Continues
A year ago I wrote a blog post, Climate Change, The Pandemic and Multi-Use Pathways (MUPs), in which I talked about the state of Ottawa’s Multi User Pathways citing The…
I’ve decided not to run for the Green Party of Canada leadership. Here’s why
Green Party of Canada supporters march in downtown Toronto. Photo from Shutterstock. After months of reflection and consultations with family, friends and political allies, I’ve decided not to run in…
He Speaks – But Will The Truth Set Him Free?
In the following, George Bush offers an opinion that reveals more than he perhaps intended. Was it just one of his usual gaffes, his advancing years, or a subconsciously motivated…
Election primer: Ontario’s health care crisis
The Ontario Health Coalition is warning against unprecedented health care privatization and is calling for it to be a key election issue. Photo by International Museum of the Red Cross…
Alberta’s Cannibals
If you’re a conservative these days, you swim with sharks. And the sharks are cannibals. Carson Jerema writes: Alberta’s governing United Conservative Party has eaten itself. The dismal 51.4 per…
Ontario Climate Emergency Campaign Wants You to Vote
Canada’s most populous province goes to the polls in a few weeks, and climate should be at the forefront of everyone’s mind. Politicians are talking about the increased costs of…
My latest: Jason, we badly knew ye
Wither thou goest, Conservatives, in thine dark blue car at night? Sorry to get all Jack Kerouac on y’all, but that little line from On The Road kind of fits,…
Pandemic Amnesia
Someone told me that we need to adapt to Covid faster, and get used to masks and checking air quality much faster for our own survival. They think our problem…
Doug Doesn’t Debate.
Ontario conservative leader Doug Ford showed up at the only all-Ontario leaders’ debate Monday—book of notes in hand. It was an event designed for sociology students. It revealed more about…
After 51% vote, Jason Kenney announces he’ll quit as UCP leader and Alberta premier – but maybe not just yet …
Short days ago, Jason Kenney boasted to a right-wing podcaster in Washington, D.C., that he’d never lost an election. Likely UCP leadership candidate Brian Jean (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). That…
Today’s News: Ha ha
Sorry, I just can’t help myself. It’s truly a Nelson moment today. Jason Kenny has resigned as Alberta premier and as party leader. The Alberta Premier’s truck nuts will lie…
This Is One Part Of The Problem
The other, of course, is the love of the gun that indelibly stains America and which few are talking about in the aftermath of the Buffalo massacre. H/t Theo Moudakis…
Who puts the ‘D’ in….”Dystopia”?
Okay first, right off the hop, let me just say that yes, like a twelve-year-old, I have been snickering at the question “who puts the ‘D’ in ‘Dystopia’”. Dystopian fiction…