Happy Earth Day?
Why does that sound like “happy colonoscopy”?
2022
The Lost Age of Literacy
The following insults are from an era before the English language got boiled down to 4-letter words: 1. “He had delusions of adequacy ” Walter Kerr 2. “He has all…
End of the Line?
The habitable Earth is becoming increasingly smaller. In some places it’s too dry. The phenomenon of decadal drought from mellennia past has returned. The pattern of reliably predictable and gentle…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 22, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Federal judge temporarily blocks new Kentucky abortion law from being enforced #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3Lbm2uY – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Memories, Dreams, Reflections
Apologies for appropriating the title of one of Carl Jung’s works, but it just seems an appropriate label for this post. I had a dream recently in which my daughter…
Debunking Poilievre’s Tweets Part 1
Pierre Poilievre — aka Skippy — tweets a lot. A lot. Not quite in the Donald-Trump-tweeting-on-the-toilet range, but close. And he often repeat-tweets his angry, bumper-sticker slogans that are little…
Normalizing Israeli-Arab relations: Diplomatic coup or unholy alliance?
The flags of the United States, the United Arab Emirates, Israel, and Bahrain flutter along a road in Netanya, Israel, September 14, 2020. Photo courtesy the Institute for Cultural Relations…
Marie LePen
This weekend, there is a run-off election in France. Marie LePen is challenging Emmanuel Macron. And her two major weaknesses are painfully apparent. Jennifer Rubin writes: The weaknesses of far-right…
One little, two little, three little Tories.
Just another week and we will know who is really running for the leadership of the conservative party of Canada. You know that Poilievre is in, so is Jean Charest.…
"Getting Used to it?" Nomadic Stations for the "Powerful"
Impunity, denial, shamelessness… The above video, under the tiltle ” The Brutality Of SALÒ, OR THE 120 DAYS OF SODOM” , is at: https://youtu.be/Q83OcIuKlvs “Early perpetrators become a scientific and…
The Power of Impunity – "These are all Scientists !"
And they had fun mainly as they were sure there would be no consequences other than the destruction of the no ones."Early perpetrators become a scientific and moral elite and…
The Power of Impunity – "These are all Scientists !"
And they had fun mainly as they were sure there would be no consequences other than the destruction of the no ones."Early perpetrators become a scientific and moral elite and…
The Power of Impunity – "These are all Scientists !"
And they had fun mainly as they were sure there would be no consequences other than the destruction of the no ones. “Early perpetrators become a scientific and moral elite…
Today’s News: Just a smile and a cup of coffee
What a great smile! Olena is an officer in Ukraine’s 128th Mountain Assault Brigade – the Transcarpathian Legion. Photo is from this tweet. There’s a tweeter in Kyiv, Yaroslava Antipina,…
UCP effort to blame NDP for electricity price spike suggests Opposition attacks are hitting the mark
The Opposition’s sustained attacks on the Kenney Government for removing the NDP’s cap on electricity price increases must be hitting the mark with voters worried about the cost of utilities…
Are liberal values failing?
A recent article in The New York Times by David Brooks, “Globalization Is Over. The Global Culture Wars Have Begun,” discusses the decline of globalization generally and Western values specifically…
The Day Pierre Poilievre Invaded My Neighbourhood
In the Toronto waterfront neighbourhood where I live, Spring is finally making its presence felt. So I was feeling great the other day, and dreaming about the even sunnier days…
Separate and Distinct?
The Premier of this province has been bumbling around, talking about how his party wants to create a distinct “nation within a nation” in Saskatchewan, and that they want to…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Liz Szabo discusses how improved ventilation has plenty of additional benefits beyond limiting the spread of COVID – making it the COVID…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 21, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Lawyers for Hillary Clinton ask judge to dismiss Trump lawsuit against her #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3k082Zd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website:…