Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Steven Woolf examines the inescapable connection between political choices and avoidable COVID-19 deaths between U.S. states. And Christopher Blackwell discusses how the pandemic…
2022
Maxime Bernier loses again! And we win!
The Ontario Superior Court has ordered the People’s Party leader to pay us almost every penny of our legal costs! We are so grateful – and particularly to our amazing…
Maxime Bernier loses again!
Andre Marin and Mark Bourrie, too. Full indemnity costs: ouch. @MaximeBernier has lost again! The Ontario Superior Court has ordered the People's Party leader to pay @DaisyGrp and I $132,000…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of March 14, 2022
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Take Him Seriously
Pierre Poilievre is a clown. Nonetheless, Susan Riley writes, it’s time to take him seriously: Random journalists, subject-matter experts, and others, try to counter Poilievre’s facetious boilerplate—“lets give Canadians back…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of March 14, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of March 14, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Supreme Court Will Not Review Decision to Overturn Bill Cosby’s Conviction Bill…
Some Good News?
How bike lanes inspired some thoughts about better design which in turn results in less dependency. The post Some Good News? first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Ford’s ‘400’ Focus.
It really is annoying that Ontario premier Ford has started his election campaign with emphasis on the ‘400’ series highways. We all know that it takes years and extensive planning…
Today’s News: Ukraine perseveres
This is wonderful: Zelensky’ late-night address: Day 17 of the war is over. “The Russian invaders cannot conquer us. They do not have such strength. They do not have such…
On Removing Mask Mandates
I’m gobsmacked by the recent move to remove the mask mandate for schools starting March 21st, at the start of spring. The Hamilton Board dared to face down the ministry,…
Short Break
Given world events it’s become a little more difficult to focus on those squawking about their freedoms being trampled and not getting a fair deal from Ottawa. So Ms Soapbox…
How Politics is Supposed to Work
This photo shows how today’s politics has broken. 1961. A new president, Democrat John F. Kennedy, takes a stroll with the former president, Republican Dwight D. Eisenhower, to discuss foreign…
Debunking the myth of Canada’s non-involvement in the Iraq war
A damaged billboard of Saddam Hussein along a roadside as Coalition forces conduct operations in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, March 2003. Marine Corps photo by Lance Cpl. Matthew R.…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Kit Yates discusses how the lifting of COVID-19 public health protections in the UK has predictably precipitated another wave of infections. Natalie…
KINSELLACAST 201: Exclusive interview with Ukraine’s Yarema Dukh! Plus: Lilley, Kheiriddin, Belanger – and the Antlers, Smog, Nina Anastasia, Horsegirl
The post KINSELLACAST 201: Exclusive interview with Ukraine’s Yarema Dukh! Plus: Lilley, Kheiriddin, Belanger – and the Antlers, Smog, Nina Anastasia, Horsegirl first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Putin and NATO
A proposed explanation, if not a justification, for Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is that NATO pushed too far east and thus posed a threat. Actually it wasn’t so much…
Trump’s Role
When tracing the causes of the war in Ukraine, one cannot ignore Donald Trump’s role in the debacle. Jonathan Stevenson writes: Republicans have criticized President Joe Biden for not doing…
A Path to Power for Tories?
As the federal conservative leadership race starts to gather some interest, the question of where the party is headed becomes critical. Regrettably, it will be the role of the contenders…
Jason Kenney’s talk radio debut might have generated some excitement in 1927 – but 2022? Not so much …
Alberta Premier Jason Kenney took to the airwaves yesterday with the first episode of his weekly Corus Entertainment call-in radio program, Your Province, Your Premier. If you have a hankering…
Today’s News: Stepping on a Lego
I found this image on twitter — and anyone who has ever stepped barefoot on a lego knows what will happen next: Many stories tonight projecting Russia’s ultimate defeat –…