This tweet has been popular today
Watching Conservatives attack each other with more viciousness during a leadership race than they reserve for Liberals during elections tells you all you need to know about (a) why they…
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Canadian internationalists and the people’s war against apartheid
Vigil for the victims of apartheid in South Africa, 1988. Photo by Peter Power, Toronto Star Archives. Courtesy of Toronto Public Library Digital Archives. International Brigade Against Apartheid: Secrets of…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sarah Bartsch et al. study the costs and benefits of face mask use, and conclude that even without factoring in improvements to public…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 9, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: 6 passengers from infamous Sunwing party plane fined #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3sTNwyI – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
My latest: actors in politics, politicians in acting
People involved with politics make good actors, someone once said. But do actors make for good politicians? Yes and no. When we Canadians get asked a question like that, we…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates March 8, 2022
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
No Good Options
Vladimir Putin faces defeat in Ukraine — and that worries Tom Friedman: Why do I say that defeat in Ukraine is Putin’s only option, that only the timing and size…
Gender Pay Gap Bot Made an Impact on IWD
In this organisation, men's and women's median hourly pay is equal. https://t.co/oe9kMyw4BL — Gender Pay Gap Bot (@PayGapApp) March 9, 2022 Yesterday a wonderful little bot made a big splash…
Creating Criminals.
Could you feed and house yourself in Ontario today on less than $1,000 per month? Think about it. When Doug Ford took over as premier, he not only blocked an…
Today’s News: Maybe Russia could just declare victory and leave?
I was all excited earlier today when it looked as though Poland and the US had an airplane deal worked out. But that doesn’t seem to be the case tonight.…
With bill banning municipal mask mandates, Kenney Cabinet tries to toss its foundering leader a political life preserver
The Kenney Government introduced legislation yesterday to prevent Alberta municipalities from imposing their own mask requirements and proof of vaccination rules to prevent the spread of infectious diseases, in particular,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats playing games.
You couldn’t make this up and get away with it
I'm sure I mentioned this back in October on Twitter (back before I got booted off Twitter) but imagine the outcry if this happened almost anywhere but Saskatchewan.https://leaderpost.com/sports/football/martin-luther-kings-are-loving-the-name-and-th...
You couldn’t make this up and get away with it
I’m sure I mentioned this back in October on Twitter (back before I got booted off Twitter) but imagine the outcry if this happened almost anywhere but Saskatchewan. https://leaderpost.com/sports/football/martin-luther-kings-are-loving-the-name-and-the-game The…
Why The Con Leadership Race Is Such A Farce
It's been over a month since Erin O'Toole hit the ground with a sickening thud, still claiming that he was the only Con who could defeat Justin Trudeau. So it's…
How’s That "50 by 30" Thing Going?
The International Energy Agency reports that CO2 emissions climbed a hefty six percent last year. The culprit? Energy prices. Higher costs for fossil fuels, especially natural gas, are said to…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 8, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Bill to scrap Ontario College of Traditional Chinese Medicine would stop dozens of open investigations #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3Mz4Ssh – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ed Yong rightly questions how the U.S. (like Canada) has come to see a large number of preventable COVID-19 deaths as normal.…
Punctual Meetings are More Productive
It’s not just you who thinks there’s too much useless chatter at the start of the meeting. Meetings that don’t start on time are less efficient than those that do,…
It’s Getting Warmer
Things are beginning to heat up. Apparently, Jean Charest will announce his bid for the leadership of the Conservative Party on Thursday. Stephanie Levitz writes: While the federal Conservative leadership…