Are We There Yet?
It must be the frequency of conservative party leadership contests that make them seem to go on forever. No wonder Canadians seem bored with politics. In a week when the…
2022
Today’s News: CTV News is losing its soul
The very definition of a professional news organization is one that reports news without fear or favour. Over the years, news organizations have fired reporters, editors, anchors, editors, publishers, for…
Minister’s demand substantially unchanged on move of Athabasca University executives, many staff, to town 145 kilometres north of Edmonton
Advanced Education Minister Demetrios Nicolaides indicated yesterday he hasn’t changed his mind about requiring Athabasca University’s nine top executives to move to the town of Athabasca. The Town of Athabasca,…
Musical interlude
Gorgon City w/ Hayden James & Nat Dunn – Foolproof
An Ice Block Stunt
Here’s an interesting expedition to the equator. And a modern English presentation of the trip, which was basically a Wikipedia reading and dramatization, with a VPN ad at the end:
Today’s tonic: “Tim Ryan To JD Vance: ‘Screw You, We’re Not Giving Up On The Industrial Midwest’
Today’s tonic: “Tim Ryan To JD Vance: ‘Screw You, We’re Not Giving Up On The Industrial Midwest’ https://youtu.be/YEkssDtMhp4 via @YouTube Moderate Democrat @TimRyan is giving the Republican a big fight…
Then Again, More Often Than Not …
….justice does not occur, but police brutality does. Recommend this Post
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Maggie O’Farrell offers her experience as to the devastating effects of long COVID. And Jose Manuel Aburto et al. study the particularly insidious…
Making the invisible visible: an interview with Megan Linton about the harms of the institutional system, COVID-19, and disability justice
A ward at the Manitoba School for Mental Defectives, later named the Manitoba Developmental Centre. In the 1960s and 1970s, children as young as six were admitted to the centre.…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 26, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Uvalde school board fires police chief after mass shooting #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3wzTSod – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Will global inflation subside?
Photo by Christopher Hollis/Wikimedia Commons Is the global inflationary spiral peaking? And if it is and inflation is set to fall over the next year, then has the inflation scare…
Reducing Student Debt
A few days ago, Joe Biden announced a plan to reduce student debt. The Right went bonkers. It’ll fuel inflation, they howled. Paul Krugman writes: What you need to have…
Sometimes, Justice Really Does Happen
The following is self-explanatory; there is no need to watch TizzyEnt‘s original video posting, as the one below reveals all we need to know about the crimes, and the arrest…
Writing the B.S.
In a career in public relations, I wrote for many clients. And I occasionally advised against some things clients thought I should write for them. What was critical in every…
Today’s News: This you?
Its sorta hysterical, really. So yesterday Biden announced $10,000 student-loan forgiveness policies, which are a great thing that will help millions of people. And predictably, some Republicans went nuts about…
One culture war, two cities, three statues, and two levels of government: a tale of two solitudes, perhaps
Throughout history public art has been controversial, and no form of art is more public than sculpture. Edmonton’s iconic Walterdale Bridge seen from the south, where artist Ken Lum’s sculptures…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Linda McQuaig writes about the dangers of treating public health care systems as resources to be plundered by corporate raiders rather than…
Sweatships on troubled waters
Symphony of the Seas, an Oasis-class cruise ship owned and operated by Royal Caribbean International. It was the largest cruise ship in the world by gross tonnage when built in…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 25, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Kobe Bryant’s widow awarded $16M US in trial over crash photos #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3PRJPSa – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…