Random and funny stuff
it’s hard to remember that the future is still being built. it’s hard not to think of those days as pre-made— squares on a board game waiting for our little…
2022
Screwed!
It may be too late to save the billions of dollars that will flow to private power producers because corrupt practices are not easily resolved in court. But it is…
Splish-splash! Saskatchewan’s Scott Moe channels UCP frontrunner Danielle Smith’s cynical Sovereignty Act performance
CALGARY – Is there something in the water in Saskatchewan? Or has Premier Scott Moe’s government just been paying too much attention to the success of the separatist pish-posh served…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cats on the ball.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Jonny Thomson writes about the philosophy of “lagom” as an alternative to perpetually demanding more. But Matt Gurney notes that on a…
Please Take an Election Sign
C ollingwood residents: I would very much appreciate it if you would allow me to place one of my election signs on your lawn. Please fill in your name, phone…
This Is Gonna Hurt
I have a friend whose daughter recently started her career in healthcare as an occupational therapist in a facility where people are awaiting placements in LTCs, and already she is…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 23, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Liberal government cuts funding, suspends anti-racism group’s project after tweets #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3Ao4o3g – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Not A Recipe For Success
When it comes to climate change, the Conservatives just don’t get it. Chantal Hebert writes: There’s no lack of significant policy differences between the two leading contenders for the leadership…
Pierre Poilievre & The Conspiracy Party of Canada
Pierre Polievre is outwardly flirting with terrorists. People that are calling for open violence against journalists. People that want to burn down the Parliament Buildings and hang our Prime Minister.…
Debunking Black Ribbon Day
“Wonder how long the honeymoon will last?” (1939). Illustration by Clifford Berryman/Washington Star. August 23 is Black Ribbon Day, recognized by the Government of Canada as an official day of…
Putin’s ‘ally’—a case of misreporting
Russian philosopher Alexander Dugin. Photo by Mahdieh Gaforian/Wikimedia Commons. In British reporter Chris Ayres’s memoir War Reporting for Cowards, he describes the arrival briefing he got from the woman he…
Dougie Did It.
As one of six siblings, I found as a child that blame tended to run downhill. It was not geological but based on age. My youngest brother, Douglas, tended to…
Today’s News: Shaking hands with the devil?
So Poilievre shook hands with a white supremacist and now he won’t apologize. And the CPC wants Canada to think this guy and the juvenile sycophants surrounding him are PMO…
How Alberta populists wrecked conservatism
Brian Mulroney recently said he no longer recognized himself in the Conservative Party. I’m no conservative, but I sympathize with him. The current Conservative Party just isn’t the conservative party…
My friend Nel
The first thing I did, after Brian called me to say that Nelson was dead, was to look at the emails and texts we had exchanged. They went back years.…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Eric Topol examines the growing body of knowledge about long COVID – and the need to use that awareness to develop the means…
On jurisdictional issues
Shorter Jason Kenney: For all my Ottawa-bashing bluster, even I have to admit it’s asinine to pretend provincial laws can nullify the existence of federal powers. Shorter Scott Moe: The…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 22, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: TTC to resume ticketing fare evasion after pandemic pause #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CityNewsTO https://bit.ly/3Tc8fsv – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Move Up Stream To Lose Weight
Only one theory can account for all of the available evidence: the obesity epidemic is caused by one or more environmental contaminants, compounds in our water, food, air, at our…