Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – CBC News reports on the rise of COVID levels in Saskatchewan cities’ wastewater. David Axe reports on the development of the BA.4.6 variant…
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Legal Tweet of the Day: August 15, 2022
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Rushdie Stabbed 10 Times in Premeditated Attack, Prosecutors Say #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3AkfVld – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
what i’m reading: the leak: great junior graphic for the young activist in your life
It starts with a trip to the dentist. Ruth Keller swears she brushes her teeth and flosses daily, yet the cavities are piling up. The dentist lectures, her mom scolds.…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of August 15, 2022
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 15, 2022
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 15, 2022 from Wise Law on Twitter: Conspiracy theory about ‘new world order’ won’t save Vancouver home from foreclosure,…
Trudeau omits Canada’s support for Idi Amin on anniversary of Ugandan Asian expulsion
Idi Amin served as the third president of Uganda from 1971 to 1979. Photo from Wikimedia Commomns. Following the fiftieth anniversary of President Idi Amin’s expulsion of South Asians from…
Looney Tunes in Alberta.
If I had a bucket list of places I have not visited in Canada, I would have to include Nunavut in the north and Gander in the east. It is…
Today’s News: The battle for Kherson is heating up
Update from Ukraine: Don’t look now but the battle for the south, and for Kherson, is heating up. https://t.co/nrumy7IqZp — Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) August 13, 2022 Sounds like Russia is…
The Republican counter-revolution rolls on
Has the Republican Party turned against democracy? It’s beginning to seem so, and if it has it’s the culmination of four decades of revolt against the country’s post-war social progress.…
Change is our collective responsibility
Many people proceed in life as if no material changes are needed for humans to survive beyond the 21st century. But David Attenborough was correct when about ten years ago,…
Don’t Forget Who Blocked the Hospital Redevelopment
Among those incumbents running for re-election, are (so far), three who were part of the cabal on the 2014-18 council that actively and aggressively tried to block the Collingwood General…
bill russell, rest in power: a trailblazing activist
Basketball legend Bill Russell died this month at the age of 88. Although I remember his playing days, it’s not Russell’s incredible and indelible sports record that leads me to…
Today’s tonics: “Where would Poilievre take the Conservatives? Not to the far right, but the far out” and better road safety for all…
Today’s tonic #1: “Where would @PierrePoilievre take the Conservatives? Not to the far right, but the far out” #cdnpoli #extremism Today’s tonic #2: “Instead of escalating tensions in Toronto’s High…
They Walk Amongst Us
Most of the world is rightfully decrying the attempt on Salmon Rushdie’s life. A cowardly effort to silence a voice that some find blasphemous, his near-death experience is a potent…
GOV: The Conservative Version.
It’s called Get Out the Vote (GOV). All political parties do the best they can at it. We beg people to get involved in it. It is the most critical…
Sunday funnies
One more tweet about the incident of Rob Ford vs The Bee: If it had been me in the 90’s, headline would have been “Rae savages bee in unprovoked attack,…
Essaygate: Why has no one demanded the resignation of Culture and Status of Women Minister Ron Orr?
As what has come to be known as the Essaygate Scandal unfolded, no one in Alberta seems to have thought to demand the resignation of Ron Orr, minister of culture…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alexander Quon reports on the belated announcement that Saskatchewan adults will be able to get a second COVID booster vaccination. And Pratyush Dayal…
LondOntLife Books #4 and #5 are ready to go
Quick turnaround from M&T. I guess that’s why they’re called Instaprint after all. Nice clean job, great quality. My only concern for the next book is most efficient use of…