ComeupPence
Pun is from a friend. What are all 3 of these ex-executive dorks doing with classified documents in their homes anyway??
January 2023
Democracy
Democracy is a system of government not immune to challenges and threats. In recent years, there have been concerns about the health of democracy in a number of countries, as…
Danielle Smith’s Magical Email Investigation
So, last week very serious allegations of the Premier's office attempting to intervene in the prosecutions resulting from the Coutts blockade last year. By Saturday, the Premier's office was going…
Today’s tonic: “COVID-19 misinformation cost at least 2,800 lives and $300M, new report says”
Today’s tonic: COVID-19 misinformation cost at least 2,800 lives and $300M, new report says The report — released by the Council of Canadian Academies (CCA), an independent research organization that…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 26, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Lawyer representing teacher shot by 6-year-old in Newport News says school officials were warned three times the day of the shooting #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://cnn.it/3XZolHH – Garry…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: When should you make a Will?
The best time to time to prepare your Last Will is “right now.” The end product is only half the benefit. You also benefit from taking stock of all your…
Another Convoy?
This week marks the first anniversary of the Truckers Convoy to Ottawa. Susan Delacourt writes: In many ways, Ottawa is facing the same kind of test this weekend as the…
The blurred reality of Russian patriotism
Andrei Reshetin, former violinist in the Soviet rock group Aquarium, recently joined the Russian army and went to fight in Ukraine. Photo courtesy Glasnarod.ru. In 1966, the Soviet writer Vladimir…
A Retreat to the Core.
The cabinet of Justin Trudeau’s liberals is in retreat to Hamilton, Ontario. They are at the heart of Ontario’s strength and Canada’s weakest point. It is all said by the…
Danielle Smith accuses CBC of defaming her, her staff, Crown prosecutors, and the whole public service
Premier Danielle Smith published a statement yesterday accusing the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation and journalists in its employ of publishing “a defamatory article” with the intent “to smear the reputations of…
ExxonMobil—good science and bad behaviour
Back in the dim past, society entered into a great debate about the health effects of cigarette smoking, a noxious habit I practiced myself for many years. There were always…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Rachel Brazil discusses the effect of the “imprinting” from a first COVID-19 infection on subsequent immune responses which makes the spread of highly-mutated…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates January 24, 2023
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…
My latest: corrupted
Big political graves get dug with tiny shovels. It’s a cliché, yes. This writer says that a lot. But it’s no less true for that, is it? You’d think they’d…
The Closing Of The American Mind
One could convincingly argue that the American mind has been closed for quite some time. Nonetheless, recent legislation in Florida ensures a tighter seal as it seeks to further limit…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 25, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Competition Bureau seeks to block Rogers takeover of Shaw in appeal court Tuesday #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3HwmULq – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Big Bank in Canada Wants Socialized Housing
The housing crisis in Canada has been decades of policy failures in the making arguably starting in the 90s when the federal government stopped building housing for people. Now, the…
On Argumentation and Straddling the Middle
At the school board meeting Monday night (video here, starting at 1:23:50 for over an hour), an open letter the board recently sent out was discussed. I said nothing because…
Another Hike
Economists expect that the Bank of Canada will raise interest rates today. Craig Alexander writes: The Bank of Canada is struggling to get inflation back under control. Since it adopted…