Review 1: Gojira – 1954
Like most North Americans, my introduction to Godzilla (aka Gojira) came later than the first (original) film. For me, it was the 1956 American edit of this film (Godzilla: King…
May 2023
My latest: the betrayal of the Chong family
It’s a bigger scandal. The harm facing Michael Chong’s family, that is. And it’s arguably bigger than the Aga Khan, SNC-Lavalin and the WE “charity” scandals. Each of those previous…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 2, 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…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ewen Callaway writes about the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic – with both a high baseline of cases, and frequent “wavelets” in…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 3, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Transgender Lawmaker Sues Over Removal From Montana House Floor #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/4275c9m – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Rate Your Landlord
Landlords run a business that profits off a basic human need: shelter. As a result of the basic power imbalance between those who can own multiple homes and those who…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is Probate?
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Training Mr. Ford.
I sometimes wonder if Ontario premier Doug Ford has ever taken a train anywhere? It looks like he has even forgotten that the liberal government, his conservatives had followed into…
Radical street preacher Artur Pawlowski found guilty of 2 charges; still gets to challenge Jason Kenney’s Critical Infrastructure Defence Act
Possible unpopular opinion: Far-right street preacher Artur Pawlowski will have done us all a favour if he manages to get all or part of Jason Kenney’s odious Critical Infrastructure Defence…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Angled cats.
The enemy from within
“You Are What They Eat.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. America is a stratocracy, a form of government dominated by the military. It is axiomatic among the two ruling parties that…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Alec Connon discusses how anger is an entirely appropriate response to the capitalist imperative to impose constant costs and burdens on people…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 2, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Witness calls discrimination at the human rights commission a national scandal #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/44dkAlM – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
The Darker Side of UCP Policy
Welcome to Alberta's 2023 election cycle. Campaigning has effectively been going on for some time now, but the writ was issued yesterday and now it's official. We're in an election…
New Method Destroys Forever Chemicals
Forever chemicals get their name because there’s no natural way they decompose and we don’t know of efficient ways to break them down, that’s changing though. Researchers at UBC have…
Five years
I am missing Gordie today. pic.twitter.com/mHXOKyHrRP — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) May 2, 2023
Gordon Lightfoot
Gordon Lightfoot became an international celebrity. But, to me, he was quintessentially Canadian. Back in 1965, as a university freshman, I attended a concert he gave as part of our…
The rules of America versus global civilization
A sea of containers at the Yangshan Port, a deep water port located in Hangzhou Bay south of Shanghai. The port is part of the Maritime Silk Road. Photo from…
There is No Cure for Covid Except Maybe MAiD
Dr. Rae Duncan is a cardiologist who, pre-pandemic, mainly saw people aged 55-80. Now most of her clients are 16-40. They were previously healthy, but Long Covid affected their heart.…