Wishy-washy Doesn’t Cut It.
This is an important time to be an Ontario liberal. It is not just the time to take on a new leader, it is a time to pick the direction…
June 2023
Closing with care
Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) rally in downtown Toronto. Photo courtesy Global Labour Research Centre/York University. The Ontario Coalition Against Poverty (OCAP) has announced its formal end. On May 13,…
Johnson, Trump and contrasting ethics
Boris Johnson and Donald Trump are two buffoons who embarrassed two major democracies by their election to national leadership. Both are now gone and much good riddance. Both are also…
Climate destruction
The Donnie Creek wildfire, having now scorched more than 1.3 million acres, is burning in one of the world’s biggest gas deposits. The Narwhal reporter Sarah Cox believes this raises…
BC energy policies based on myths and misinformation
Arguments claiming impracticability of wind and solar power integration in British Columbia never passed scrutiny. Elsewhere in the world, it has been happening rapidly. Days ago, BC NDP announced a…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Eyal Press writes about the problems with the U.S.’ health care system which forces medical workers to subordinate the health of their patients…
Idle Math
Your gas car burns at least 0.5gal/h while bigger trucks can burn .8gal/h of fuel when just sitting there running doing nothing for transportation. 0.5gal is 1.89L. That’s 1.89 *…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 19, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: TDSB introduced its first school without gender-specific washrooms. Here’s how it’s playing out #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://tinyurl.com/3ajt2ske – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
My Conversation with Pi, the AI, on the Ethics of AI
Hey there, great to meet you. I’m Pi, your personal AI. My goal is to be useful, friendly and fun. Ask me for advice, for answers, or let’s talk about…
LavScam: a criminal investigation of the Trudeau regime is happening
No fan of how Duff does business – he thinks everyone is corrupt except him – but this is, like, wow. My reaction: took them long enough. Also: explains why…
On Debating Science
Dr. Peter Hotez is a medical doctor in Texas who did his undergrad at Yale and his medical degree at Cornell. He has been successful at creating Covid vaccine technology…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of June 19, 2023
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The Whopper King
Pierre Poilievre is using Donald Trump’s playbook to claw his way to power. He specializes in telling whoppers. Michael Harris writes: As adroitly pointed out by Gary Mason in The…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of June 19, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of June 19, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Fox News Tells Tucker Carlson to Stop Posting Videos on Twitter Supreme…
Short version: the Left put up one candidate. The Right and Centre put up too many.
It’s all over, folks! “The race to become Toronto’s next mayor is frontrunner Olivia Chow’s to lose as she enters the final stretch of the campaign with a seemingly unassailable…
Do We Need This Help?
It seems every time there is someone of note jumping into this or that political race, we get the morning line in the media with the new entries. The other…
Forgiving our fathers
Forgiving Our Fathers Author: Dick Laurie, amended by Sherman Alexie How do we forgive our Fathers? Maybe in a dream Do we forgive our Fathers for leaving us too often…
Former MLA’s request for investigation of premier’s dishwashing post blown off by office of Ethics Commissioner
The office of the Alberta Legislature’s Ethics Commissioner has blown off a request by a former MLA for an investigation of what he sees as Premier Danielle Smith’s use of…
Danielle Smith Stands her Ground (or something)
Last week the Feds unveiled the Sustainable Jobs Act, Danielle Smith responded in her typical word-salad fashion and the press lauded her for standing her ground. Against what? The Feds…