What’s News, Pussy Cat?
It feels like we are all having our chain pulled here. I do hope that the average person on the street knows that there is a lot of crap on…
July 2023
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of July 17, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of July 17, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Self-checkout theft causing problems for retailers — and shoppers who despise receipt…
ASD Assessments
Assessments for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are sometimes a piece of work. I’ll look at two of them here. As a reminder, everyone with ASD is really different from one…
Sock it to me!
A lot of people don’t know as well that the young man makes a pair with Trudeau on them. With Justin’s permission. Liberals need to start talking about these things.…
What Are Family Values Anyway
So what are these family values the right is always going on about. I am not talking about specific religious or cultural values but the values all families share. It…
What Are Family Values Anyway
So what are these family values the right is always going on about. I am not talking about specific religious or cultural values but the values all families share. It…
Summer Break
Dear Readers: The government is on break and so are we. However if you’d like to share your thoughts about politics (or anything else for that matter) please feel free…
Remember when $100,000 was a great salary?
You may have heard the news last week that the Alberta government – that’s us, by the way – shelled out more than $3.5 million in compensation to 23 executives,…
Hindu nationalism in the United States: Challenging racial subordination from the far right? [ThreeWayFight]
Prime Minister Modi and President Trump at “Howdy Modi” rally in Houston, 22 September 2019 A growing U.S. network of Modi supporters mixes Hindu supremacism with MAGA politics. The result…
Straight-Pride Guy’s Disappointment
As Kermit the Frog said, it’s not easy being green. H/t Dean Blundell Recommend this Post
Changing the Atmosphere
A.R. Moxon wrote about an interaction with an old friend, he calls Stove Minivan, who became a MAGA guy. At first Moxon tried to explain reality to him, but soon…
Doug’s Deniability.
“I know nothing,” claims Ontario premier Doug Ford. He reminds you of the role of Sergeant Shultz in the popular television series ‘Hogan’s Heroes’ that ran from 1965 to 1971.…
Up in the air: Porter’s new transcontinental service
Many people “back East” as we westerners call Ontario will be familiar with Porter Airways. They fly turboprop Q400s out of the Billy Bishop (Island) Airport to nearby points in…
British Columbians sold a bill of goods
Wind and solar are zero-carbon energy sources. When used to produce electricity, these renewables are less harmful to Earth’s climate than hydropower. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published a length Inventory…
Sounds like the UCP’s terrible Alberta pension scheme is right back on the front burner
Given the wide unpopularity of the idea of taking Alberta out of the Canada Pension Plan, it’s simply astounding that Alberta voters, the province’s professional commentators, and an Opposition party…
Saturday Photo: This Is a Good Year for Clover
Don’t know why this is, but the lawns around here are full of clover this summer. Not only people’s patches of grass but also the wide sweeps of lawn that…
The Dream Logic of Parenthood
Storyteller, writer, and podcaster, Jay Acunzo, has a great thread up on parenting. “I just spent 3 days with dear friends, all of whom have kids ages 8 month to…
When in Doubt, Nuke It.
The conservatives at Queen’s Park have played the nuclear card in trying to solve Ontario’s electrical power problems. The incompetents have grasped at the most expensive to build, bought into…
"The memories will be so thick, they’ll have to brush them away from their faces…"
Sad news this week – both the LA Times and the New York Times are making radical changes to reduce their sports coverage. Between this and the LA Times eliminating…
Lorna Kinsella, 1932 – 2023
KINSELLA, Lorna Emma Bridget. Artist, loving mother, grandmother and wife. Born in Montreal, July 7, 1932; died in Toronto, Ont., July 15, 2023. Daughter of Irene (Danaher) Cleary; survived by…