Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Arianna Johnson reports on new research showing how COVID-19 can continue to affect organ function long after the lungs have healed. Philip Finkelstein…
August 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 14, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Gay couple from Toronto wins lawsuit in Italy after son’s birth photo used in anti-surrogacy campaign #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/4aa22zdd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
To Remember Is To Have Real Power
I realize that on the surface, the troubles we face in Ontario are likely of little more than passing interest to those living in other jurisdictions. However, wherever citizens live,…
Robert F. Kennedy Jr.—the Israel lobby’s useful idiot
“The Kennedy Promise.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. The long nightmare of oppression of Palestinians is not a tangential issue. It is a black and white issue of a settler-colonial state…
Earthquake Protection Using Ancient Techniques
Currently earthquakes cause buildings to collapse and are therefore quite deadly, but it doesn’t have to be this way. Already there are modern high tech solutions that many earthquake prone…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of August 14, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 14, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 14, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: ‘This is an embarrassment’: Three years after Tories scrapped a new Halton…
Correcting Mandel: Why arming Ukraine is the road to peace
Street art in support of Ukraine on the side of a pub in Belfast, March 1, 2022. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The following article is a response to “Myths and…
Today’s News: Rescuing Maui Pets
I was going to do a post about Poilievre and his stumbles tonight, but then I saw posts about rescues of animals in Hawaii — and they are so much…
How is it possible basic communications work for Alberta’s renewables freeze announcement wasn’t done?
Between them, the Alberta Ministry of Energy and Minerals and the Ministry of Environment and Protected Areas employ at least a dozen qualified communications professionals easily earning more than a…
Eris, Fornax, and a Hopeful Petition
There’s a Canadian petition circulating that acknowledges that vaccinations don’t completely eliminate the danger of Covid, and Covid continues to put a unsustainable strain on health care, so they’re asking…
Eating off the Hill: My Seattle food roundup
I spent a lot of time on ferries during my Seattle trip as, in search of semi-reasonable hotel prices, the Swifties made me flee town for Bremerton. But all my…
Today’s tonic: “Michael Coren: My conversion on LGBTQ rights tells an important story”
Thank you, Michael Coren, for your advocacy and inspiration. “Jesus doesn’t mention the issue, and St. Paul’s comments, mainly in his letters to the Romans, are more about men using…
Poilievre’s Gold-Plated List.
It makes you wonder. I never answer phony polls like those your local member of parliament sends out. They are not real polls and even if they frame it as…
There Will Always Be A Place For Doug Ford
H/t Greg Perry Some people have very deep, expansive pockets. Recommend this Post
Even Worse
The Canadian Press reports that Pierre Poilievre is selling conspiracy theories: Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre has been hitting the summer barbecue circuit with ramped-up rhetoric around debunked claims that the…
Ford’s Fall Guy.
It does seem strange that Ontario municipal affairs and housing minister Steve Clark’s chief of staff Ryan Amato is currently reported to be vacationing in Italy. He might have a…
The Enchanted Couple and the Ugly Cons
I wasn't going to write anything about Justin and Sophie's sad separation. But as summer slowly changes to fall, I changed my mind. I wanted to thank them for representing…
The Enchanted Couple and the Ugly Cons
I wasn't going to write anything about Justin and Sophie's sad separation. But as summer slowly changes to fall, I changed my mind. I wanted to thank them for representing…