Playing the Trump Card.
There is no doubt about it: Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre is making Justin Trudeau look better every day. You can take away his glasses, his starched shirts and his insipid…
August 2023
It was one of those days
My keyboard driver died. Who knew such a thing could happen? So now I have an inexpensive keyboard plugged into my laptop and its working just fine. But trying to…
RCMP to stay? CPP to go? Who knows? The Dance of the Thousand Mandate Letters continues
Danielle Smith’s Dance of the Thousand Mandate Letters continues. Now you see something; now you don’t. Then again maybe you just thought you saw something, and really saw nothing at…
A Republican and a Democrat take on big tech
The headline in The New York Times “Lindsey Graham and Elizabeth Warren: When It Comes to Big Tech, Enough Is Enough” caught my eye for two reasons, both good. First,…
A world defined by impacts long called catastrophic
New York Times science writer David Wallace-Wells, author of The Uninhabitable Earth, issues a weekly newsletter for subscribers. The August 2 edition is a powerful and disturbing look at the…
A Little Note On Evidence
This is particularly for the Gender Critical types that have been appearing in the comments a fair bit lately. You all seem to be a little confused about the concept…
My latest: leave them alone
Leave the unelected ones out of it. Many of us – most of us, if you believe the statistics – have been through it. It is sad. It is painful.…
Leave the kids alone
Been through it. Everyone should leave the kids (and her) out of it. #cdnpoli pic.twitter.com/0zli6LxvK0 — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) August 2, 2023
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 2, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump Indicted Over His Efforts to Overturn the 2020 Election #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/ua9yvyss – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
visiting hōkūle’a in port hardy
Last week, I blogged about the upcoming visit of the Polynesian voyaging canoe Hōkūle’a. I was concerned that I might miss their Port Hardy stop, but as it turned out,…
A Timely Reminder
With prosecutor Jack Smith excoriating Trump for his attack on democracy in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the following is both prescient for its time and a relevant…
PMO Staff Run Government; Ministers Represent It
Last week’s cabinet shuffle and some of the awkward stories about ministers unaware that they would no longer be ministers are a stark reminder of the absolute authority the Prime…
Myths and reality about the Ukraine war
A Ukrainian flag in the streets of Mitte, Berlin’s central borough. Photo by Felipe Tofani/Wikimedia Commons. A few words about myself by way of introduction. Until recently, I taught politics…
Working Out Helps You Work it Out
Going for a walk can help you settle down your overactive brain and help you see things positively, and best of all it’s free! Anxiety and depression rates are increasing…
Indicted Again
Donald Trump has been indicted for a third time. Jennifer Rubin writes: Trump has spent his life evading responsibility for his conduct; within the space of a few months, he…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Estate Tax
There are 3 basic ways in which most simple Estates may be required to pay taxes. 1. If all or part of your state is being submitted to Probate, you’ll…
The Origin of Climate Goals
Professor Katharine Hayhoe, a climate scientist and author, wrote an educational post about climate goals back in 2019, but it’s currently useful information to understand the news (since climate change…
In the Summer Heat.
In the summer we are having, you have to be damn stupid to deny there is climate change happening. In the warming of the oceans, there is danger for humans.…
August 2—Earth Overshoot Day
The Global Footprint Network performs the public service of calculating how rapidly we are devouring the Earth’s natural resources. The Network is a charitable not-for-profit independent think tank headquartered in…
Cabinet was ignoring the law when it ordered Dr. Hinshaw around during the pandemic! Who knew?
You can blame Jason Kenney, principal author of the United Conservative Government’s clown-show response to COVID-19, if Alberta’s many pandemic scofflaws manage to wiggle off the hook for their violations…