Imagining A Post Capitalist World
This is not meant to be a comprehensive analysis but an imagining of some of the features of a post capitalist world. OK lets get this over with first. The…
August 2023
Saturday Photo: Not a Bumper Crop But Good News Anyway
This is the sum total of my harvest this year-two small pears. It is a far cry from years when my two trees produced more than the squirrels could eat.…
The Word Of The Day
It is a word that I don’t often use, but it is one that seems especially apt in describing the Greenbelt corruption stench currently assaulting us in Ontario. Many Ontarians,…
Fuelling the fires
Premier David Eby and Ministers of British Columbia spent much time in August 18 news conferences. They talked about dealing with wildfires and assisting the tens of thousands of people…
The future
My oldest best friend Pierre lives in Kelowna. Thursday, their neighbourhood was evacuated by police, hammering on doors to tell people to get out. They left with nothing. Very worried…
Pan-Variant Vaccines on the Horizon
Epidemiologist prof Raywat Deonandan said, “Whenever I encourage people to mask in crowded indoor settings, I get the same pushback: ‘Do we have to do this for the rest of…
Poilievre’s Passion.
It is hard to believe that MP Pierre Poilievre has made it as far as he has. His summer travels seem to be a cross between Adolph Hitler’s rants in…
United Conservative Party nationalizes privatized medical lab services – who saw that coming?
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith, lifelong advocate of private health care, moved unexpectedly yesterday to nationalize the province’s recently privatized medical lab services. Alberta Premier Danielle Smith (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Health…
Musical interlude
Tame Impala – One More Year
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Joseph Choi reports on new research showing that updated COVID-19 vaccines help build immunity against the Eris strain. And Keenan Sorokan reports on…
rip robbie robertson
The news that Robbie Robertson died hit me hard. Although he’s not the last surviving member of The Band (Garth Hudson recently turned 80), he was my last surviving deep…
Legal Tweet of the Day: August 18, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Officials Investigate Threats Against Trump Grand Jurors in Georgia #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/2s4eepyu – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Alpha dog of extractivism pushes status quo
Indonesian sulfur miners carrying their 90 kilogram loads of sulfur from the floor of the volcano to crater rim, Ijen Volcano, Banyuwangi Regency, East Java, February 9, 2015. Photo by…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 5, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 5, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Warman and Fournier: Divisional Court Protects Online Anonymity, Overturns Motion Court Ruling https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/05/warman-and-fournier-divisional-court.html – Garry J. Wise,…
Can We Make it Three More Years?
So Mike Roman was just indicted for his involvement in trying to overthrow the 2020 election in the US. What’s that got to do with us? He worked directly with…
21st Century Fire: “…there is no top end.”
I don’t think there is anything more terrifying than a wildfire. If Canadians are now beginning to grasp the magnitude and imminent danger of climate change, then it is this…
Our Daily Bread.
Why do we have government? When did we start praying to the government to “Give us this day, our daily bread?” Is this a democratic government? It is not God,…
Oil industry disappoints (but doesn’t surprise)
Once upon a time I toiled in the oil patch and it was good to me. I worked for Shell Canada and the royal pectin paid well, provided excellent benefits…
New Affiliate (or an old one who is rejoining us)
It’s been quite awhile since I’ve posted one of these notices. Please re-welcome back to blogging (and to Progressive Bloggers) David Graham and his new blog:“A View From The Back…