Add PostMedia to ‘Foreign Influence’ File
Canadians should demand a ‘foriegn influence inquiry’ into PostMedia, especially in the wake of the announcement of a plan to merge with TorStar. The post Add PostMedia to ‘Foreign Influence’…
2023
Covid or Cov-AIDS??
I wrote about concerns about the similarity between SARS-2 and AIDS back in November: Here’s info on Covid causing lymphopenia (aka lymphocytopenia), the reduction of B, T, and NK cells…
A Bad Day at Queen’s Park.
When life deals you lemons, you are sometimes awash in lemonade. Even with the legislature shuttered for the summer, premier Ford hangs heavy over Ontario. He is that slow, overweight…
UCP addiction to inflicting ideological solutions on real problems means plague of drug deaths is unlikely to abate
In a better world, the conveniently timed post-election release of statistics showing Alberta had the deadliest month on record in April for fatal drug poisonings would have discredited the “Alberta…
So what’s the Right Wing up to now? A survey from Poilievre to RFK to Jan 6 to yoga
First, a little Poilievre-bashing, because why not? I’m a Liberal voter now. Is PMJT perfect in my eyes? NO. But if the best that you can provide is Pierre Poilievre…
How neoliberalism brought down Russia … and nearly us
The economic collapse of the 1930s brought down democracies across Europe unleashing fascism across the continent. Other countries, including Canada and the United States, introduced drastic measures to protect the…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Sociable cats.
Reconstructing Ukraine: Private capital floods in
Britain’s Prime Minister Rishi Sunak introduces Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the first day of the Ukraine Recovery Conference in London, June 21, 2023. Photo courtesy AP. The 2023 Ukraine…
Collision 2023 Day 1
I’m at Collision conference today in Toronto looking for some cool new good things to share. I’ll update this post as I find stuff. A record-breaking 30 percent of startups…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Henrietta Cook reports on new data as to the number of people dying in hospitals as a result of the spread of…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 27, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Olivia Chow elected mayor of Toronto, CP24 declares #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/mtxk43wb – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
The rise of global class struggle
Intersyndicale parading during a demonstration for the defense of public services, Dijon, France, May 22, 2018. Photo by Haldu/Wikimedia Commons. After years of passivity in the face of upper class…
Teaching in the Face of a Bleak Future
I can’t imagine teaching right now. This post is a mishmash of thought around teaching at such a momentous time in history. Well, momentous for us. I’ve only been retired…
Leadership Lost.
Canadians climb mountains seeking leadership. We have seen the problems at all levels. In our communities, in our provinces and across our country, we feel the same frustrations. But resolutions…
Today’s edition of "Christ, what an asshole!"
Today’s edition of Christ What An Asshole is American cycling cheater Lance Armstrong, who wrote a widely-read anti-trans tweet thread this weekend which has been universally panned. Lance Armstrong is…
Yes, Danielle Smith can just apologize and shrug off her ethical failings – so it’s time for a new NDP strategy
Irfan Sabir, the NDP Opposition’s justice critic, wasn’t wrong when he complained on Saturday that Danielle Smith shouldn’t be able to rattle off a meaningless apology in the Legislature and…
#TOpoli
@anabailaoTO's team ran a terrific campaign. @oliviachow ran a winning one. Congrats to all, win or lose. #topoli pic.twitter.com/D7iMiVxBbX — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) June 27, 2023
Predicting the Best and Worst of Digital Life By 2035
From: Elon-Pew’s Predicting the Best and Worst of Digital Life By 2035. Stephen Downes, an expert with the Digital Technologies Research Centre of the National Research Council of Canada, wrote,…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – John Dearing, Gregory Cooper and Simon Willcock discuss the doom loop which is seeing worse-than-predicted effects of the climate breakdown resulting in vicious…
Preaching misogyny
The Southern Baptist Convention (SBC) is the biggest Protestant denomination in the US, descending from Baptists who settled in the American colonies in the 17th century. The southerners broke away…