Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Beth Mole reports on research showing that U.S. children suffered a spike in brain abscesses after COVID protections were removed – and that…
2023
Superior Court judge: he’s racist and so is the PPC
Along with being found to be a racist by a Superior Court judge, he's a liar. We weren't working for the Liberal Party or the Conservative Party or any party…
Presentation & Discussion of Don Hamerquist’s “A Brilliant Red Thread” in Brooklyn, NY
WHAT IS IT: A free presentation and discussion about the recently released book entitled A Brilliant Red Thread: Revolutionary Writings of Don Hamerquist WHERE IS IT: The Word is Change…
Fake Conservative Crises
Fake Conservative crises yield very real votes. We have to educate ourselves so we don’t get sucked into the hype. The post Fake Conservative Crises first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Ely’s Long Covid Disability Roulette
The Washington Post put out a free article about a new study that defines long Covid. They identify 12 key symptoms to create a common language on this. The symptoms…
The Pique of Pierre Poilievre.
The leader of the conservatives in parliament comes with both good news and bad news. You will never guess which is which. The first piece of news has to do…
Musical interlude
Shallou – Save Some Room
Rachel Notley’s unforced error – that 3% corporate tax increase – probably cost the NDP the election
SAINT JOHN, N.B. – The principal unforced error that most likely cost the Alberta NDP the May 29 election was the foolish decision to blab about a 3-per-cent tax increase…
Alberta—rural government in an urban province
The last century saw the greatest revolution in this country’s history. I refer to the mass migration from country to town. At Confederation, about 80 percent of Canadians lived in…
Today’s News: Throwing mud
I think Poilievre and the CPC brain trust have realized that they’re not going to get Trudeau to resign over ancient CSIS briefings about Chinese political donations. So now the…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 2, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto mayoral debate cancelled after multiple candidates pull out amid alleged gun threat #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/b92sj976 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
On Keeping Kids "Safe" From Pride
Student Trustee Kenzy Soror wrote an excellent, brief thread on the problem with parents keeping their children home because it’s pride day or month: “I take great concern with the…
Eating off the Hill: Fish and Chips at Surfside in Comox
I always say when you’re having fish, get as close to the ocean as possible. If you can dine outside and smell the salt air, even better. Whenever I’m back…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Supreme Court of Canada: All Ontario Tribunals Must Apply Human Rights Code http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/04/supreme-court-of-canada-all-ontario.html – Garry J. Wise,…
The DeSantis Boomering
Florida governor Ron DeSantis is desperately trying to weaponize his state’s public education system. But a rebellion is brewing. The rebellion is coming from teachers. Greg Sargent and Paul Waldman…
Old media may need Bill C-18, but new media need Google and Facebook
The future of newspapers in Canada is in jeopardy if the government doesn’t quickly pass Bill C-18, publishing company executives told Senate hearings into the Online News Act this week.…
Social Identity and Narratives
From Alan Levinoitz: A lot of politics can be explained by ignoring Maslow’s hierarchy and realizing that people care as much about symbolic meaning, a sense of dignity, narratives in…
Dumbing Down with Ranked Ballots.
It is hard to believe people who fail to understand the mathematics of voting with ranked ballots. No matter how many times we see the proof of the problem, some…
Review 5: Mothra vs Godzilla – 1964
Toho was not about to let another seven years slip by without a sequel to a successful Godzilla film, but what to do now? The last two films had all…