Demons Among Us
H/t MacKay History teaches us that the capacity to demonize ‘the other’ seems almost limitless. Whether it be the Jew, the Black, the Roma, the Indigenous, or any other group,…
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This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 11, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from January 11, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Unborn Baby not a Person – Arizona Car Pool Judge http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/01/unborn-baby-not-person-arizona-car.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Ten reasons we can’t blame the carbon tax for inflation
From the onset of the post-COVID surge in inflation, Canada’s new breed of right-wing populists has worked hard to pin the blame for higher prices on the federal government. They…
Toronto Mayoralty Morning Line.
This is the most tentative morning line we have ever prepared. These horses have different types of work-outs. Some are running out of their class. We are only rating 10…
UCP’s ‘Alberta is Calling signing bonus’ is mostly fluff, little substance, and likely to stir resentment
The United Conservative Party’s big “economic diversification” announcement yesterday, delivered by Premier Danielle Smith in what looked like a tire-repair shop, sounded like an uninspiring revival of former premier Jason…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Gregg Gonsalves writes that rather than spurring the development of more effective public health mechanisms, the COVID-19 pandemic has instead seen massive…
McAntiwar and More: Gabriel Kuhn on J. Sakai’s “The Shape of Things to Come” [LeftTwoThree.org]
A review of J Sakai, The Shape of Things to Come (Montreal: Kersplebedeb, 2023). Last month, we looked at the Kersplebedeb release A Brilliant Red Thread, an anthology of writings…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 4, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Australia to ban recreational vaping in e-cigarette crackdown #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3ntciFR – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
Confronting racial (in)justice in the university and beyond
UBC Library and Irving K. Barber Learning Centre. Photo by Don Erhardt/Flickr. In November, I was inducted as a fellow of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC). Established in 1882…
Back to Basics: A Reminder of How It All Works
What Covid is and how it spreads: It’s a virus that mutates very quickly inside “host” bodies (that’s us if we get it). It can seem respiratory, but it’s actual…
We Know Who She Is
Danielle Smith’s past keeps coming back to hurt her. Luke LeBrun writes: A newly resurfaced video shows Alberta UCP leader Danielle Smith endorsed the Ottawa convoy occupation and Coutts border…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: If a family member has put money into an investment in your name and you have co-signed on changes to the investment, does the investment belong to you?
The answer will very often depend on what you and your family member intended. Did they put the investments in your name with the expectation that you would hold it…
Doug’s Decision.
It is not often that premier Doug Ford makes a decision that pleases some of the people in Ontario. I figured it was just a typical Doug decision because he…
Today’s News: The Story Behind The Story?
Trudeau’s brother Sacha testified today to the Ethics Committee and for a non-politician he did very well — he didn’t “spin a story”, he didn’t punch up a headline or…
Review 1: Gojira – 1954
Like most North Americans, my introduction to Godzilla (aka Gojira) came later than the first (original) film. For me, it was the 1956 American edit of this film (Godzilla: King…
My latest: the betrayal of the Chong family
It’s a bigger scandal. The harm facing Michael Chong’s family, that is. And it’s arguably bigger than the Aga Khan, SNC-Lavalin and the WE “charity” scandals. Each of those previous…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 2, 2023
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ewen Callaway writes about the current state of the COVID-19 pandemic – with both a high baseline of cases, and frequent “wavelets” in…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 3, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Transgender Lawmaker Sues Over Removal From Montana House Floor #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/4275c9m – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…