Toronto politics invades County politics
Here’s a letter I wrote to the local paper. Remember, politicos: everyone has a past. As a resident of Hillier, I was frankly astounded by the Times’ willingness to publish…
2023
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Ritika Goel, Vanessa Redditt and Michaela Beder discuss how the Ford PCs are cruelly taking health care away from the marginalized people who…
AUKUS submarine deal crosses nuclear red lines with Australia
American nuclear attack submarines in Australian waters. Photo courtesy the US Department of Defense/Flickr. The recent Australia, US, and UK $368 billion deal on buying nuclear submarines has been termed…
Financialization is the latest business model for Canada’s media
The Toronto Star sign after being stripped from the 1 Yonge Street building. Photo by Fareen Karim/BlogTO. Canadian media have traditionally been highly lucrative businesses. Some of the country’s richest…
Legal Tweet of the Day: March 29, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Pence Must Testify to Jan. 6 Grand Jury, Judge Rules #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://nyti.ms/3nx0sKN – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
On Drug Deaths, Harm Reduction and Addiction Treatment
Of late, CPC leader Pierre Poilievre has been making a lot of noise about drug addiction, deaths resulting from overdoses, and so on. So far, much of his rhetoric and…
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…
A Vast Empty Space
Marjorie Taylor Greene claims that Canada is helping Mexicans invade the United States. Alex Panetta reports: Here’s an attention-grabbing charge: the idea that Canada might be assisting an invasion of…
Progressives in an Imperfect World.
Wearing a label seems wrong. While we are often willing to bestow labels on others, we know that we are more complex. And if you live long enough, you know…
Economics of biodiversity
The UK commissioned a study published in 2021 that was to help the government establish environmental policies for 25-years. Project leader Professor Sir Partha Dasgupta of Cambridge University was assisted…
UCP plans to let private medical corporations provide some surgeries without qualified anesthesiologists in the Operating Room
I bet you didn’t know the United Conservative Party Government plans to let private medical corporations operating their own facilities perform surgeries even if the person delivering the anesthesia is…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Couched cats.
Some encouraging support for net zero
Below is an open letter that appeared as an ad in the National Post and The Hill Times. The letter recognizes that our “major trading partners have already moved aggressively…
Some encouraging support for net zero
Below is an open letter that appeared as an ad in the National Post and The Hill Times. The letter recognizes that our “major trading partners have already moved aggressively…
Mammoth Ideas For Past, Present, and Future – Sweetish Meatballs
Bread, beef and milk will be artificially produced pic.twitter.com/4AYs2kHe3N — Paul Fairie (@paulisci) March 27, 2023 Not now, meatball created from long exti wait what? pic.twitter.com/gXbcHg4aGU — tern (@1goodtern) March…
That went downhill fast! Five Energy Tips for Difficult Relationships
Last post I promised some tips on coping with conflict in work, friend, and family relationships. I feel like I’m an expert on that these days, because the last few…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Carrie Arnold examines our current state of knowledge about the prevalence and effects of long COVID. Tanya Lewis discusses the particularly acute…
New Year, New Adventures
This year will see many changes in my life. I am transitioning to a new adventure on Vancouver Island. My passion for parks and natural spaces has not diminished, but…
New Year, New Adventures
This year will see many changes in my life. I am transitioning to a new adventure on Vancouver Island. My passion for parks and natural spaces has not diminished, but…
New Year, New Adventures
This year will see many changes in my life. I am transitioning to a new adventure on Vancouver Island. My passion for parks and natural spaces has not diminished, but…