Saturday Photo: Sunburned Knees from Last Summer
Summer evening at Sept Iles, sunshine and sunburned knees for the old guy. A nice memory of a good trip, something to think about as the days begin to grow…
2023
Justice for Hassan Diab
Professor Hassan Diab is a Canadian citizen and academic who is facing extradition to France to stand trial in connection with the 1980 bombing of a Paris synagogue. This even…
A Tale Of 3 Stories
Over the last several weeks, there have been a series of stories about alleged “indecent exposure” incidents in public change rooms involving transgender women. Incident 1: January 27, 2023 https://thepostmillennial.com/canadian-parents-protest-after-trans-identified-male-allegedly-exposed-himself-to-young-girls-in-pool-change-room…
Saturday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – E. Wesley Ely discusses the developing – and worrisome – body of knowledge of how COVID-19 affects the brain, while Korin Miller reports…
My latest: farewell John, hello future
He’s gone. And we don’t even have to say who. You already know: John Tory. Full disclosure: I’ve known him — and been friends with him — for 25 years.…
Shameless And Incorrigible
I was going to post about Doug Ford today on another topic today, but then I came across this video, yet another testament to his shameless lack of ethics and…
Poilievre And Rouleau
Justice Paul Rouleau delivered his report yesterday. Susan Delacourt writes: “Freedom” became a highly charged political word in Canada one year ago, shouted from trucks blockading border points, bouncing off…
Against multipolar imperialism
The following article is republished from Spectre, a US-based Marxist publication founded in 2020 with the aim of “developing new, internationalist, Marxist-feminist, anti-racist, and concrete analysis, which can bring us…
Today’s News: Justified
TL;DR Breaking: #POEC report “Canada’s use of Emergency Act justified due to shit policing and ongoing political interference and douchebaggery from the great unwashed” (I’m paraphrasing). Now go get jobs.…
Poilievre Panders to Péquistes.
Not much is heard from the federal conservative leader these days. He is letting some of his conservative MPs take the heat. He can let his Quebec lieutenant, Pierre Paul-Hus…
HEADLESS GOVERNMENT IN TOPLESS TOWN!
What do you want to bet that Edmonton’s diverting mid-winter topless swimming story becomes the surprise big issue of the coming 2023 Alberta provincial election? The City of Edmonton’s Mill…
Musical interlude
Andain – Promises
Thoughts On The War In Ukraine
The Russian invasion of Ukraine has now been slogging along for a year, with little real headway being made by Russia in what they clearly thought was going to be…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Robert Reich discusses how the concentration of power in the hands of the U.S.’ capitalist class has reached levels not see since the…
Why early nominations need to be part of rebuilding a competitive Ontario Liberal Party
I managed my first OLP campaign, and my second campaign overall as a manager, in 2014 in Parkdale-High Park. We had an amazing candidate, a strong team and lots of…
About The Company We (Or At Least Some Of Us) Keep
Normally, I would say that the following consists simply of unsupported assertions. However, since it is about Doug Ford, and with the stench of corruption so overpowering, it is in…
Anti-Imperialism is for Everyone [Gabriel Kuhn]
Intro A recent book on the Revolutionary Cells of Germany, a network of militant left-wing radicals active in the 1980s and 90s, includes a curious exchange. An interviewer asks three…
And they did. And they were right to do so.
From @kinsellawarren: Invoke Emergencies Act to shut down truckers' protest https://t.co/4pi37NhbYx #cdnpoli — Toronto Sun (@TheTorontoSun) February 14, 2022
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 17, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Inquiry set to deliver its verdict today on Ottawa’s use of emergency powers to end convoy protests #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3EfLo9E – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
For National Caregiver Day, A Reflection on Receiving Care
Yesterday I had a fascinating conversation with Laurel Wittman, President of the Well Spouse Association. Laurel is a long-time carer for her husband who has MS. After chatting a while…