NYC-ABC PP/POW updates October 3, 2023
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner supportcrews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners and…
2023
Scott Moe is “Perplexed”
That’s a fancy word for insincerely idiotic. If Premier Moe listened to CBC radio or had staff who did to explain it to him, he'd not sound like a perplexed…
Rethinking Assets can Alter Our Political Equation of Climate Change
They emphasis the need to address asset revaluation concerns in the context of climate politics and suggests that a focus on domestic politics is crucial. They also discusses the role…
At Our Worst
The Israel-Hamas War is a case of humanity operating on its worst instincts. Eric Ifill writes: I am embarrassed by the leadership of this country who have polluted what it…
I’ve had people telling me they’d now vote for Poilievre simply because of this
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Who wins?
The recent devastating fighting in Israel has people, friends, communities, faiths, divided; leaders, opinion-makers, nations united. As I try to get my mind around both the violence and the reaction,…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: What is Probate?
When you name a person in your last will to be the Executor of your Estate, that person sometimes needs to also apply to the Court to be appointed formally…
The difficult path to a green economy
Since 1990, Canada’s emissions have decreased by a modest 3.1 tonnes per person. However, when we look at the distribution of emissions, we find that the bottom 90% reduced their…
The Big Lie of Covid Herd Immunity
Why do some healthcare professionals still insist that herd immunity will work despite visual evidence to the contrary? A nicely explainer came out in Journal of Infectious Diseases March 2022:…
Basic Income – It’s Possible
We almost had it. When CERB was introduced to help people at the start of the pandemic, some people who hadn’t been to a dentist in decades finally got their…
What can the new Manitoba NDP government do?
Manitoba Premier-designate Wab Kinew. Photo courtesy the Winnipeg Free Press. There are good reasons to celebrate the NDP’s win in the October 3 provincial election in Manitoba. Especially important is…
Consent of the Governed.
Ontario residents have come to regret the lack of education of their premier. He is obviously not the only conservative politician these days who neither knows nor understands this basic…
Guest Post: Alberta has already killed the notorious Grassy Mountain coal mine, so why is it still alive?
It’s a true Alberta mystery. The notorious Grassy Mountain open-pit coal mine proposal on the eastern slopes of the Rocky Mountains in southern Alberta near the Crowsnest Pass keeps getting…
SaskPower On The Future of Net Zero
Balance he says. pic.twitter.com/elGKwknjSg — John Klein (@JohnKleinRegina) October 17, 2023 SaskPower gave a lecture at the university about transmission and generation planning.
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Bordered cats.
Canada’s weak stance on Gaza crisis gives green light to Israel’s war crimes
People gather around the bodies of Palestinians killed in Israeli air strikes on the al-Ahli Arab Hospital in central Gaza after they were transported to Shifa Hospital. Photo by Dawood…
Jewish wisdom; Gentile folly
Reading The New York Times, as I do every morning (the world’s best newspaper), I have encountered a number of articles on the current hostilities in Palestine. I couldn’t help…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Arijit Chakravarthy and Martha Lincoln offer a reminder that COVID-19 isn’t about to go away just because we’re refusing to deal with…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 17, 2023
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