Dancing To A Madman’s Tune
Donald Trump just skipped the second Republican debate. He figures the nomination is in the bag. E.J. Dionne explains what is happening: Trump wants his foes to stay weak. By…
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of September 25, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 25, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Recent violence on Toronto transit ‘indicative of something larger’: TTC Ontario court…
Rwanda is the ‘Wild West’ and should be removed from the mineral supply chain
Diggers at an entrance to a cassiterite mine in South Kivu, eastern Congo, 2015. Photo by Phil Hatcher-Moore. Mark Twain, who wrote about thieves and conmen in America’s “Wild West,”…
Reforming Voting II.
The following item was missed by a large number of our readers who access BabelontheBay.com through Progressive Bloggers. It is a subject on which I would really appreciate some comments.…
Known Knowns and Known Unknowns
On May 27, 2022 , we heard the simplest possible explanation of what Covid does to our bodies and how to prevent the spread, but we gave a finger to…
Looney Tunes Is Alberta.
Is it ever thus? Premier Danielle Smith is off on her tangent to save Alberta from the rapacious government in Ottawa. It must be that they cannot teach Canadian history…
Meme Monday #12
The month of September saw the Roman Empire as a topic of discussion. Although this is apparently because women had discovered men actually think about it quite a lot. Now,…
Plague Update: It’s Still (Not) Over
BC isn’t helping old people with COVID-19. Seems like eugenics. Can you imagine the scandal if this happened 2 years ago? We do “this” because we will NOT go gentle…
"Save the Children East Meets West" on the move… so long as (a) their cars don’t break down, (b) they don’t run out of gas, or (c) someone can pick them up on the way.
First a quick update. It appears that there what have been described as convoys from Quebec today that began today. Norman Blanchfield, who began his drive in Alberta, is currently…
"Save the Children East Meets West" on the move… so long as (a) their cars don’t break down, (b) they don’t run out of gas, or (c) someone can pick them up on the way.
First a quick update. It appears that there what have been described as convoys from Quebec today that began today. Norman Blanchfield, who began his drive in Alberta, is currently…
"Save the Children East Meets West" on the move… so long as (a) their cars don’t break down, (b) they don’t run out of gas, or (c) someone can pick them up on the way.
First a quick update. It appears that there what have been described as convoys from Quebec today that began today. Norman Blanchfield, who began his drive in Alberta, is currently…
World War II revisionism on full display in Nazi’s visit to Parliament
Parliamentarians gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a former member of the 14th Waffen Grenadier Division of the SS, the military wing of the Nazi Party, during Ukrainian President…
real heroes for real reasons: female athletes moving the world forward
These days I can’t blog about events or issues that are meaningful to me until they’re old news — which of course in today’s world can mean only days or…
Saturday Photo: More Housing…
And then there’s this highrise model.
Metroland bankruptcy smells to high heaven
The chain of 70 Ontario community newspapers and a half-dozen dailies, including the historic Hamilton Spectator, filed last week for court protection from its creditors. File photo by John Rennison/Hamilton…
Staying Healthy Takes Work
If social media is any barometer of this, anti-mask abuse appears to be skyrocketing. Fixed it for ya! There are tons of comments by the Covid cautious about about being…
Criticizing Bonnie Crombie.
Having missed the liberal leadership debate at the old Ryerson campus last week, it seemed, according to the news articles, I did not miss much. The mayor of Mississauga is…
On Helping Professions
Should mental health professionals be more concerned about the spread of a brain-invasive virus that affects mental health by doing a number on the brain?? Amanda Hu wrote “I feel…