The year the musicians died
I worry about Willie Nelson. The Red-Headed Stranger turned 90 this year, so clearly he won’t be on the road again much longer. But I’m especially worried about Willie, one…
2023
Leaving the Goldilocks Zone
This very brief TikTok from view.from.my.eyes is a perfect metaphor (and reality) of our current situation: @top_jumbomortgage_lender #greece #flood ♬ original sound – steve Check out the people on the…
How Canada came to be one of the world’s leading arms dealers
LAV-25 of the 12th Armoured Regiment, January 14, 2012. Photo courtesy the United States Marine Corps/Flickr. For several decades, Liberal and Conservative governments have steadily militarized Canada. Since the end…
Poilievre’s Posturing.
Where does conservative leader Pierre Poilievre get off referring to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy as a foreign dictator? That was what Poilievre inferred in his speech to the conservative party…
This Afternoon We Find Out
This afternoon, we find out which of the 50+ policy resolutions get adopted by the CPC. Back here, I reviewed 3 policy resolutions in context, and questioned just how “broad”…
I’ll be back
Sorry, I have to pause on posting for a little while. I’ll be back.
I’ll Be Watching You
Woke up this morning thinking of some lyrics from The Police: … Every move you makeAnd every vow you breakEvery smile you fakeEvery claim you stakeI’ll be watching you Then…
Saturday Photo: Temporary Housing?
You’re right: it’s bird’s nest. Almost walked past it last week on the trail at the Parc des Rapides de Lachine last Sunday, but at the last minute it caught…
Fraud Fest in Waterloo Region
Catherine Fife and Debbie Chapman speaking to protesters. It feels like we turned a dark corner in Ontario. In my hometown in particular. Doug Ford came to K-W to be…
For A Long Time
The Greenbelt scandal has become quicksand for Doug Ford. It has exposed the “man of the people” for what he is. Emma Teitel writes: Ontario Premier Doug Ford must assume…
Good News, Bad News.
There was a note on Pierre Poilievre’s desk when he reported in after his summer holiday: Sire: We have good news and bad news. It seems that the generation Zee…
Musical interlude
Emma Hewitt X Orjan Nilsen – Warrior
Unabated Fury
If the people of Hamilton are any indication, the citizen fury against Doug Ford’s brazen and corrupt theft of Greenbelt lands continues unabated. In a meeting ostensibly called to get…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Rebecca Leber highlights how drilling in the Arctic and other high-cost fossil fuel extraction plans are based on a sociopathic bet against any…
Aliens at the Bruce
“Did you see that? Tell me you saw that!” Our first instinct was to question our eyes. We were stargazing near the tip of the… The post Aliens at the…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 7, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Mexico’s Supreme Court Decriminalizes Abortion Nationwide – The New York Times #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/28kd4vva – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…