Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Jamey Keaten and Seth Borenstein report on the World Meteorological Association’s finding that we’ve just had the hottest summer in recorded history. And…
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NYC-ABC PP/POW updates September 5, 2023
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 6, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Prosecutors ask for 33 years in prison for ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CNN https://tinyurl.com/3czb3hwf – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Our collective trauma is the road to tyranny
“Welcome In.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Corporate capitalism, defined by the cult of the self and the ruthless exploitation of the natural world and all forms of life for profit,…
Whose Debate Is It Anyway?
My maiden speech in the House of Commons was on March 22nd, 2016. A Member’s maiden speech is the first full speech given in debate, not the first time they…
Twist in Online News Act regulations could see news media owe millions to Google, Facebook
Photo from iStock Canadian news media could ironically owe millions to Google and Meta instead of the other way around under the Online News Act regulations proposed by Ottawa late…
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…
On Marxism
It’s such a go-to now to call the enemy some version of a communist in a weird throwback to 1950s America and McCarthyism. And now the leader of the opposition…
Steve, We Hardly Knew Ye.
Sometimes a boy from Brockville gets overlooked but Steve Clark had an impressive electoral record before Ontario premier Doug Ford made him minister of municipal affairs and housing. Steve had…
Canada, land of vanishing wonders
Mike Hanafin, “Brilliant doesn’t do this justice. @thejuicemedia usually skewers Australian (Australien!) govts/politicians for kissing up to Big Oil, Fossil Fuel extractors, & monopolist billionaires. But they noticed it was…
Anti-Flag are the anti-Christ
They are just such fucking hypocrites and scumbags. I burned everything weeks ago. Glad I did.
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Angular cats.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Dawn Bowdish and Andrew Costa provide a reminder as to how to stay as safe as possible from COVID-19 (even as governments…
pacific northwest labor history association conference: the young organizers
Without a doubt, the most engaging talk I attended at the Pacific Northwest Labor History Association Conference was “Young Workers Rising,” a panel of young organizers interviewed by another young…
"Return To The Office" Policies
So, now that we are 3 years past the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, a sizeable number of companies are beginning to demand people “be back in the office”. For…
Eating in the air: Air Canada’s new Jérôme Ferrer, meal box
Even if I'm not always hungry during the flight, if I'm going cross-country in particular I find a little nosh helps to pass the flight. And I'm a planner, so…
Eating off the Hill: Air Canada’s new Jérôme Ferrer, meal box
Even if I’m not always hungry during the flight, if I’m going cross-country in particular I find a little nosh helps to pass the flight. And I’m a planner, so…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 5, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario Housing Minister Steve Clark resigns #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/2p89f5bw – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Ecuador just showed the world what it means to take climate change seriously
In August, millions of Ecuadorians voted in a landmark referendum to halt oil exploration and development in the Yasuní National Park in the Amazon rainforest, one of the most biodiverse…