Alberta could start small….
What I find remarkable about “small c-” Canadian Conservatives is how reluctant, how reticent, they are to acknowledge the economic change that is going on around them. Unlike Brian Mulroney…
May 2024
Musical interlude
PVRIS – Mirrors
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Jillian Ambrose reports on a study showing that there’s no reason to approve any new fossil fuel development to meet current demand forecasts…
Rich polluters pay for their sins
Amid the doom and gloom on the climate change front, we are occasionally treated to some good news. That was the case this week with the announcement by Environment Minister…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 31, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump Convicted on All Counts to Become America’s First Felon President #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/y4bsydwh – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
My latest: ten points about the Mango Mussolini, convicted crook
Donald Trump, convicted criminal. If you want to get detailed and in-depth coverage and commentary about this historic criminal case, there’s lots and lots that has been written by some…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 28, 2024
NOTE: If you regularly send packets to Ben Varela, please stop, as he has beenreleased (time served!). If you send to Hridindu Roychowdhury, he has been transferred:Hridindu Roychowdhury #51111-510FCI MarionPost…
Finally
Yesterday, the law finally caught up with Donald Trump. Dana Milbank writes: After the jury convicted him Thursday evening on 34 felony counts in the hush money case, he stood…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 30, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: N.B. Court: Same-Sex Adultery is Ground for Divorce http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/04/nb-court-same-sex-adultery-is-ground.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
What do I know
The people who are saying to me that Trump would never ever be convicted are the same people now saying the conviction will help him win. Why don’t I listen…
Peter Rosenthal fought for justice in a tough place—the courtroom
Peter Rosenthal in 1983. Photo from Medium. An obituary announcing Peter Rosenthal’s death on May 25 describes him as “an esteemed mathematician, lawyer, and political activist with an unwavering passion…
Guilty X 34 = two solitudes in America
In Canada in the 1940s, we were experiencing what we described as Two Solitudes between our French-speaking and English-speaking peoples:...two peoples within one nation, each with its own legend and…
Guilty X 34 = two solitudes in America
In Canada in the 1940s, we were experiencing what we described as Two Solitudes between our French-speaking and English-speaking peoples: …two peoples within one nation, each with its own legend…
7 years ago, the NDP announced the location of a South Edmonton Hospital; thanks to the UCP, it will probably never be built
Seven years ago yesterday, Alberta’s NDP government announced the location of a desperately needed new hospital in South Edmonton. Keep your eye on this still-empty field, where no hospital will…
GUILTY ON ALL CHARGES
Woooot!
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Lauren Chadwick reports on the WHO’s findings that the COVID-19 pandemic has caused a multi-year drop in life expectancy and undone a…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 30, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Weinstein May Face New Charges as More Accusers Emerge, Prosecutors Say #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/2m8b9rdd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
If You Really Think About It…
The ads making the rounds these days from the PC war room tell you all you need to know about Doug Ford's view of the electorate: they are stupid -…
If You Really Think About It…
The ads making the rounds these days from the PC war room tell you all you need to know about Doug Ford’s view of the electorate: they are stupid –…
Is Poilievre’s Axe the Tax Campaign an Appeal to Confederates?
Is Poilievre using racist icons for campaign memes? The post Is Poilievre’s Axe the Tax Campaign an Appeal to Confederates? first appeared on Excited Delirium.