Youth sports: done right, done wrong
After watching a grandchild and other nine-year-olds playing in a Little League baseball tournament, I was reminded about the positive and negative aspects of youth sports. Done right, they’re beneficial.…
May 2024
Sunday Morning Links
Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – Max Fawcett laments that anti-vaxxers and science denialists have managed to control public policy choices in the midst of a pandemic with…
Harmful Misinformation
Two threads - one from a retired doctor on deducing misinformation and one from a current doctor frustrated with other doctors who ignore the information presented by patients. We have…
Harmful Misinformation
Two threads – one from a retired doctor on deducing misinformation and one from a current doctor frustrated with other doctors who ignore the information presented by patients. We have…
Into the long weekend: mosquitos and Poilievre and polls, oh my
Ahh, summer is starting at last!MOSQUITOES! pic.twitter.com/wvHI7RLein— Brittlestar (@brittlestar) May 17, 2024 Moving on to something even more biting, I think Pierre Poilievre is now finding there is a downside…
Into the long weekend: mosquitos and Poilievre and polls, oh my
Ahh, summer is starting at last! MOSQUITOES! pic.twitter.com/wvHI7RLein — Brittlestar (@brittlestar) May 17, 2024 Moving on to something even more biting, I think Pierre Poilievre is now finding there is…
The Alberta Advantage? For workers subject to the province’s wage suppression tactics, it’s gone like the wind
What Alberta Advantage? Dr. Stanford as he addressed the Alberta Federation of Labour mid-term forum in Calgary yesterday (Photo: Twitter/Alberta Federation of Labour). A new report by economist Jim Stanford…
Saturday Photo:The Best Lawn Is Flowers
Why plant grass when you can have this instead?So glad to see that other people are letting nature take its course.
Saturday Photo:The Best Lawn Is Flowers
Why plant grass when you can have this instead? So glad to see that other people are letting nature take its course.
My latest: the hidden hand
If you are a Canadian Jew, or you are one of the many who supports Canadian Jews and Israel, it’s been a bad week. The mayor of Canada’s largest city…
This Is What They Have Become
Sometimes, no commentary is necessary. Their words indict themselves and their government: Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Why don’t you debate me?” AOC: “I think it’s gonna be self-evident” Marjorie Taylor Greene:…
This Is What They Have Become
Sometimes, no commentary is necessary. Their words indict themselves and their government: Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Why don’t you debate me?” AOC: “I think it’s gonna be self-evident” Marjorie Taylor Greene:…
Musical interlude
Adina Butar – Whisper
the propaganda discrediting student protests is sad, frustrating, and incredibly hypocritical
The student movement opposing Israeli apartheid brings my heart so much joy. When I was in university, a similar movement calling for divestment from South Africa played a significant role…
the propaganda discrediting student protests is sad, frustrating, and incredibly hypocritical
The student movement opposing Israeli apartheid brings my heart so much joy. When I was in university, a similar movement calling for divestment from South Africa played a significant role…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 17, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario calls on Toronto to drop ‘disastrous’ drug decriminalization request #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/8jkjjxyh – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Developments in Access to Legal Information Online https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/developments-in-access-to-legal.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Rabid, Unadulterated Hatred
The following is hard to watch, but captures the unadulterated hatred for Palestinians that grips some Israelis as they work hard to stop humanitarian aid to Gaza:The narrative has clearly…
Rabid, Unadulterated Hatred
The following is hard to watch, but captures the unadulterated hatred for Palestinians that grips some Israelis as they work hard to stop humanitarian aid to Gaza: The narrative has…