Catch-44
Let me tell you a harrowing story. It’s not a story for the faint of heart. You may want to sit next to a loved one, turn on all the…
August 2024
My latest: some charities are more equal than others
In Trudeau’s Canada, some charities seem to be more equal than others. That’s the only conclusion that can be drawn from the shocking notices posted this week on the Canada…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Richard Sandbrook makes the case for a Green New Deal as combining the ambition and the feasibility needed to halt climate change. And Stewart…
Legal News Post of the Day: August 12, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Jordan Peterson agrees to social media coaching after Supreme Court declines free speech case #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://t.co/sXXWTu3mXX - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Wise Law’s Top 10 #LegalNewsPosts for the Week of August 12, 2024
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Knowing When To Go
It's not easy figuring out when it's time to go. Joe Biden didn't want to leave. Michael Harris writes:Like a lot of people who don’t know when to call it…
Knowing When To Go
It's not easy figuring out when it's time to go. Joe Biden didn't want to leave. Michael Harris writes:Like a lot of people who don’t know when to call it…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 12, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 12, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:Google has illegal monopoly over online searches, U.S. judge rulesQuebec man fined for…
The Erosion Of Local Democracy
The dog days of summer often offer opportunities for unscrupulous governments to slip something by the people. With the focus more on partying than politics, unpopular measures can be enacted…
Covid Olympics
It's the pinnacle of denialism and such a waste of talent to have top athletes practice for decades of their lives for this one event, then put them together with…
What doesn’t qualify as journalism in Canada seems a bit arbitrary
Newsroom of the New York Times, 1942. Photo by Marjory Collins/Wikimedia Commons. One of these things, as they sang on Sesame Street, is not like the other ones. Rebel News…
Fun stuff: from Olympic horses to Olympic moments, from Fox News to other stuff, from dogs to plate tectonics. And fall is coming!
Well, the Olympics are over for another two years. Here are a few remaining odds and sods: Post by @jennyjohnsonhi5 View on Threads Pakistan’s Arshad Nadeem just broke the world…
Rage farming
J.D. Blackburn is focused on Pierre Poilievre, but lies and demagoguery are part of the right-wing, conservative playbook. With less than ten weeks before BC's provincial election, expect to see…
The question is…
More than a few people enter politics with a hope of exercising power or advancing their careers. For some, the choice is an economic one. They expect rewards by way…
Taxing the very, very, very rich
According to the United Nations, “Inequality threatens long-term social and economic development, harms poverty reduction... The post Taxing the very, very, very rich first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
what i’m reading: path lit by lightning, the life of jim thorpe
Jim Thorpe was one of my fascinations as a child and teen. I spent a lot of time watching old movies on TV, and one day stumbled on "Jim Thorpe:…
Saturday Photo: Morning Rituals
In the morning everyone needs to freshen up a bit. Glad to see that the ducks are back in our neighborhoood.
Today’s news: Wanna know who is "online savvy"? That would be Trudeau, not Poilievre
So Canadian media have finally noticed Poilieve's "Bot-Gate" scandal and they just can't believe the CPC would actually do something so glaringly stupid, because Poilievre is just so "online savvy".When…