Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Daron Acemoglu highlights the dangers of a new gilded age - particularly as increasingly large concentrations of wealth are taken for merit or wisdom.…
October 2024
Legal News Post of the Day: October 2, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario man shocked when engine not covered under warranty due to 'over revving' #law #legal #legalnews via @CTVNews https://t.co/PiVGTsGYFH - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Uncontested Divorce in Ontario
Separating spouses can file an Application for Divorce with the Court at any time following your separation.Where matrimonial issues remain unresolve, a divorce judgement can still be issued after 1…
My latest: the Vice-Presidential debate waszzzzz…
What’s happening in Israel is way, way more important. But there was a Vice-Presidential debate last night, and I watched it. In between checking for updates from the Middle East,…
Language Politics: False Division
Quebec's focus on alienating anglophones hurts French everywhere else
The global order and the value of human life
People wait for food relief in the city of Rafah, southern Gaza. Photo by Rizek Abdeljawad/Xinhua/ZUMA. As the genocide in Gaza drags on month after month, a number of commentators…
Chevy Played Ford, Canadian Played Carter
Jimmy Carter turned 100 on Tuesday. Here’s a satirical look back at his Presidential debate where he later won the election. Ford got a Swine Flu vaccination that year, which…
The forever war against regulation
John Rustad and Kevin Falcon talk about red tape reduction, but the real goal is deregulation, something demanded by their business sponsors. But regulations are vital tools for improving our…
Today’s News: "A damning non-answer"
WALZ: Did Donald Trump lose the 2020 election? VANCE: Tim, I'm focused on the future WALZ: That's a damning non-answer— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.bsky.social) October 1, 2024 at 8:41 PM Wallace:…
Symbolic win on climate change
One hundred and forty-two years ago the world’s first coal-burning power station went on line... The post Symbolic win on climate change first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Pierre’s Definition of Hell
Pierre wants hell for Canadians and he's delivering it every single day he does nothing else in Parliament. The post Pierre’s Definition of Hell first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Amy Goodman calls out the media's failure to connect the devastation of Hurricane Helene with the global warming which is exacerbating extreme weather,…
Legal News Post of the Day: October 1, 2024
McGill threatens to cancel law school semester if faculty union strike continues #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/UbxxxuGDQD - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Termination Without Cause
Can an employer lawfully terminate an exceptional employee who has had consistently good performance reviews?Under Ontario law, an employer may terminate any employee without cause, so long as…The employer provides…
Our dead don’t seem to count the same way
The Great Mosque of Gaza in the late nineteenth century. Photo by Maison Bonfils/Library of Congress. The discrepancy between Western framing of the conflicts in Ukraine and Gaza has often…
Today’s News: Remembering for Orange Shirt Day
The Scream, by Kent Monkman The RCMP came in. My mom was trembling. The rcmp took me from my mother's lap. (I believe it is called abuction today. ) They…
Chemtrails, moon men, and United Conservative Party 2.0 – nope, this is not your father’s Conservative Party!
A political party that has completely lost its mind is no laughing matter, but I’m going to start with a dad joke. Since my late dad was an astrophysicist and…