Eyeless in Gaza
A young woman carries her infant while walking on Rashid Street, west of Gaza City, on January 11, 2024. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa/UNICEF/Flickr. “There is almost no kind of outrage…
2024
Man exploits man
February 8, 2024 news item: BCE slashes 9% of workforce, puts blame at the feet of regulators and policymakers. The cuts affect about 4,800 jobs and follow the elimination of…
When The Beatles conquered America (and me)
I am reading a called ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ a history of pop music. Naturally, there was a chapter on The Beatles and their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,…
MLA Rakhi Pancholi formally joins NDP leadership contest, says she could drop consumer carbon tax
Edmonton-Whitemud MLA Rakhi Pancholi formally joined the NDP leadership race yesterday. Candidate Kathleen Ganley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). This was not exactly a surprise, as Ms. Pancholi, an Edmonton lawyer…
Today’s News: Speculatively smearing Biden
In nine months, we will know whether Biden and the Democrats can win the American election. Though in 2020 Biden won the popular vote by millions, he only won the…
MPs reject democratic upgrade
Canada is a very free country, but unfortunately not a very democratic one. Not when our electoral system consistently gives us governments that most of us don’t choose. For example,…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mark Poynting reports on the latest data showing that global warming reached the 1.5 C threshold over the past year. And Adrienne…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 8, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Montreal man charged with uttering death threats against Trudeau #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/bdejstpc – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
History And Pride
For the past couple of years I have been reading about the antebellum South, the Civil War, and the so-called Reconstruction era that followed. My reading has uncovered a number…
Norway Gamed Oil to Get Rich and Go Green
Norway figured out how to make money from its oil while going green, and other countries should learn this nifty trick. Yes, oil is bad and we need to stop…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Can I make my own Will using an online form?
Beware. If you use an online form instead of a lawyer: 1. You aren’t getting personalized advice from a lawyer who has assessed your needs and interests. 2. Nobody is…
Asper’s legacy of media control lives on in HonestReporting Canada
Israel “Izzy” Asper and his son Leonard Asper in the early-2000s. Photo courtesy La Presse. One of the benefits of teaching overseas, as I was forced to do for most…
Plague Update: SARS1 2009 News, Viewed from 2022
How many mental health problems seen since the pandemic started are actually blamed on changes in the brains of people infected, and not on some scapegoat like quarantines that kept…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Meghan Bartels interviews Maria Van Kerkhove about the continuing and emerging threats in the fifth year of a pandemic which most of the…
My latest: Belleville’s problem is everyone’s problem
BELLEVILLE – Brian Orford is a Belleville native, age 44. He looks a lot older than that. He looks profoundly sad, like he’s seen it all. He probably has. Brian…
Eating on the road: Breakfast at Olive et Gourmando in Montreal
When I was looking for breakfast spots during my visit to Montreal last year, Olive et Gourmando came up a lot. And just a few blocks walk from my hotel…
CTV gets hammered for credulous reporting of dodgy poll by deceptively named company
Sooner or later, every news organization gets sucked in by a questionable story. Reporter Duncan Kinney of The Progress Report (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Best practice suggests the appropriate way…