Christy Clark is a Damn Liar Like Many Conservatives
And she’s not good enough of a liar to be Prime Minister of Canada. There’s she’s caught lying about being a member of the Conservative Party of Canada. You know…
January 2025
This is the only thing you should read today
by Jean Chretien Today is my 91st birthday. It’s an opportunity to celebrate with family and friends. To look back on the life I’ve had the privilege to lead. And…
Some Refreshing Candour
Whatever you may think of Jean Chretien's political legacy, one thing to remember is that he charted his own course. That was made abundantly clear when he refused to join…
Dear Christy letter
Dear Christy Clark: Here is what you should’ve said. • Yeah. I got a Tory membership to stop Poilievre. I think he’d be a disaster for Canada. Still do. •…
Bonne fete!
Happy birthday to the best Prime Minister Canada has ever had!
Weekend funny stuff: Some jokes and clips, Trump funnies, Poilievre funnies, and animal crackers
I could have written this - I didn't, but I could have! View on Threads Next, aren't these terrific! View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads View on…
Musical interlude
Farley Venn - Nothing Seems To Last
Legal News Post of the Day: January 10, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Trump escapes prison, fines in felony hush-money case #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/Dfwy6TyVlX - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Joe Lo reports on Oxfam's researching that the global 1% have already burned through more than their fair share of a sustainable carbon budget…
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from June 20, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from June 20, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Will Microsoft's Surface be the Tablet for Lawyers? https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/06/why-microsofts-surface-tablet-shames-pc.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toron...
No joke! We counted: Alberta Health Services has had 12 chief executive officers since 2008!
Message to Alberta Health Services’ new interim chief executive officer and to whomever follows him as CEO: “Don’t let the revolving door hit you on the way out!” How many…
Writing about the fires: "Her grief rose upwards and joined the blackness of the sky"
This puts the LA fires into perspective, I think. I hadn't realized the numbers were so large:These numbers blow my mind: Population of LA County: 9.33M Population of California: 38.97M…
Privatizing $24 billion public dollars
IEA says energy efficiency provides some of the quickest and most cost-effective CO2 mitigation options while lowering energy bills and strengthening energy security. Because the immediate benefits of efficiency go…
That It Should Come To This
Who would have thought, eh?H/t MoudakisAlso, I do hope Canada is planning a more robust response to the bully than is being reported thus far:Canada is looking at levying retaliatory…
Start the year off warmly
2020 started with half of Australia on fire, it raining cats and dogs, once in a century snowfalls, planes being shot out of the sky,
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Rebecca Solnit writes about the many warnings and precedents which foretold California's current wildfires - and the importance of recognizing the cost of…
On the fear of nationalism
Illustration by Duncan Macpherson The following is a digitized version of an article from Canadian Dimension’s print archive, which is now available for the first time through the ...
Legal News Post of the Day: January 9, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Survey shows more newcomers choose immigration consultants over lawyers — and that can be risky, experts say #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/PxeR0BmgE3 - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…