The great Alberta boy names list, from Aad to Zyx
It’s that time of year again, dear readers, for my annual dive into Alberta’s wide world of baby names. This week, it’s boy names, or for the more woke amongst…
January 2025
You’ve Got a Lot of Nerve to Say You are My Friend: Deborah Lipstadt, the ADL and the Defense of the Indefensible
The re-coronation of the lumpen-capitalist Donald Trump as US president is a no-doubt consequential moment. Yet Trump has increasingly been second banana to one of his many Rasputins, the far-right…
Legal News Post of the Day: January 30, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Family sues after Toronto mother, son contract food poisoning, die on Dominican Republic vacation #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/U4b7okhTce - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Lesley Clark reports on the emergence of documents tying Exxon and its lobbying firm to the hacking of climate activists for the purpose…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: What is a Power of Attorney for Personal Care?
You may complete a Power of Attorney for Personal Care to appoint one or more trusted persons to make medical decisions on your behalf in critical circumstances where you are…
Terrorist PR
A terrified Arbel being released after months in captivity. If Hamas/Gazans weren’t so stupid, they would’ve kept the screaming mob away – and surrounded her with uniformed doctors and nurses.…
The foreign interference report’s great anticlimax
Commissioner Justice Marie-Josée Hogue speaks to reporters after the release of the final report of the Public Inquiry into Foreign Interference in Federal Electoral Processes and Democratic Institutions in Ottawa.…
Turn-around? The Liberals are rebounding
Yes, I know, I know, the Foreign Interference Commission report is more important than a polling bump - and if you want some good reporting on that report, see Dale…
Danielle Smith, defiant and unrepentant, blows off criticism of her government’s dubious COVID-19 report
Alberta premier Danielle Smith, defiant and unrepentant, continues to slough off criticism of the report on Alberta’s COVID-19 response produced by her government’s a handpicked panel of vaccine skeptical and…
Canadian hands in Congo drip with the blood of millions
An M23 soldier stands guard overlooking Bunagana, a small town in North Kivu Province in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo. Photo by Al Jazeera/Flickr. Eastern Congo is facing…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Brian Beutler discusses how U.S. Democrats need to respond to Donald Trump's attempt to end democracy and human rights with something more than complaints…
Legal News Post of the Day: January 29, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ticketmaster class-action settlement to reimburse 1 million Canadians for deceptive fees #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/j0ozSDTiaV - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw....
A Brilliant Red Thread named one of the Portland Mercury’s favorite books of 2024
Available from LeftWingBooks.net Good political writing is incendiary. It strikes a balance between the historian and the propagandist, while also (ideally) not coming off as the ravings of a complete…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: What are the Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines?
The Spousal Support Advisory Guidelines (SSAG) assist Ontario Courts in determining the entitlement, amount, and duration of spousal support payable by a spouse in Family Law proceedings.The Guidelines consider the…
A Transparent Ploy
H/t MoudakisWell, that stalwart 'steward' of the Ontario economy has called an early election. Flush with confidence that his $200 rebates (which only cost us $3.2 billion) and his beer…
The Death Of Social Media
Social media has gone from building communities to breaking communities.
To respond to Trump’s tariffs, Canada should nationalize its oil industry
The Athabasca oil sands in northwest Alberta. Photo by Kris Krüg/Flickr. The response to America’s renewed belligerence under Trump 2.0 has been all over the map. Doug Ford, perhaps Canada’s…
"Gargle my balls!"
Well, yes, maybe it's hopeless but we can still laugh."GARGLE MY BALLS!" will be my new battle cry. https://t.co/gkuezCaBtP— Qiilu (@Qiilu1) January 29, 2025 "Gargle my balls" is the revolutionary…