Content and Cognition
In response to a post from Clark Quinn.My view is that if you're still channeling Paul Kirschner you are at the very least endorsing an idea of cognition as a…
February 2025
Content and Cognition
In response to a post from Clark Quinn.My view is that if you're still channeling Paul Kirschner you are at the very least endorsing an idea of cognition as a…
Trump = idiot.
Trump is such an idiot. 1. He’s united Canadians like nothing else has in decades. 2. He’s single-handedly revitalized the Liberal Party, which he hated. 3. He’s fast-tracked trade between…
We have us a race, folks!
I like this. Why? 1. I like horse races – they’re more fun. 2. It forces Poilievre to be definitive on opposing Trump. He was slippery before. Not now.
Sidewalk Ethics and Etiquette
There is a theory that a person’s moral compass may be judged by how they deal with shopping carts. Those with even a modicum sense of ethics and morality return…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Pema Levy observes that Elon Musk's use of the U.S. government to line his own pockets would be illegal under any standard in…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 18, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: B.C. Labour Relations Board finds Starbucks made threats against pro-union employee #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/SDvkGumkIg - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
My latest: Carney’s silence
With an uneasy ceasefire in place, and some hostages finally being released, it’s likely that Prime Minister Mark Carney’s brain trust figured they could keep doing what they had been…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Legal News Posts for the Week of February 18, 2025
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 18, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 18, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:A Guide to the Lawsuits Against the Trump Executive OrdersOntario's Landlord and Tenant…
Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it
Spanish-American philosopher George Santayana stated the words shown here in his work The Life of Reason. With the rising tide of fascism in the USA and elsewhere, we should be…
Bob Rae’s NDP and the fight to pass an anti-scab law
Bob Rae in 1990. Photo by Ron Bull/Toronto Star. The following is an excerpt from The Left in Power: Bob Rae’s NDP and the Working Class by Concordia University professor…
Canada and Ukraine: the careful suppression of a shameful history
Soldiers of the Ukrainian Waffen-SS Galizien division, 1944. A few days before Remembrance Day, November 11, 2024, the Government of Canada announced that it would not release the portio...
And Now for Something Completely Different
"We are entering uncertain times internationally and the need for strong, domestic food production is again becoming more acute. On behalf of everyone on the farm, thank you for all…
"No Kings Day" – A day of protest against Trump and Musk
America won't go down without a fight. There were massive protests across the US on Monday, with the rallying cry "No Kings!" -- that precisely expressed the new American message…
So much for those checks and balances
Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the falconer;Things fall apart; the... The post So much for those checks and balances first appeared on Views from the…
New one. May sell.
Part of proceeds go to Ukrainian Red Cross.
Why Is Everyone Suddenly Sick??
Some people are working hard to believe this level of illness, getting sick several times each year, has always been the case. The latest bizarre reason I've heard for all…
In Ontario, We Are Not A Happy Family
Here in Ontario, it is Family Day, but all is not well. We have an unnecessary election pending, the premier has cloaked himself in his Captain Canada regalia, and he…