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May 2025
My latest: it’s like pro wrestling but less entertaining
I’ll let you in on a little secret: they’re lot friendlier than you know. Members of Parliament, that is. Partisan differences notwithstanding, durable friendships persist behind the scenes. And evidence…
Saturday Photo: Finding Room in Paris…
Space is at a premium in the Haussmannian buildings which give the city such charm. The owners of this one got around the absence of space for an elevator by…
Saturday Photo: Finding Room in Paris…
Space is at a premium in the Haussmannian buildings which give the city such charm. The owners of this one got around the absence of space for an elevator by…
More About Diffeences
In my previous post, I discussed a few of the differences with the U.S. that make Canada the country it is. I contrasted our more welcoming natures with the increasing…
Updates of the week: Prairie wild fires; TACO Trump tariffs; Trudeau’s shoes; and Poilievre is still unpopular
Prairie wildfires update Media are doing a good job covering the wildfires now. The Weather Network piece reports on wind directions around the threatened communities. Here is another report on…
NDP Leader Naheed Nenshi is seriously underperforming and people are starting to notice
It is to be hoped that Premier Danielle Smith’s continuing strong polling numbers will catch the attention of someone in Alberta’s New Democratic Party Opposition, preferably somebody to whom Leader…
Musical interlude
Florrie - Never Far From Paradise
The Troubling Lack of Empathy Among Conservatives
Empathy is a nasty word to conservatives. Elon Musk recently showed his contempt for the very notion of considering another’s feelings, calling it “civilizational suicidal empathy.” And then, to make…
Simon’s SEZ
Can you think of any other Special Ecomonic Zones? Shenzhen? The southern states? Siberia?
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Allison Gill offers a reminder that every aspect of the U.S.' descent into fascism can be traced back to the increasing power of an…
Legal News Post of the Day: May 30, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Tate brothers charged with rape and trafficking in the U.K. #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/hOMI0Ezrai - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Think ahead
More driving is definitely the solution.
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from March 19, 2013
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from March 19, 2013 via Wise Law Blog: Vexatious Litigants https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2013/03/vexatious-litigants.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit ...
"Telling the truth is a revolutionary act"
One of the signs of the apocolypse is when speaking the truth is not required or even expected. The United States has now reached this point: “The Party told you…
About that throne speech
I was a little surprised to see EIIR on the head of the throne where... The post About that throne speech first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Who can be a fascist? Let’s look to Mussolini’s Italy, then let’s look to Israel
Israeli Minister of National Security Itamar Ben-Gvir at the one-year celebrations of the settlement of Ramat Arbe, an illegal settlement in the Lower Galilee, West Bank. Photo courtesy Itamar Ben-Gvir/X.…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- David Moscrop writes that "inequality" is a far too mild word for the extreme concentration of wealth and power in the U.S. (coupled…
On Ethical AI Principles
I have commented in my newsletter that what people have been describing as 'ethical AI principles' actually represents a specific political agenda, and not an ethical agenda at all. In…