Forget free trade
A Ford Motor Company employee at the Oakville Assembly Plant. Photo by Sam VarnHagen/Flickr. From the outset of the trade war, the United States has imposed tariffs in order to…
August 2025
Alberta NDP will not formally participate in Forever Canadian petition drive
The Alberta NDP will not formally participate in the Forever Canadian petition drive. On Monday, I asked the Opposition Party how it expected to interact with former Progressive Conservative Deputy…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Fronting cat.
CBC, Israel, Jews and the truth
Media truth. For many, those words are an oxymoron – you know, two words that have the opposite meaning of the other. For many supporters of Israel and Western democracy,…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Noah Berlatsky discusses how Donald Trump is imposing a recession on America at large while dispensing obscene riches for his cronies, while Mona…
Like A Minimally Skilled Magician
Like a minimally-skilled magician, Don Trump is directing his demonic disciples to engage in a form of clumsy misdirection only those with minimal cognitive skills would be fooled by. Such…
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of August 5, 2025
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of August 5, 2025
- Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 5, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 5, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Trump Says Rupert Murdoch Should Be Deposed Within 15 Days in Suit Over…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of August 5, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of August 5, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Trump Says Rupert Murdoch Should Be Deposed Within 15 Days in Suit Over…
About that wildfire smoke: "The rest of our lives will be smoky"
Our weather here in Saskatoon wasn't too bad today, but CTV News was certainly covering the hell out of the smoke in Toronto -- in Canada, the weather is not…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading.- Max Fawcett discusses how renewable energy will power the future despite the attempts of oil tycoons and their pet politicians to keep us…
A visitors guide to Edmonton
Since going to the U.S.A. is now unCanadian (sorry, Spokane, maybe next year) Alberta tourist destinations should be having a banner year. But where to go? Jasper is lovely, just…
On Recognising the Palestinian State
Mark Carney says that Canada intends to recognise the state of Palestine next month at the United Nations.
Sunday Funday: Windmills, doomscrolling, and all the other crazy stuff going on, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers
A good idea for responding to the tariffs:Here's a good one, too: These ugly windmills are killing the motherf*€king whales 🐳 😂😅🤣— 🍁🇨🇦Team Canada Forever🇨🇦🍁 (@teamcanadaforever.bsky.social) July 31, 2025 at…
Beset by scandals, patriotic pushback, and new rivals, Alberta’s UCP wants us to be mad about … bicycle lanes!
Beset by allegations of health care contracting corruption, international coverage of a self-inflicted measles epidemic, anger at municipal political parties nobody wants, increasingly aggressive push-back against their separatist project, and…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-08-02 20:15:00
1 August 1943 | Liquidation of the Będzin GhettoZagłębie Dąbrowskie, Occupied PolandOn 1 August 1943, the final blow fell on the Będzin Ghetto.Once home to a vibrant Jewish community —…
Life…A Small Spark Between Two Eternities 2025-08-02 20:15:00
1 August 1943 | Liquidation of the Będzin GhettoZagłębie Dąbrowskie, Occupied PolandOn 1 August 1943, the final blow fell on the Będzin Ghetto.Once home to a vibrant Jewish community —…