Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Lounging cat.
2025
Canadian politicians recklessly blazing a path toward unprecedented climate change
Canadian climate journalist Geoff Dembicki wrote an opinion piece published by the New York Times almost six years ago. Canada’s Perverse Climate Change Policy: Gas Up. It was subtitled: Pushing…
BC gas exports more than 33x the amount consumed by BC’s residential sector
Taxpayers fund subsidies to encourage BC residential consumers to burn less natural gas, while the same taxpayers fund subsidies to encourage people in other places to burn more natural gas.…
My latest: political sinners
To us Catholics, there are sins of “commission” and “omission.” Sins of omission happen when we know we should have done something right, but didn’t. A sin of commission is…
Legal News Post of the Day: January 21, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Decades after getting a child-care bursary from Ontario, this woman was told to pay it back #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/eb6rpXHWGE - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Paul Krugman discusses the importance of calling out misinformation rather than downplaying or legitimizing it - especially when it's being sprayed around by…
New one.
New one. Shadows, but hope of sun breaking through again.
The New Fascists Have Arrived. American Democracy is Dead.
I get no satisfaction from saying ‘I told you so’ and ‘I warned you about them.’ But I did, over and over. So did many, many others, all of them…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Did you sign a Non-Competition Agreement?
If your employment agreement prohibits you from competing with your employer or soliciting its customers after you leave, those restrictions may not be enforceable.Non-competition agreements are generally unenforceable against Ontario…
"Gather together to greet the storm"
A dreadful day.Remember how MAGA was all wearing gold diapers last spring when the news "came out" about Trump's shitty smell and his diapers? Well today, Elon Musk - America's…
Dig, baby, dig! Energy Minister Brian Jean lifts ban on coal exploration on the Eastern Slopes of the Rockies
In a Jan. 15 letter to the Chairman of the Alberta Energy Regulator, Environment Minister Brian Jean lifted the ban on coal exploration on the Eastern Slopes of the Rocky…
What Shall We Inaugurate?
Not only is January 20th Trump’s inauguration day, it is also Martin Luther King Day in the US. It is hard to imagine a sharper contrast between two public figures.…
On litmus tests
Plenty of Canadian political figures seem to have reacted to the announcement that we won't face tariffs just yet with a sigh a relief, and an apparent view that we…
A quality leadership contest
I look at what the Americans just elected as their national leader and then at... The post A quality leadership contest first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Legal News Post of the Day: January 20, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Biden issues preemptive pardons for Milley, Fauci and Jan. 6 committee members #law #legalnews via @CNN https://t.co/Bm0xxJUrXd - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Julia Kollewe reports on Oxfam's latest data on inequality showing that the wealth of billionaires grey by over two trillion dollars in 2024, with…
Nine charming quotes about writing
Quite often I find that when writers write about writing (yes, I just did that) the advice is prescriptive, and so, useless. These folks, however,… The post Nine charming quotes…