On Being Slyly Subversive
When a democratically elected government becomes dishonest and dictatorial, any legal action to hold it to account is welcome. Ontario, groaning under the yoke of the Ford government, may find…
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The Smell Of Urban Doom
It is expected that the Ontario government will today pass Bill 23, a.k.a. The Doug Ford Gift To Developers Act. The consequences of that legislation will be far-reaching, so much…
The Smell Of Protest
Tomorrow marks the day that the Ford Government enacts Bill 23, The Gift To Developers Act. It can also rightfully be designated The Environmental Destruction Act, since it will not…
The Smell Of Manure
Unless they have spent their entire lives within the confines of a city, I doubt there are many people unacquainted with the smell of manure. This pungent organic waste, while…
A Tale Of Two Realities
This is the story of two ‘realities’; one is grounded in the ugly facts of a respiratory illness, RSV, in children; the other, essentially an anti-reality, revolves around shortsighted, reactionary…
The People Speak
H/t Moudakis H/t de Adder Following up on yesterday’s post, here are some of the things people are thinking about when they consider Doug Ford and his unholy relationship with…
The Doug Ford Paying His Debt To Developers Act
One will no doubt remember this infamous video from over four years ago, prior to Doug Ford’s Progressive Conservative’s first victory in Ontario: Although he later disavowed his comments, promising…
Sad, But Not So Surprising
As I have written before, the evasion of responsibility on the part of the Ford government and its chief medical flunky, Dr. Kieran Moore, is deeply disappointing but not really…
It’s Easy To Pierce Thin Skins
Not to mention, it also looks like fun. To quote Mr. T: I pity the fool! (But not really.) Mrs. F @ms_frazzled Your tan looks so good up there, friend!…
Our Inability to Behave Humanely Or Reasonably
H/t Moudakis Many years ago, I would periodically buy The National Lampoon, the era’s pre-eminent journal of satire. One of its covers has always remained in memory: Presumably a spoof…
Time For Some Truth
In Doug Ford’s Ontario, the answer is, “Plenty of people.” Yesterday I attended a rally to protest the provincial government’s plans to override local democracy and extend urban boundaries into…
The Biggest Danger To America Today?
Single women. That’s right, single women. According to Jesse Watters, the only way to combat such an insidious threat is for those ladies to get married, where, presumably, they will…
Strange Times Indeed
Having taught for 30 years, I had my fair share of classroom experiences, both good and bad, as is the norm in a long career. Fortunately, most of the students…
Readers React
I’m on a bit of a tight schedule today, so I cede to newspaper letter-writers their thoughts on Doug Ford’s tactics and values before his province-wide blink yesterday. Premier Ford’s…
UPDATE: Breaking: Doug Ford’s News Conference In Which His Credibility Further Erodes
I just watched Doug Ford’s news conference, prompted no doubt by the fury people feel in Ontario over his government’s heavy-handed use of the Notwithstanding Clause to try to break…
Upon Awakening
It would be nice to think that the slumbering masses have awakened to a new understanding of government and its relationship to the people, but I abandoned magical thinking a…
Finally, Some Passion!
Watching the American news this week in the leadup to their mid-terms, I was struck by the dichotomy between Democratic leaders and candidates and their Republican counterparts. On the one…
Brittlestar Understands
… what the Ford government is either too arrogant or too stupid to get: H/t Brittlestar I imagine only those who favour government by a cadre of contemptible clowns are…
Mr. Musk Unmasked
Once more, Unlearn16 reveals something important, and her observations I could not disagree with. Yesterday, she pierced the facade perpetrated by the Ford government about the soon-to-be striking school support…
The Simple Amongst Us.
The older I get, the less satisfied I am with life. Probably because I have a lifetime of context, events bother me a lot more now than they did earlier…