Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jason Sattler examines how a corporatist SCOTUS laid the groundwork for the fascist takeover of the U.S. by prioritizing money over people. Brian Tyler…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 21, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: 'Rising problem' of ghost immigration consultancies hits man who lost $12K trying to get Canadian visa for wife #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://t.co/1glIiyALew - Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
As a response to Trump, Canada must decouple from US military
A wooden mock-up of the F-35 in Canadian Forces markings, 2010. Photo by Ahunt/Wikimedia Commons. In response to Donald Trump’s belligerence Canada continues to assist the US military and arms…
A Brief Observation
I was in my local LCBO yesterday buying a couple of craft beers when, waiting in line, I overheard an interesting conversation. A woman, perhaps in her thirties, was talking…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 21, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 21, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Great-Grandma's New Tattoo and Powers of Attorney for Care https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/05/great-grandmas-new-tattoo-and-powers.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Antisemitism is merely one of the forms of bigotry now proliferating
The impact of the exceptionalizing of antisemitism is the havoc it wreaks among equity-deserving groups and the relationship between Canadian Jews and non-Jews, writes Larry Haiven. Photo by Pooyan Tabatabaei.…
EV Tax Goes Up
It’s been a hard month for people with electric vehicles. Not only do many face unfair criticisms for having Tesla vehicles before the company CEO came out as a racist…
The United States is unsafe for travel now
Canadians used to think of travel to the United States as just a normal part of our lives -- we made trips for work across the US, for fun in…
Mark Carney comes back to Edmonton, warms up with Oilers, infuriates Danielle Smith
It may just be a political stunt when a prime minister comes to the capital city of Alberta, puts on his skates and a jersey with his own name on…
Science under threat
The new Republican regime in Washington is waging a veritable war on science. This isn’t... The post Science under threat first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Donald Trump is a horrible Person
This is the American President now. Fred Trump lll, who has a son William who suffers from genetic variant KCNQ2 and a seizure disorder, said that Trump told him he…
Donald Trump is a horrible Person
This is the American President now. Fred Trump lll, who has a son William who suffers from genetic variant KCNQ2 and a seizure disorder, said that Trump told him he…
Pierre Poilievre 20 years as an Member of Parliament
Pierre Poilievre voted against all this. Nothing accomplished in 20 years
Pierre Poilievre 20 years as an Member of Parliament
Pierre Poilievre voted against all this. Nothing accomplished in 20 years
Who’s Afraid Of The Big Bad Press?
The answer is Pierre Poilievre, better known as PP on this blog.Althea Raj reports new restrictions on reporters seeking to cover the lad in the upcoming campaign.On Tuesday, Conservative national…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Kenneth Vogel and Shane Goldmacher discuss how the Trump regime is using the power of the state to attack any opposition voices and…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: How Does Marriage Affect Your Existing Will?
When a person is married in Ontario, the marriage automatically revokes a prior Last Will made by that person.The sole exception to this rule is a Last Will that is…
Impoverishment of thought
In an age of extreme media coverage and immediacy, the associated defeat of intelligence is worrying. Genuine intellectual debate all too often disappears in favour of ersatz ideas dominated by…
The latest in "Elbows Up!"
I've been collecting more "Elbows Up" posts - Canadians are so inventive, so funny, everyone loved it when Trump said in a recent interview that Canada is "nasty" because it…