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…
Amid performative tantrum about ‘federal overreach,’ UCP tries to goad Mark Carney
Alberta’s United Conservative Party Government is having another tantrum about federal environmental regulatory overreach, mostly imagined, by the former Trudeau Government. Yesterday’s meltdown came in the form of an announcement…
Prague may only have EV Taxis by 2030
By the end of 2024, Oslo ensured that all of their taxis were electric. Hamburg adopted the same rule at the beginning of 2025; and it seems like Prague might…
US entry is risky business for anyone not in the right-wing ecosystem
I can no longer travel to the USA, the homeland of my father and paternal ancestors. The reason? I made public and private criticisms of the Trump administration. That is…
Tonight
This is unexpected. Wish my folks were still here to see it.
Bias
Almost everything that Musk communicates or amplifies on X—and he posts and reposts a staggering quantity of content to a vast audience—is an outright lie, half-truth, or flagrant propaganda. And,…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates March 18, 2025
NOTE: If you regularly send packets to Marius Mason, he has been transferred:Marius Mason #04672-061FCI DanburyRoute 37Danbury, Connecticut 06811 Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates.…
Legal News Post of the Day: March 19, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Hudson's Bay's demise marks the death of the traditional department store in Canada #law #legal #LegalNews via @CBCNews https://t.co/BBtj4prpEa - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
UPDATED: Another Reason To Avoid Travel To The U.S.
As I have been writing of late, more and more Canadians are choosing not to travel to the U.S. for holiday purposes. The American attacks on our sovereignty have rightly…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: How do Child Support Payments Work in Ontario
The amount of support payable by separated parents in Ontario is strictly governed by the Child Support Guidelines.The Guidelines tables establish basic child support obligations and are based solely on…
Trump Is Already A Dictator
It’s no longer hypothetical.
Israel and the US resume their war of extermination in Gaza
Destruction caused by Israeli bombing of Jabalia camp, Gaza Strip. Photo by Hussein Jaber/UNRWA. On Monday, Israel resumed its bombing of civilians in Gaza, killing over 400 in a single…
Oops! Poilievre just shot himself in the foot.
Well now.For the last week, the Conservatives have been trying to gin up a scandal about Carney's stock portfolio, hoping Canadian media will follow Rosemary Barton's lead and adopt a…
Moribund newspaper chain names former Alberta premier Jason Kenney to its board
Postmedia Network Canada Corp., operator of the flagging chain of English-language Canadian newspapers and clickbait websites, yesterday announced the appointment of former Alberta Conservative premier Jason Kenney to its board…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Coated cat.
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