Christianity, Trump and the evangelicals
One of the many curiosities about American Christianity is how a godless man like Donald... The post Christianity, Trump and the evangelicals first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
With certainty and confidence…
I don’t know what I’m I’m talking about, but I have an opinion and an unreliable news source.
Time Travel Insanity
Do I have time travel insanity? Am I obsessed with time travel stories? I don’t think so, but I seem to have written more tales… The post Time Travel Insanity…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates February 4, 2025
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Legal News Post of the Day: February 7, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: A NY Judge Tried to Get Out of Jury Duty. What He Said Cost Him His Job. #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/nOi6pSITbU - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Alex Cosh discusses how our response to the new Trump administration needs to move beyond avoiding tariffs toward routing our international relations around a…
Improving Indoor Air Quality
Literally years ago, as a trustee around February of 2023, I noticed that the CO2 monitor testing proposal that was ratified had a sneaky line about not beginning the test…
Legal News Post of the Day: February 7, 2025
This week’s #FlashbackFridaypost is from July 24, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Developments in Access to Legal Information Online https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/developments-in-access-to-legal.html - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Of...
Two Things Proud Canadians Can Do
As I wrote in my previous post, there are very heartening signs of a deep resurgence in Canadian national pride. Consumer boycotts of American products, the purchasing of Canadian products…
Predatory capitalism: Neo-mercantilism and the Canadian economy
Uncle Sam’s growth from toddler to giant of the world stage. Illustration by Victor Gillam. The Canadian press is filled with a sense of paused foreboding. Polls ask which party…
Paul Kagame’s foray in eastern Congo leaves thousands dead and sparks fears of a broader war
Members of the M23 rebel group ride into Goma. Photo by Sylvain Liechti/UN. On the night of October 6, 1996, fighters loyal to Paul Kagame entered Lemera Hospital in eastern…
Athana Mentzelopoulos’s bombshell allegations about sketchy deals at AHS pushed by officials and political staffers set off huge storm
It will be hard for Alberta’s United Conservative Party to shake off former Alberta Health Services CEO Athana Mentzelopoulos’s bombshell allegation she was fired for launching an investigation of sketchy…
What a week! "Imagine watching a documentary reenacting the burning of the Library of Alexandria set to the soundtrack of Yakety Sax"
Well, this has been a shit show of a week, eh: attempting to describe the vibes of the moment. have yet to do better than: "imagine watching a documentary reenacting…
Our Approach So Far
Another Week of Wondering What the Next Steps Should Be For Canada ... The post Our Approach So Far first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Legal News Post of the Day: February 6, 2025
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Quebec union plans legal action against Amazon over closures #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/ZKTHZTSZdb - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Tyler McBrien writes about the U.S.' state capture which makes it impossible to know who's making decisions which can have catastrophic effects (let…
What a Failing Democracy Looks Like
Rachel Gilmore lived in Tunisia just before the fall of their democracy, and has important markers for us to notice: "The canary in the coal mine for a failing democracy…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: What is an Estate Information Return?
An Estate Information form is used by an Estate to certify the net value of its assets and to verify the Estate Administration taxes payable by an Estate. An Estate…
Mobilizing Canada for economic battle?
A woman operates heavy equipment along a long production line while men install the mechanical equipment of a ram tank, 1942. Photo courtesy Toronto Public Library. “It is distressing to…
Today’s News: Protests at last
I'm seeing many people running around with their hair on fire tonight, desperately trying to get the Democrats in Congress to stop bleating about bipartisanship and finding common ground, and…