Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Katelyn Burns notes that U.S. Republicans have made clear that they're far more aligned with hard-right parties abroad than the balance of their…
Today’s News: Poilievre is demonizing DEI
So now Poilievre has jumped on the anti-DEI bandwagon - he is promoting a petition and he thinks he can make headway with Canadians by demonizing DEI. The other word…
Who knew that the public would end up supporting striking teachers? Not Danielle Smith and the UCP!
Who knew the public would end up supporting 51,000 striking Alberta schoolteachers in spite of the United Conservative Party Government’s blithe gaslighting about the reasons for the labour dispute now…
Forget Cremation, Get Eaten When You Die
You will die. It’ll happen to everyone, yet too often people don’t think about the practical aspects in advance. One often overlooked question is what to do with your body…
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My Daisy Group email has been hacked. Please don’t open it. Apologies.
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates October 14, 2025
NOTE: If you regularly send packets to Jessica Reznicek, please stop–she hasbeen released to a halfway house and we do not currently have a mailingaddress. Click here for the latest…
The Nobel Peace Prize’s Big Miss
Prima facie, Maria Corina Machado is an excellent choice for the Nobel Peace Prize.
Comments on the passing scene: Carney the grown-up, ideas for the China tariffs, plus good stuff from Leni Spooner, Timothy Snyder, Hamilton Nolan, Paul Krugman, Jack Hopkins, JoJoFromJerz
I thought there was a lot of good sense in these articles: First, I printed a snippet from this one in my post last night, but I think it deserves…
Canada flying in lockstep with the United States
An F-35B Lightning II fighter jet prepares to take off from the flight deck of the USS America in the South China Sea. Photo courtesy the United States Pacific Fleet/Flickr.…
It is Israel that must be deradicalized, not Palestine
Photo by Thierry Ehrmann The recent recognitions of a Palestinian state and the October 10 ceasefire have been followed by a flurry of calls to “deradicalize” Palestinian society. The New…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Cuddling cat.
We’re tired of your sh….
Just say no to diapers in the green bin
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Don Moynihan examines the Trump regime's steps to build a police state whose only loyalty is to their mad king, while Andrew Egger…
Dani Miran got his hostage son back. But what happens next?
Dani Miran stopped shaving when his son Omri was taken hostage by Hamas on October 7, 2023. As far as I know, he hasn’t shaved it off yet, but he…
Knee Replacement Recovery, 24
Saturday: Today, October 11, was the last day for this year’s Farmers’ Market, and it was a good last day for the market, weather-wise. I used to really enjoy going…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 14, 2025
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 14, 2025 from Wise Law on Twitter:Supreme Court Rejects Appeal From Ghislaine Maxwell, Longtime Epstein Associate Freedom Convoy figures…
Today’s News: the Jays lose 😢. But Portland’s frogs give everyone hope, and Carney plays it right.
So now the Jays have lost twice and that's just awful news. But all over social media, I see Jays fans agreeing, if we have to lose, at least its…
Monday Afternoon Links
Assorted content for your Thanksgiving reading.- David Sirota and Jared Jacang Maher write about the 1970s propaganda campaign used to normalize capitalist control in the U.S. And Luke Savage discusses…