The Rise of Unreason
The Ontario Health Coalition put out a press release a couple weeks ago about the sharp increase in people infected with measles here. There were 816 cases from October 2024…
Musical interlude
Jerro & Shallou - Breaking Apart
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week.- Jill Lawrence discusses how the Trump regime's combination of corruption, greed and poor judgment is tearing the concept of the heroic tycoon to shreds.…
the residential school denier who won’t face voters — and the party that stands by him
Aaron Gunn, the Conservative candidate for North Island-Powell River (my riding), is a bigot and a residential school denier. Pierre Poilievre stands by him, denying the denialism, claiming that the…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates April 1, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 6, 2006
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from May 6, 2006 via Wise Law Blog: Supreme Court of Canada: Social Hosts Not Liable for Drunk Driving Guests https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2006/05/supreme-court-of-canada-social-hosts.html - Garry J. Wise,…
Time to make fun of the Poilievre campaign!
Three days to go!And I'm feeling deliriously hopeful (with a sliver of dread that Carney won't get the majority government Canada needs).So I can't focus on anything serious right now,…
Whose side is Danielle Smith really on?
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith announcing the “Scrap the Cap” ad campaign on October 15, 2024 in Calgary. Photo by Alberta Newsroom/Flickr. Alberta Premier Danielle S...
Dr. Joffe Unchained: Alberta’s former chief medical officer of health finally says what he thinks about the measles vaccine
Now that Dr. Mark Joffe is “out” as Alberta’s chief medical officer of health – I quit, you’re fired, or whatever – he obviously feels free to say what he…
Canada should extricate itself from the F-35 and more
An F-35 Lightning II test aircraft with the Canadian flag, along with those of other industrial participants, painted on it. Photo by Julianne Showalter/US Air Force/Wikimedia Commons. Prime Min...
Demolishing Pierre Poilievre’s radical blueprint for Canada
Pierre Poilievre during an interview with TVA Nouvelles, June 2024. Photo from Wikimedia Commons. The Poilievre Project: A Radical Blueprint for Corporate Rule Martin Lukacs Breach Books, 2025 ...
An Interview With Harvard President
While he claims there is a big problem with anti-Semitism at Harvard (I wonder if any criticism of Israel's genocide in Gaza is construed as anti-Semitism), President Alan Gerber makes…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Francisco Ferreira discusses the collapse of the existing global economic order - and the need for countries other than the U.S. to take…
Just Say NO to #CPC
Just Say NO to #CPC. The post Just Say NO to #CPC first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Legal News Post of the Day: April 24, 2025
Air Canada ordered to pay passengers $10M in damages after class action over ticket prices #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/3A9UitWn7z - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Why do they lie?
I wonder. Do politicians lie because they think Canadians are collectively stupid, or do they lie because we are?
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: What is an Estate Information Return?
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: What is an Estate Information Return? #law #legal #EstatePlanningAn Estate Information form is used by an Estate to certify the net value…
Denialism
I have been thinking lately about the great seductive appeal of denialism, of pretending bad news away in this era of polycrisis. It’s easy to be overwhelmed by our multiple…
Today’s News: He just couldn’t help it!
Five more days. All Trump needed to do was to keep quiet about Canada for just five more days. He just couldn't do it. Danielle and Pierre must be simply…