History repeats itself?
This was first published on this blog back in 2020 and is unfortunately even more relevant today with the news coming out of the U.S this week, Hang on to…
Working construction in a housing crisis
Construction on Sherbourne Street in downtown Toronto. Photo by Alex Krasavtsev/Flickr. It feels deeply ironic to be a building-trades worker during a housing crisis. I build homes—condos more s...
Firing of AIMCo CEO and entire board another sign UCP is determined to control everything, everywhere, all at once
With its surprise decision to cashier the entire board and the top executive of the supposedly independent Alberta Investment Management Corp., we see once again that the United Conservative Party…
Today’s News: More comments on the Trump election – Jonathan Chait, Tom Scocca, Cooper Lund, Jimmy Kimmel, Mark Hamill, and Black Cloud Six
More comments about why the Trump election happened, and how to (maybe) survive it:New York magazine, Jonathan Chait: Trump’s ‘Unprecedented and Powerful Mandate’ Is a Lie Do not surrender in…
Atheists Beware: Trump Will Come For You, Too
While women and immigrants will initially be the main target of the Talibangelists in the upcoming Trump theocracy, they will not be the only victims of Trumpist repression. Among the…
The end of the republic?
Did the American people just vote, in a free and fair election, to terminate their... The post The end of the republic? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Legal News Post of the Day: November 7, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: What might Donald Trump's election win mean for Canadians #law #legal #legalnews via @CTVNews https://t.co/1UhgwTpYBj - 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.- Martha Gill offers a reminder that the stakes of any climate change policy are nothing less than our ultimate survival. And Julia Musto…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: What is a Power of Attorney for Personal Care?
You may complete a Power of Attorney for Personal Care to appoint one or more trusted persons to make medical decisions on your behalf in critical circumstances where you are…
Open letter
Dear American friends: Seeing online how unhappy so many of you are. So, move to Canada. Our politics are pretty dull and way more civil. Our people are good people.…
Truth takes a side
Photo by Stephen Sizer Whenever corporate magnates try to justify their destructive greed or conservative politicians whip up hateful and ignorant sentiments among their supporters, it is easy t...
Today’s News: What the hell happened, and what will happen next?
Here are some tweets and comments and blog posts, reading the tea leaves.The election: No More Mister Nice Blog Steve M Trump is toxically masculine......Trump is seen by millions as…
Some post-election-night hot takes on the coming MAGA Restoration south of the Medicine Line
Whoever forms the next Canadian government, no matter how sympathetic they may be right now to next January’s MAGA Restoration south of the Medicine Line, the next four years at…
rtod: "what makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed"
Revolutionary thought of the day: "What makes it possible for a totalitarian or any other dictatorship to rule is that people are not informed; how can you have an opinion…
A Post-Election Thought
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Was the 2024 US Presidential election irrelevant? Yes and no.
Was the 2024 US Presidential election irrelevant? Yes and no. If Trump and Kennedy do end the war in Ukraine, as promised, that will be a giant victory, because it…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Oliver Willis writes about the dangers of a second Donald Trump presidency - and the importance of not conceding core values out of deference…