NYC-ABC PP/POW updates December 10, 2024
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…
When I’m 64…
Will you still need me? Will you still feed me? When I’m sixty four… it seemed cutely remote to consider being that old when the Beatles sang “When I’m Sixty-Four”…
My latest: no way, USA!
In October 1988, the Liberal Party started running an election ad in French about a free trade deal with the United States: “There’s just one line that’s getting in the…
CWAA today: Trump tries to troll Trudeau
Today's edition of "Christ, What An Asshole" (CWAA):Donald Trump is once again “joking” about annexing Canada into the United States, this time calling Justin Trudeau the “Governor” of the “Great…
Legal News Post of the Day: December 10, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Union says it met with Canada Post for first time since mediator suspended talks #law #legal #legalnews via CBC News https://t.co/shdqLYYIVh - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Julia Conley reports on the continued accumulation of riches in the hands of a few, as the total wealth of billionaires has more…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: Accommodating Pregnancy in the Workplace
Can an employer fire an employee whose pregnancy is causing medical complications that affect her ability to perform her usual workplace duties?Employers have a duty to accommodate in those circumstances…
Things I didn’t know: English reading; troops in Syria; Canadian oligarchy; and we have our very own wankpuffin!
In the category of "things I didn't know":First, isn't this interesting:Next, I found out today that the United States still has hundreds, maybe thousands, of soldiers at bases sprinkled around…
CEO killer Luigi Mangione explains
The second amendment means I am my own chief executive and commander in chief of my own military. I authorize my own act of self-defense in response to a hostile…
UCP travel update: Dubai TFW construction crew recruiting trip is off … for now
Busted by the Alberta local of the electrical workers’ union and a couple of federal NDP Members of Parliament, the United Conservative Party Government has put its plan to recruit…
The BC Conservative divide, UPDATED
Ms. Comfort Sakoma-Fadugba is no longer a member of the Vancouver Police Board. Her departure resulted from public statements that did not align with the Board's values. Sakoma's words may…
what i’m reading double-header part 1: doppelganger by naomi klein
There were two nonfiction books in my 2024 reading plan that I wanted to get in by the end of the year. I usually read great nonfiction long after the…
What is DOGE and Why The Obsession?
What is Doge and should we be even MORE concerned about what's about to happen over the next four years in the US? The post What is DOGE and Why…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week.- Stefan Labbe reports on new research showing how the business-driven use of lead in gasoline resulted in large-scale poisoning in the U.S. (and in…
Legal News Post of the Day: December 9, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: TikTok loses bid in appeal court to halt law that could lead to U.S. ban #law #legal #legalnews via @CBCNews https://t.co/EfKljgZSqs - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto…
For Love Of Country
It seems, at least to me, that this day and age has seen a debasement in the concept of loving and standing by one's country. We see it in the…
Wise Law’s Top 10 #LegalNewsPosts for the Week of December 9, 2024
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of December 9, 2024
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of December 9, 2024 from Wise Law on Twitter:Biden Issues a ‘Full and Unconditional Pardon’ of His Son Hunter BidenMore and…
Today’s News: What is wrong with our media, part umpteenth
You know how it feels when someone puts into words something you felt but couldn't describe? Well, here's an article from George Washington University professor Dave Karpf that describes exactly…
UCP MLAs and ministers seem to be jetting all over the place these days – and taxpayers are picking up the tab
It doesn’t seem like that long ago United Conservative Party cabinet ministers, MLAs and political aides were getting in to all kinds of hot water for their holiday travel. Who…