All Manner Of Excuses
In the debased environment that now constitutes our politics, our 'leaders' can without a doubt justify just about anything they do as being in the national interest. For example, if…
Some good Venn diagrams, plus some good news updates
Starting with a few Venn diagrams:The Artemis II astronauts met with Carney on Thursday The group includes Commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, mission specialists Christina Koch and Canadian Jeremy…
If Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat court ruling quashing separatist petition as a political get-out-of-jail-free card
If Alberta Premier Danielle Smith were smart, she’d treat yesterday’s Court of King’s Bench ruling quashing Elections Alberta’s approval of the Stay Free Alberta/Alberta Prosperity Project petition for a separation…
The Financial Market Casino
Global financial markets are estimated to be worth $500 trillion, while global GDP is only estimated to be worth $100 trillion. This means that 80% of financial markets are not…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Paper-pushing cats.
Adding DID to RSS and Atom Feeds
Decentralized Identifiers (DID) is a World Wide Web Consortium (W3C) specification for, well, distributed identities. The idea is to have an identity that belongs to you and does not belong…
Adapted Clothing For Seniors: How it Helps Caregivers Too
Hello everyone! This is a guest post on a subject very close to my heart - adapted clothing. Dressing my son who has cerebral palsy is workout for us both…
Not Even Oil Megacorps Will Stop Clean Energy
Fossil fuels are unreliable due to political reasons and as such there is large price variation in fuel supplies, however on the renewable front the price just keeps going down.…
The Insatiable Hunger Of Our Oligarchs
The most horrific part of the current state of the world is the realisation that there is no amount of money, of resources, of power, of influence that the ultra-rich…
Today’s News: We just need the next 2 out of 3. Plus Trump leaves for China, and some "Strait of Hormuz Blues"
Next two out of three A crazy game and unfortunate loss, Sabres 3 to Canadiens 2: At Sportsnet, Eric Engels writes: In a game the Montreal Canadiens lost by one…
A Prescription For Our Times
But I doubt grandpa will take it.Recommend this Post
It was the best of times, it was the worst of times – from Habs Rule to America Chaos
For some reason I am seeing a lot of just two kinds of posts. Positive ones about the Habs victory on Sunday, and negative ones about Trump's America causing chaos…
You thought the voters list debacle was bad? 20 years ago, Alberta Conservatives wanted our birthdays on it too!
As bad as the release of the personal data of three million Albertans in the province’s list of electors to virtually every fraudster and propagandist in the world turns out…
Canada’s polluting forests—from sink to source
Canada, the land of wide open spaces, of oceans, prairies, forests and mountains, is a... The post Canada’s polluting forests—from sink to source first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of May 11, 2026
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of May 11, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of May 11, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Can trademarking Taylor Swift’s voice, likeness combat deepfakes? Dog walker bitten on the…
Avi Lewis’ rent control plan
I’ve just written a ‘top 10′ overview of Avi Lewis’ plan to impose federal rent control. Here’s the link to the post:
PEF’s 2026 Summer School: May 28, Vancouver
Join several of Canada’s leading heterodox and progressive economists for an introduction to theories, tools, and policy applications that go beyond the bounds of conventional free-market economics. This one-day course…