UPDATED:Exploiting The Dead
You have likely heard about the debacle at Arlington National Cemetery where Don Trump and his team took pictures and video of him laying a wreath honouring the war dead.…
Wise Law’s Estate #LawFact of the Day: What is an Estate Information Return?
An Estate Information form is used by an Estate to certify the net value of its assets and to verify the Estate Administration taxes payable by an Estate. An Estate…
Today’s News: Thinking positive thoughts about Trudeau
Last week, Ekos published the poll above - here is the discussion:Conservative Party Sees Seven-Point Decline: The Harris Effect? Party still leads by 14 points, would likely win majority if…
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- The Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research discusses a new study showing that the effects of a climate breakdown could far exceed what has…
Legal News Post of the Day: August 28, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Ontario Superior Court's Fred Myers: breaking the mental health stigma #law #legal #legalnews https://t.co/9NNXDT2Vzb - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website:…
Costs of Disability
Dr. Ziyad Al-Aly, the guy who told the Senate Hearing that the burden Long Covid is on par with the burden of cancer and heart disease, wrote a brief explainer…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: How do Child Support Payments Work in Ontario?
The amount of support payable by separated parents in Ontario is strictly governed by the Child Support Guidelines.The Guidelines tables establish basic child support obligations and are based solely on…
Redecorating Isn’t Reform
Not only in Canada
States of exception
Stripped, blindfolded, and bound Palestinian civilians are taken prisoner and ordered into a line by Israeli occupation forces in Gaza in December 2023. Photo from a social media post by…
Long Threads: Some things I didn’t know
I suffer from"vellichor" myself!X is slowing down but I still find some great "long threads" posts.These comparison photos are fascinating:2. Big oak tree, Thomasville, Georgia, 1885 to 2020 pic.twitter.com/tHUe1j8fMZ— Time…
Danielle Smith touts frightening AHS leaders, handing hospitals to church-run system as cures for Alberta’s health care woes
A story published by a community newspaper chain late Monday quotes Premier Danielle Smith telling a United Conservative Party town hall in Drayton Valley how she plans to hand over…
Premier Smith and the fascist hatemonger
When Alberta NDP leader Naheed Nenshi called Premier Danielle Smith “dangerous,” I thought he was... The post Premier Smith and the fascist hatemonger first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Extended cat.
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading.- Matthew Rosza discusses the growing recognition that there's little chance of holding to our one-time target of 1.5 degrees of global warming -…
How The UCP Is Lining Up To Steal Your Healthcare (and Rights)
Things are beginning to line up in terms of the UCP's plan and we can see now how they are going to attack health care and Albertans. There's quite a…
What Is the Soul of Open Educational Resources?
I have already written a short post in OLDaily responding to Heather Ross's post but I would like to expand a bit on it with a short post here.The gist…
Legal News Post of the Day: August 27, 2024
#LegalNewsPostoftheDay: Canada Will Impose 100% Tariffs on Chinese Electric Vehicles #law #legal #legalnews via @nytimes https://t.co/xAPQebsGBO - Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
Testing this blog page at samupress
Where does this post automatically go? Where can it be seen? Is Samupress.ca allowed only one blog page? Once again, I am completely lost in this block / menu building…
Bandung of the North, Sept. 27-29 in Montreal
From the Bandung of the North website (français suit en bas): The Bandung Conference of the North continues in the spirit of Bandung 1955, the first intercontinental conference of non-white…
Back to School in a Wave
This is the first September that I'm not going to school as a teacher OR a student since I was 4 years old (not counting maternity leaves for all my…