Existential threat or anti-growth rhetoric?
Climate change denialism remains strong. It has been strongly linked to right-wing nationalism and to the anti-feminist far-right but it was built primarily with funds from oil companies. Denialists have…
Tuesday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – Ian Welsh discusses how institutions under the thrall of neoliberal ideology are incapable of achieving any end other than the further enrichment…
Why it’s not safe to snuggle with a Gila Monster, or, the life of Jim Fowler
Jim Fowler died at the age of eighty-nine, quietly, in his home in Connecticut. I only learned this sad news yesterday, though he died in… The post Why it’s not…
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney had a chance to weigh in one of the defining issues facing Canada. The answer he gave suggests he isn’t ready for public life”
Today's tonic: "Mark Carney had a chance to weigh in one of the defining issues facing Canada. The answer he gave suggests he isn’t ready for public life" by Matthew…
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney had a chance to weigh in one of the defining issues facing Canada. The answer he gave suggests he isn’t ready for public life”
Today’s tonic: “Mark Carney had a chance to weigh in one of the defining issues facing Canada. The answer he gave suggests he isn’t ready for public life” by Matthew…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 14, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Trump trial nears final phase with key witness: confidant-turned-nemesis Michael Cohen #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/pnvt3wn8 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
My latest: Chow has chosen sides
Olivia Chow has made her choice. For months, she’s bobbed and weaved. For months, she has refused to be crystal clear about the orgy of anti-Semitism and Jew-hating crime that…
Chris Hedges: Israel’s willing executioners
“When You’re Smiling.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Run, the Israelis demand, run for your lives. Run from Rafah the way you ran from Gaza City, the way you ran from…
AI Enhanced
This cartoon really helped me understand something. My school board announced a new initiative, the mandatory grade 11 English class will now focus on Indigenous voices. I used to teach…
Wise Law’s Employment #LawFact of the Day: How much am I owed if I am fired?
The amount payable to a wrongfully dismissed employee depends on the length of employment, age, salary, and several other factors. It can be as much as one month for each…
It’s Like Listening To A Deranged Bizarro Jerry Seinfeld
Pay no attention to the talking fool. Judging by the following video of a Trump rally, many, many agreed.Please note that I only listened to about 1;30 minutes of this…
It’s Like Listening To A Deranged Bizarro Jerry Seinfeld
Pay no attention to the talking fool. Judging by the following video of a Trump rally, many, many agreed. Please note that I only listened to about 1;30 minutes of…
Mayor Chow calls raising Israel’s flag “divisive”
So, here’s what I call Mayor Chow: here.
Gil McGowan, who quit NDP leadership race yesterday, was the only candidate to make an issue of the party’s relationship with workers
It was obvious the writing was on the wall when Gil McGowan summed up his pitch at Saturday’s NDP leadership forum: “If I don’t raise another $50,000 soon,” he told…
Unmasked
Not only is wearing that mask an indication that you hate Jews and democracy, it’s also pretty derivative, campus kids.
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – William Becker rightly argues that the U.S.’ practice of prioritizing fossil fuel donor profits over the health of the public and the planet…
What is University For, Part 2
Does making it all easier make us lazier educators, or is neoliberal politics to blame?? The Quality of Teaching has been Strained: This is a back-in-MY-day story, but I think…
The end of lean production and what’s ahead
In July 2023, in the middle of Amazon’s Prime Day promotional sales rush, 100 warehouse workers walked out for more than three hours at its delivery station in Pontiac, Michigan—bringing…
Legal Tweet of the Day: May 13, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: ‘We have no judge for you’: Man’s assault charges dropped weeks before trial due to lack of judges in Toronto #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/5n7yh4fp – Garry J.…
Alberta NDP now has more than 85,000 members, party says; Gil McGowan drops out of leadership race
The Alberta NDP now has 85,144 members eligible to vote in the party’s leadership race, chief returning officer Amanda Freistadt said in a news release yesterday. Meanwhile, this morning, candidate…