Chris Hedges: Revolt in the universities
“Where Have All the Flowers Gone.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Achinthya Sivalingam, a graduate student in Public Affairs at Princeton University did not know when she woke up this morning…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 29, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 29, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Ontario Paralegals and Family Court Representation https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/04/ontario-paralegals-and-family-court.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
UCP’s legislation sets stage for municipal political parties, arbitrary nullification of bylaws, and firing of councillors by cabinet
We may be living in the 21st Century, but Premier Danielle Smith’s United Conservative Government is apparently still suffering from the 19th Century distrust of voters and democracy that convinced…
A $40 billion oil subsidy
If I told my spouse that I had decided to buy a car for $30,000, then I returned home with one priced at $150,000, she would bar me from the…
Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Umair Irfan discusses the possibility that carbon pollution may have reached its peak in 2023 – while recognizing that even if that…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 25, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Arizona Charges Giuliani and Other Trump Allies in Election Interference Case #law #legal #LawTwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/4b4atrtr – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Imagine If Goliath Won
A group of scientists backed by years of solid science couldn’t sway the mighty World Health Organization from their path of destruction, and we’ve all paid the price. I’m just…
This 28-ton Kite Provides 1.2MW of Power
One of bizarre criticisms of solar power is that it only works when the sun hits them which means some areas are hesitant to install large solar arrays (honestly, this…
Don’t Come A-Knockin’ When The Guard Dog’s A-Rockin’
One has to hand it to the Americans. They seem endlessly inventive when it comes to devising new ways to inflict mayhem. However, while the following is legal in 48…
Don’t Come A-Knockin’ When The Guard Dog’s A-Rockin’
One has to hand it to the Americans. They seem endlessly inventive when it comes to devising new ways to inflict mayhem. However, while the following is legal in 48…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Do children inherit parent’s debt?
Most debt doesn’t transfer from a parent’s estate to a child. If the deceased did not have enough assets to pay off the debts, the creditors may require a sale…
PoiLIEvre Shows Just How F*ed We’ll All Be Next Year
PoiLIEvre is overstepping his confidence … hopefully it will backfire on him. The post PoiLIEvre Shows Just How F*ed We’ll All Be Next Year first appeared on Excited Delirium.
New location for this blog
I have moved my blogging to a new Substack here: tcnorris Substack.
New location for this blog
I have moved my blogging to a new Substack here: tcnorris Substack.
New location for this blog
I have moved my blogging to a new Substack here: tcnorris Substack.
Plan to have patients at Calgary clinic pony up ‘membership fees’ might have had a chance if the UCP’s War on Ottawa had heated up sooner
Timing is everything, so Dr. Sally Talbot-Jones must have been kicking herself yesterday for launching her effort to charge patients as much as $4,800 a year up front to see…
News unfit to print (or broadcast)
Many citizens shape their opinions by paying attention to corporate media. What if those news providers are unreliable?
Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Sean Boynton reports on new research showing that the deadline 2021 heat dome was significantly exacerbated by the climate crisis. And William Boos…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 24, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Toronto Catholic District School Board will not fly ‘pro-life’ flag #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/3s6eruur – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
My latest: the enemy is inside the house
There’s a scene in William Golding’s Lord of the Flies that applies, and doesn’t, to the madness that now grips the civilized world. In Golding’s famous book, a plane full…