Legal Tweet of the Day: February 9, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Massage therapist allegedly secretly recorded client undressing in Pickering, Ont.: police #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews http://tinyurl.com/yckyacfr – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Anthony Leonardi writes about the reality that COVID-19 is intrinsically more harmful than “ordinary” respiratory viruses due to its continuing effect on the…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 17, 2007
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 17, 2007 via Wise Law Blog: Employment Law: Is Online “Adult” Activity Relevant to the Workplace http://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2007/04/employment-law-is-online-adult-activity.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit…
Proportional Representation Now
This week, the House voted down a resolution to establish a citizens’ council to study proportional representation. Max Fawcett writes: On Wednesday, the House of Commons voted against a motion…
Musings on The Lone Ranger, Tonto, and Cultural Appropriation
Yes, I get the reason some people might have been outraged that a white guy (Johnny Depp) played an indigenous person in the 2013 movie version of The Lone Ranger.…
Multifaceted Long Covid is Like the Lernaean Hydra
A huge complication of Covid is that it affects so many different parts of the body. We can’t kill it, but we can prevent it from getting in. On Wednesday,…
Eyeless in Gaza
A young woman carries her infant while walking on Rashid Street, west of Gaza City, on January 11, 2024. Photo by Omar Al-Qattaa/UNICEF/Flickr. “There is almost no kind of outrage…
Man exploits man
February 8, 2024 news item: BCE slashes 9% of workforce, puts blame at the feet of regulators and policymakers. The cuts affect about 4,800 jobs and follow the elimination of…
When The Beatles conquered America (and me)
I am reading a called ‘Yeah, Yeah, Yeah’ a history of pop music. Naturally, there was a chapter on The Beatles and their first appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show,…
MLA Rakhi Pancholi formally joins NDP leadership contest, says she could drop consumer carbon tax
Edmonton-Whitemud MLA Rakhi Pancholi formally joined the NDP leadership race yesterday. Candidate Kathleen Ganley (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). This was not exactly a surprise, as Ms. Pancholi, an Edmonton lawyer…
Today’s News: Speculatively smearing Biden
In nine months, we will know whether Biden and the Democrats can win the American election. Though in 2020 Biden won the popular vote by millions, he only won the…
MPs reject democratic upgrade
Canada is a very free country, but unfortunately not a very democratic one. Not when our electoral system consistently gives us governments that most of us don’t choose. For example,…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Mark Poynting reports on the latest data showing that global warming reached the 1.5 C threshold over the past year. And Adrienne…
Legal Tweet of the Day: February 8, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Montreal man charged with uttering death threats against Trudeau #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews http://tinyurl.com/bdejstpc – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our…
History And Pride
For the past couple of years I have been reading about the antebellum South, the Civil War, and the so-called Reconstruction era that followed. My reading has uncovered a number…
Norway Gamed Oil to Get Rich and Go Green
Norway figured out how to make money from its oil while going green, and other countries should learn this nifty trick. Yes, oil is bad and we need to stop…