COP28 and the great transition
Maybe it took an oilman to do it. When Sultan Ahmed Al Jaber of the United Arab Emirates was appointed President of the UN Climate Change 2023 Conference (COP28), environmentalists…
Musical interlude
Bully – Days Move Slow
Not all sides are equal
Writing in The Economist, former New York Times editor James Bennet commented about the state of his profession. He thinks today’s mainstream media too often fails to provide open and…
Latest. Prayed here. (Worked.)
For sale, part goes to ZAKA.
Hear the Call
Have you ever stood alone in the wilderness, where the only sounds that break the silence are the breathing of the forest or the distant roar of the sea? Have…
Hear the Call
Have you ever stood alone in the wilderness, where the only sounds that break the silence are the breathing of the forest or the distant roar of the sea? Have…
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Damian Carrington confirms the consensus among climate experts that the outcome of the fossil-dominated COP28 was an utter failure, while Paige Vega interviews…
Hear the Call
Have you ever stood alone in the wilderness, where the only sounds that break the silence are the breathing of the forest or the distant roar of the sea? Have…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 14, 2007
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from April 14, 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…
There’s Money in Prevention
The insurance companies and finance mags are still openly discussing the problems with ongoing Covid, even if schools and hospitals aren’t. Illness affects the bottom line! Don’t be surprised if…
Poilievre’s Hell.
There should be a special place reserved in Hell for a political poseur such as Pierre Poilievre. I was reading a column by Jaime Watt of Navigator in the Toronto…
Greenwash & Eco-Fascism
Climate change is real, but the WEF billionaire-run, corporate-fascist oligarchy is not the saviour of humanity or the Earth – they are the principle devourers of both. We need to…
Today’s News: "being down 10 is a victory these days for the Liberals"
I got a chuckle out of Evan Scrimshaw’s lead in his Substack yesterday: Abacus’ Conservative Curveball Is There Life In The Liberals?: It is a notable statement that being down…
Uniting The People – Yes, it’s happening
Jimmy Dore, from the populist left, and Tucker Carlson, from the grassroots centre-right, can not only have a conversation, but a respectful one – and furthermore, they are allies and…
Elon Musk, Alex Jones, X – and Freedom
Twitter / X and Elon Musk have reaffirmed their upholding of the inalienable human right to freedom of speech. This is extremely important, and extremely good. “I’m generally against evil…
Legal Tweet of the Day: December 14, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay:Bell Media, Angus Reid and other Canadian brands halt ads on X amid extremism concerns #law #legal #lawtwitter via @cbcnews http://tinyurl.com/y5tj9sut – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
A Blood Feud
Not since the days of Lester Pearson and John Diefenbaker has there been so much animosity between the leaders of the Liberal and the Conservative Parties. Susan Delacourt writes: To…
Believing women, believing Palestinians
Photo by Romain Guy/Flickr “ew justifications are now needed to keep the war/genocide machine going and—as has occurred in many other conflicts—women’s victimization is now being mobilized for that purpose.…