Housing
The only way to solve the housing crisis is to cap foreign and corporate investment in Canadian residential properties. The post Housing first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of September 18, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of September 18, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Trump Seeks Recusal of Judge in Federal Elections Case These are the…
No Ties That Bind.
We note that the majority of Canadians have realized that there is no reason for Canada to continue to have a monarch. Charley definitely does not cut it. His wife…
Today’s News: Brandolini’s Law and the Gish Gallop and existential stupidity
As Samwise says, Well, I’m back! Lately I have been trying to figure out why everything in American politics has become such a shit-show — the Trump disaster, abortion rights,…
Political Leadership in Crisis
“We’d like to know why we have not heard from you. Surely the suffering of our children merits more communication than a single tweet.” – Open letter to Danielle Smith…
The Weirdness of Now
This morning I listened to a Naomi Klein interview from this week about her very different type of book, while reading a prescient Geroge Monbiot article that he reposted from…
Save the date: London (UK) in May 2024
I’m pleased to share a ‘save the date’ for study tour: London (UK) in May 2024. Here’s the link: https://cihcanada.ca/calendar-by-month/calendar-by-list/ For this particular event, there will be two components: a…
Why humans can’t trust humans: You don’t know how they work, what they’re going to do or whether they will serve your interests
In response to ‘Why humans can’t trust AI: You don’t know how it works, what it’s going to do or whether it’ll serve your interests‘. There are alien minds among…
Mike Roman
In Georgia, a guy named Mike Roman has been indicted in the case involving Donald Trump’s attempts to overturn the results of the election in that state. Michael Harris writes…
Makes Perfect Sense To Me
What’s good for the silly goose should be good for the gander, eh? Recommend this Post
The Social Contract
How shall we be governed? Philosophers have debated that issue since Plato and the question is more important today than ever, given the rise of right-wing extremism everywhere, especially in…
Despite widespread abuses, Canada maintains support for Rwandan government
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau meets with Rwandan President Paul Kagame on the margins of the G7 Summit in Biarritz, France, August 2019. Photo courtesy the Prime Minister’s Office. For three…
Ford’s Smoke Screen.
Somebody must have told premier Doug Ford that he could use MPP Paul Calandra as a smoke screen to cover up what he is letting happen in the Greenbelt. By…
Stages of Genocide
We like to think we are way beyond barbarity and that the outrageously cruel acts of the past (many not in the too distant past) will never be anything we…
Saturday Photo: More Permanent Housing
This wasp nest suddenly appeared this week. Wasn’t there on Monday, I’m sure, but it was looming like a malevalent piñata on Thursday. Wasps are really amazing in the way…
Today’s tonic: “My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?”
Today's tonic: "My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?" by Toronto Star writer Emma Teitel. "This entire gender identity freakout rests on the…
Today’s tonic: “My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?”
Today's tonic: "My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?" by Toronto Star writer Emma Teitel. "This entire gender identity freakout rests on the…
Today’s tonic: “My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?”
Today’s tonic: “My question for Doug Ford: When it comes to gender who is indoctrinating whom?” by Toronto Star writer Emma Teitel. “This entire gender identity freakout rests on the…
My latest: hero to zero
Hero to zero. That’s the transformation that takes place in politics, if you overstay your welcome. And it happens pretty fast, too. That’s why they say a week is a…