A Sunday Thought
With the NDP imploding under the weight of idealists and ideologues, and with some calling for the resignation of Marit Stiles, the following editorial cartoon seems to hit its target:…
Covid Affects Children! Who Knew??
It’s big news suddenly that Covid causes longterm damage to blood vessels in kids. This was known back in December 2020. Nothing has been suddenly revealed. I’ve been saying that…
Gloves Off for Ontario Liberals.
It had to happen sometime and the tensions in the Ontario liberal leadership race are starting to show. The only surprise is that it is Yasir Naqvi’s team that has…
Gifts from the oven
Published five years ago at my idled website Notable Discoveries. With a few updates, it is here for a change of pace after too much negative news. Long ago mother…
Changed expectations
After BC voters told Christy Clark to find a more suitable occupation, I planned to transition from blathering about politics to writing about travel and dining. I opened a site…
New one. Am Yisrael chai!
Am Yisrael Chai! Three by four, DM me if interested. Part of proceeds go to ZAKA. I’ll bring it to you.
My latest: the social media sewer
Places of higher learning? Places that are stomach-churning, more like. We refer to campuses all over North America, of course. Since October 7, far too many students at university, college…
Saturday Photo: A Forests of Light
The way it was in the forest on the north side of Mount Royal this week. The warm weather in September seems to have delayed the trees’ gorgeous progression into…
Politicization of Masks
If political leaders on the left feel like they can’t talk about the importance of N95s to prevent viruses, then points go to the far right, who started this anti-mask…
PP: Not While I’m Eating.
There is a video clip doing the rounds of MP Pierre Poilievre eating an apple while being interviewed. He should only hope that the other guy in the clip knows…
Help was on the way? Looks like the goal of UCP’s $70M+ ‘Tylenot’ stunt was simply to own the Libs
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith and her United Conservative Party government may look like fools for having paid $70 million up front to a Turkish drug manufacturer last December for a…
Musical interlude
Flight Facilities feat. Jess – Foreign Language
Kinsella cast music, volume 9
It’s out!
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Sultan al Jaber and Vanessa Kerry offer a reminder that a climate breakdown in progress represents a foundational danger to…
Legal Tweet of the Day: October 27, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Corporal Punishment in Private Schools Is Outlawed in New York #law #legal #lawtwitter via @nytimes https://tinyurl.com/mr28v4v2 – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit…
Let Them Eat Cake
The Continued Arrogance of Brian Saunderson Our gormless backbencher CONservative MPP, Brian Saunderson, recently exposed his egregious arrogance in a comment to CollingwoodToday about the province again burdening municipalities by…
what i’m reading: for the win + labour book club update
Cory Doctorow’s novel For the Win may have been the most unexpected title on my Labour Book Club booklist. It’s kind of science fiction (but not really), kind of YA…
Canada lags on renewable energy
In Canada, more than $100 billion is now being spent to expand fossil fuel production. Meanwhile, other nations are working to mitigate climate change and enable long-term human survival. For…