Alberta Waste Management.
One of the tasks, the federal government leaves to the provinces is waste management. It is a task that nobody worried about very much back at the time of confederation.…
The Israel-Hamas War: stories of courage, stories of terror
We are finding out more now about the horror that Israelis experienced as Hamas was hunting and killing them – the stories are incredible, some courageous, others terrifying. The New…
Babylon, once the apple of the UCP’s eye, is fallen! A pre-Halloween tale from the Alberta health care crypt
Just in time for the run-up to Halloween, we learn that Babylon the Great is fallen. The fall of Babylon, as imagined in the 15th Century – the Babylon brand,…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Geometric cats.
War Breaks Out In The Middle East
An evergreen headline, because the war basically never ends. If you google for “Israel killed journalist” it doesn’t know if you want contemporary results, or ones for the infamous incident…
What was Gary Marcus thinking, in that interview with Geoff Hinton?
Background: 60 Minutes did an interview with ‘the Godfather of AI’, Geoffrey Hinton. In response, Gary Marcus wrote a column in which he inserted his own set of responses into…
Games Without Frontiers, War With Tears
The pressure cooker that is the Israeli-Palestinian conflict exploded this weekend. Normally, I stay out of making comment about anything to do with this particular conflict because quite frankly it…
Great Happiness!
I’ve been feeling pretty disgusted lately with our world, given our impending climate doom and the humanitarian crises and wars going on. Those pungent testaments to our profound failures as…
My latest: now find out who Israel’s real friends are
There’s an old Hebrew proverb. It goes something like this: “A real friend is one who walks in when the rest of the world walks out.” It’s true. And, this…
What do you expect?
Fire and smoke rise following an Israeli airstrike in Gaza City. Photo by Fatima Shbair/AP. What’s been going on in Israel/Gaza/Palestine over the last few days… I don’t have much…
Save David Tennant From Invasion!!
There are lots of horrific things going on in this world. Most are out of our control. One is not. There’s nothing I can do about the atrocities happening between…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of October 10, 2023
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Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 10, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 10, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: Trump’s Fraud Trial Starts With Attacks on Attorney General and Judge Former…
Ford’s Frailty.
In seniors, frailty is a set of symptoms pertaining to the approaching end of life. In politics, it is the weaknesses other politicians will recognize as the key to defeating…
Terrorism—weapon of the weak?
Hamas’s invasion of Israel has once again brought attention to the Palestine problem. The routine of Israel oppressing the Palestinians while simultaneously stealing their land has once again been interrupted…
Hey, Danielle! Keep your hands off my pension
When the news broke about Danielle Smith’s scheme for an Alberta pension plan, an old expression came to mind – if it ain’t broke, don’t fit it. Admittedly, the English…
Happy Thanksgiving
And let us give thanks that we do not live in the Benighted States of Amerika. Recommend this Post
what i’m reading: delusions of gender: how our minds, society, and neurosexism create difference
When I was in library school, much ink was spilled discussing a “crisis” of “boys not reading”. Countless articles were written, studies were launched, hands were wrung. How do we…