Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Derek Lynch writes about the need to recognize that humanity isn’t separate from the living environment it needs to survive. Eric Ralls points…
Speculation: Gaza Outcomes
Recently, articles have begun circulating which state that Israel has no plan for Gaza after their military operations cease. To the extent that Israel hasn’t stated what its plans are…
Ontario NDP’s expulsion of Sarah Jama is a flagrant betrayal
Sarah Jama and Ontario NDP leader Marit Stiles. Photo courtesy Marit Stiles/X. There can be few on the left in Canada who remain unaware of the vile treatment of Sarah…
Yup, It’s Still Airborne
The much publicized 60 Minutes episode on Covid ran last night. Lots of accolades on social media, but I wasn’t impressed. We’re just happy for scraps at this point. The…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of October 30, 2023
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The Big Question
We have lived with a catastrophic myth for a long time. We have believed that we live outside nature. Derek Lynch writes: Globally, we have entered the Anthropocene, with humans…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of October 30, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of October 30, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: York University threatens to revoke student unions’ status over Israel-Hamas statements Protest…
Calandra’s Cabinet.
It is obvious that Ontario MPP Paul Calandra is living in the wrong century. He might have been more successful back in the late 19th Century. It was then, that…
Today’s News: using the Israel-Hamas War to promote antisemitism
I can appreciate the sincerity of those who support the Palestinians and oppose Netanyahu. But that sincerity is being weaponized now by those around the world who hate Jews. The…
Alberta’s Legislature shudders back to life this afternoon – what will the UCP get up to next?
With the Alberta Legislature resuming sitting today with a Throne Speech, one has to wonder what the United Conservative Government of Premier Danielle Smith will get up to next? Government…
And I’ll vote for a political party that says they’ll do so
We have criminalized promotion of hatred against identifiable groups, and the promotion of genocide. We must, must now criminalize the promotion of listed terror groups.
a genocide is happening right now and nations are doing nothing to stop it
Right now the State of Israel is committing genocide against the people of Gaza. Many humans around the globe are horrified, grieving, raging. But people with the power to stop…
The everyday violence of life in occupied Palestine
Al-Jazeera correspondent Wael Dahdouh, centre, prays over the bodies of his wife, son, daughter, and grandson, killed in an Israeli airstrike on Nuisserat refugee camp, outside a hospital in Deir…
How ‘Cannibal Capitalism’ is devouring the planet
Smoke from wildfires in Canada engulfs New York City, June 2023. Photo by Anthony Quintano/Wikimedia Commons. Cannibal Capitalism: How our System is Devouring Democracy, Care, and the Planet—and What We…
Closure of weeklies leaves communities without a print newspaper
Photo by Ryan Berry/Flickr KAMLOOPS, BC – The final edition of Kamloops This Week was emblazoned with a giant “-30-” on its front page when it appeared last Wednesday as…
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…