Wednesday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading. – Mary Van Beusekom discusses new research showing that a quarter of COVID-19 survivors are still facing impaired lung function (among other health problems)…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 13, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: B.C. premier says he’s ‘white-hot angry’ that stabbing suspect was on day pass from psychiatric hospital #law #legal #lawtwitter via @cbcnews https://tinyurl.com/mr25bryd – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
Climate Solution Simulator
Avoiding a bigger climate catastrophe should be a concern for everyone, but understanding how to do that could be a challenge for some. The EN Roads simulator is a way…
The Quality of Debate
The quality of regular debate in the Chamber is so poor that in order for a speech a Member makes to be heard anywhere at all, it has to be…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Estate Tax
There are 3 basic ways in which most simple Estates may be required to pay taxes. 1. If all or part of your state is being submitted to Probate, you’ll…
Information Without Action Leads to Devastation
How it feels to watch it all (Judgment Day). We know all the things we need to know! From Dr. Eric Feigl-Ding: “Want to know why even mildly symptomatic sick…
Doug’s Doom.
It won’t go away Doug. The Ontario Greenbelt will live on, long after you are gone. What Ontario’s premier does not recognize is that Ontario’s Greenbelt has its roots in…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Surfaced cats.
The Fascist Frenzy of Pierre Poilievre
It was horrible. After taking a break from Canadian politics, and the right-wing sewer that social media has become, I returned to find Pierre Poilievre cackling like a hyena.Opening his…
The Fascist Frenzy of Pierre Poilievre
It was horrible. After taking a break from Canadian politics, and the right-wing sewer that social media has become, I returned to find Pierre Poilievre cackling like a hyena.Opening his…
The Fascist Frenzy of Pierre Poilievre
It was horrible. After taking a break from Canadian politics, and the right-wing sewer that social media has become, I returned to find Pierre Poilievre cackling like a hyena. Opening…
Not Exactly As Advertised
Despite all of Doug Ford’s bluster and lies about how important the Greenbelt is to meet his goal of building 1.5 million new homes in the next 10 years, the…
Legal Tweet of the Day: September 12, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Cell service must be provided by all carriers on TTC as of Oct. 3, minister says #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/4xfvd4hk – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our…
My latest: the Weekend from Hell™️
The Weekend from Hell. All of us have had one, at one time or another. A fender-bender on the way to an important appointment. A flooded basement. A positive…
Tuesday Morning Links
This and that for your Tuesday reading. – John Woodside weighs in on the UN’s recognition of the need to stop our dependence on dirty energy. And Jillian Ambrose reports…
Facebook/Meta are evil
I mean, they all are, in their own unique way, but Facebook/Meta are the worst. People may be trying to save their lives during wildfires, desperate for information, but Zuckerberg…
Manitoba NDP’s ‘tough on crime’ pledges will not keep people safe
Manitoba NDP leader Wab Kinew lays out his party’s “5-point Strategy to be Tough on Crime and Tough on the Causes of Crime” in Winnipeg, August 17, 2023. Photo courtesy…
Still Working On Filtration Units
Ontario School Safety is still working hard to try to get CR boxes allowed in classrooms. They donated some directly to the local board office. Unfortunately (and unsurprisingly), they can’t…
Leave No Cliché Unused.
Does Pierre Poilievre, our little boy blue and leader of Canada’s conservatives, now have some conservative concerns to help him do his job? He met with conservatives in Quebec City…
Monday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – The Star’s editorial board writes that there’s still every reason to take precautions to avoid the spread of COVID-19, while Frances Ryan points…