Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Linda McQuaig calls out the Ford PCs for making it even more difficult to hold corporate health care operators to account for sub-par…
"Beer, bedrooms and bathrooms"
I’m reading lots of tweets and comments these days about how banana-pants crazy some Republicans are these days, and it worries me that Canada is trending in the same direction.…
Happy Easter! Danielle Smith doesn’t apologize, but she certainly does explain!
Happy Easter! Canadian Press reporter Dean Bennett in a typical pose in 2018 (Photo: David J. Climenhaga). Astonishingly, a full week after the CBC broke the story, the brouhaha continues…
Gun Love And Race Hatred – A Powerful Convergence
Although no real good can come out of it, I continue to be both rivetted and repulsed by the ongoing devolution of American society. Everywhere one looks, it is apparent…
The Better Analog
On this Good Friday, some are comparing Donald Trump to Jesus Christ. Pontius Pilate — a man who believed that cruelty was the point — is a better analog. I’ll…
What About Ontario, Justin?
No doubt many Canadians were pleased to hear that prime minister Trudeau had criticized prime minister Netanyahu of Israel for the attack on the holiest of Muslim mosques. It was…
Carbon tax justification for fools
According to a study published by Nature Climate Change, governments of 51 countries spent C$940 billion subsidizing fossil fuels in 2021. The number is likely higher since there are many indirect…
How Racism Drained America’s Public Pools
When courts ruled that public pools were to be integrated in the United States, thousands were closed out of spite. http://bit.ly/3KGLUkF
More good news from down south
Starting with the election of Joe Biden in November 2020, U.S. election results have been looking rather good. The midterms in 2022 were predicted to produce the usual midterm result—a…
More good news from down south
Starting with the election of Joe Biden in November 2020, U.S. election results have been looking rather good. The midterms in 2022 were predicted to produce the usual midterm result—a…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates April 4, 2023
NOTE: If you send the updates to Casey Brezik, he must now receive mail digitally, handled by a corporate intermediary: Casey M Brezik #1154765 c/o Digital Mail Center–Missouri DOC Post…
Free Speech for Peace
Free Speech for Peace was presented by Ethnorama News Winnipeg and Al Cafe and recorded at Winnipeg’s historic Ukrainian Labour Temple on March 31, 2023. The event arose out of…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Lisa Schnirring reports on new research showing how infection with COVID-19 tends to lead to extended sick leave, while Helen Twohig et…
Age of Absurdity
We’re skipping gleefully into the most absurd period in history. The philosophical notion of the absurd came from Camus. It grew legs with existentialists after WWII when the youngest and…
Legal Tweet of the Day: April 6, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Bell denies discrimination claims by former CP24 personality, asks commission to dismiss complaint #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://bit.ly/3UePFAV – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office…
You Won’t Regret Not Having Kids
People with kids put a lot of pressure on couples without kids to procreate, which is obviously rude but happens anyway. This could lead to people thinking they want kids…
Hot Air Isn’t A Defense
Several commentators have suggested that Alvin Bragg’s case against Donald Trump is weak. Jennifer Rubin isn’t so sure. She writes: Any pundits who speculated ahead that the case was weak,…
Norway’s oil fund approaching C$2 trillion
In 1996, Norway began depositing oil revenue into a national wealth fund so that current and future generations would benefit from the nation’s oil wealth. Bolstered by oil taxes and…
Paul Adam on Wills and Estates: Can I make my own Will using an online form?
Beware. If you use an online form instead of a lawyer: 1. You aren’t getting personalized advice from a lawyer who has assessed your needs and interests. 2. Nobody is…
‘Send in The Clowns.’
There is a sad feeling to Stephen Soundheim’s haunting ballad “Send in the Clowns.” It also has a special meaning to me when dealing with the also rans in elections.…