Truth matters
Fiction and invention are handy tools for politicians. Legacy media often repeats lies with minimal or no fact checking, although perhaps with opposing comments added to suggest balance. That process…
A Laughing Matter
I got laughed at in the grocery store today. That hasn’t happened in a while. Cases of hospitalizations/day are at their lowest since December 2021 right now, which is fantastic,…
Saturday Morning Links
Assorted content for your weekend reading. – Alexander Haro reports on the scientific recognition that 2023 stands to be by far the hottest year in recorded human history (even compared…
Saturday Photo: In Case You Wondered about the Origin of the Word…
The daisies were in bloom last Sunday at Montreal’s Technoparc and along Highway 50 between Montreal and Gatineau. The English name comes from “dægesege, formerly dæges eage, meaning “day’s eye,”…
Some great weekend reading: from weird conservatives to CHOP to moths to Orcas
Here’s some of the good stuff I’ve been reading lately: At Oliver Willis Explains, Willis writes Conservatives Aren’t Like Normal Americans But The Media Won’t Admit That: The Right Is…
The King in his Counting House.
It is classic conservative strategy. The Ontario government has been caught banking $20 billion that they claim is a reserve fund. What they are really doing is telling the public…
Turns out Facebook didn’t censor or ban Alberta’s premier, but Danielle Smith’s complaint raises a legitimate policy question
It should be well known to everyone now that the claim Alberta Premier Danielle Smith was censored or banned by Facebook is nothing more than a tall tale. Premier’s Office…
Musical interlude
Flight Facilities feat. Grosvenor – With You
Review 7: Invasion of Astro Monster – 1965
Godzilla films had already begun to move into the cultural camp mode from the second film, Godzilla Raids Again, and away from the monster-threat-to-Earth and Atomic-bomb-symbol of the first film.…
Friday Afternoon Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Scott Dance reports on the scientific recognition that the Earth’s oceans are warming far faster than previously feared, while Sid Perkins discusses the…
Vancouver School Board to consider privatising school field
Well, that didn't take long. And really, not too unexpected. Within months of being elected, the majority ABC/NPA Trustees on the Vancouver School Board are already contemplating hiving off school…
Vancouver School Board to consider privatising school field
Well, that didn't take long. And really, not too unexpected. Within months of being elected, the majority ABC/NPA Trustees on the Vancouver School Board are already contemplating hiving off school…
Vancouver School Board to consider privatising school field
Well, that didn’t take long. And really, not too unexpected. Within months of being elected, the majority ABC/NPA Trustees on the Vancouver School Board are already contemplating hiving off school…
Legal Tweet of the Day: June 16, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Can police demand to have your doorbell video? Here’s what you need to know #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/4j6h3pfx – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law…
Moral Injury and Definition Creep
In a class this week we talked about moral injury, but it was presented and discussed as if it meant any time there’s a clash of values. One of the…
rip cormac mccarthy: an indelible impression, for better or worse
The recent death of Cormac McCarthy has me thinking about his dark genius, and my contrary views of his best (and worst) writing. I know exactly when and how I…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 22, 2012 via Wise Law Blog
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 22, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Scalia, Textualism and The Interpretive “Rule of the 18th Century Brits” https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/scalia-textualism-and-interpretive-rule.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto…
Thanks
Thanks for all the kind messages yesterday. Stayed offline, and did stuff like this: watching E. teach Joey how to fetch sticks in the lake. Thanks again. pic.twitter.com/o880rZZ6U7 — Warren…
Parting with Poilievre’s Perfidy.
They are not going to have former conservative leader Erin O’Toole MP to kick around any more. He gave his farewell speech to parliament the other day. Let’s face it,…
Bell’s latest layoffs and closures show Canada’s news media need a major revamp
Photo by A Great Capture/Flickr The suits at Bell Canada have once again demonstrated that they have no concept of the social responsibility they owe Canadians for being allowed to…