A Voracious Thirst
If you want to know what’s to come in Washington, take a look at John Durham’s investigation. Michelle Goldberg writes: Trump’s circle insisted, falsely, that the Mueller inquiry was a…
Public opinion polls in wartime Ukraine: do they tell the full story?
Ukrainian flags fly in Dnipro, marking the graves of soldiers killed in action following the Russian invasion in February 2022. Photo by Svitlana Korableva/Instagram. Does war change geopolitical attitudes? The…
When Hypocrites Fight.
The Ontario government wants Ottawa liberals to back off in criticizing Ontario’s plans to build 50,000 homes in the Ontario Greenbelt. It shows that hypocrites never know when the other…
Today’s News: "In the Covid era, the vulnerable die earlier, the remaining become vulnerable earlier"
I’ve been noticing and collecting a variety of recent posts and tweets about Covid and our situation these days, and the challenges we will be facing in 2023. This pretty…
Romana Didulo: Canada’s False Pretender
The face of treason There has been, since 2020, a woman in Canada claiming to be the real Queen of Canada. Her name is Romana Didulo. The basis of her…
Monday Afternoon Links
Miscellaneous material to start your week. – Abinaya Vijayaraghavan and Jennifer Rigby report on the World Health Organization’s recognition that COVID-19 remains a global public health emergency even as far…
Legal Tweet of the Day: January 30, 2023
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Title fraud is on the rise — here are three ways to stop criminals from selling your house out from under you #law #legal #lawtwitter via @TorontoStar https://bit.ly/3wH6XMk –…
What Went Wrong? Hubris.
Mario Possamai, senior advisor for the SARS commission, was interviewed in an hour-long video from ISPR Respiratory Protection back in July 2022. Here’s a summary of his talk with some…
Wise Law’s Top 10 Law Tweets for the Week of January 30, 2023
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Prime Minister Singh?
Most Canadians don’t think of Jagmeet Singh as a potential prime minister. And they have history on their side. Michael Harris writes: It is true that, despite a run of…
Change the Game, Change the Climate
As a game designer who creates games about the climate crisis and what we can do about it, this recent article in the Guardian warmed my heart. The article looks…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of January 30, 2023
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of January 30, 2023 from Wise Law on Twitter: SCOTUS justices were questioned but not implicated in Dobbs leak probe; some…
Release of Tyre Nichols’ arrest video shows why police shouldn’t control body-cam footage
Tyre Nichols is seen leaning against a car during a brutal attack by five Memphis police officers on January 7, 2023. Photo courtesy the City of Memphis/AP. On January 7,…
Hazel McCallion Dies at 101.
There has been a recall for the Hazel McCallion brand of politician. The former mayor of Streetsville, Ontario and the mayor of Mississauga has passed on. She earned the sobriquet…
Shandro’s Disciplinary Hearing
The “boiling frog syndrome” is a metaphor used to describe the failure to act against a problematic situation which will increase in severity until reaching catastrophic proportions.—Wikipedia. Let’s talk about…
Ukraine: the war that went wrong
“Everything Must Go.” Illustration by Mr. Fish. Empires in terminal decline leap from one military fiasco to the next. The war in Ukraine, another bungled attempt to reassert US global…
Sunday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Sunday reading. – Melody Schrieber reports on new data showing that more Americans missed work due to illness in 2022 than in any other year…
So … The Social Woes Of Today Are The Fault of Whom?!
The political right wing's inability to understand things beyond simplistic bromides has always surprised me. I get that it makes for easy sound bite politicking, but seriously, the conclusions drawn…
She Certainly Puts Them In Their Place
Recently I have seen some quite good videos posted by young people on Tik Tock (a platform I am not on) that were reposted on Twitter. It heartens me to…