The Fallout Continues
I admit to taking a certain pleasure in reporting bad news about the U.S. That it is being sanctioned by Canadians for its abysmal treatment of such a reliable trading…
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 15, 2010
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from June 15, 2010 via Wise Law Blog: Bill 168: Ontario Workplace Harassment and Violence Legislation In Force https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2010/06/bill-168-ontario-workplace-harassment.html - Garry J. Wise, Toro...
Part 3: AM I OPTIMISTIC AND, IF SO, HOW IS THAT EVEN POSSIBLE
Part 3: Looking for optimism in troubled times So, where are we and where are we headed? Italian political theorist Antonio Gramsci, writing in prison in the 1930s when liberal…
things we saw from the road, mostly lies
Billboards seen on the highways between St. Louis, Tulsa, and Kansas City. Lies about pregnancy"Heartbeat heard 18 days after conception"This is the most frequently-seen lie on all the highway signs.…
things we saw from the road, mostly lies
Billboards seen on the highways between St. Louis, Tulsa, and Kansas City. Lies about pregnancy"Heartbeat heard 18 days after conception"This is the most frequently-seen lie on all the highway signs.…
Pushing back against MacKinnon’s awful article
The University of Saskatchewan has been in the news lately. It's where I worked for much of my career, so of course I'm interested in how they are getting along.…
Thursday Afternoon Links
This and that for your Thursday reading.- Robert Reich discusses how Donald Trump's absolute lack of inhibition is responsible for the disastrous effects of his regime - and how a…
Ford Cons budget 2025
#dougFord #onpoli #budget2025
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Claiming Dependent Support from an Estate #law #legal #EstatePlanning
Family members who were financially dependent upon a deceased person may be entitled to claim support from the deceased’s Estate.If the deceased's will doesn't provide for these obligations, the support…
Jason Kenney, Alberta’s first UCP premier, warns that its second one could kill investment with her separation talk
Let it be acknowledged that while Jason Kenney’s assessment of the danger posed by the United Conservative Party’s continued flirtation with separatism is spot on, it was he, Alberta’s first…
And purpose built for the job
Cricket factory faces bankruptcy #ldnont, #aspire,
May 17: Find Kersplebedeb at the LA Anarchist Book Fair!
We’ll be at the LA Anarchist Book Fair on Saturday! The event continues through Sunday, but without us. 654 Gibbons St.May 17, 10am–8pmMay 18, 9am–4pm Visit the book fair’s website…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates May 13, 2025
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
Am I optimistic and, if so, how is that even possible (Part 2)
Part 2: The decline of the collective Sociologist Zygmunt Bauman argued that across the global west we’ve organized ourselves such that our collective action problems — what we can only…
day 14: kc to st. louis: a drive, a store, and unexpected propaganda — plus an unexpected margarita (part two)
I wrote the previous post in various airports, and am writing this post from home. I just proofread and corrected that post, so if sharp readers caught the typos, they…
day 14: kc to st. louis: a drive, a store, and unexpected propaganda — plus an unexpected margarita (part two)
I wrote the previous post in various airports, and am writing this post from home. I just proofread and corrected that post, so if sharp readers caught the typos, they…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Sherrilyn Ifill examines how resistance to the Trump regime has developed and influenced events over the course of the first 100 days. But Peter…
A Demonic Presence
Although I don't believe in him, there are times when I think the devil is alive and well, wielding his chicanery from the White House. While I realize such hyperbolic…
Dancing with Viruses
There are several measles cases in Waterloo Region. As of last week there were currently over 60 cases in nearby Wellington/Guelph, and over 1,300 in Ontario since October.Measles is like…