When The Emperor Is Angered
The imperium formerly known as the United States of America does not take kindly to contradiction. Its emperor, Don Trump, displays this facet of authoritarian rule in the following interview,…
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Life Insurance and Your Estate
Ontario Wills and Estates #LawFact of the Day: Life Insurance and Your Estate #law #legal #EstatePlanningLife insurance policies that designate a beneficiary become that beneficiary's property on the day the…
Post-election News: voting maps, Carney wins, Wexit update, Poilievre sad. Plus, it’s always fun to ridicule Trump!
In Canadian events today, some interesting maps showing how Canadians voted -- much more clearly than just showing big empty blocks of red and blue: In response to the election…
Jagmeet Singh’s federal NDP has just suffered a catastrophe; let’s talk about Naheed Nenshi’s Alberta New Democrats
Happy May Day, the day of the worker just about everywhere in the world except North America. Once upon a time, Canadians used to think of the New Democratic Party…
Comments on the 45th
Canada’s 45th General Election is over and my reaction is mostly relief. A few short... The post Comments on the 45th first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Let’s not do that again
Let’s not do this again. Let’s not have another election in which many Canadians, I have no doubt, voted not for the party that best captured their aspirations for Canada…
Wednesday Morning Links
Miscellaneous material for your mid-week reading.- Robert Reich argues that the overriding theme of the new Trump regime is ineptitude, with Paul Krugman's observation that he's staking the U.S. economy…
greetings from st. louis (day 1, part two)
The only slightly disconcerting issue of this trip was the border. I don't need to elaborate why. It is a very strange time to be traveling to this very strange…
Where there is smoke, there is fire
In Tel Aviv, the sky is full of smoke. Eyes burning, harder to breathe – because of wildfires raging between here and Jerusalem. Here’s a screenshot of the coverage of…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates April 15, 2025
NOTE: If you regularly send packets to Caleb Freestone, please stop as he hasbeen released to a halfway house. Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates.…
Wise Law’s Family #LawFact of the Day: Separating from your spouse in Ontario
Ontario Family Law recognizes separation of spouses who intend to live separate and apart even if they don't immediately live in separate residences.Many couples live separate and apart “under one…
greetings from st. louis (day 1, part one)
I worked on Saturday, then we had two ridiculously busy days. But whatever, we were getting ready to leave, so I was happy. A cleaner bailed at the last minute,…
The Next Election Has Already Started
Pierre Poilievre may have lost the election to Mark Carney, but nobody seems to have told him that it’s over.
Let’s take a break for some funny stuff — good lines about our election plus other good posts, and of course, Animal Crackers
I have been seeing some great "takes" on the election results: View on Threads Great routine from Colbert: View on Threads Here is Carney dancing at the Liberal celebration Monday…
Sid Ryan: This election was a disaster for the NDP and unions
Former NDP leader Jagmeet Singh, who resigned after losing his seat on Monday. The NDP also lost official party status after failing to win the required 12 seats. Photo courtesy…
Danielle Smith: The people have spoken and I refuse to acknowledge what they said!
In a spasm of Trump-like rancour in the wake of the Liberal victory in Monday’s federal election, Alberta Premier Danielle Smith doubled down yesterday on her pre-election threats to national…
COVID Brain Is For Kids Too
It was a colossally bad idea to let every person catch COVID-19, as it is shown to have an impact on intelligence by infecting the brain. There are still publications…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Outreached cat.
2025 Federal Election Leaves NDP with a Mixed Bag of Survivors
To say the recently concluded federal election was bad for theNew Democratic Party is like saying the Hindenburg had aminor accident. The NDP has suffered their single worstresult ever. The…