Assorted content for your long weekend reading. – Max Fawcett laments that anti-vaxxers and science denialists have managed to control public policy choices in the midst of a pandemic with many more public health threats looming. And Jessica Wildfire writes about the collective amnesia that’s served to eliminate attention to
Continue readingA Puff of Absurdity: Harmful Misinformation
Two threads – one from a retired doctor on deducing misinformation and one from a current doctor frustrated with other doctors who ignore the information presented by patients. We have so many quality studies that vaccines help, that masks are effective, and that Covid can affect many systems long term,
Continue readingCathie from Canada: Into the long weekend: mosquitos and Poilievre and polls, oh my
Ahh, summer is starting at last! MOSQUITOES! pic.twitter.com/wvHI7RLein — Brittlestar (@brittlestar) May 17, 2024 Moving on to something even more biting, I think Pierre Poilievre is now finding there is a downside to being up 20 points in the polls — people actually expect to hear something sensible from him
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The Alberta Advantage? For workers subject to the province’s wage suppression tactics, it’s gone like the wind
What Alberta Advantage? Dr. Stanford as he addressed the Alberta Federation of Labour mid-term forum in Calgary yesterday (Photo: Twitter/Alberta Federation of Labour). A new report by economist Jim Stanford shows how working people in Alberta are experiencing unprecedented reductions in incomes, purchasing power, and living standards. Alberta’s Disappearing Advantage:
Continue readingRecreating Eden: Saturday Photo:The Best Lawn Is Flowers
Why plant grass when you can have this instead? So glad to see that other people are letting nature take its course.
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: My latest: the hidden hand
If you are a Canadian Jew, or you are one of the many who supports Canadian Jews and Israel, it’s been a bad week. The mayor of Canada’s largest city refused to attend the raising of one (1) Israeli flag at City Hall, because it was too “divisive.” McGill University
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: This Is What They Have Become
Sometimes, no commentary is necessary. Their words indict themselves and their government: Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Why don’t you debate me?” AOC: “I think it’s gonna be self-evident” Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Yeah, you don’t have enough intelligence” James Comer: “Miss Greene, do you agree to unanimous consent to strike your words?”
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Musical interlude
Adina Butar – Whisper
Continue readingwmtc: the propaganda discrediting student protests is sad, frustrating, and incredibly hypocritical
The student movement opposing Israeli apartheid brings my heart so much joy. When I was in university, a similar movement calling for divestment from South Africa played a significant role in the fall of apartheid in that state. It has the potential to do the same now. Yet mainstream politicians
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: May 17, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario calls on Toronto to drop ‘disastrous’ drug decriminalization request #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CTVNews https://tinyurl.com/8jkjjxyh – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWise Law Blog: This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012
This week’s #FlashbackFriday post is from July 24, 2012 via Wise Law Blog: Developments in Access to Legal Information Online https://wiselaw.blogspot.com/2012/07/developments-in-access-to-legal.html – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Rabid, Unadulterated Hatred
The following is hard to watch, but captures the unadulterated hatred for Palestinians that grips some Israelis as they work hard to stop humanitarian aid to Gaza: The narrative has clearly changed. At one time Israel was regarded as the little country that could – feisty, proud, and indefatigable. They
Continue readingAlberta Politics: Edmonton Police Commission locks its doors, retreats to the Internet, to avoid facing peaceful protesters
Almost a week after some of his officers violently cleared out a peaceful Palestine solidarity protest on the University of Alberta campus, Edmonton Police Chief Dale McPhee finally showed up yesterday to make his case at a police commission meeting. Edmonton Police Service Chief Dale McFee (Photo: X.com/DMMMcFee). But not
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Speaker Concerned Minister Wants A Gun In Legislative Assembly
Scott Moe wanted a whole new security arm of the Legislature set up, but he also says he didn’t know the Speaker has been concerned about safety in the Legislative Assembly. If he really didn't know about all the crap that was happening, @PremierScottMoe is even a worse leader than
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Damian Carrington offers a glimpse of what would be in store if we continue to spew carbon pollution as projected and end up at 3 degrees of warming or more, rather than quickly reining in greenhouse gas emissions. And Christina Figueres makes
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: May 16, 2024
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Boeing could be criminally charged, U.S. Justice Dept. suggests in court filing #law #legal #lawtwitter via @CBCNews https://tinyurl.com/4u65yzzr – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
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