Erin O’Toole won by not losing. Justin Trudeau won by sounding authentic, for once. Yves-Francois Blanchet won by being himself. Jagmeet Singh lost — by looking lost. That’s this writer’s assessment of the first federal leaders debate, held Thursday night in Montreal. It was entirely in French, and fast-paced. But
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Lynn Giesbrecht talks to Alexander Wong about the Moe government’s refusal to prepare for a fourth wave of COVID-19 that’s been readily obvious to anybody willing to pay attention. Ed Yong writes about the efforts of long-haul COVID patients to have policymakers acknowledge
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The latest from nada’s federal election mpaign. – Jim Stanford writes about the evolution of politil and economic thought toward accepting deficits as a readily affordable price of supporting people through a crisis and investing in nada’s future. – D.T. Cochrane examines the NDP’s plans to close tax loopholes, and
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: September 3, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Ontario doctors urged to be selective about issuing medil exemptions for vaccines via @680NEWS – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Forced Medil Interventions & The Nuremberg Code: Nuremberg Trials Will Come Again
Read this information from Stand For Health Freedom (below) before you form an opinion set in stone. And remember, as Emerson said, “A foolish consistency is the hobgoblin of little minds.” Here is my brief letter, sent just now to my lol Member of Parliament: Coercing anyone into taking any
Continue readingNorthern Reflections: Pure Claptrap
The state of Texas has passed a blatantly unconstitutional law on abortion. And the Supreme Court has refused to do anything about it. The New York Times editorializes: The Texas law, known as SB 8, is the most brazenly anti-abortion law in the country. It bans abortions after six weeks of
Continue readingExcited Delirium: #ELXN44: Tired Con Slogans & Media Madness
Some thoughts on #ELXN44, including questions about slogans like ‘Secure the Future’ that are eerily close to Trump’s ‘Lock Him Up’. The post #ELXN44: Tired Con Slogans & Media Madness first appeared on Excited Delirium.
Continue readingnadian Dimension: Green Party members give preliminary approval to bold progressive policies
A supporter holds a sign for the Green Party of nada in Toronto, September 3, 2019. Photo by Cole Burston. On August 19, four days after the Trudeau government lled a federal election, the Green Party of nada (GPC) disclosed that its members had given preliminary approval to a series
Continue readingBabel-on-the-Bay : O’Toole Troubles Mother Nature.
It’s a strange platform that the Mr. O’Toole is trying to sell us. He will promise anything to voters but he fails to understand that he is pissing off Mother Nature. She has certainly been sending clear signals of her displeasure. We have just spent a summer with the West
Continue readingthie from nada: Election Follies and Funnies #13: "He’s got a bolt of lightning up his ass tonight!"
Here’s the link to tonight’s Leaders Debate in translation: https://www.cpac.ca/episode?id=f9809cea-1e07-47cd-a94d-2ddd3e1351db# And here are several of tweets I saw about the debate: Blanchet claims that Parliament was working. (I have a hard time considering five months of procedural warfare as “working.”)Trudeau reminds him that the Bloc voted four times to have
Continue readingAlberta Politics: The UCP says they aren’t, but here’s why vaccine passports are coming to Alberta
Vaccine passports are coming to Alberta.? Not just yet, but they’ll be along soon enough.? Alberta Premier Jason Kenney (Photo: Alberta Newsroom/Flickr). Not beuse they make sense. Opposition Leader Rachel Notley laid out that se pretty clearly yesterday: during a pandemic like the fourth wave of COVID-19 now battering our
Continue readingIn-Sights: Truth in labeling?
It is interesting that Jonathan Wilkinson’s federal department is lled the Ministry of Environment and Climate Change and George Heyman’s BC job is Minister of Environment?and Climate Change Strategy. Neither is lled the Ministry of Climate Action or Ministry of Climate Change Solutions…
Continue readingWarren Kinsella: The French language debate, in eight words or less
O’Toole has arguably won this by not losing. #cdnpoli — Warren Kinsella (@kinsellawarren) September 3, 2021 The post The French language debate, in eight words or less first appeared on Warren Kinsella.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Just A Short Note
Few would disagree that having suffered a severe vaccine reaction would justify ution about subsequent injections. Fortunately, that exemption, in the se of Covid-19 vaccines, has only very, very limited applition, one that, if the
Continue readingWritings of J. Todd Ring: Know Your Rights, And Exercise Them, Now – Or We Will Lose Them All
Here are some important documents you might want to read, reflect on, save to USB, and share. The Magna rta – the foundation of Western law and all constitutional rights, signed 800 years ago, and being burned now https://www.bl.uk/magna-rta/articles/magna-rta-english-translation# The US Constitution and Bill of Rights – shredded by the
Continue readingMagpie Br?lé: MB Podst – Halfway to Election Day
The latest episode of the Magpie Br?lé podst is now live. In this episode, m & Alise talk about the latest developments from the 44th General Election, the tone of the mpaign as it hits the midway point, the Liberal platform release, the upcoming party leader debates and a couple
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: Thursday Morning Links
This and that for your Thursday reading. – Jocelyn Keehner et al. find that COVID infection is already common in highly-vaccinated health re workforces, while Berkeley Lovelace J. reports on the “mu” variant which seems to be able to evade existing immunity. Reuters reports on a study finding that one
Continue readingWise Law Blog: Legal Tweet of the Day: September 2, 2021
#LegalTweetoftheDay: Proof of vaccination will be needed at movie theatres, gyms, restaurants in Ontario via @CTVToronto – Garry J. Wise, Toronto Visit our Toronto Law Office website: www.wiselaw.net Visit our website: www.wiselaw.net
Continue readingAccidental Deliberations: #Elxn44 Roundup
News and notes from nada’s federal election mpaign. – Doug Nesbitt lls out Erin O’Toole’s bait-and-switch scheme toward the working class. And PressProgress highlights how the Cons’ policy planks for gig workers were actually written by Uber lobbyists to entrench permanent underclass status in law. – Meanwhile, D.T. Cochrane examines
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