Judged By The Company You Keep
By the titled measure, I think we know how to evaluate Jamil Javani, the peripatetic Conservative who seems to have a special relationship with his old pal, JD Vance. Indeed,…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates February 17, 2025
NOTE:If you regularly send packets to Muhammad Burton, Casey Goonan, HridinduRoychowdhury, or Alex Stokes, they have been transferred:Smart Communications/PA DOCMuhammad Burton* AF3896SCI ChesterPost Office Box 33028St Petersburg, Florida 33733*Address envelope…
Today’s News: Carney wins, Poilievre loses; the Epstein files get hotter, Minneapolis is still ICEed; and Olympic Catch-up
Carney wins, Poilievre loses Wow! Alberta MP Matt Jeneroux has joined the Liberal caucus, making him the third Conservative MP to break with his party since November – a move…
Alberta Conservatives fume as Edmonton MP Matt Jeneroux jumps ship for the Liberals
As everybody in Canada surely knows by now, Alberta Member of Parliament Matt Jeneroux has crossed the floor of the House of Commons to join Prime Minister Mark Carney’s Liberals,…
More American crime
Over the past decade, the US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (Ice) has amassed millions of data points that it uses to identify and track its targets – from social…
“The most powerful crime syndicate in history”
James Speyer, writing in The New York Daily News, says: It is time to acknowledge what has become tragically obvious: the Trump administration is essentially acting as a massive criminal…
Norway’s national wealth fund now C$3 trillion
In British Columbia, both the governing NDP and the Conservative opposition maintain that natural resources primarily belong to the companies extracting them today. Taxes are kept low, subsidies are plentiful,…
Canada’s Defence Industrial Strategy and the Gripen
Canada has published a Defence Industrial Strategy for the first time.
Roundup of comments on Canada’s Defense Industrial Strategy, those radical mainstream environmentalists, the Epstein conspiracy, and Olympic Catch-up
I found some good posts and commentary today on a random assortment of topics:Comments about Canada's Defense Industrial Strategy First, some background - in her February 17, 2026 newsletter on…
Ric McIver states unequivocally he is not a supporter of Alberta separatism
Ric McIver, Speaker of the Alberta Legislature, has stated categorically he is not a supporter of Alberta separating from Canada. In an emailed response to questions sent to United Conservative…
Tuesday Night Cat Blogging
Flaky cat.
Nuclear arms race redux—should we join?
“The End of Arms Control” read the recent headline in The New York Times. The... The post Nuclear arms race redux—should we join? first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Understanding Alberta Separatist Claims As Gaslighting
The arguments that the Alberta separatists make to justify their positions are carefully crafted to seem almost reasonable, while at the same time are actually distorting the picture entirely to…
Compliance = Collapse
Can you justify using tech companies that are ratting out our fellow neighbours? The post Compliance = Collapse first appeared on Excited Delirium.
More core!
City Hall might as well move to the suburbs
Moving People > Moving Vehicles
Transit stalled again because people must have parking.
Wise Law’s Top Ten Legal News Post for the Week of February 17, 2026
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Some Editorial Reflections
Although throughout most of my life I have been an inveterate writer of letters to the editor, I rarely write such missives anymore, for reasons that are not entirely clear…
Wise Law’s Legal Headlines for the week of February 17, 2026
Here are our leading legal headlines for the week of February 17, 2026 from Wise Law on Twitter:Beautiful, wonderful, or Toronto transit's black eye? Whatever it is, the Eglinton Crosstown…
Today’s News: Olympic Catch-up, plus Canada’s trade moves
Olympic Catch-up Canada's Day 9 results here, and our Day 10 results here. For what is coming up on Day 11, click here. Gold! Gold! Silver! Gold in sports, gold…