Unconfirmed, unsubstantiated and fabricated rumours eminating from this source are indicating a lawsuit by the handlers of reality TV star Honey Boo may be launched against Jodie Foster in the wake of her acceptance speech at the Golden Globe Awards Monday night. In accepting the Cecil B. Demille award Foster
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Canadian Soapbox: Bilbo tops Jean Valjean in holiday movies
Every Christmas there’s an envelope on the tree with a gift card to attend the movies from my father, this year was no different. And my children also gave my wife and I passes to attend a film. It wasn’t hard picking the two movies we’d watch during our visit
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Time for Marois to show some leadership
I’m an anglophone Quebecer, I do speak French, however given that English is my mother tongue I am obviously most comfortable expressing myself in Canada’s other official language. When out and about with my wife we invariably default to English in our conversation. The resident love goddess is just starting
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: A final word on internet dating
Its been a long time since I’ve written anything about dating in general or internet dating in particular. There’s a reason for that, on September 22nd of this year I took the plunge and am now happily married to a wonderful woman. While I didn’t meet my resident love goddess
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Why do a majority of Canadians want abortion back in the criminal code?
Canadians, thanks to our Charter of Rights and Freedoms, have certain rights. Almost all, however, are not absolute. We have the right to assemble, provided it is peaceful. We are protected from search and seizure, unless the grounds are deemed reasonable. We have freedom of expression, but it is
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Beyond The Power of Your Subconscious Mind – Book Review
Before undertaking to read and review C. James Jensen’s book, ‘Beyond The Power of Your Subconscious Mind‘, I had already read many books of a similar nature, titles like ‘The Magic of Believing‘ and ‘The Secret‘. I had already formed the opinion that people are very much like ice bergs,
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: November 11th – Did you remember
The eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month. Did you remember? Did you take a minute or even just a moment to reflect on all the Canadians who have gone to war and didn’t come home? Did you think of the children who’ve waited for a mother
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Safe powerful policy for Justin Trudeau
I will be taking a break from blogging for the next month or so, but before taking my leave I will part with some, (in my not so very humble opinion) sage advice for Liberal leadership aspirant Justin Pierre Trudeau. Conservative commentators and pundits have been clamouring for something substantive
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Everyone is talking about Trudeau
Ever since he became Prime Minister, Stephen Harper has dominated the Canadian political scene. Love him or loathe him, any discussion on federal politics has started and ended with Stephen Harper. There’s a famous quote attributed to PT Barnum: “There’s no such thing as bad publicity, as long
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Who’s to blame for NHL labour problems? Dumb Canadian fans
We Canadians can be a pretty dense lot at times. Oh we love to complain, to bitch and moan, but then we just roll over, and we never even expect breakfast or a call the next day. Take the latest NHL lockout, the third in less than ten years. How
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Some YouTube movie recommendations
I still don’t have cable or satellite at my residence, so the internet remains the chief source of entertainment. Thanks to the resident love goddess however we now have a modern flat screen thingie. LCD or LED, or is it LSD? No wait, that’s acid, never mind. Anyway,whatever it is, there’s a
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: What are you thankful for? Justin Trudeau doesn’t count….
I have a lot to be thankful for, oh I have minor complaints like everyone, but focusing on all the good things in my life does wonders for my outlook and my health. Fall has long been my favourite time of year, I’m not sure exactly why, it heralds the
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Justin,its thanks to your Dad that I speak French
In my lifetime Canada has had Liberal and Conservative governments. But really, how much difference does it really make in an individual’s life whether its a Tory or a Grit occupying the Prime Minister’s office? We still go to work and school, still pay our taxes and live our lives
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Soapbox Mail: French Immersion is not for every child
This blog is nearing three years old, and on a fairly regular basis I receive email from people commenting on, or asking questions about, something I’ve written. I’ve had a few questions from people thinking about joining the military later in life, and I’ve answered them directly. One came
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Spoiled Ontario teachers don’t like the taste of their own medicine
I had some sympathy for Ontario’s teachers, after all I have two siblings and a best friend all employed in that profession in Canada’s most populous province. Note, I said ‘had’ and not have. My sympathy is gone because of what the Ontario Teachers Pension fund did to Cadillac Fairview workers a
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Justin needs to use his boxing skills outside of the ring
I’ve often compared politics to chess, or at times a hockey game. Now the appropriate metaphor appears to be boxing, given Justin Trudeau’s ring defeat of a heavily favoured Conservative Senator, a fomer Canadian Forces member and a karate blackbelt. Young Mr. Trudeau didn’t beat three opponents, just one. Tory
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Trudeau has the Conservative base worried
I’ve been reading a lot of the news on Justin Trudeau’s ‘non-news’ announcement that’s he’s running for the leadership of the Liberal party. Obviously everyone already knew, I blogged about it on August 30th…and if I knew then everyone not living in a cave knew. Say whatever you want about Canada’s Johnny
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Justin Trudeau understands social media…
Nice touch, hopefully young Mr. Trudeau can get Canada’s youth excited about politics again. Its been a while.
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Stephen Harper is Sooooo unpopular that…..
I’m not going to put any stock in a recent poll that suggests the Liberals led by Justin Trudeau would easily win a federal election if one were held right now, because there’s no campaign going on. But it does say something about how Canadians feel about Stephen Harper
Continue readingCanadian Soapbox: Sex-selection abortion – The perfect wedge?
The abortion debate, such as it is, is dominated by the extremes. While polling indicates a majority of Canadians hold a nuanced view, hard liners believe in either a total ban or complete and unfettered access to the procedure. According to a recent Ipsos Reid poll, fully 60% of those
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