NOT Dominion Day!
Today is to celebrate the birthday of a great (though currently politically misguided) and independent country. While our Constitution may refer to the land as a “Dominion”, the term is about as anachronistic as Christians turning Leviticus in the old testament for guidance… it just doesn’t “work” in modern times.
And technically, yes, we […]
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Trashy's World: The “royal” visit – and why I am glad I’ll be outta town!
I detest hero-worship in any form… and the fawning over the “royal” visit is the epitome of hero worship!
Not that I am implying in any way that they’re heroes at all but they occupy the same pantheon as movie and sports celebs. They are false heroes who get paid more than most of […]
Trashy's World: Turkeys! Lots of turkeys!
Turkeys are causing havoc…. HAVOC I tell ya, in the burg of Barrie, Ontario!
No, not the kind who you address as Senator or Minister, but the real feathered kind.
The yummy ones.
We in O-town also have wild turkeys that you see from time to time* but I would hardly call them havoc-makers.
Though a colleague was telling […]
Trashy's World: Friday, er, Saturday miscellany
OK. I didn’t get to the Friday Miscellany thing yesterday. My bad.
I was golfing in the afternoon – and dodging lightning – and had to work like the dickens to get some stuff done in the morning and over lunch so I didn’t get the chance to finish my Friday post! Gimme a break, will […]
Trashy's World: Just because this tune sooo rox…
And hearing it is a great way to start a Friday!
That is all.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=n1Tj3_bIAbE
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Continue readingTrashy's World: Brands that will disappear…
… some of them are rather surprising.
Check it out… A&W is particular holds a lot of memories for me. I remember rolling up to the drive in with my brother and parents and my Dad ordering a root beer… it came in a frosted glass mug!
2. A&W
A&W Restaurants is owned by fast food holding company […]
Trashy's World: Anyone that claims that climate change…
… is a buncha crap, should consider this forecast for Inuvik.
Yes, this is “weather” as opposed to “climate”. I know the concepts and terminology very well…. but if these patterns persist, then there will be some major social, economic and biological upheavals in the North.
And I don’t believe we or any other polar nation is […]
Trashy's World: Trashy goes to Parliament!
For a political junkie like me, last night was one of those “special” times of my life.
Courtesy of an invite by an ex-NDP MP through a colleague of my spouse, I had the distinct privilege of dining in the Parliamentary restaurant and having a pretty damned cool private tour afterward.
I would love to post pics, […]
Trashy's World: When questions were answered…
Before scripted responses in QP. Before “messaging”. Before every utterance from a Minister’s mouth had to be cleared by the PMO, sitting MP’s actually communicated directly with their constituents and other members of the public. All by themselves.
Yes. They did. I’m not making this up.
I know that on all sides of […]
Trashy's World: So that’s why the beach was closed!
The fam and I were going to head off to Britannia Beach the other day for some water-based recreation-type stuff. But, upon checking the City rwebsite, we discovered that the beach was closed!
I thought it was a e. coli thing but nooooo….. this was the real reason!
There was a massive sea monkey infestation!
Damned sea moneys… […]
Trashy's World: Pro soccer comes to Ottawa!
Even though we have known that this was coming for some time (tough to keep a secret of any kind in Ottawa), I am ecstatic to see a NASL team coming to the NCR in 2013 or 2014 – depending on when the redevelopment of Lansdowne Park and Frank Clair Stadium is completed.
OK – where […]
Trashy's World: Boy, do I feel stoopid!
This popped into my Inbox this morning.
I thought it was a recruitment drive for the NDP… I was going to send back a note asking them to cease the spam…
I was wrong.
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Continue readingTrashy's World: Listening…
…to my 7 year old Princess singing to Springsteen’s “Born in the USA”…. while listening to it on Randy Bachman’s “Vinyl Taps”….
Love being a Dad…
Nothing better, man…
And Mr. Clemons? Yo…
Trashy's World: Do as I say, not as I do…
Given the hoops that Public Servants are forced to jump through to be able to have coffee available at a meeting, this type of stuff REALLY pisses me off!
Prime Minister Stephen Harper’s own department has repeatedly broken the government’s tough rules for hospitality spending.
An internal report on how the Privy Council Office spent $340,000 on […]
Trashy's World: Betty Fox
I’m very sad to say that Terry Fox’s Mom, Betty, has died.
Terry was a Canadian hero and so was his Mom.
She kept the fight against cancer very much alive and up front. The number of lives saved through her fund-raising efforts is incalculable.
Thanks to the whole family. You inspired many.
Mourners can share their thoughts and […]
Trashy's World: Friday miscellany – schools, Pink Floyd and a moron in a bad suit…
The Ontario government announced the other day that 4 new schools will be built in Ottawa and a 6 room addition will be tacked onto an existing school.
On Wednesday morning, Education Minister Leona Dombrowsky visited Ecole Laurier-Carrière, a French Catholic elementary school in Nepean, to announce it will receive a six-classroom addition […]
Trashy's World: Rioting in the streets of Vancouver
I don’t know what to say. I am almost speechless. Almost.
This was shameful. No. Excuses. Whatsoever.
Congrats to the Bruins.
And as a sidebar, I really hope that, when they win the Cup next year, Toronto fans show more class than the Canuck fans did last night. In fact, I’m sure that they will!
And […]
Trashy's World: ‘Nucks or Bruins? Does Orr trump all?
For me, this is more complicated than it seems.
I grew up just outside Parry Sound, Ontario – the birthplace and hometown of Bobby Orr – the best player EVAH! AND DON’T FRICKIN’ DEBATE ME ON THAT!
And in P Dot, you were either a Bruins fan or a Leafs fan. No one else was tolerated.
Habs fans […]
Trashy's World: Another financial meltdown in the U.S.?
President Obama is warning of one if the debt ceiling is not lifted.
The American government will exceed its legislated debt ceiling of $14.3 trillion in August.
Trillion.
14,300,000,000,000.
Holy crap.
According to the Canadian Taxpayers Federation (yeah, they’re weenies and you’ll seldom hear me say anything good about them), our debt stands at $559 billion. That puts our national […]
Trashy's World: In some States in the US…
…carrying guns is permitted. Even in the open. In a holster or shoved down your crotch. Your choice.
Amazing, eh?
And even I, Trashy, the despiser of all things Harper-ish, is pretty sure the current majority government would never go down this path. I really don’t.
Buuuutttt…. not a bad idea to post things like this once in […]