Science is *everywhere*. “I was reading a pretty intense paper on Worthington Jets and thought about how awesome it would be to create a video with a Fecal Simulant to relate this scientific phenomenon to every man’s problems. I find Worthington jets fascinating. They are very similar to what’s happinging
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Saskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Is Saskatchewan Leaving? Not That Way
If you're not from Saskatchewan you may not realize that no one here talks seriously about separation (from Canada). If we talk about it, it's because the local shock jock on the talk radio is horny for people to talk about it, and we're making fun of people who think
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Video Of The Day
Someone stole a package from me. Police wouldn’t do anything about it so I spent the last 6 months engineering up some vigilante justice. Revenge is a dish best served fabulously. Vid link- https://t.co/9OjD6ETdbZ pic.twitter.com/u4o0doWglr — Mark Rober (@MarkRober) December 18, 2018 I happened upon this video about an engineer
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Busting a scammer: Busting a gut, as someone tries to put gas into a Tesla: Boring a Tunnel: Back in Time, to 1929: Busting your pants: pic.twitter.com/2bZMjC4AaW — Microfrost (@Microfrost_) December 19, 2018
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Banff Is For The Birds
While the family was picking out candy in the shop behind me, I was watching the birds, and the people go by. Then the birds started going, on the people. Bye! Magpie 1, Man’s jacket 0.
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Ford and Trump and Moe Peas In a Rotten Pod
That movie about the incapable political leadership from the future is actually already here, it won’t take 500 more years. Ontario has their Harper-style Fake News now too https://twitter.com/OntarioNew…/status/1026965194243751936 Some of it is due to this bad man. A host of the Ford videos, Lyndsey Vanstone, presents as a news
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: When Your Sorting Algorithm Has A Bad Day…
Workable, functional AI seems a touch more in the distance today. 🙂
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Very Model Of A Very Stable Genius
Randy Rainbow updated this song, and it’s genius. Really.
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Girls Just Want to Have Fun…at the Calgary Stampede
“When the working day is done. Oh girls, they wanna have fun.”—Cyndi Lauper After a rough few weeks Ms Soapbox and her family dug out their cowboy hats, found some denim shirts and went stampeding. Ms Soapbox decided to retrace the steps of the all-time Stampede champion, Premier Rachel Notley,
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Attack Ad: Yes or No?
Just for the record progressive voters really don’t care where Jason Kenney lived when he served in Harper’s government or whether he visited Alberta often enough or whether he’s using Alberta as a stepping stone in his quest for the Prime Minister’s office. What progressives care about is Kenney’s track
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Paris!
Ms Soapbox and her daughter have gone to Paris for a week. Take good care of the province and the country until we get back. What pops into your mind when you see this: Louvre or Da Vinci Code?
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: “That’s their business, not Canada’s”
Is Jim Carr, Minister of Screwing Up Industry talking about Bombardier or Kinder Morgan? It’s a trick question, he said that about both. Last year McParland wrote the following hilarity that he got so very wrong: The most ludicrous assertion offered in the wake of TransCanada’s announcement was Natural Resources
Continue readingScripturient: Brian’s new campaign slogan
Brian Saunderson needs a new campaign slogan, now he’s officially filed papers in his ill-fated race to become mayor against the hard-working, well-liked, ethical, community-minded, former police chief, John Trude. It’s not good enough for Brian to run on his slogans from last election – “I’ll Show ‘Em Who’s Boss!”,
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Bridge For Sale
Government Buys The Bridge. size / dimensions: 36″ Diameter; 980 Km long For sale: one pipeline project, in fair condition. Comes with federal approval. (subject to 15 legal challenges, but it’ll be fine). Also comes with a vintage 1950s pipeline. The vintage pipeline is a handyman’s dream project. It has been
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: A Little Humour Too Much For The White House Press
The WHCD has always included a roast, so long as I can remember back to the W Bush years. Colbert’s roast of Bush is among my most favourite moments in history. Why are you guys making this about Sarah’s looks? I said she burns facts and uses the ash to
Continue readingThings Are Good: America Might Find Salvation in Satire
2016 witnessed the election of Donald Trump thanks in a large part to Russian meddling in the American democratic process. One of the most effective things that the Russians did was lie and spread contradictory information to make it hard for people to discern reality. Trump’s marketing skills made use
Continue readingSusan on the Soapbox: Flaubert’s Conservative Dictionary
Watching Doug Ford become the leader of the Ontario Progressive Conservatives and Jason Kenney taking shots at Justin Trudeau and gender neutrality in his congratulatory speech, Ms Soapbox’s mind drifted to Flaubert’s Dictionary of Accepted Ideas. (Well, not initially, but after the incredulity wore off). The Dictionary is Flaubert’s satirical
Continue readingcartoon life: Trump and Kim Jong to talk.
It’s the age of Big Hair Diplomacy
Continue readingwmtc: rip barry crimmins: call me lucky to have known him
In late 2015, I blogged about a remarkable documentary: “Call Me Lucky,” about the life and times of Barry Crimmins. Barry died last week at the age of 64. Describing Barry as a comedian somehow seems wrong. He was a social critic who used biting humour and righteous anger to
Continue readingSaskboy's Abandoned Stuff: Layin’ Pipe
Wanda's having relationship troubles…because she's just not that into #pipelines:https://t.co/V8ppUMFnTd RT if you can identify with Wanda. #StopKM #NotPipelines#cdnpoli #bcpoli #WaterIsLife #NoMeansNo pic.twitter.com/1zCvBAA1Sf — Mike Hudema (@MikeHudema) February 15, 2018 From reality:Are you sure this wasn't speaking to the #WaterProtectors, and a CC to your email?A pipeline is expedient, and
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