December 2024
Sunday Afternoon Cat Blogging
Gamer cat.
My latest: 2025 predictions about the future!
Never make predictions, especially about the future. So said baseball great (and quipster) Casey Stengel, and he was of course right. The prediction business is high-risk and low-reward. The punditocracy…
80,000 can’t be all wrong! Okay, they actually can be.
80,000 followers. Watch out, Taylor Swift. I’m in your rear view and I’m getting closer!
Weekend funnies
Here's some funny stuff I found recently, as I was looking for something else: View on Threads View on Threads View on Threads crazy how fast photography progressed https://t.co/AgsFf9lCGX— Emo…
The King’s 2024 Christmas Message
The Maple Monarchists hopes everyone had a merryChristmas and wishes everyone a happy New Year.Loyally Yours,A Kisaragi Colour
Montreal
Paid them a visit.
My latest: 2024’s big losers
Said the famous socicultural expert, with typical insight and perspicacity : “I don’t like parties past 2 a.m. Then it’s all losers and weirdos.” The expert, of course, is socialite…
Regina’s Police Chief Praises Racist War on Drugs and Wants Your Security Camera
Hell NO the cops can’t have my camera data, and I’m sure as hell not going to register it so they come to my door asking.The top cop claims he’s…
Playing the long game
Trudeau is speaking softly, playing the long game with Trump. This is his only response to all the "51s5 State" bluster from Trump:Some information about Canada for Americans:https://t.co/EnI8CrF4cB— Justin Trudeau…
Musical interlude
Flight Facilities - Planet Claire
A Deflating Experience with Three Christmas Visitors
I was travelling on Christmas Day with two of my kids, literally driving to a stable, when my daughter's car got a flat tire. We tried to figure out the…
Semiconductor Policy will reshape Alberta’s future
Semiconductors are vital for modern life; and weirdly, they have become an essential part of the transition to a decarbonized world. Most of us understand that semiconductors are the bedrock…
My latest: 2024’s political winners
For many politicians and political parties, 2024 was a horrible, awful, nasty, no-good year. Incumbent politicians and political parties, that is. The year 2024 was the worst year ever –…
"A Mean-Spirited Buffoon": Charlie Angus Speaks Again
A shame, in many ways, that Charlie Angus is not running in the next election. Thus far, he seems to be the only politician to call Trump what he is:…
Another day, another UCP announcement; another year of AlbertaPolitics.ca … its 18th, as a matter of fact!
This blog marks the beginning of its 18th year of publication today. That, as I observed last year on this date, makes it something of an institution in Alberta political…
Boxing Day 2024
What happened today? I was driven around Regina while the Youngest kiddo and his friend went Boxing Day shopping in the Cornwall Centre. We then went to south Albert St.…
things i heard at the library, an occasional series # 42: why i’m not letter-writing this year, part 1 #w4r2024
This is the first time in 16 years that I am not spending Christmas and Boxing Day writing letters. This time of year, I normally participate in Write for Rights,…
NYC-ABC PP/POW updates December 24, 2024
Click here for the latest compilation of every other week updates. NYC ABC, along with several other individuals and prisoner support crews, now send hard copies to all political prisoners…
why i’m not letter-writing this year, part 2: the sad tale of the lost comments
In my previous post, I mentioned that I'm not participating in Write for Rights this year, for the first time in more than 15 years. This decision propelled me to…