And we’re off…
We’ll be gone on vacation for a couple of weeks — now that we have retired, its the first time in 25 years that we have been able to travel…
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Whoever has the most trucks wins: redefining winning in war
Our ideas about war have mostly been patterned after WW1 and WW2, where states sent their armies to war against other states, eventually somebody won, peace agreements were signed, and…
Murder, she wrote
The “root cause” for why Indigenous women are murdered and missing?Men are killing them. Usually, white men.Really, its as simple as that.Sarah Hunt asks why are we so hesitant to…
What a strange week
What a strange week it has been — horrible bus crashes and nine-year olds with Uzis and Russia invading the Ukraine but lying about it while the American media flips…
Shorter, on the government jets
Shorter — why the Harper Cons couldn’t decommission four of its six Challenger jets: Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in. In fact, the Harper…
Wrong side of history
Well, in one sense, I guess you could argue that Harper is right when he says that bringing to justice the murderers of Aboriginal women is a law enforcement matter.…
Jaywalking in Ferguson
I found this report on Daily Kos to be shocking and horrifying Ferguson makes 2.6 million dollars a year from court fees. In 2013, the court “disposed of 24,532 warrants…
Ridiculous
Doesn’t Canada’s official languages commissioner have better things to do than investigate John Baird’s tweets? Is this the goal, to make the commissioner’s office look ridiculous and trivial?If so, they’re…
Today’s flying pigs
Flying pigs were in the news today. Justice Minister Mackay actually said that the Harper Cons are still considering tickets for pot possession and he expected us to believe it.…
Why don’t they have a protocol for an officer-involved shooting?
One of the many things I don’t understand about the Ferguson police department is why they apparently do not have a protocol for dealing with any shooting in which an…
Ferguson police shoot Brown in the back again
So six days after the shooting, Ferguson police suddenly decide that Michael Brown was a suspect in a robbery? The cynicism of this ploy is incredible.
That was then, this is now
This is becoming painfully stupid. Now the braintrust in our PMO think they can get Canadian medical associations to do their dirty work for them by sponsoring anti-Liberal ads next…
Pottery Barn Rule
Reading today’s news about Iraq — Obama warns of long-term strikes — I conclude that the United States is now caught by the Pottery Barn rule — you broke it,…
Really? Is that all you’ve got?
Really, Harper Cons? Is this the best you can do? Is this all you’ve got? Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney used his parliamentary email account to circulate a Conservative attack on…
I have a tablet!
So because of my retirement I had to give up my office laptop so I bought one of my own, just another good old lenovo think pad which I’m used…
Memories
Dr. Grumpy has a post titled Memories… about the lessons he learned when his father helped a stranger one day. It reminded me of one of my own most distinct…
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Shorter President Obama on why the United States “tortured some folks’ after 911: When the going gets tough, how could anyone expect America’s leaders to respect its Constitution? Of course,…
Saturday funnies
To start your Saturday, here’s some goat balancing fun: Chèvres en équilibre – goats balancing on a flexible steel ribbon – YouTube:
Whose job is it to play by the rules?
Here’s one thing that I don’t blame former Alberta Premier Alison Redford for doing — taking her daughter with her on many of her government flights was the right thing…
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Shorter Mark Levin: John Baird and Stephen Harper are my new BFFs! Its nice to know our Canadian leaders are so popular abroad!Who is Mark Levin? Well, here’s how Media…