The Word Of The Day
It is a word that I don’t often use, but it is one that seems especially apt in describing the Greenbelt corruption stench currently assaulting us in Ontario. Many Ontarians,…
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Clearing The Air
H/t Moudakis Here in Ontario, there are two reasons our air quality is compromised: this summer’s ongoing forest fires and the stench of corruption whose source is Queen’s Park. Of…
The "C" Word
No, I’m not referring either to cancer or a crude anatomical term. The “C” word of the day, and of many, many days ahead, I hope, is CORRUPTION, writ large…
To Remember Is To Have Real Power
I realize that on the surface, the troubles we face in Ontario are likely of little more than passing interest to those living in other jurisdictions. However, wherever citizens live,…
There Will Always Be A Place For Doug Ford
H/t Greg Perry Some people have very deep, expansive pockets. Recommend this Post
A Time Of Reckoning
Most have probably heard about or seen the video of the violent confrontation occurring in Montgomery, Alabama the other day. A riverboat was unable to dock because a group of…
Hoping Against Hope
If you are part of the Doug Ford cabal, you must certainly and ardently hope the above is true. If it isn’t, you may intuit that you are in big…
"Banana Republic Corruption"
H/t Theo Moudakis If you have read anything coming out of Ontario Auditor General’s report into the removal of Greenbelt lands for development, you will know that the stench of…
Blame Trudeau
Everyone else does. THE PROVOCATION: Justin Trudeau @JustinTrudeau · Aug 6 We’re team Barbie. Famous windbag Piers Morgan expressed his displeasure this way. “So glad I’m not Canadian.” But the…
When Education Becomes Perverted
“If you’re not straight, white, and conservative, it doesn’t feel safe” – Raineesha Day, California teacher. Having had a career as a teacher, I have always believed in educations’s mitigating…
The Sickness Unto Death
“The greatest hazard of all, losing one’s self, can occur very quietly in the world, as if it were nothing at all. No other loss can occur so quietly; any…
What Else Can You Do?
Because of the absurdity of the world today, sometimes all one can do is go along for the ride but season it with some sarcasm, some satire, some absurdity. Here…
A Timely Reminder
With prosecutor Jack Smith excoriating Trump for his attack on democracy in seeking to overturn the 2020 presidential election, the following is both prescient for its time and a relevant…
It Never Really Ended
If we are brutally honest with ourselves, we must acknowledge that slavery never really ended. To be sure, in the United States, Black people were released from official bondage with…
History’s Judgement
If you don’t know the tragic story of Emmett Till, you can click here to read something I posted about him a few years back. It is the kind of…
Driving The Point Home
If you don’t get this, please see my previous post. Recommend this Post
Who Needs Reparations?
According to the ‘new’ history to be taught in Florida, it may be African Americans who owe white America reparations, given the ‘benefits’ that slavery conferred upon them. Sound ludicrous?…
Meanwhile, In The Land Of Corrupt Backroom Deals
H/t Patrick Corrigan I’m sure that Premier Ford hopes no one is monitoring his ongoing corruption and his destruction of much-needed Greenbelt land. Star readers puncture that illusion. Ford on…
Straight-Pride Guy’s Disappointment
As Kermit the Frog said, it’s not easy being green. H/t Dean Blundell Recommend this Post
Things Ron DeSantis Doesn’t Want People To Know
JAMES BALDWIN addresses the University Of Cambridge during his epochal debate with William F. Buckley in 1965. Oratory and content of the very highest order. To listen is to learn.…