A Cautionary Tale
What, Me Worry? The ‘braintrust’ in the Doug Ford government has decided that the way out of our healthcare crisis is to
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On A Wing And A Prayer
H/t MacKay As one who will very soon be on a plane, I watched with great interest but low expectations yesterday’s committee hearing into the fiasco of air travel over…
Promises Made, Promises Broken
It is no secret that post-election, Doug Ford has behaved like a thug high on amphetamines. Suddenly gone (or brutally betrayed) are the promises of new amity with unions, pending…
Chaos In The House
As much as I might like to, I find it hard to completely ignore the dysfunction that defines American society in general and, currently, in particular, the House of Representatives.…
The High Cost Of Serving Developers
Doug Ford has a lot to be happy about these days. His debt to developers is being rapidly repaid via his Bill 23, which will not only remove key parts…
The Rogers-Shaw Merger – An UpDate
For someone who is appalled by the pending approval of the Rogers-Shaw merger (see my previous post), I will take whatever good news there is, no matter how slight. Here…
A Love Affair That Hurts All Of Us
If you follow such things (i.e., the news) you will know that our current federal government, echoing the passions of previous ones, has an unmitigated and uninterrupted crush on the…
A Moral Failing
It has been said that a society is judged by how it treats its most vulnerable members. By that metric, we are all coming up far short. Although I have…
The Soul Of Wit
As Hamlet character Polonius famously (and ironically) said, Brevity is the soul of wit. And I can think of few wittier than editorial cartoonists, whose illustrations, when they hit the…
A Time To Reflect
While I doubt the new year will see me lose any of my outrage over the political machinations of our elected ‘representatives’, this is the season for reflection and hope.…
People Will Remember
H/t Moudakis A cynic and pessimist by nature, I rarely attribute any lasting, long-term results arising from protests. In the case of the Greenbelt Corruption and Destruction, however, I have…
The Fox In The Henhouse
My apologies for titling this post with a cliché, but it seems particularly apt given who is really behind the plan to degrade our greenspace and wetlands, also known as…
A New Marvel
Since it is Sunday, it seems an appropriate time to introduce you to a new marvel – the laying on of pillows: Mike Lindell spoke at a Christian college and…
Look Who’s Talking
I know that Donnie Jr. has had a rough time, what with his cocaine addiction, limited intellect, hellish girlfriend and an incompetent narcissist of a father. As well, I suspect…
This Is Not A Parody
Paging P.T Barnum: But wait! There’s more! H/t Keith Edwards If you are considering this as a gift for someone who has everything, please make sure they are in possession…
Truly, We Have Reached The End Times
As a man, should I be embarrassed to admit I didn’t know this was a thing? I guess we can all rest easier knowing that Big Parma is on the…
More Of The Same
H/t Moudakis For those hoping my monomania about would end after my hiatus, please stop reading now. The depredations of the corrupt Ford government are too much with me. And…
A Brief Programming Note
Time for a blogging break. Be back soon. Recommend this Post
Ontarians Opine
People are probably getting tired of my monomania regarding the depredations of the Doug Ford government, so this will be my last post on the subject for a while. Indeed,…