Where The Truth Lies
Yesterday, a friend forwarded to me a video that is shocking in content, showing a tank running over and crushing a car. There was no accompanying information, so I did…
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Leadership Under The Microscope
I need ammunition, not a ride – Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky With those six words, the Ukrainian President has put leadership under the microscope. His is the kind of courageous…
Short, But Not So Sweet (For Some)
As always, Mrs. Betty Bowers nails it, quite succinctly. Recommend this Post
While The World Is Preoccupied
While the invasion of Ukraine is undoubtedly the world-shaking event that the media are reporting it as, it would be unwise as Canadians to feel blasé about our home-grown problems,…
What Is A Conscientious Voter To Do?
I think we all realize that democracy in many parts of the world, including our own, is in a state of malaise. The threats we face are not simply the…
Truly Vile, Truly Racist
For those who have the delusion the trucker convoy that held Ottawa hostage for three weeks was but a benign display of patriotic fervour, please explain to me how a…
I Rather Enjoyed This
Hope you do too. H/t Alberta MD War Room Recommend this Post
The Mockery They Deserve
While one shouldn’t minimize the seriousness of what is going on in Ottawa, Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show metes out some well-deserved mockery of the mooks who have kidnapped…
Such A Quandary
With such a fluid situation in Ottawa, what are opportunistic demagogues to do? H/t Theo Moudakis Recommend this Post
Breaking News!
Given the failure of police to stare down the hijackers in Windsor, Public Safety Minister Bill Blair says we are going to have to learn “to live with blockades.” Drs.Theresa…
Threats From Within and Without
There seems to be a growing acknowledgement that the trucker siege of Ottawa and various border crossings is not simply a home-grown movement to end Covid-19 mandates. Increasingly, it looks…
Change-Of-Pace Day
Since this is Hump Day, I felt a change of pace from the usual posts was in order. Many will recall that Prince Harry and Meagan moved to the United…
Sound And Fury
As the trucker convoy carries on, the first stanza of Yeats’ The Second Coming seems more pertinent than ever: Turning and turning in the widening gyreThe falcon cannot hear the…
In The Fullness Of Hypocrisy
Those who read this blog with any regularity will know that I am a strong advocate of newspaper readership. Despite their flaws, mainstream media have something to offer that simply…
The Kidnapping Of The Capital
Some call it the freedom convoy. Others call it an occupation. I call it a kidnapping. What has happened and continues to happen in Ottawa is deeply disturbing. Not only…
Yet Another Perspective
H/t Caryma Sa’d My friend Steve sent me the following, his thoughts on the trucker protest, a protest he, like countless others, is fed up with. With his permission, I…
A Real Trucker’s Perspective
It would seem that real truckers do their jobs, unlike the poseurs still in Ottawa. Recommend this Post
Putting Things Into Perspective
We have heard so many words these past few days, noble utterances coming from ignoble sources. I believe the following sets things into an interesting perspective. Recommend this Post
The Rabble Cries For Truth
Problem is, only their ‘truth’ is acceptable. H/t Johnny Fondue Recommend this Post
Big Wheels Keep On Turning
H/t Michael de Adder Recommend this Post