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…
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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
Indicted By Their Words
H/t Theo Moudakis I find myself singularly uninterested in the so-called freedom convoy making its way to Ottawa. Peopled by many rabid-anti-vaxxers and those filled with a messianic zeal in…
Covidiots: The Clay Feet Edition
Boomers like me often live in the past when it comes to musical idols: the Beatles, Eric Clapton, Van Morrison. to name but three, were the gods at whose altars…
Oh, The (In)humanity
I doubt there is anyone amongst us who is not thoroughly tired of Covid-19, the terrible virus that has forced us to live circumscribed lives for the past two years.…
A Line Of Inquiry
If you are as much a fan of Britain’s Line of Duty (available on Netflix) as I am, you will enjoy this lacerating parody as the team interrogates Boris Johnson…
The Costanza Defence
I think there can be little doubt that Boris Johnson, whatever his shortcomings, is a student of Seinfeld. Here is what he had to say about the drink fests he…
The Unthinking Hordes
H/t Greg Perry As a student of human behaviour, one of the things this pandemic has made abundantly clear to me is that a significant number of people are ill-equipped…
Why The Anti-Vaxxers Are Despised
Some seem to have a difficult time understanding the vitriol directed at the strident anti-vaxxers. I hope the following helps clear up any confusion they might be feeling. A 30-year-old…
A Viable Alternative?
Given the contentious nature of measures to force the anti-vaxxers into line, perhaps the following is a viable alternative? H/t Graeme MacKay Recommend this Post
How To Deal With Flagrant Stupidity
H/t Theo Moudakis Unlike viruses that allegedly ultimately ‘burn themselves out’, stupidity and the flagrant disregard for public health and safety will always be with us. Toronto Star readers have…
An Apt Follow-Up
This editorial cartoon by Michael De Adder seems an apt follow-up to yesterday’s post: Recommend this Post
A Failure Of Citizenship
That is the assessment in today’s Toronto Star editorial of those who refuse to get vaccinated, thereby holding the rest of us (or, as I like to say, the sane…
The Unvarnished Truth
H/t Theo Moudakis Truth be told, I don’t feel much like writing these days. The news is unrelentingly grim, the pandemic soldiers on, and the stupid continue to run around…