Around my neck
What I wear around my neck. From right: letter “W” purchased from a Mayan in Mexico, St. Joan of Arc (my hero), Magen David I just got.
Warren
Dumb Americans
Americans sure love their perp walks, but they’re going to deeply regret this one (which even included New York City’s mayor): it was wildly, inarguably prejudicial and will be used…
B’nai Brith demands the truth
On November 4, 2024, B’nai Brith discovered that Library and Archives Canada will not release Part II of the 1986 Deschênes Commission’s report on Nazi war criminals. This goes against…
Merry Christmas
I’m a bit bored, so to stir things up, I would like to remind everybody that Jesus was Jewish, almost certainly dark-skinned, spent several years living with a group of…
My latest: take that, Prime Minister “Feminist”
Chrystia Freeland, Liberal leadership candidate. There can be no other rational explanation for why the former finance minister is sticking around. None. Having fired a rocket directly at Justin Trudeau…
My latest: Captain Canada, take a bow
Picture a schoolyard. Donald Trump is there. He’s the schoolyard bully. He calls the other kids names, he threatens them, he pushes them around. Sometimes, he even hits them, for…
ADWIG
America Deserves What It Gets.
An observation
Ever notice that the Canadians who attack Israelis for occupying the land of others all occupy land that 100% belonged to Indigenous people?
My latest: no way, USA!
In October 1988, the Liberal Party started running an election ad in French about a free trade deal with the United States: “There’s just one line that’s getting in the…
John
My girlfriend Paula Christison had been over, and we’d been studying, then watching something on the little black and white TV we had. My Carleton roommate, Lee G. Hill, was…
my latest: Saturday people, Sunday people
On Google, the listing for the Adass Israel Synagogue in Melbourne, Australia, now says: “Temporarily closed.” But that’s not quite true, is it? It’s closed for good. At 4:10 a.m.…
Fourteen reasons
Fourteen reasons why we need to stop violence against women. • Geneviève Bergeron (born 1968), civil engineering student • Hélène Colgan (born 1966), mechanical engineering student • Nathalie Croteau (born…
A bit of good news
Good news. As of tonight, Republicans will hold a narrow 219-215 majority in the U.S. House (the narrowest since the 1930s), and it will become even narrower in the months…
Roxy
Roxy was her name. Before I even met her, that was her name. She was a black lab and boxer mix, and a rescue. I drove out to Woodstock with…