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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
Why Canadian Conservatives Aren’t Worried About Justin Trudeau
By now most Canadians have heard about Maxime Bernier’s split from the Conservative Party. Bernier wishes to start a new Conservative Party in his own image. The rest of the Conservatives are asking why Bernier is trying to hand the … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged acts like a conservative, Conservative Party, Greens, Jean Chretien, Justin has all the power in cabinet, Justin Trudeau, Justin Trudeau's words are hollow, Liberal Party, Maxime Bernier, NDP, promised proportional representation, promised redress to First Nations, promised to act on climate change, right wing, subsidizes big oil, talks like a Liberal
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The Generational Shrinking of the Sitcom Family
I don’t remember when the shrinking between generations started happening in sitcoms. But the most obvious icon of this phenomena was Gary Coleman in Different Strokes. For that show there was the excuse that the parent wasn’t a blood parent … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Stage and Screen
Tagged bad for you cake thing is only 50 cents, Different Strokes, does Hollywood pick short kids to play younger?, Gary Coleman, generational shrinkage in sitcoms, large apple costs $1, middle ages, Modern Family, poorer nutrition means you might be shorter, small kids, suits of armour, tall adults, the kids in Modern Family are all smaller than their parents, will bulgin stomach plates be all that's needed for younger generations to fit suits of armour?
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Tariffs Aren’t Just a Feature of Trump’s Policy
Let’s say you’re a 1 percenter like Trump is. Of course you only want minimum taxation on all of your doings. The best case of all would be if that tax were zero. Now Trump also got elected because the … Continue reading
North American Shoulders are Slowly Relaxing
The good news for North American shoulders is that VW Beetle auto sales are decreasing over time. Why should this matter to North American shoulders? Fewer VW Beetles mean the spotting of fewer “Punch Buggies” where the sadist punches the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Geography, Humour
Tagged auto sales, golden age for shoulders?, New Beetle, no punch backs, North America, punch buggy, punch Mini, sadists, shoulders, VW Beetle
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Duke Minus
The Midas touch is the story of King Midas and how he got his wish for everything he touched to be turned to gold. This made Midas happy until he realized he would starve to death because he couldn’t eat … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Science Fiction, Writing
Tagged change things to silver, creature that could eat anything at all, Dionysius, divorce the Queen, Duke Minus, eats Minus and turns him into dukie, golden robot, kept Midas touch except for food and drink, King Midas, Midas would starve to death, Milos touch, nannies could raise babies, Prince Milos, silver lining, silver robot, the gold price would plummet because of Midas, the Midas touch, the Minus touch, turn things to dookie
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Ranking the Power of Certain Nations
By now everyone has heard about the way Donald Trump practically groveled to Vladimir Putin. But it was obvious this was going to happen. After all, Trump might owe his election win to Russian meddling in the American election. Then, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Azerbaijan, blowing off meetings shows more disrespect, first among equals, G7, Georgia, NATO, Putin, Queen Elizabeth II, Romania, Russia, Showing up late shows disrespect, the commonwealth, Trump, Ukraine, United States, USA is first in crowning Russia as top dog
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The Power of the Call Waiting Beep
Most people have used call waiting by now. You know, you’re talking to someone then someone else phones you, too. You hear a beep and you can switch between the first caller and the second caller. Why am I walking … Continue reading
Pontificating Politicians – Like Doug Ford
Doug Ford is on the record for saying that the first thing he will do when becoming premier of Ontario is to fire the CEO of Hydro One and his board. He said that you can take this promise “to … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged accomplice, board of Hydro One, CEO of Hydro One, Doug Ford, Doug Ford is just another politician, Hydro One, I took it to the bank, made a speech, now I know how to rob a bank, pontificating politicians, premier of Ontario, teller laughed at me, the whole bank laughed at me
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The Vehicle Arms Race Begins
The overprotected generation has continued past the age of 16. You know what I mean; that generation that is almost loved to the point of being smothered with their ever present helmets and padding. Before the age of 16 that … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Science
Tagged arms race on our roads, best crash test results ever, big SUVs intimidate, big vehicles, cars, inexperienced drivers, make cars like bullets or arrows to intimidate, normal car drivers are at risk the most, not sweet after age 16, smothered with helmets and padding, sports utility vehicles, superstructures for cars can help, SUVs, the overprotected generation, worst drivers on road in toughest vehicles
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