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Author Archives: Larry Russwurm
Eat $#!+ and Live
No this title is not an example of a sentence that is totally changed with the insertion of commas. It is uncomfortable because it needs to be. For a very long time scientists have dreamt of resurrecting the woolly mammoths. … Continue reading
Posted in Geography, History, Science, Science Fiction, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged arctic, artificial womb, baby elephants must eat their mother's scat, ban ivory, cloning, de-extinction, DNA, elephants, elephants are being killed faster than they can reproduce, gene splicing, gut flora, Ice Age Park, Indian elephant, ivory, mammoths, Panda eats shoots and leaves, petitions to save elephants, swear words, woolly mammoths
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Lauding Economics but Dissing the Hard Sciences is a Recipe for Disaster
Politicians mostly hang on every word of an economist. They give that art its highest praise (as evidenced in practice) while trying to cherry pick the hard sciences of physics, chemistry and biology. Briefly I had a computer alias as … Continue reading
Posted in Art, Politics, Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 99.9% of affected scientists believe in global warming, biology, chemistry, cherry picking, collusion, competition, economics is an art, economics may be a discipline but that doesn't make it a science, economists, economystic, global warming, hard, hard sciences, Loblaw Companies Ltd., market, ogilopolies and monopolies, physics, politicians, soft, supply and demand
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Notwithstanding the Notwithstanding Clause
The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has an odd clause. I know, I know you guessed it because of the title of this post. The notwithstanding clause allows the provincial government to override the Charter. I think it was … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Politics
Tagged Canada, Charter of Rights and Freedoms, city councilors, Doug Ford, first past the post, force Toronto to get rid of councilors, judicial review 5 years later, Ontario, premier of Ontario, smoking crack, the notwithstanding clause, Toronto, torture confessions are notoriously bad, waterboard, Why no one should use the notwithstanding clause
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The Bird is the Word
“Flipping the bird” means to give someone the finger. Of course the “flipping” part means to put your hand into the proper position and the “bird” means either F—, or F— Y– or F— O–. For the purpose of this … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Music, Stage and Screen
Tagged Big Bird, bird, bird means f---, censors, ear worm, Family Guy, Family Guy is racist, flipping is positioning, flipping the bird, Jim Henson, muppets, radio, Sesame Street, surfin' bird, swear words, television, The Trashmen, word
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Do Hunters Belong in the Eighties?
If the eighties were about nothing else, they were about big money and the pursuit of such. Hunters will also pursue doe. Well that is when a nice stag isn’t available. And also this is supposed to help cull the … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Humour, Social Science
Tagged Anthropocene, buckskins, camouflage, Cindy Lauper, eighties, eighties people pursued dough, fans blowing back hair, hunters, hunters head into the wind to limit the spread of their scent, hunters pursue doe, kill species by accident, Madonna, Michael Jackson, now men drive the eras, plaids, Pop, pop music, the teens, trophy hunters
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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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