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The Many Rants of Larry Russwurm
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- Lauding Economics but Dissing the Hard Sciences is a Recipe for Disaster
- Notwithstanding the Notwithstanding Clause
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- Do Hunters Belong in the Eighties?
- Why Canadian Conservatives Aren’t Worried About Justin Trudeau
- The Generational Shrinking of the Sitcom Family
- Tariffs Aren’t Just a Feature of Trump’s Policy
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Category Archives: Politics
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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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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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
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 American Left and Right and Russian Influence
Since 1945 the American left has tried to fend off attempts to tar it with being called communist. In particular, Russian communist. Liberals and Socialists have been tarred with the same brush that made Russian communism evil. But they aren’t … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged American left gets tarred as being Russian communist, capitalism, communist accusations have lost their power, communists, Democrat party, democratic, dictatorships, feel the Bern, first among equals, from each according to ability; to each according to need, Hilary, Kim Jong Un, last among equals, Lenin, Liberals, North Korea, pro business, Russia, Russian communists, Sanders, socialists, the G7, Trump, U.S.
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Maybe Trump Wasn’t Too Far Off When He Said Kim Jong Un Loved His People
Perhaps Trump is on to something. What does a dictator most fear? His people. Which is why Kim Jong Un is most ruthless with them. Who do his people most fear? Why Kim Jong Un. They are locked in this … Continue reading
3 Things
First of all tomorrow is Mother’s Day. Ma, you have such a positive image that there have been attempts to corporatize your image. The first one is Mother’s Pizza. This chain of restaurants is back from the dead in Ontario … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Humour, Politics, Science
Tagged collar and button of Wendy, Kitchener-Conestoga, Michael Harris, Mike Harris Jr., Mike Harris Sr., Mom in Wendy's corporate image, Mother's Day, Mother's Pizza, natural end of the solar system, Neptune, Ontario, Pluto, Progressive Conservatives, the VW symbol upside down says Ma, there was a time when Uranus was the end of the solar system, Uranus, William Herschel
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