Category Archives: Politics

Kitchener-Waterloo, Now With Only One Season

Posted on 28 February 2015 by Larry Russwurm

There is a long standing Canadian joke that goes something like this. There are two seasons in Canada, winter and construction. Things happen to a city when it gets big. It’s often said that the biggest cities never sleep. Well … Continue reading →

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Let’s Chuck the Royal Family

Posted on 17 January 2015 by Larry Russwurm

When Queen Elizabeth II passes on the role of being our head of government to her son, Prince Charles, that would be an excellent time for Canada to depose the royal family of Britain from being the titular head of … Continue reading →

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Eleventh Hour Evidence – and Santa

Posted on 20 December 2014 by Larry Russwurm

The five high Arctic nations are currently trying to divvy up the Arctic Ocean amongst themselves. These countries are Canada, Russia, the USA, Denmark (they own Greenland) and Norway. Here is an article showing Denmark’s latest gambit to claim seabed … Continue reading →

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Baby Boomers Were Crooks

Posted on 4 October 2014 by Larry Russwurm

I may not prove the title in an air tight way in this rant. I am just going to posit this statement and make suggestions for how I see things. Others have danced around the obvious here. They have shown … Continue reading →

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Creating the Feel of an Incumbent

Posted on 20 September 2014 by Larry Russwurm

Being the incumbent is a giant aid in politics. That’s why the incumbent’s signs say re-elect so and so.If the incumbent wasn’t favoured, those signs would all say more simply elect so and so. But right now the Kitchener, Canada … Continue reading →

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Science Leaks

Posted on 13 September 2014 by Larry Russwurm

Not only does Canadian prime minister Stephen Harper muzzle government scientists, but now in a strange new twist he has begun taking the limelight for their discoveries. One of the ships from the 1845 Franklin Expedition was found. The Franklin … Continue reading →

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Something in the Air

Posted on 16 August 2014 by Larry Russwurm

People might try to pass it off as some sort of coincidence, but last year the Denver Broncos and the Seattle Seahawks made it to the Superbowl. That is the teams from Colorado and Washington state. These are the two … Continue reading →

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Brave, Brave Donald Trump

Posted on 9 August 2014 by Larry Russwurm

Brave Donald Trump proved that he is indeed in the home of the brave, by bravely pressing some buttons on Twitter and uttering an opinion. In a nutshell this brave man dared to oppose a sitting government. Bravely the Donald … Continue reading →

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Bigger Hogs

Posted on 2 August 2014 by Larry Russwurm

I wonder if it’s just my imagination or if the average motorcycle is actually getting bigger. Now some people may be concerned with noise so they might want smaller motorcycles. I say let the motorcycles get bigger. You can’t blame … Continue reading →

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The Kitchen, the Loo, and the Bridge

Posted on 12 July 2014 by Larry Russwurm

It has come to my attention that the three cities in Waterloo Region (in Ontario, Canada) all can have derived architectural nicknames. Kitchen can stand for Kitchener. Indeed that city uses the slogan “Keep Kitchener clean as a Kitchen”. Loo … Continue reading →

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