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Category Archives: Politics
Taking a Dive
With the advent of more sports betting companies than ever, taking a dive in sport seems more likely than maybe it has ever been. For those of you who don’t know, taking a dive is when the better boxer, speed … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Politics, Sports
Tagged athletes, divers, drowning person, dry land sports, life guards, life preserver, socialists, sports, sports betting, swimming sports, taking a dive, unsportsmanlike
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Steven Del Duca is an Extremist
Most people consider the Ontario Liberals to be a centrist party. There are other parties in Ontario but most are considered to be to the left or the right of the Liberals. Largely their centrist position seems to hold up … Continue reading
Posted in Humourless, Politics
Tagged Australia, centrist parties, change in voting should demand majority approval, extremism, first past the post, Goldilocks party?, not the false majority of first-past-the-post, Ontario, Ontario Liberals, permanent edge for centrist party, preferential ballot, proportional representation, Steven Del Duca
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X Marks the Spot
There could have been a whole number of ways to mark a ballot in an election. It’s just that the most popular seems to be to mark an X in the circle beside your favourite candidate’s name. I don’t know … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged anonymizing, ballot, better government with better symbolism?, checking favourite candidate, circling favourite candidate, dentists named Dennis, how about signing name beside favourite, lawyers named Lawrence, manifesting bad candidates, marking a ballot, maybe we need better symbolism, putting an X besides something means it's wrong, secret ballot, striking out candidates, ways to mark a ballot, wronging candidates, X beside favourite candidate
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High One
‘High one” sounds like a good name to be at the top of a hierarchy. Maybe it is a term you could use to address a royal, or maybe their representative such as a judge. Or maybe “high one” would … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Mathematics, Politics
Tagged 1 pm, 2023, Daylight Savings Time, gunfighters, high noon, high one, highest position of sun in sky, judge, midnight, New York State, Ontario, Quebec, royal, spiritual leader, the witching hour, time, top of hierarchy, US, village square, witches
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The Vilest Thing You Can Say On American Television
Last week, Jamie Dornan was on the Ellen show. They showed pictures of him, maybe at home in Ireland? He was in shorts and went into the water of the ocean. They said this was around Christmas. So presumably the … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Stage and Screen
Tagged America, bleeped, classy, Halle Berry, Imperial system, Ireland, Jamie Dornan, metric system, metric units are the vilest things you can say on American TV, near Christmas, the Ellen Show, the Ellen show is taped, the F word, the FCC, the ocean, zero degrees Celsius
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The Blame Game
It seems fair to blame young adults for their failures to launch. That is getting a job, being self sufficient and not living at home till they are thirty-five. First of all in my jurisdiction of Ontario, there is a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged does the intern benefit more than the business?, for profit companies, high school graduation with strings, interns, jobs, let 16 and 17 yearodls vote, mandatory volunteer work, not for profit companies, Ontario, sub minimum wage for students, unpaid internships, USA
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Pandora Papers Legacy
A huge news story lately has been the Pandora Papers leak. That is where it has been leaked to the public all sorts of specific information about the wealthy hiding their riches from the taxman. A lot of information is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Politics, Sports, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged 2016, 2017, 2021, Canada Revenue Agency, Elvis Stojko, free advertising, free endorsements, government, Jacques Villeneuve, leaks, offshore tax havens, Panama Papers, Pandora Papers, Paradise Papers, Patriot Papers?, tax cheats, the wealthy
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Quota Time
Let’s say you’re an Ontario cop and you’ve got to make your quota of fines and tickets for the month. Of course you will deny up until your death bed that you have a quota, still, you would like to … Continue reading