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Category Archives: Politics
Figurative Stockholm Syndrome
Well we’ve just about closed the case for another election in Canada and still I wonder why people don’t vote for their self interest. For instance, the NDP was offering free pharmacare and free dental care. While both packages are … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged accountants, Canada, captive sympathizes with captors, crash tests, election, landlord, NDP, pharmacare, self interest, stockholm syndrome, SUVs, SUVs for safety, take taxes down to zero, tax the ultra wealthy, the Green Party, universal free dental care, young people vote for the parties that susidize fossil fuels
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Three Indians
It’s that time of year where we in the north talk about Indian summer. This outdated term is used because most people haven’t heard of a good replacement. But look how ridiculous the term is. For a real Indian summer … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Language, Politics
Tagged averages 33 degrees celsius in June, India, Indian, Indian corn, Indian giver, Indian summer, Indian summer is not what we mean by Indian summer, Indigenous Americans, Indigenous corn falls short, loan giver, New Delhi, offensive term, ornamental corn, own and loan are easy to confuse, say loan giver with derision, Summer: the Sequel
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Premeditated Post
We’re all aware that murder of the premeditated kind is considered to be much worse by our justice system. I largely think it’s because the premeditated murderer is going to be harder to stop because planning usually makes things go … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics, Social Science
Tagged can frame someone, catfishing, doublecross, feel sorry for the stupid, fraud crimes, give the mastermind twice the time in jail, heists, just a missing person's report, justice, mastermind, mastermind will take twice the loot, murder, premeditated, premeditated attempted murder, premeditated murder is harder to stop, punishment for unrequited love, uttering threats
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White Face
Largely Justin Trudeau got away with the black face he used because whites are the majority in Canada and North America. I guess that by and large blacks don’t want to use white face in revenge because then many whites … Continue reading
What to Do With the Wilmot John A MacDonald Statue
John A. MacDonald was Canada’s first prime minister. He also helped institute the Residential schools system that tortured and abused young indigenous Canadians. All this was done far away from their families and resulted in many deaths in unmarked graves. … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Politics
Tagged Canada, don't erase history crowd, first prime minister, John A. MacDonald, nineteenth century, no sir to John A. MacDonald, off with his chairs, present day, red paint, residential school architect, residential schools, sculptures, Southwestern Ontario, Wilmot Township
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Nevada Teachers Should Wear Body Cameras
A group in Nevada has suggested that teachers wear body cameras so they won’t “push politics” on their unsuspecting audience. This is a thinly veiled attempt to ban critical race theory from being taught in the classroom. I say, fine, … Continue reading
Posted in Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged big brother, body cameras, can turn off body camera, critical race theory, defund the police, going to the bathroom, half decent hacker, mental health forms, Nevada, Nevada kids, police, politics in the classroom, teachers, teachers should have the same rights as cops, wellness checks
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Frank Bombs
Lately frank bombs have been going off. You know, like the ones in the Wizard of Oz. When the scarecrow is told by the wizard that he had a brain all along, the tin man had a heart and the … Continue reading
Posted in Music, Politics, Stage and Screen, Wee Bit O' Humour, Writing
Tagged brain, bravery, Britney Spears, Canada, conservatorship, cowardly lion, crossroads, dictator, Donald Trump, Framing Britney Spears, frank bomb, free Britney, Harry and Megan, heart, Hollywood actress, insurrection, Janet Jackson, Justin Timberlake, Kim Jong Un, L. Frank Baum, Lucky, mental health, nipplegate, politics or entertainment, Prince Phillip, she's learned to cope, the insurrection failed, the presidency, the scarecrow, the tin man, the wizard, The Wizard of Oz, Trump as dictator would let China become the world's biggest power
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Red, White and Chartreuse
I hear Americans saying the red, white and blue all the time as if it is obvious to what they are referring to. They are referring to their flag but to non Americans it is not obvious what they mean. … Continue reading
Posted in Fashion, Geography, Humour, Politics
Tagged Amercicans, Australia, Britain, burgundy, Burgundy went in and out of fashion, Canada, chartreuse, countries, exotic colours go in and out of fashion, flags, France, Japan, LGBTQ+, New Zealand, primary colours, purple dye used to be very expensive, rainbow flag, rainbow flag not a rainbow, same coloured flags, secondary colours, security council, spectrum, stars and stripes, Union Jack, United Kingdom, USA
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New Source of Income for the Government
So much of the pandemic response has been about creating new social programs for business and people. Not surprisingly, government is getting strapped for cash and could use some new forms of income. I have taken it on my self … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged aluminum corrodes because of the air, bottled water companies, civil forfeiture, corrosion, deciduous trees, global warming, government, Guatemala, hail, have oak leaves on my balcony but can't see any oak trees, income, insurance, littering, midwest U.S., pandemic, plastic pollution, racketeering, rust, social programs for business, social programs for people, steel needs water to rust, the butterfly effect, the worse the weather is the more the insurance companies gross, tornadoes, trees litter every Fall, weather, wind
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Maybe a Leap Day Could Help Canadian Politics
We hear the same refrain from western Canada every election. They already know the results before they are finished voting. Mostly it gets decided in Eastern Standard Time because of Quebec and mostly Ontario. Ontario has one third the population … Continue reading
Posted in Humour, Politics
Tagged Australia is almost a day ahead of the Americas, Eastern Standard Time, February 29th 2021, I can't believe the monsters we have federally - better not have them provincially, leap day for Ontario, no spoilers for western Canada, Ontario, Ontario could dominate voting, Ontario has one third of Canada's population, Ontario likes a different party federally and provincially, Quebec, Quebec has almost a quarter of Canada's population, split between rural and urban Ontario would be obvious, staggering voting by time zones, strategic vote, the Americas are almost a day behind Australia, voting with different time zones, western Canada, western Canadians would be done voting before Ontario began
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