Category Archives: Wee Bit O’ Humour

Supposedly 2nd Rate Symbols

Posted on 6 October 2010 by Larry Russwurm

It was common in the ’70s and ’80s to hear Canadians self deprecatingly speak of our national symbols as 2nd rate. A maple leaf was somehow less than an oak leaf . A beaver was a lesser beast than an … Continue reading →

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Almost Nazi Swastikas

Posted on 2 October 2010 by Larry Russwurm

I was surprised a couple of years ago when I saw this Boing Boing article about a Swastika shaped building in the US. In the article it was not even questioned that the offending shape must be changed even though … Continue reading →

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Some See Ranges, I See Rings

Posted on 25 September 2010 by Larry Russwurm

It was with shock, a few years back, that I found out that anarchists are considered to exist on the far left of the political spectrum. You see, I just presumed that extreme right wingers were the anarchists, with their … Continue reading →

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The Liberation Treatment

Posted on 18 September 2010 by Larry Russwurm

News of the Liberation Treatment for Multiple Sclerosis (MS) has been getting more and more press in the media I’ve been exposed to. Dr. Paolo Zamboni found that 100% of the MS sufferers he tested had abnormal veins. These veins, … Continue reading →

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Plant a Tree for that SUV

Posted on 1 September 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Have you heard about carbon offsets? Companies and countries are playing this new game, trying to lower carbon emissions first, but if they can’t, buying into another company’s or country’s scheme to offset the emissions they can’t cut. Lucky for … Continue reading →

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Experimenting on the Trendy

Posted on 28 August 2010 by Larry Russwurm

My post, Experimenting on the Rich, brought up a couple of trends in which the whole population is now experimenting on the rich, and I could have also have said we’re experimenting on the trendy for the points brought up. … Continue reading →

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Hounding the Hounder

Posted on 24 August 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Alright this is two weeks old but I just didn’t want back to back posts against Harold Albrecht. That’s right, that Harold Albrecht. He sent me the latest propaganda days after the mega propaganda piece. I waited but needed to … Continue reading →

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Playing With Bitstrips

Posted on 23 July 2010 by Larry Russwurm

I just recently was referred to a relatively new service called Bitstrips (Thank you Laurie!). This online service is apparently for the more artistically challenged to come up with comic strips. If you can come up with the words, the … Continue reading →

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Blast From the Past I

Posted on 17 July 2010 by Larry Russwurm

To see the home page of this blog all you have to do is click on the banner where it says “The Many Rants of Larry Russwurm”. (You can try it out and then click the go back button and … Continue reading →

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Low Resolution, Black and White Touch Pictures

Posted on 3 July 2010 by Larry Russwurm

Last week’s post about “One” made me think. Perhaps “One” could be made into a protagonist of a story. But , alas, I didn’t find him powerful enough as is to be good for a story. But, still, I now … Continue reading →

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