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Category Archives: Canada

Remembrance Day Takes Many Forms

Remembrance Day is when I think of my Grandpa Peet, a WWII veteran more than any day of the year. And he was at the front of my thoughts even more than usual over the last couple days with the news that one of his three remaining siblings, my Great Uncle Bobby, had passed away in […]

Posted 11 November 2015 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

+14 on November 8? Wow. #yqr

I can’t find it now but a few years back, I posted a graphic showing the forecast for December 24, 25 & 26 which all showed +4. Today is along the same lines – we’re having double digit plus temperatures well into November and today might be the warmest day yet. A couple friends on […]

Posted 08 November 2015 § MemoryLane § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Random Thoughts on Justin Trudeau’s Swearing In and Cabinet

So much openness.  From having a very public walk through the grounds of Rideau Hall to Trudeau doing Google Hangouts with school children (what?) before his first Cabinet meeting. It’s another indictment of the Conservatives that having a cabinet where such commonplace things such as having an actual doctor as your Health Minister, a medical […]

Posted 04 November 2015 § List § News § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: , , ,

“America Would Probably Drop $7 Billion on a Clock To Display Our Deficit” – The Daily Show on the Canadian Election

Posted 25 October 2015 § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °

Craig Oliver’s Rant on Stephen Harper During CTV’s #elxn42 Coverage (And Some Other Random Coverage)

So I’m slowly planning to transition back to regular blogging but right now, I’m still obsessively reading posts and news stories about the election: Mulcair was to blame! No, he wasn’t! Harper Was To Blame! No, really – Harper Was To Blame! Top 15 No-Brainers for Justin Trudeau Trudeau’s “Just Watch Me!” note about beating […]

Posted 22 October 2015 § List § Meme § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (2) °

Some Final Election Thoughts #elxn42 #canpoli #cndpoli

So, having had a couple nights to sleep on it (barely on the night of the election – I was up until after midnight waiting for final results in Regina-Lewvan which the NDP won by 143 votes then woke up at 6am having weird dream/nightmares about the election result), here are a few closing thoughts […]

Posted 21 October 2015 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

T-13: A Way To *Guarantee* Stephen Harper Loses #elxn42 #canpoli

A couple years ago in April 2013, soon after the NDP and Liberals had their respective conventions, I blogged about how each party had a strong “cooperation” element within their party – represented in the NDP by Nathan Cullen who took third place in that party’s leadership race and ended up with 25% of the vote. […]

Posted 07 October 2015 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: ,

T-15: Music Monday – “Your pipeline will spill its disease/You shut down all the research libraries” #elxn42 #canpoli

You know it’s bad for Stephen Harper when even one of Canada’s most popular bands releases a song slamming your government’s record. (and includes citations for all the facts in the video on their web site to head off criticism)… “I recently visited Montreal and I was just awash in nostalgia at what Canada was […]

Posted 05 October 2015 § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Introducing T-19: An Election Countdown #elxn42

So beginning tomorrow, I’m planning to have a 19 day series of posts with various thoughts and observations about the Canadian Federal Election. My politics are no secret and much of the content will be focused on reasons why the Conservative Party of Canada led by Stephen Harper has to go but I’m hoping I can […]

Posted 30 September 2015 § Censorship § List § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , , ,

Friday Fun Link  – The Elevator Works

Posted 25 September 2015 § Humour § Meme § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) °