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Charlie Angus Doesn’t Hold Back His Feelings About Trump

I think my vote for Jagmeet Singh as NDP Leader in 2017 was the right one for that  moment. But this is a new moment, nearly a decade later, and I often wonder what a world where Charlie Angus was currently the NDP leader would look like… Canadian MP Charlie Angus deliverers a direct message […]

Posted 14 January 2025 § MemoryLane § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Friday Fun Link – Latvia Upsets Canada in World Juniors

Posted 27 December 2024 § FridayFunLink § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Turmoil in Liberal Party

Why do politicians (and other powerful people – I’m looking at you Ruth Bader-Ginsburg) always hold on too long? Trudeau should’ve read the tea leaves a long time ago and stepped down when going through his separation which would’ve been the perfect “out” for him that wasn’t embarrassing or tarnishing his legacy.

Posted 17 December 2024 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Music Monday – “Too much time on this winding trail of a tale yet to be told/’Cause baby, I’m getting old/And, fuck, I hate the cold”

“Fuck, I Hate The Cold” – Cowboy Junkies

Posted 25 November 2024 § MusicMonday § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

How It Feels Watching The US Election As A Canadian

https://t.co/bGcNyau4QN pic.twitter.com/gWIaJT1I0J — Clover (@grunchyy_) November 5, 2024

Posted 05 November 2024 § Humour § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

There Is A Constant Battle Within Public Libraries Between Our Core Values of Belief In Freedom of Expression and Belief in Diversity/Inclusion

Posted without further comment.  (Er, other than to say you can fast forward to the end to see the conflict of those values in action…) (h/t to concerned community member who sent this to me.  It’s actually senior RPL managers speaking off-camera at the end, not RPL security guards.)

Posted 22 October 2024 § Censorship § Jobs § Library § LibrarySchool § News § Politics § Sad § Video § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “We took their land, dilute their nations/Force them on to reservations/Corporate interest won’t stop there/Take the trees and leave this homeland bare, oh no”

“Homelands” – Jack’s Rake (Spirit of the West cover) Original:  

Posted 30 September 2024 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

“Say It To My Face”

No bully likes when you stand up to them… People from the far-right group that disrupted the Terry Fox ceremony this morning just got into an altercation with Jagmeet Singh One guy calls Singh a “corrupted bastard.” Singh asks him to say it to his face. The guy lies and denies saying it, despite video […]

Posted 17 September 2024 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged:

Such A Feeling of Relief Today!!!

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Posted 25 June 2024 § Humour § Meme § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

My 2024 Stanley Cup Predictions (of the moment)

I suspect this would change pretty much every time I do it.  So many good teams this year and always possibilities for upsets (Go Kings!), one of the Canadian teams to bring the Cup home finally (Go Jets!) and Cinderella runs (Go Isles!)

Posted 23 April 2024 § Meme § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: