Category Archives: News

“When you’re born in this world, you’re given a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in the US, you get a front row seat.”

God, I love George Carlin…

@BernieSanders Endorses @HillaryClinton. Now What?

So today, contrary to his vow to take his battle to the Democratic National Convention, Bernie Sanders finally endorsed Hillary Clinton after his team managed to help develop what is being called the “most progressive Democrat platform in history” with one notable element being a compromise on free college education for families making under $125,000 […]

“The Voter Is Always Right” vs. “Voting Against Your Best Interests”

Recent events (Federal Liberals sweep in Canada, Sask Party dominates in Saskatchewan, rise of Trump in States, Brexit vote in UK) have me thinking a lot about the notion of  “the voter is always right” vs. “people voting against their best interests” “The voter is always right” is something you usually hear after an election or […]

Mapping Police Killings in the United States

It’s beyond unfortunate that web pages like this and this and this have to exist. But given recent high profile events, it’s also fortunate that they do.  

The World’s Most Awkward Three Way Handshake

 

Music Monday – “I can’t sleep tonight/Everybody saying everything’s alright/Still I can’t close my eyes/I’m seeing a tunnel at the end of all these lights”

This is a very fitting song for the United Kingdom in a week that saw the population unexpectedly vote to leave the European Union via a very narrow margin in the “Brexit” referendum and then another upset as England is knocked out of the Euro Football Championships by Iceland of all places (cue jokes about England not being […]

Some Thoughts On Maintaining Perspective

So I’m having a bit of a rough June… I won’t get into the gory details (or post the photos!) but it involves a minor medical procedure, a longer-than-expected recovery, an unexpected infection which may or may not be a result of that first procedure and which swelled one of my arms up to double the size of […]

Hillary Clinton’s Being Presumptive Nominee Is Historic Only In The Context of a Two-Party System Where Both Democrats and Republicans Work Against Other Parties Gaining A Foothold

Don’t be fooled – the only true divide in America isn’t men vs. women, black vs. white, Muslim vs. Christian or any other binary. The only one that matters is rich vs. poor and Hillary is very clearly on the side of the rich while Bernie Sanders is on the side of the poor. It’s […]

~ Swirl ~ (A Poem About How The Orlando Shootings Gave Double Meanings To Everything This Weekend)

(I started writing this Sunday night but didn’t finish until Monday.  I’m backdating it to be a Sunday post though as that seems most appropriate given Sunday’s incredibly tragic events.) ~ Swirl ~ Thursday My library staff do a tour of the local Muslim school. We observe prayers.  We learn to say “library” in Arabic. […]

10 Moments That Have Defined The US Primaries @hillaryclinton @berniesanders @donaldtrump #politics #uspoli #primaries #election

Here’s a list of some the most memorable moments from this wild and wacky primary season. For the record, here’s the list Trump launches his campaign by calling Mexicans “rapists” The Bernie movement is born Trump attacks a Fox journalist saying “blood coming out of her…wherever” Bernie doesn’t take opportunity to attack Clinton on e-mails in […]