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Friday Fun Link – Vive Le Canada #Elbows Up

Dear Canada, I felt compelled to make something. To stick up for, and to honour. To show our strength, beauty, genius, empathy, light & heart. It's made with deep gratitude for the people and places of this beautiful land. Vive le Canada ??????? https://t.co/UNXJ0UusP1 — Tim Thompson (@b0undless) March 12, 2025

Mark Carney Has Completely Owned Trump At Every Step (Even After Telling Him Exactly What He Was Going To Do)

I think some people need to rewatch Carney's speech in Davos. Carney has completely owned Trump at every turn. He even explained to the world how he was going to do it. pic.twitter.com/htAh8TDysX — Roddy ?? (@RodKahx) August 25, 2026

¶ Posted 25 August 2026 § Canada § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history

Music Monday – “She makes the sign of a teaspoon/He makes the sign of a wave/The poor boy changes clothes/And puts on aftershave/To compensate for his ordinary shoes”

Reading a new book about the recording of Paul Simon’s “Graceland” and rediscovering an amazingly influential and controversial album: “Diamonds on the Soles of Her Shoes” – Paul Simon and Ladysmith Black Mambazo

¶ Posted 24 August 2026 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § PopCulture § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, economics, history, music

Secular Sunday – Trump Spirtual Adviser and Pastor Indicted for Child Sex Crimes (Of Course He Was – The Mushroom Doesn’t Grow Far From The Tree With Trump))

Robert Morris, Texas megachurch pastor and former Trump adviser, indicted for child sex crimes via ?@RobertDownen_? ?@TexasTribune? https://t.co/YPuqW2bjq2 — Christian Nightmares (@ChristnNitemare) March 13, 2025

¶ Posted 23 August 2026 § News § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism

To My Fellow Americans: The Canadian Door Is Ajar

Not a lot but according to this essay, Canadians are open to going back to the way things were in terms of US relations. BUT some *very* major changes need to happen. (And honestly, I’m not even sure those changes would fix it – we’ve seen America with the mask off completely and it was […]

¶ Posted 04 August 2026 § Canada § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health

Wisdom Wednesday – We Are All Acting

Marlon Brando once told Dick Cavett that everyone on Earth is an actor. Then he proved it, live on air, by dissecting Cavett himself. It remains one of the most disarming exchanges in talk show history. Cavett opened by pressing Brando on something he had read for years: that… pic.twitter.com/5X1m2HzmnU — History Nerd (@_HistoryNerd) […]

¶ Posted 22 July 2026 § Jobs § News § PopCulture § Wisdom Wednesday § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language

The City That Gets Its News From A Garbage Company

#1042 The City that Gets its News from a Dumpster Company

¶ Posted 21 July 2026 § News § Sad § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Happy Parents’ Day?

I didn’t post this on Mother’s Day so I’ll post it on Father’s Day instead – a woman sneaks into a right-wing mother’s group on FB and starts posting about ICE and children being separated from their families. https://www.threads.com/@theletsnotdate/post/DYLoyAnjU_m

¶ Posted 21 June 2026 § Family § Humour § News § Sad § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, parents

Secular Sunday – Be Careful Who You Hate

¶ Posted 14 June 2026 § Meme § News § PopCulture § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education

Wisdom Wednesday – Moral Injury

Someone recently told me about the term “Moral Injury” which is similar to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and also comes out of studies of the military. But where PTSD is about something that damages a person’s loss of sense of personal safety after a traumatic event or series of events, Moral Injury can occur when […]