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“The Walls Are Closing In On The Unvaccinated”

An Angus Reid poll showed that 75 per cent of Canadians agreed with the statement “I don’t have a lot of sympathy for people who chose not to be vaccinated and then got COVID-19.” In B.C., 53 per cent favoured making vaccines mandatory in public places to make life harder for unvaccinated people, while another […]

Calgary Flames Fans Debate Vaccine Requirements

This thread may be the biggest shit show in the history of CalgaryPuck, a Calgary Flames fan site/message board I’ve been reading since 2001. What starts as a discussion of the Jets announcing they’ll require proof of vaccination devolves as a series of antivaxxers keep popping up to make all sorts of logically and factually […]

¶ Posted 24 August 2021 § Internet § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Technology § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, Covid, education, health, hockey, language

Happy Fourth of July! (And Where Would Sask Rate in Fully Vaccinated Rate If We Were A US State?)

On July 4th when President Biden had set (and missed) a goal of 70% of Americans receiving at least their first vaccine, this list of where states are at in terms of full vaccinations is interesting (and probably not surprising) . In case, the link dies, the top 3 are: Vermont (66%) Massachusetts (62%) Maine […]

¶ Posted 04 July 2021 § News § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, education, health, science, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Canada Day In Happier Times (July 2008)

Three years ago, I was placing second in our campground’s annual “Canada Day Decorating” contest. This year? Don’t really feel like decorating too much (though I did have a few ideas to subvert the contest but couldn’t find 751 orange helium balloons in time!) 🙁 At the risk of sounding like somebody on /r/entlightenedcentrism, I’m […]

¶ Posted 01 July 2021 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, history, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Shining A Light

Powerful image of 751 solar lights during a vigil to recognize the children found in unmarked graves at Cowessess First Nation…

¶ Posted 27 June 2021 § Canada § News § Photo § Sad § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, saskatchewan

Secular Sunday – Love Thy Neighbour

¶ Posted 20 June 2021 § Canada § News § Sad § Saskatchewan § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – The Covid-19 Vaccine Explained

¶ Posted 18 June 2021 § News § Technology § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: Covid, health, science

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – “Trump Trips Up” (~May 1991?)

I was going through some old papers in a box under the stairs recently and came across a folder of articles I’d clipped and saved, long before most articles from popular magazines were available online from databases or from the magazine’s own web site like they are today. Had to chuckle for a couple reasons: […]

¶ Posted 17 June 2021 § Humour § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § List § MemoryLane § News § Photo § PopCulture § Randomness § ThrowbackThursday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – An Addiction Model May Explain A Lot of Our Current Societal Issues (That Don’t Normally Seem Like Addiction Issues)

This is a fascinating thread which encompasses a lot of interesting ideas – tribalism, how people get sucked further into wilder conspiracy theories, and even whether QAnon is showing signs of moving from a fringe political theory into a full-fledged religion. it’s conceivable to conceptualize political tribalism (& perhaps even cultism), through an addiction model […]

¶ Posted 13 June 2021 § Internet § Meme § News § PopCulture § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, Covid, education, language, science

Secular Sunday – Residential Schools: A Timeline

*Literally* the first words of this timeline discuss the central role of various churches in the creation of schools that took Indigenous children from their parents, communities and culture. For more than two hundred years [from 1600-1800], religious orders run mission schools for Indigenous children, the precursors to the Government of Canada’s residential school system.