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Did Alberta Just Win The “Battle of Alberta”?

https://www.twitter.com/KatyIngraham/status/1527087671700467714 Pretty big news day in Alberta with the first game of the Battle of Alberta in the NHL playoffs… …but way bigger news with the announcement that Jason Kenney is stepping down as Premier and Leader of the You See Pee party of Alberta after barely passing his leadership review with 51.4% support.

Posted 18 May 2022 § News § Sports ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

The New Corporation – Documentary

It was pretty cool to go to the world premier of an anti-corporate documentary called “The Corporation” at the Calgary International Film Festival twenty years ago which featured a Q&A with the filmmakers after the screening. It’s less cool that this film has an “unfortunately necessarily” sequel released a couple years ago…

Posted 11 May 2022 § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “What do you want to do?/I’m scared to even say the truth/This has been the hardest year/Is it even legal here?”

“The Problem” – Amanda Shires with Jason Isbell “Our Problem” – Amanda Shires with Friends

Posted 09 May 2022 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

A Moment With Margaret Atwood: Three Inspirations for “The Handmaid’s Tale”

“I did not put anything into the book that had not happened [to women] at some time or in some place in history or was not happening when I was writing the book.  So it was all reality-based and one reason I did that is I did not want to hear ‘You’ve got a warped, […]

Posted 04 May 2022 § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Still Negative (And Some Random Covid News & Thoughts)

I’ve probably felt like I had Covid dozens of times over the past couple years – every sniffle, every scratchy throat – but the last few days were the first time I was *certain* I had it due to my symptoms – heavy cough, tight chest, fatigued, etc. etc. – along with the sense from […]

Posted 19 April 2022 § Canada § News § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Colonizer Jesus

  Happy Easter! I’m gonna say it: Sunday is two days after Friday, not three. Christians really fucked that one up — pixelatedboat aka “mr tweets” (@pixelatedboat) April 17, 2022  

Posted 17 April 2022 § Infographic § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Police interrupt Florida church service and arrest head pastor on charges of child sexual abuse.

(via Reddit) Police interrupt Florida church service and arrest head pastor on charges of child sexual abuse

Posted 10 April 2022 § News § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Saturday Snap – Syrian Refugee Fundraiser

People displaced from Ukraine are (rightly) getting a lot of attention right now.  But that doesn’t mean there aren’t other groups that are suffering around the world. Shea and I were happy to attend this event earlier this week (though disappointed to not win one of the amazing looking cakes in the Silent Auction!) [Edit: […]

Posted 09 April 2022 § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Friday Fun Link – Jagmeet Singh Is First NDP Leader To Become Liberal Health Minister ;-)

(via Reddit)

Posted 08 April 2022 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Humour § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Universal Basic Income: Who Pays For It? (Not You!)

Saw this article explaining how the government could pay for a full Universal Basic Income program by properly taxing corporations, wealthy individuals and financial transactions. The article is definitely worth a read!

Posted 22 March 2022 § Canada § Infographic § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,