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Saturday Snap – The (Nightmare) When You’re Back in High School #cndpoli #elxn43

It’s referring to the high school he attended, not the private school he taught at. But the title of the prologue in a recent biography published about Justin Trudeau with his participation is pretty ironic given the recent brownface scandal that broke when a picture of Trudeau wearing makeup to look like Aladdin during an […]

¶ Posted 21 September 2019 § Canada § News § Photo § PopCulture § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, history

Friday Fun Link – Jagmeet Singh: The Colour of Politics (CBC The Fifth Estate) #cndpoli #elxn43

¶ Posted 20 September 2019 § Canada § FridayFunLink § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history

How To Talk To Kids About Race

¶ Posted 18 September 2019 § Canada § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, language

The Only Connection Between 9/11 and Christmas?

9/11 might be the favourite day of the year for the conspiracy-minded posters on r/conspiracy. 🙂

¶ Posted 11 September 2019 § Censorship § Internet § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Sad § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, holiday, science, unitedstates

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Public Library Cuts Again? #abpoli (June 2010)

It seems like one of the highest priorities for any conservative government is targeting the funding of public libraries – in Newfoundland (May 2016), in Saskatchewan (March 2017), in Ontario (April 2019), and now in Alberta (August 2019 (although to be fair, Jason Kenney’s Conservatives haven’t cut yet but are withholding 50% in advance of […]

¶ Posted 08 August 2019 § Canada § Library § LibrarySchool § MemoryLane § News § Sad § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: alberta, economics, education, saskatchewan

Instead of Fighting About Politics on the Internet…

…maybe I should just upload screenshots of the witty retorts I draft but then discard without posting because I don’t feel like getting into it with people? (Shea and I spend a lot of time talking about how liberals are often at a disadvantage in arguments with conservatives because they tend to just say whatever […]

¶ Posted 07 August 2019 § Blog § Humour ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, twitter

Secular Sunday – Why Do Democrats Keep Snubbing Atheists?

Although less likely to vote as a block like various religious sects, there’s still a huge untapped voter base if someone would directly appeal to atheists/agnostics/secularists/nonbelievers.

¶ Posted 14 July 2019 § News § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, unitedstates

An Early Contender For My Favourite Book of the Year? @thejagmeetsingh #canpoli #cndpoli

I read Jagmeet Singh’s autobiography in pretty much a single sitting at our campsite this weekend and really enjoyed it. Obviously I’m a fan of Singh but I think this book would be one that anyone who enjoys memoirs would enjoy and learn from, whether they liked the NDP or not. * before it was […]

¶ Posted 09 July 2019 § Canada § Library § MemoryLane § News § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – I Miss America (March 2009)

Happy (?) Fourth of July. I think I’ve mentioned that Shea’s and my “mini protest’ after Trump was elected was deciding not to go to the USA – mostly because of him but also because I just found the USA to be increasingly at odds with my personal values in general – from the gun […]

¶ Posted 04 July 2019 § Family § MemoryLane § News § Photo § ThrowbackThursday § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, holiday, unitedstates

Ten Things I’m Thinking About Lately

Hand dryers and noise pollution (especially in libraries) How we’re always saying goodbye to people we love without realising it. (h/t to JB on FB) How come Photos on my Macbook stopped showing recently uploaded photos a month ago even though I can see all my latest photos when I log in to Photos through […]