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Perhaps The Single Richest Irony of the Current Federal Election?

The most ironic (and frustrating and hypocritical) thing in this entire election is Liberal supporters who are saying a vote for Jagmeet Singh and the NDP is somehow a vote for Andrew Scheer – as if they hadn’t made electoral reform a *major* plank of their last platform (a platform that got them elected because […]

¶ Posted 15 October 2019 § Canada § News ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, rant

Music Monday – “It’s just spend a buck to make a buck/You don’t really give a flying fuck/About the people in misery”

“Call It Democracy” – Bruce Cockburn

¶ Posted 07 October 2019 § Canada § MusicMonday § News ‡ Comments (3) ° Tagged: economics, history, language

The Changing Nature of Freedom of Expression: Banning Books Is Anachronistic But Challenges Remain

Good article from The National Post about the changing nature of the debate around Freedom of Expression. What remains is that challenges still come from all sides of the political spectrum. …the bulk of work on freedom of expression is shifting from people who fruitlessly complain about books to attacks on journalists and bloggers. Also […]

¶ Posted 02 October 2019 § Canada § Censorship § Internet § Library § LibrarySchool § News § PopCulture § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, freedomtoreadweek, language, philosophy

My Daughter Could Teach The Prime Minister A Thing Or Two About Acceptable Facial Makeup!

¶ Posted 22 September 2019 § Canada § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § News § Photo § Sasha ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, history

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 […]