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Friday Fun Link – Country Corner Donuts (and the Value of Immigrants) #yqr

I was scrolling through Facebook and came across a post by the good folks at Rebellion Brewing talking about a nearby donut shop which they frequent. (I love seeing locally owned businesses supporting each other like this!) That led me to a YouTube video of the donut shop’s owner which reinforced my strong belief that […]

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – The Premier of Mexico? (February 2017)

It’s funny how things swirl and combine in unexpected ways. I haven’t written a lot about the ongoing Sask NDP Leadership Race (yet) and I haven’t posted a lot about the Mexican resort we’re planning to go to next February (yet). But, as I think back to the Mexican resort we visited last February, I can’t […]

¶ Posted 12 October 2017 § Family § Jobs § MemoryLane § Photo § Shea § Travel ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, holiday, travel

Friday Fun Link – All The People Who Are Not Jagmeet Singh

Because all brown people look the same to white people (even CBC reporters who should know better!), the good people at Vice have put together a guide to all the people who are not Jagmeet Singh.

¶ Posted 06 October 2017 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § PopCulture § Randomness ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, ontario

New Trump Poll Out Today

¶ Posted 03 October 2017 § Humour § Infographic § Meme § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Music Monday – “Me and monkey/Like Butch and the Sundance Kid Trying to understand/Why he did what he did/Why he did what he did”

The worst mass shooting in recent US history (so far) happened yesterday and I don’t even know what to say anymore. Should I talk about gun control? Mental health & personality disorders? Gun control? Media narratives? Gun control? Deja vu? Gun control? Disinformation? Gun control? Or should I just throw up my hands at the futility of trying to say […]

¶ Posted 02 October 2017 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

10 Things That Excite Me About @thejagmeetsingh Winning #ndpldr (and 5 That Make Me Nervous)

If everything Jagmeet Singh’s team said about how many new members they’d signed up, how much support they were getting in vote rich Ontario and BC, how young people were rallying around their candidate, and their fundraising totals, turned out to be true, it seemed like Jagmeet Singh would have a really good chance at […]

¶ Posted 01 October 2017 § Canada § List § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, language, ontario

Trump Loves NASCAR

¶ Posted 26 September 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § PopCulture § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: language, unitedstates

Trump On Protesters

Trump supporters on protests (and what’s offensive)…

¶ Posted 24 September 2017 § Humour § Meme § News § Photo § Sports § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

Saturday Snap – Like Mother, Like Daughter #ndpldr @thejagmeetsingh

Shea’s mom meets with Jagmeet Singh in Weyburn (home of Tommy Douglas) Saturday afternoon… Shea meets Jagmeet Singh in Regina Saturday evening…

¶ Posted 24 September 2017 § Family § News § Photo § Saskatchewan § SaturdaySnap § Shea ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, ontario, parents, saskatchewan

Redditor Tracks White House Chief of Staff Face Palm To the Exact Moment Trump Goes Off Script

Any shot of a person rubbing their forehead could be taken out of context. But when it’s a photo of the White House Chief of Staff face palming with his watch clearly visible (ENHANCE!) while the President is going off script threatening to annihilate North Korea, you know the Internet’s going to be on the […]