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The Canadian Donald Trump: How Rob Ford Won By Gaining The Support of People Who Don’t Vote…Except For Him

Former Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford, died of cancer today at age 46. Whether you loved him or hated him, you’ll remember him.  Of course, that’s mostly because he was a wild-eyed addict who regularly made racist and offensive comments topped by his surreal admission that he used crack while in office. It’s not a perfect parallel […]

Posted 22 March 2016 § Canada § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Music Monday – “Right here/Right now/Watching the world wake up from history”

Barack Obama made history today as the first US President to visit Cuba in 60 years. I was trying to think of a good song to post to commemorate this moment – perhaps a popular Cuban song or a recent hit by a Cuban-American rap/dance artist? But then I remembered this song about the fall […]

Posted 21 March 2016 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § News § United States § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Hillary’s Killing It

Results are still coming in but right now, Hillary Clinton is declared in 3 out of 5 “Super Tuesday III” states and leading in two others. It’s not over yet but if this holds, it’s hard to say how Bernie has any path to the nomination and goes forward from here it becomes much more of […]

Posted 15 March 2016 § List § News § Saskatchewan § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

Hillary Had A Bad Week #demtownhall

As the latest Democratic Town Hall beings on CNN, I thought I’d review a pretty bad week for the Clinton campaign… She had three major unforced errors in very short order this week: In an interview after Nancy Reagan’s funeral, Hillary said Reagan led the fight against AIDS in the 1980’s which is total bullshit and […]

Posted 13 March 2016 § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) °

Saturday Snap – Fun With Library Displays (US Election Edition)

Sometimes I really enjoy working in a library… 😉

Posted 12 March 2016 § Library § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Candidate Cribs

Can you guess which Presidential candidates live in which mansion?

Posted 10 March 2016 § Humour § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: ,

Live Blogging the Democratic Debate #demdebate

Here’s some random thoughts… I wish Bernie would be more explicit in making some points.  Don’t just mention that you’re 20 points up against Trump in head-to-head polls; compare that to how Hillary does against Trump.  Similarly, when they bring up her delegate count including super delegates, point out that these delegates changed to Obama […]

Posted 09 March 2016 § List § News § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , ,

10 Reasons Hillary Clinton Should *Not* Be The Democratic Nominee #feelthebern #michiganprimary

It feels somewhat wrong and somehow right to post this list on International Women’s Day.  But as she does with so many other things, Hillary Clinton has made her gender an integral part of her campaign (which, in turn, has polarized female voters around the issue of gender) so is there a better time? For that reason, here’s my […]

Posted 08 March 2016 § Canada § List § News ‡ Comments (2) ° Tagged: , , ,

Music Monday – “No more lyin’/No more empty talk/Feel the bern/The bern/Feel the heat in our lives”

Pretty self-explanatory… “Feel The Bern” – Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros

Posted 07 March 2016 § MusicMonday § News § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: , , , ,

Sanders vs. Clinton: Favorabiilty = Electable #demdebate

One of the most revealing graphics I’ve seen during the current Democratic contest…

Posted 06 March 2016 § Infographic § List § News § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °