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Category Archives: United States

Music Monday – “But if I work all day in the blue sky mine/There’ll be food on the table tonight.”

Happy Labour Day! “Blue Sky Mine” – Midnight Oil

¶ Posted 05 September 2016 § Canada § Jobs § MusicMonday § Politics § PopCulture § UK § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) °

Did Donald Trump Start His Presidential Campaign To Gain Negotiating Leverage With NBC?

In this election cycle, sure, why not?

¶ Posted 16 August 2016 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, history, unitedstates

The First Cyber Security Election?

Most recent US Presidential elections get tagged as the first “something” – the first TV election, the first Internet election, etc. I think it’s pretty clear that 2016 is the first Cyber-Security election… Early in the campaign, Bernie Sanders’ staff accessed a Democratic National Committee database containing info about the Clinton campaign via a security hole in […]

¶ Posted 10 August 2016 § Censorship § Internet § News § Politics § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: history, twitter

Friday Fun Link – God, I Miss Jon Stewart

Luckily, he’s living under Stephen Colbert’s “Late Show” desk… (Oh, and here’s a summary of 25 of Trump’s biggest lies, exaggerations and misrepresentations from his convention speech last night.)

¶ Posted 22 July 2016 § FridayFunLink § Humour § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, television, unitedstates

An Open Letter From A Sanders Supporter to Democrats Calling For “Unity”

This is long but worth a read… Dear Democrats, As the absurd Trump convention grinds on, somewhere in Philadelphia I imagine there is an army of volunteers inflating one hundred thousand colorful balloons. It is no secret that not all of us are going to be in a celebratory mood when those balloons rain down […]

¶ Posted 20 July 2016 § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: history, unitedstates

“When you’re born in this world, you’re given a ticket to the freak show. When you’re born in the US, you get a front row seat.”

God, I love George Carlin…

¶ Posted 13 July 2016 § Censorship § Humour § Meme § MemoryLane § News § Politics § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, history, philosophy

@BernieSanders Endorses @HillaryClinton. Now What?

So today, contrary to his vow to take his battle to the Democratic National Convention, Bernie Sanders finally endorsed Hillary Clinton after his team managed to help develop what is being called the “most progressive Democrat platform in history” with one notable element being a compromise on free college education for families making under $125,000 […]

¶ Posted 12 July 2016 § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, unitedstates

“The Voter Is Always Right” vs. “Voting Against Your Best Interests”

Recent events (Federal Liberals sweep in Canada, Sask Party dominates in Saskatchewan, rise of Trump in States, Brexit vote in UK) have me thinking a lot about the notion of “the voter is always right” vs. “people voting against their best interests” “The voter is always right” is something you usually hear after an election or […]

¶ Posted 10 July 2016 § Canada § News § Politics § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) °

Mapping Police Killings in the United States

It’s beyond unfortunate that web pages like this and this and this have to exist. But given recent high profile events, it’s also fortunate that they do.