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Category Archives: United States

Trump Rally in a Nutshell

Doesn’t anyone remember Trump and his words with John McCain?! This [veteran] is talking about how tough it is being in a war. He is standing on a stage with [Donald Trump] a man who ridiculed a POW for no good reason for being captured and tortured in a war. Trump’s supporters are incredibly delusional. […]

¶ Posted 28 January 2016 § News § Politics § PopCulture ‡ Comments (0) °

Music Monday – “Right wingin’, Bitter clingin’, Guns and God Are Our Religion”

As a general rule, I don’t think you should mock your political opponents. But since these two yahoos are from the US, they’re technically not my opponents and I’m free to highlight their stupidity freely. 😉 In all seriousness, Sarah Palin’s recent endorsement of Donald Trump was mystifying. But is there method to her madness? Is […]

¶ Posted 25 January 2016 § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, history, language, music, unitedstates

“Every Parent’s Worst Nightmare” – School Shooting in La Loche

Definitely not a “Friday Fun Link” day today with news of a shocking shooting at a school in northern Saskatchewan which killed four people (not five as many early reports stated) with others injured. Here are some random thoughts… Reading online comments, many right wing Americans are calling out Obama for saying “This doesn’t happen […]

¶ Posted 22 January 2016 § Canada § News § Randomness § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, saskatchewan

Friday Fun Link – The Cost of Living Everywhere in the World in a Single Awesome Graphic

Not sure if this is a “Fun” link but it captures something I’ve been thinking about a lot since our most recent trip to Cuba.

¶ Posted 15 January 2016 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Infographic § Jobs § Randomness § Travel § UK § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: allinclusive, economics, travel, unitedstates

“Making A Murderer” Is More Than a Compelling Whodunit; It’s An Incisive Portrait of American Social Class

Privilege is a special right, or advantage available only to a particular person or group of people. The term is commonly used in the context of social inequality, particularly in regard to social class,[1] race, age, sexual orientation, gender, and disability. Two common examples would be having access to a higher education and housing. Probably […]

¶ Posted 13 January 2016 § News § Politics § PopCulture § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, language, television, unitedstates

19 Crazy Facts About Bill Gates’ Mansion

He is the richest man in the world after all (and his library sounds amazing!)

¶ Posted 22 December 2015 § Internet § Library § Technology ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cool, economics, science

Friday Fun Link – Happy Black Friday!

All-Time Black Friday Death & Injury Count. Also this…

¶ Posted 27 November 2015 § FridayFunLink § Humour § News § PopCulture § Technology § Video § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, health, holiday, xmas

Bankrupt Rdio Is Being Bought Out and Discontinued. (Fuck)

After a few days of focus on Paris and the serious issues of the world, time to get back to my First World Problems (which are defined by Google as: “a relatively trivial or minor problem or frustration, implying a contrast with serious problems such as those that may be experienced in the developing world.”) That’s true […]

¶ Posted 17 November 2015 § Internet § MemoryLane § PopCulture § Technology ‡ Comments (1) ° Tagged: music, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – God Responds to Aurora Shootings

This was a comment posted in response to a Christian minister’s CNN article explaining where god was during the Aurora shootings…

¶ Posted 13 September 2015 § Humour § News § SecularSunday § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, philosophy, unitedstates

“Matthew tells us that Jesus and his family fled the wrath of Herod and were refugees in Egypt…” #canpoli #cndpoli

So it’s no secret that I’m an atheist. One of the many reasons I lost whatever inherited belief I had as a child growing up was seeing the wide range of hypocritical behaviours by (so-called) believers. I never saw the proverbial “stepping over the homeless person to get to the church on time” (or much worse). But I did […]