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Friday Fun Link – How Finland Rebuilt Their Economy And Became The Happiest Nation on Earth

In 1945, Finland was poor and war-torn. They owed 6% of their GDP to the Soviets—annually. Today, it consistently ranks as the world's happiest country. Meanwhile, America isn't even in the top 20. Here's how Finland rebuilt from nothing: pic.twitter.com/fy2NCEJj9o — Neal Taparia (@nealtaparia) December 23, 2024

¶ Posted 07 February 2025 § Canada § FridayFunLink § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: economics, education, health, travel

Secular Sunday – Who Do American Evangelicals Really Worship?

¶ Posted 02 February 2025 § Meme § News § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, history, unitedstates

Secular Sunday – Atheists “Have Higher IQ Level”

If you read the Bible and think it’s anything other than fiction, it’s not that hard to have a higher IQ.

¶ Posted 12 January 2025 § News § Politics § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: atheism, education, language, philosophy

Secular Sunday – You’re Not Special But You Are Fucking Lucky

It’s been a tough year in a lot of ways – maybe the toughest of my life – but it’s ending on multiple up notes and either way, still better than none at all as my dad always says!

¶ Posted 22 December 2024 § SecularSunday § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: education, health, history, philosophy, science, xmas

Secular Sunday – Peace on Earth?

¶ Posted 15 December 2024 § SecularSunday ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: book, language

Saturday Snap – Batman Smells?

Even with her dementia, my mom’s personality is still there – humourous, profane, caring and kind. I like nothing more than making her laugh and as much as the dementia has taken from her (and us), the disease has also made me love her more than I ever have. (Here’s her reaction to my “Robots […]

¶ Posted 14 December 2024 § Family § Humour § MemoryLane § Sad § SaturdaySnap ‡ Comments (0) ° Tagged: cute, health, holiday, language, parents

Wisdom Wednesday – Very Good Media Communications From Union Leader During Postal Strike

Has strong command of the facts Knows the history of long-ago negotiations that influence this round of bargaining Clarifies that everything that Canada Postal workers have which others without might see as “too generous” or “too much” is because all of these things were ultimately agreed to by management and/or changes in labour legislation. And […]