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Charlie Angus Doesn’t Hold Back His Feelings About Trump

I think my vote for Jagmeet Singh as NDP Leader in 2017 was the right one for that  moment. But this is a new moment, nearly a decade later, and I often wonder what a world where Charlie Angus was currently the NDP leader would look like… Canadian MP Charlie Angus deliverers a direct message […]

Posted 14 January 2025 § Canada § MemoryLane § News § Politics § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Bugs on Parade?

using the bugs life speech over this luigi mangione edit was so fucking REAL actually pic.twitter.com/53Q65wuLb3 — jorts!? (@BBC0RPSE) December 23, 2024  

Posted 24 December 2024 § News § Politics § PopCulture § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , ,

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 § Wisdom § Xmas ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , , , ,

Turmoil in Liberal Party

Why do politicians (and other powerful people – I’m looking at you Ruth Bader-Ginsburg) always hold on too long? Trudeau should’ve read the tea leaves a long time ago and stepped down when going through his separation which would’ve been the perfect “out” for him that wasn’t embarrassing or tarnishing his legacy.

Posted 17 December 2024 § Canada § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

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 […]

Posted 11 December 2024 § Jobs § Library § News § Politics § Video § Wisdom § Work ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Wisdom Wednesday – The Killing of United Healthcare’s MBA CEO

I’ve been reading a lot about the early Wednesday morning murder of the CEO of United Healthcare who was killed while walking into a shareholder’s meeting at a New York City hotel. Although things are still fresh, details aren’t fully known and, as I type this, the killer is still at large, it would appear […]

Posted 04 December 2024 § Jobs § News § Politics § Randomness § United States § Wisdom Wednesday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Secular Sunday – Buy A Bible…

Posted 01 December 2024 § Politics § SecularSunday § United States § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,

Secular Sunday – Hiding Anne Frank in Trump’s America?

Posted 17 November 2024 § Politics § Sad § SecularSunday § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: , ,

Throwback Thursday – #tbt – Prom Grand March (May 1991)

So I joined the Prom Planning Committee for Pace’s graduating class. Kids today are much more environmentally conscious but in 1991 when I graduated, I do believe high school proms was a Top 10 contributor to the hole in the ozone layer!

Posted 14 November 2024 § Humour § MemoryLane § Pace § Photo § ThrowbackThursday ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Music Monday – “The winds have blown over the ocean/The winds have blown over the sea/The winds have blown over the ocean/And brought back my Bonnie to me”

“My Bonnie” – John McDermott (Fun Fact – we don’t get many celebrity sightings in Regina but I saw John McDermott in the lobby of the Hotel Sask in Regina one year around Christmas when he was in town for a concert!)

Posted 11 November 2024 § MemoryLane § MusicMonday § Sad ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: ,