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Secular Sunday – Church Donations Have Plunged Due to Coronavirus. Some Might Not Survive.

I’m an atheist but I acknowledge the massive role the church has played in various major aspects of society for thousands of years – from being host to

The Tragic Saga of Officer Stacey McMuffin

There’s been a huge amount of attention to police budgets and police brutality recently. It’s been so overwhelming that a 15-year veteran of a Georgia county police force

The Economic Impacts of Covid-19

This is a British article but many of the findings are going to apply for countries around the world – from increased unemployment to reduced airline traffic to

Five Things That Make Covid-19 The Perfect Disaster

No matter how bad they are, most of the time, disasters tend to be localized events -hurricanes, tsunamis, even droughts – that areas recover from soon after the

Music Monday – “They have the authority to kill a minority/Fuck that shit, ’cause I ain’t the one/For a punk motherfucker with a badge and a gun” (And Some Random Thoughts on The US Situation)

“Fuck The Police” – NWA Here’s a few other random thoughts about what’s happening in the US the past few days after the murder of unarmed black man,

Secular Sunday – What The Bible Says About Plagues and Pestilences

It’s hard to believe (er, pun intended) this video doesn’t have more than a few hundred views considering the insight this guy provides into Biblical history, the impact

Throwback Thursday – Barn Board Accounting (April 1932)

This is pretty special – my dad was getting some barn boards from our farm to use in framing projects and found one where my grandfather had done

Coteau Books Auction – May 20, 2020 #yqr #sasked #saskedchat #yxe #sask #sk

This had been a shitty year for me, even before the COVID pandemic hit. Coteau Books, which was a long-standing literary press in Canada for nearly half a

Friday Fun Link – Which Prime Minister Are You?

A fun little quiz where you answer a few questions and it’ll tell you which Canadian Prime Minister’s personality you align with the most. I’m apparently Wilfred Laurier…

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