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Music Monday – “Who muzzles the poor scientist?/Calls troubled people “terrorists”?/Who wants the courts to just say yes?/Suppresses freedom of the press?”

The “Harperman” protest song is interesting for a number of reasons: the person who wrote and sang it is a federal civil servant and is now suspended from his job for an investigation about whether he violated the Federal Government’s employee ethics agreement At issue is whether Turner violated the code of ethics that all public servants […]

¶ Posted 31 August 2015 § Canada § Censorship § Humour § MusicMonday § News § Politics § PopCulture § Video § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: music

“Enough” – Great NDP Ad

One of my pet peeves is people who say that all politicians are the same. It is true that there are good and bad people in every party but the level of corruption and criminality in the current Conservative party is unparalleled in Canadian history.

¶ Posted 30 August 2015 § Canada § News § Politics ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

The Eyes Have It – Jim Flaherty Reacts When Stephen Harper Says He Didn’t Tell Ray Novak About Nigel Wright Payment #canpoli #cndpoli #duffy #harper #lyingliars

No matter your politics, the late Jim Flaherty (who was Stephen Harper’s Finance Minister) is widely regarded as a stand-up guy – honest, sincere, and reliable. That’s what makes Flaherty’s reaction to Stephen Harper talking about the Mike Duffy payment by Nigel Wright during Question Period in the House of Commons so incriminating. Tim Powers, vice-chairman […]

¶ Posted 25 August 2015 § Canada § Humour § Meme § News § Politics § Video ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged:

Two Months to Canadian Federal Election

The Federal Election was called nearly three weeks ago and I haven’t written about it nearly as much as I thought I would. I mean, if you’ve read this blog for more than a couple days, I think my politics are pretty clear. Beyond that, there are tons of others who are covering every aspect […]

¶ Posted 19 August 2015 § Blog § Canada § News § Politics § Wisdom ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, education

50 Years of #yqr Copper Kettle Restaurant

The Copper Kettle is a local institution and I’m proud that one of the times I called over to order pizza for a meeting at the library, I ended up having Mr. Gardikiotis take my order personally. When he heard I was with the library, he replied “Oh, the library! I love the library! You did […]

¶ Posted 18 August 2015 § Library § MemoryLane § News § Saskatchewan ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: economics, saskatchewan

Some Unique International Borders

This is pretty cool. (Make sure you click on some of the images suggested in the comments as well!)

¶ Posted 31 May 2015 § Canada § Photo § Politics § Travel § United States ‡ Comments (0) ° Also tagged: cool, travel

First Ever Major League Ball Game Played With No Fans Present Due to Baltimore Riots

I considered doing a post with some random thoughts about the Baltimore riots but then I realised there’s nothing I can say that others haven’t said better already – about the riots and about the first ever Major League Baseball “empty game”.