But if I really wanted to solve the problem, I’d look at the type of parenting that child was getting. Guns aren’t the cause of the problem; they’re a symptom. It’s society that is misusing the guns, and we have to work at it from both ends: fix society and restrict access to guns at…
Month: May 2022
Politics
The Problems of the Conservative Party Should Worry Us All.
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Images courtesy of CBC and Wikipedia Okay, left-wing people are celebrating the fall of Jason Kenney. Someone who didn’t do his job to protect his people from COVID, who sold out to Big Oil and made the province vulnerable to the economic consequences climate change, has been punished. Good. Serves him right. I’m not…
Politics
The Final Fall of the Russian Empire
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Well, we all knew it had to happen. After all, look at the Romans. Their empire had barely got started before its leadership system descended to the point where idiots and madmen could capture power. Nero and Caligula come to mind. But it took another couple of hundred years before the whole country crashed. The…
Social Commentary
Happiness Also to Those Who Aren’t Mothers
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I borrowed this image from Renee Jackson’s Facebook page. Worth a thousand words. Okay, this is one of those “Why are we here” philosophical wanderings. If you’re already sure why you exist and can’t figure out what the big foofaraw is, then stop reading. You probably don’t have enough empathy to understand it anyway.…
FUN STUFF
Malta: Prize of the Mediterranean
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Malta is an island steeped in history. Due to its position at the naval choke point of the central Mediterranean, it has been important from the Crusades all the way to World War II. With all that warfare and all that history, it’s guaranteed to be an interesting place to visit. Anyone who has been…