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…
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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.…
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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…
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Not Like Last Time: Star Flyer 2022
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When it comes to holidays, what makes the difference between A and A+? Honesty in journalism forces us to admit that sometimes things don’t work out quite as well as we’d like. Our latest run on Star Flyer, a 115-metre barquentine with capacity for 166 passengers, was a wonderful experience. We had been forced by…
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First Past the Post and Generational Change
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Change is a generational thing; it has been since time immemorial. The young-vs-old conflict has been a mainstay of entertainment since the ancient Greeks, but change can only happen at the speed that society can handle. Otherwise, society breaks. The Natural Way When a government makes a change to the way society functions and says,…
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The Stake in the Heart of the UN
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Okay, the experiment is over. The United Nations have proved for once and for all time that they are not united. They never were, actually. Well, maybe united in their desire not to be bombed off the face of the earth. The Cold War Is Over…Sort of The irony of the whole situation is that…
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Pushing the Boundaries with Comedy
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The whole Oscar Slap tempest has focused on Will Smith and what he should or should not have done, but it should also lead us to talk a bit about comedy. Crossing the Line A Canadian comedian interviewed on CBC last was going on blithely about how comedians have to be pushing the boundaries all…
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Facebook’s Vaunted Algorithms Let Me Down
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Okay, the news is full of gloom, and there doesn’t seem to be any light on the horizon, so I’m going to lighten things up today with a First World problem that is nonetheless meaningful to some. And the rest of you can laugh at us. I have posted in the past, explaining how Facebook…
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The Russian Solution is in Russia
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As Vladimir Putin has discovered to his dismay, the takeover of Ukraine is not going to go as swiftly as the Russian takeover of Czechoslovakia in 1968, and even that “lighting” strike took six months to wrap up. The Ukrainians are not going to roll over and quit, even when their cities are occupied.…