Hate speech, conspiracy theories, extremism, racismhomophobic, transphobic, mysogonistic, racist, racist, racism, of the worstest kind known to peoplekind. Am I the only one who has heard these words often enough? In fact, they have all been beaten to death and continually bludgeoned into an unrecognizable sort of literary steaming pulp! It would actually be a …
is canada anti-small business?
Even though we now have a new federal minister guaranteeing the prosperity of the middle class, (yes its true actually!) Canada still appears to be possessed of an anti-small business culture. This is a statement which is so obviously true it shouldn't need reinforcing with evidence. Investment money has been emigrating and since the federal …
now i know my ABCs…
You dont have to be all that old to remember a time in Canada when the news was all about simple facts. I think it was almost like a journalistic religion back then: you do not allow your personal biases to enter your news reporting. Of course, editorial opinion leeched into the published version of …
speech! speech! free dumb!
So what can we learn from the sudden, shocking and inglorious demise of beloved sports commentator Don Cherry's lengthy and colorful career? It is doubtful in the extreme that the only reason for the termination was his utterance of those horrible soul-disfiguring and callously-uttered two words put together within a much longer sentence, but that …
Dumbness level: extreme
5000 years of technological advance and there is no such thing as a dumbness meter? It's true. Look it up for yourself on Google! I did and I was, well, shocked! I mean what can you not find on Google? But if there were a dumbness meter, I know one thing that would register pretty …
that feeling…
That feeling when the sear releases and the hammer falls from a slow and gentle squeeze of the index finger… The smell of a fresh-oiled rifle stock… The sound of a well-polished, tight-tolerance bolt closing on a loaded round… The slow, unstoppable push against the shoulder and the appearance of a perfectly formed hole in …
the strange tale of kim davis
I don't think I am the easiest guy in the world to shock. I've spent a lot of time on the internet and 56 years on this planet and seen a lot of crazy things, some quite shocking! But what's happening in the land of the free and the brave is really stunning! In fact, …
so where would you like your taxes directed sir?
Ooops! Just gave my whole idea away with the title. Must be more vigilant in the future!But hey. After 25 years of doing much the same thing during my work-week, i sort of go on auto-pilot. And despite all the warnings from my well-meaning Dad, fail to keep my mind and my body together. Hence …
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of monkeys bananas and trees
Answer: Doug Martens. Seriously though, there is an ancient African proverb I just made up about an elephant who makes a deal with a local monkey. The monkey is to bring him all the bananas he can eat and in return the elephant promises him protection from the jaws of the local lion. This arrangement …
the loathesome disease of statism
Wikipedia defines "Statism" as "... the belief that the state should control either economic or social policy, or both, to some degree..." Now obviously, people have several beliefs, not all of which are correct. In times past, students were taught that scientific viewpoints developed through someone presenting a hypothesis, or theory on a subject, …
