Politics
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I was thinking about how as a species we have gone from having too little access to information, to having a surfeit of it. Along the way, precious little has been done to teach us how to critically assess everything we consume now. This poem is about that. Enjoy! A Brief History of Information Overload…
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I know that the sentiments in today’s poem probably won’t be popular with some people. That’s okay. I’m kinda used to people disagreeing with me. They have that right. Just don’t think that outrage is going to change the truth of my words here. I would also like to point out that this is nothing…
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NO JUSTICE I am the Law and I care not For what is wrong or right. I answer only to myself. Care not for oversight, No justice here, for justice is A subtle, fickle thing. The Law cares not for subtlety Morality is king. And i don’t care whose Morals are Enshrined in every line.…
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Currently, I’m well over halfway through this round of NaPoWriMo. Predictably, my mental batteries are starting to run a bit low. But hey… I’m still in there swinging. Doomsday? There are rumours about a war, that may come to us soon. It’s times like these I wish I lived, on Mars or on…
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So Canada turns 150 this year! Here is my first tribute to the country that I am privileged to call home. Canada 150 One hundred-fifty years ago, my Canada began. It’s dream of freedom and of peace, a continent did span. And now we stand here looking back, at just how far we’ve come. With some things…
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Soldiers’ Lament For glory and for honour and, To uphold what is right, These are the answers given when, They ask us why we fight. They point to battles fought and won, To tyrants we’ve destroyed. Talk like we’re saving everyone, Each time we are deployed. No longer are things black or white, The wars…
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I have to take a moment out from my month of poetry to draw attention to this. Over 200 girls were abducted from their school at gunpoint in Nigeria. While no one has claimed responsibility the well known terrorist group Boko Haram is believed to be behind the kidnapping. Read the full story here. As…
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If todays post seems a little bleak, just chalk it up to me still suffering with my cold and reading way too much news on my day off. Not Today…. But SOON. Now once again the skies are dark, No rockets fly today. The drive and budget for the stars, Have long since gone away.…
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I’ve seen and heard one too many ads attacking Liberal leader JustinTrudeau. Instead of trying to frighten voters with Justins plan to legalize marijuana, why not talk about your own plans to decriminalize it? I don’t know about you, but I haven’t seen a whole lot of ads attacking the Conservatives. Just trying to level…
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U. S. President Barak Obama has announced an end to the “War on Terror” begun by his predecessor, then President George W. Bush. I have commented elsewhere on this blog about the futility, indeed idiocy, of a war on a concept. Finally, there is someone in the Whitehouse with enough brains to realize it. Well…
Brain Bits To Go 