Society
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“No Fat Chicks Or I’m Gonna Scrape” That’s what it said on some wannabe cool guy\s lowered Acura. If it’s illegal to put blatantly racist comments on public display, what makes this okay? Is anyone going to try and tell me that this type of filth is less hurtful than a racial epithet? Can I…
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A report from a former Lieutenant General in the Canadian Armed Forces seems destined to be ignored…. again. Apparently, there are as many military personnel in Ottawa’s National Defense HQ as there are on active duty in the navy or regular force army. During the last six years, Command and Support has grown at four…
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Once again the fine people at Maclean”s have answered the perennial question, “What shall I write about today?” Thank you very much nice people. As you can see from the title, this post is all about tech and how we use it. Specifically, it’s about portable technology and how we use it to abuse those…
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Earlier tonight, I was watching a talk delivered by British MP Rory Stewart about why it’s time to get out of Afghanistan. That’s not the subject of this post. It was a phrase in his closing remarks which caught my attention. Mr. Stewart said, “If we accept that we cannot do all that we pretend,…
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A woman in Dallas TX has been charged with felony child abuse. So what else is new right? Well, this one is little more depraved than usual. In terms of pure evil, she’s the kind of person that bumps Charles Manson out of last place in the human race. When her two year old daughter…
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I was just reading an article on Maclean’s app about how indifferent most Canadians are to the threat of terrorism. The implication being our need to take it more seriously. The fact is, we shouldn’t. Aside from a couple of highly publicized “threats”, Canada isn’t exactly a commonly declared terroist target. It isn’t amping up…
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Where I am at the moment, there is less than an hour until the end of rentals at Blockbuster Canada. It’s not easy for me to put aside my anger and look at the bigger picture. Still, I’d like to share a few thoughts about what it has meant, and will mean going forward. For…
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I recently visited TED Conversations. It’s one of my favorite places to go when I’m looking for things to write about. They came through for me again. The thread I was following concerned the need for education reform. I have a daughter who recently graduated high school and is entering college as we speak. So…
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Here I am once again trying to decide what to write for the day. While I was at work, I had this great idea about the ethics of the situation with Blockbuster, but franklly, I’m just don’t have anything new to say about that. Once the court hands down it’s ruling and we know what’s…
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I wasn’t really sure what I was going to write today. I hadn’t chosen a title or a “feel” for it. I knew there was more I wanted to say about my store closing, I just wasn’t sure what. I just started writing, and let it come. The original post starts below the line. It…
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