This paragraph has really brightened my day
And yeah - I could come up with a good lot of Stephen Harper awfulness, but in no hijack mood.
Yeah, that’s a fair cop - what I should have said was something along the lines of “If you voted for the Republican party, you caused this situation. If you voted for the Democratic party, you tried to prevent this situation. If you didn’t vote, you allowed this situation to happen.”
But that wasn’t what I said. What I said wasn’t funny enough to be satire, wasn’t clear enough to be a metaphor, and is a poor reflection of how I actually feel. There have been jurisdictions where voting for a certain party is viewed as a crime, but none of those are jurisdictions noted for their free and fair elections. My comment smacks of those chants of ‘Lock her up!’ at Trump rallies, or people who feel Justin Trudeau should be arrested for treason, and it directly feeds into the narrative of people like Jordan Peterson who accuse the left of being totalitarian and autocratic.
I apologize for my remarks, particularly for their tone. Although I remain convinced that we are all going to rue the results of the 2024 US election.
I’lll just pop this in right here. Go figure.
And of course with slaphead Kevin O’Leary and toxic commentator Jordan Peterson flitting about.
I’ve said it before and will again; it’s awfully convenient that the Quislings are making it so we’ve got a handy list of their names. After the resistance wins, it’ll be easy to round them up.
My wife and I were talking last night about how we both missed Jean Chrétien. I think the golf balls moment at the Gomery inquiry was my favourite bit of his political theatre - https://youtu.be/MD6Pzfr_dn0?si=PqWrdNBvvA8d1SKl
If I remember the context correctly, someone questioned the expense of monogrammed golf balls for Jean Chrétien, and Gomery commented that this was an example of Chrétien being ‘small town cheap’. Several weeks later, when Mr. Chrétien was on the stand, he had an opportunity to show off his collection of golf balls, including one from Mr. Gomery’s own law firm.
There’s a lot about Mr. Chrétien’s style that you just don’t see anymore…
Chretien did a lot of bad things but at least he had some moral courage. We haven’t seen that in awhile.
Yesterday, January 14th, was the 24th anniversary of Rev. Brent Hawkes performing the first legal same-sex marriages in the world. Here’s a video that he made about it in 2014. https://youtu.be/TPe5KEAzBHk?si=5Nv2VctlxeVC1UJo
One of the best things Chrétien did was restrict political donations to real people only, not corps, unions, or other collectivities, and put caps on those donations. It’s the opposite of Citizens United and is a stand for democracy over oligarchy.
I’ve seen a link to a website that sells hats and toques: “Canada is Not for Sale” and “Canada True North Strong and Free” in red & white. Didn’t have a chance to buy one today, but will do so tomorrow.
Since we can’t put commercial links up, I won’t link here. If you’re interested, send me a pm and I’ll send you the link.
I recall one time, a 9/11 truther tried to give him a copy of a DVD of one of their “movies” when he was at some public autograph thingy. Chretien smiled and nodded, and then used the guy’s DVD as a coaster for his bottle of water. Just a casual epic putdown regarding the value he placed on their nonsense.
And then there was Chrétien’s famous “Shawinigan handshake”:
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The Cherry Blossom season ends.
Sigh. I love (note the present tense) Cherry Blossoms. Guess I should stock up while I can.
More than the actual candy, I have great nostalgia for this ad from the early 70s - https://youtu.be/xgawtIMv39s?si=JUY6AHs92moLRGvx
The jingle is not Lighthouse, but it comes pretty close…
Ha! I remember that commercial. We used to sing that jingle at school. Not as part of a music class or school choir, but just because it was catchy.
We also did that at our elementary school back then, but doing it to gross ourselves out, much like the item in question. 
Possibly the reason why I came to hate cherry more than any flavour.
I haven’t had one in years, always loved those things. I don’t recall the last time I saw one though.
The hat website is going gangbusters after Doug Ford wore one of their hats before the meeting of all the first ministers: blue cap with « Canada is not for sale. »
Harper was awful, but just normally awful, not Trump awful, not near. Imagine putting a creationist in charge of science policy. Lots of other awfulness, but not in the same universe as Trump.