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Posted in General on Nov 13th, 2015
It’s deja vu all over again. A decade or more ago it was the late Doug Collins who was insulting minorities left and right, denying the Holocaust, or the extent of it, and defending his bile by saying he was exercising free speech. Tendentious though that claim was, I defended Collins in print and on […]
Posted in General on Nov 6th, 2015
“Regardless of the committees you’re on, the roles you have, regardless of party demands, and the partisanship that will continue to exist in this House … your one job, that you cannot ever forget, is to be a strong voice in service of the people who sent you here from your constituencies.” Justin Trudeau to […]
Posted in General on Nov 1st, 2015
Last night’s World Series game was really a lot of fun to watch and once again showed that baseball is a great game, I believe the greatest, because it is an anticipation sport. When the Mets were clinging to their one run lead, was anybody about to leave the park or change channels? Not a […]
Posted in General on Oct 29th, 2015
I must tell you, my friends, that I am starting to worry although I am not quite panicking. The problem, you see, is that the World Series is in danger of ending too quickly. I love Series time but it’s rather like fall because the trouble with fall is that winter is right behind. Similarly, […]
Dear Baseball fans who support the Blue Jays. I offer the same condolences you would offer me as a Dodger fan and offer you our time honoured war cry, “wait’ll next year”! The Jays had a very good year with a talented and exciting team. They have much to be proud of and nothing to […]
Posted in General on Oct 17th, 2015
Having become sick to death of the election, my thoughts turned to baseball. First off, let me say that the Blue Jays obviously have not only a good team on paper but a good one in the clubhouse and that’s extremely important. They have a great spirit, although it’ll be interesting to see how that […]
Posted in General on Oct 12th, 2015
The critical question that arises out of the political campaign at this point is whether or not “strategic voting” is going to kill the Green Party. There’s no doubt that they are hurting badly at this point. Stephen Harper has forced voters to where they believe they must must consider any possible strategy by which […]
Posted in General on Oct 3rd, 2015
No, I am not supporting the Toronto Blue Jays notwithstanding the fact that the CBC and the Vancouver Sun tell me I should. Perhaps it’s that, in part, that keeps me from supporting them. Being a sports fan of a particular team is utterly irrational. When I was a child I became a Habs fan […]
Posted in General on Aug 24th, 2015
The Prime Minister has just made an announcement about helping to fix the salmon problem in British Columbia with a flyer that has on its cover a picture of a salmon. Unfortunately that salmon is a Salmo salar which is the Atlantic Salmon, a true trout, not native to our coast. All seven species (eight […]
Posted in General on Aug 15th, 2015
Tell me, where the hell is it written that I must now be a Toronto Blue Jay fan? Is it because I am a Canadian? Well, I have been a Canadian for going on 84 years and during that entire time I confess that I have been a British Columbian first and a Canadian second, […]
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