Certain world powers go out of their way to prove how little moral ground they have, despite their wealth and real estate. Choose the moment that might make “the other guy” lose face and then play it for the cameras. There’s no sense of fair play, however.
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As I watched a test RSS feed of this blog “come in” this morning, it struck me that the titles (and by extension, the content) over the last while have had a rather negative tone. I felt as s if I was turning into a curmudgeon (with steel-hued locks), only before my given time. To thwart this pattern (and by extension, a label from family and friends) I’m going to try and be “a bit more jovial” in my approach.
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There’s a standing order that one shall not criticize the soldier who is in harm’s way. Let’s put a screen over in that corner of the room, and while the contingent of the enlisted are away, let’s turn and look at those responsible; those who wish they had a screen, but don’t; the politicians.
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Here we are, minutes away from the start of the Oscars broadcast. The tension is clearly palpable, according to the mob of journalists down on the red carpet watch, but let’s be real; the important question played out today in another country. Who would be named Presidente, with an “e”?
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Someone who was superstitious, or who believed that a multiplicity of unusual events would be very worried right now. To a scientific mind, all of the following things can be explained with rational arguments, but put yourself in the hide of a less world-weary person. These are troubled times, says he.
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A path to the big pasture; when Mr. Martin used to drive his cows up the hill to the best field in the area, it probably wasn’t much to write back to the Old Country about. After all, cow paths are important to a niche group. It would appear that the city is back to that mindset.
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If my calculations are correct (and the data set is accurate) then 56% of my fellow citizens now enjoy a mid-winter civic holiday. As of this year, four provinces have designated the third Monday in February as Family Day. One more province and we’re at the level of participation that could be used for things like constitutional amendments. Come on Maritimes! And Newfoundland. You can push this whole numbers game over the two-thirds required. Just out of curiosity, who used that number with a country composed of ten provinces. Can we say “it does not compute” in either official language?
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Now here’s a thought: what if the contest to be the president of a large neighbouring nation was decided with a singing contest? We could spend the next few weeks (months?) watching all of the qualifying candidates performing songs chosen from a random hit parade list. All the necessary rights would be paid to the copyright holders, of course, and we could travel around the continent with our posse. I think I’ll call my program Idol Politician. It works on several different levels, and the advertising derivatives would be enormous.
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Playing in a minefield is something that the wise avoid. That applies to the virtual along with the real. I live in a cultural minefield, one where the next innocent pile of dust might virtually destroy your leg. You see, language goes to the very soul of policy with the governance of this country. Pick a level, any level; sorry, you lose. Next.
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There’s something about the business model of pro sports teams that eludes me. The press goes to great lengths to reveal the absurdities of the contractual rewards reaped by the players, and that same press takes great pleasure in letting us know every time a general manager or a coach is “sacked”. Not the football quarterback sack (hype for the Superbowl) but the kind that says that a rich man who did something or other will now have to find another city to do something or other. Maybe it’s akin to a lunch sack; the wrong one from a countertop, on a busy morning.
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