Second Gen (2003-2016, 2016- )
An odd piece in the Globe this morning about the alleged Tory strategy to create a new nationalism: If you wonder what that new nationalism is and where to find it, the Conservatives will point you to Canada’s belligerent domination of the Vancouver’s Winter Olympics; to the new generation of immigrants, most of them from … Continue reading “Day 25: New Tory Nationalism = Making Stuff Up?”
The news of NDP deputy leader Libby Davis getting in hot water about supporting a boycott of Israel has got me thinking. Not about Israel’s right to exist – even if I understand any nation’s right to defend itself in order to better assert and ensure continuation of its existence – but about boycotting. The … Continue reading “So How Many Boycotts Are There Out There?”
Ah, a whole work week has come and gone without any Olympics buggering up the TV. We have other things to think about… apparently. Some think we have little on our minds but I think the nation stands for more than that. Me, I stand for a shot at getting out the Weber char-bee-que tomorrow … Continue reading “The Friday Bullets For Hints Of Spring”
Truth be told, every Canadian male has a deep and abiding crush on every member of the woman’s hockey team and photos of them drinking beer just feed the flame. We have commercials where the players kick doltish men like us all on the ice. They sell us social networking tech. While we have to … Continue reading “The Women Every Real Canadian Male Has A Crush On…”
There are few phrases more evocative for a Canadian of my early middle age than “Canada Russia”. When I was nine I heard the final game of the 1972 series broadcast from Moscow on the car radio sitting in a parking lot in Middleton, NS. We won. We were not always successful in the international head … Continue reading “What Beer For Canada Against Russia?”
There are few phrases more evocative for a Canadian of my early middle age than “Canada Russia”. When I was nine I heard the final game of the 1972 series broadcast from Moscow on the car radio sitting in a parking lot in Middleton, NS. We won. We were not always successful in the international … Continue reading “What Beer For Canada Against Russia?”
And so it begins. An embarrassing manufactured jingoistic spend-fest. Imagine the regret in March, the bills, the questions as to whether all the bronze medals and seventh to seventeenth place finishes were worth it. But then it will be spring, there will be baseball, representational democracy will be returned to us and we can get … Continue reading “Friday Bullets For The Beginning Of The Orgy”
I need to break loose and do mad cap things like post sports bullets on Mondays. But not every Monday. That would be a rut. But as it is no longer January, I am no longer in a rut. Spring Training starts this month. It is the month before spring. Plans are already started for … Continue reading “Your Random Monday Morning Sports Roundup”
I feel badly for Hans. I even drove near Heuvleton, NY on the way here so the whole family could wave at the ancestral home of Hans. But I have to get to the South Portland library to post this week, it was closed yesterday and, frankly, there is sea life to consume instead of … Continue reading “Maine Update #1: Poor Hans – Nothing To Read”
OK, it didn’t change. It’s pretty much the same as last week – but it is really like that week twenty-seven weeks back if you think about it. It’s kinda eerie when you think about it like that. Or mid-May 2005. It’s like that, too. Weird: Georgian military update: Castle Aaarrgh knows all. Best Job … Continue reading “Friday Bullets For The Week Your Life Changed Forever!”