Remember back when most of the world was ruled by Stupid White Incompetent Guys (SWIGs, because they drove people to drink)? Those were the days when being a SWIG meant your path to success was paved in gold. After all, the lowest SWIG on the evolutionary scale was deemed to have abilities far greater than …
Author: richardsleftbank
Retired, when in a late life crisis, began to write - started a blog and now, three novels later, the rest still isn't history.
AN ANECDOTE FOR LARRY MUFFIN
For the other readers of my blog who are asking, “Larry who?”: Larry Muffin writes a blog that I follow. He’s a well-travelled, retired Canadian diplomat who lives on Prince Edward Island with his partner and Teeter, the latest in a series of dachshunds. His blogs are an eclectic blend that range from national …
THE EMPEROR’S OLD CLOTHES
The reasons for the decisions made by Ronald Rump, PREZ for life, Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT) and World’s Greatest Comedian are increasingly easy to fathom. You just have to start by recognizing that his comic genius is always based on one of three things sacred to him: self interest, ego, vengeance and the desire …
THE ILLEGAL BY LAWRENCE HILL
As this will be my last post until the new year, I wish all those who enjoy the blog a wonderful holiday and, if those in power don't wipe out the planet in the meantime, a new year full of mirth and merriment. So, my last blog of the year is the book 'THE ILLEGAL' …
THE TRILLION DOLLAR SCAM
Last year, the Board of Testicle (the really juiced car company) awarded their CEO, HeLong Muskrat, a pay package of forty billion dollars. This was at a time when Muskrat’s favorite politicians, the Rumpettes in ‘Murica’s Congress, were fighting tooth and nail against sending fifty billion dollars of ‘Murican made weapons to U-Crane to help …
BACK AT THE RANCH IN OLD KANADOODLE
With so much hilarity going on with our good neighbors to the south, it’s easy to forget that there’s some pretty good comedy right here in Kanadoodle. Our current Prime Ribber, Chili Con Carnie, is travelling the world right now drumming up new business to replace losses in ice cube demand due to The Rump’s …
‘MURICA THE MIGHTY
A few weeks back you may remember His Highness Ronald Rump, Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT), PREZ for life and World’s Greatest Comedian, called together every General in the ‘Murican military. Then he had his Secretary of Wobbly, Peep Hogswath, famous for his killer attacks as a Foxxy News announcer, tell the generals that they …
MISS AUSTEN MINI-SERIES
MISS AUSTEN - BBC, PBS Masterpiece 2025 - Four episode mini-series based on the book by Gill Hornby. It is 1830, thirteen years after Jane Austen’s death. Despite letters asking her not to come, Jane’s spinster sister Cassandra is racing to the deathbed of the Reverend Fowle. Why? Historically, Cassandra Austen is notable for three …
DAHL’S THE TWITS – THE MOVIE
THE TWITS - Netflix, 2025 - The Twits was the first Roald Dahl book I ever encountered. I was a beginning elementary teacher at the time and found it at a bookstore when it was first published. I loved it and found that my grade five students were enchanted by Dahl’s wacky twisted humor. One …
FASCISM IN KANADOODLE?
Every once in a while, one of Kanadoodle’s home grown politicos attempts a comedy skit that might put them in the big leagues. It’s a tough thing to do when they’re up against the world class hilarity of ‘Murica’s Ronald Rump, or Vlad (the Impaler) Poutine of Rooskie. Let’s face it, Kanadoodle may have lots …
Richard's Left Bank 