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 …
THE GREAT ESCAPER
THE GREAT ESCAPER Bernie Jordan (played by Michael Caine), a 90 year old WWII veteran, missed the deadline to sign up for the official bus to attend the services to commemorate the 70th anniversary of D-Day in France. Stuck in a care facility in Brighton, he’s torn between his desire to go and his need …
AND THE COMEDY JUST KEEPS COMING
The Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT), His Highness, Prez for Life and World’s Greatest Comedian: the one, THE ONLY, Ronald Rump, is ON FIRE right now with some of the GREATEST COMEDY ROUTINES ever achieved! Portland is a WAR ZONE! Wow, that had us rolling in the aisle, but sending troops to stamp out …
THE BLACKTONGUE THIEF BY CHRISTOPHER BUEHLMAN
The Blacktongue Thief by Christopher Buehlman, Tor Publishing 2021 - Introducing Kinch Na Shannack, a lowly member of the Takers Guild, born in that part of Buehlman’s fictional world where the inhabitants are distinguished by, and looked down on for, their black tongues. The Takers Guild is a collective of criminals that apprentice and supply …
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JENNY’S BOY BY WAYNE JOHNSTON
Jennie’s Boy - A Newfoundland Childhood by Wayne Johnston, Knopf, 2022 - Wayne Johnston has lived an unusual life, two portions of which he has now shared through his writing. In his earlier book, ‘The Mystery of Right and Wrong’ (reviewed July 21, 2022) Johnston explored the nature of evil using his late father-in-law as …
THE MORE THINGS CHANGE
I was watching an episode of the ‘The Good Wife’ (a CBS television series that ran from 2009 - 2016) the other day. For those that don’t know the series, it was a legal/political drama where the main character, Alicia Florrick (played by Julianna Margulies) is forced to return to legal practice after her husband …
THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
The Thursday Murder Club, Netflix 2025, directed by Chris Columbus and based on the 2020 book of the same name by Richard Osman - Enter the Cooper Chase Retirement Home. It’s an old manor house redesigned for the elderly and, from the look of things, available only to those with substantial life’s savings. Elizabeth Best …
CHARLIE WHO?
The Rumpettes (formerly the Publican Party) are making much ado about the senseless killing of Charlie Kirk. According to His Highness Ronald Rump, the assassination of Kirk, not to mention all the rest of the violence in ‘Murica, is perpetrated soley by hateful left wing radicals, a sentiment that might be a tough sell for …
THE COVENANT OF WATER BY ABRAHAM VERGHESE
The Covenant of Water by Abraham Verghese, Grove Press, 2023 - This ‘Oprah’s book club choice’ novel is mostly focussed on three generations of a family starting in the early 1900’s. The setting is generally in the rural town of Parambil, located in the state of Kerala in the south western portion of India. For …
THE GERMAN MIDWIFE BY MANDY ROBOTHAM
The German Midwife by Mandy Robotham, HarperCollins, 2018 - Imagine a midwife, sometime in 1943, who has been sent to Ravensbruck (one of the notorious Nazi labor camps) not because she’s Jewish, but because she’s a politically unreliable German who provided services to the Jews in the ghetto. By 1944 she is forced to provide …
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