Two court cases reported in the same newscast last week… CASE ONE - Nineteen year old Aiden Bell and Mark Harrison arrived at a park in Nanaimo, B.C., carrying knives, bear spray and looking for trouble. Fred Parsons, a gentle person with developmental disorders, and some of his friends, were occupying the swing set in …
SEARCHING FOR SENSE IN NONSENSE
Here I am, sitting on an ice block in the old igloo, reflecting on the current international situation. I have to hand it to my late father-in-law who had the ‘mot juste’ for our current situation. His perfect answer was stated around 1938, when he was asked his opinion about the international situation and responded …
WHAT JENNIFER DID
What Jennifer Did - Netflix 2024 documentary directed by Jenny Popplewell - A true crime drama about a young woman from Markham, Ontario who, in 2010 was responsible for the murder of her mother and attempted murder of her father. The events began with a 911 emergency call from Jennifer Pan pleading for help - …
ISN’T IT GRAND?
Gosh, what a time to be living! Waking up EVERY morning, knowing that ALL the problems in ‘Murica AND around the world, will be solved by dinner time - content that the remaining days before the Rump begins his third term will be devoted to basking in beds of rose petals. We in Kanadoodle would …
BABE
BABE - a Chris Noonan (director/co-writer) and George Miller (producer/co-writer) film from 1995, based on the children’s book ‘The Sheep-Pig’ by Dick King-Smith - I think any children’s book or movie that aspires to greatness has to appeal not only to children, but the adults who sit and read/watch it with them. ‘Babe’ is just …
THE TRILLIONAIRE GAME – HOW MUCH IS ENOUGH?
I’ve been sitting on the old ice block, tossing back a brewski and thinking about a billion dollars. It’s a BIG number, no doubt about it. I don’t know about you, but even without a brewski, I have difficulty wrapping my head around a billion dollars. It's the kind of number that goes with the …
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WHAT HAPPENED IN THE 1970’S?
The ‘people’ in ‘Murica, by which I mean the little folk - not the billionaires, are pissed with the system and it’s no wonder. Federal Reserve data shows that the economic bottom 50 percent of U.S. households now hold less than 4 percent of the country’s assets, while the top 10% income earners hold over …
GOING, GOING… SOLD TO THE MAN WITH THE ORANGE HAIR
It’s official - Kanadoodle’s BOY WONDER, Dustbin Truthless, is stepping down as Prime Ribber. His Libelous Party is now beginning a process to select a new leader who will get to be the new Prime Ribber until an election is called - a period estimated to be about thirty-five seconds. Prediction: the new leader of …
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SHOULD DEMOCRACY SURVIVE? PART TWO
Now that the Grand High Imperial Twitterbug (GHIT) and his Rumpette Cult (formerly the Publican Party) are gearing up to DRAIN THE SWAMP in ‘Murica and usher in a New and Golden Age (NAGA), we in Kanadoodle should start thinking about draining our own swamp. Don’t we deserve a NAGA up here in the frozen …
A YEAR END PREVIEW
With Christmas done, Boxing ‘week’ sales in full swing and the year coming to an end, the news media think it’s wonderful to subject us to pathetic ‘year end reviews’. I ask you, who wants to remember all the stupid and squalid events of the past year when we’ve just barely put them behind us? …
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