Wednesday, July 31, 2024

How can Ozempic advertise (so heavily) in Canada?

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I, and many others, are absolutely sick of those amateurish Ozempic and Rybelsus advertisements. I'm sure you know the ones, particularl...

Venezuela's election is no great surprise

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I spent several years living in  Venezuela back in the '90s, and I have some very mixed memories of it. It's a beautiful country, bl...
Saturday, July 27, 2024

Canada looks bad on the international sports stage with drone allegations

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I have to deal with it. The Canadian Women's Soccer team's drone-powered cheating  in the Olympics has left a bad taste in pretty mu...

Trump promises no more voting after this election

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Sorry, more American news. But it's hard to look away from this stuff, especially given that "when America sneezes, Canada catches ...
Thursday, July 25, 2024

More interesting maps than you can shake a stick at

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If you read these posts, you might know that I'm a bit of a sucker for a good map. I find that maps are a good succinct visual method of...
Wednesday, July 24, 2024

Is "Drill, baby, drill!" a good slogan?

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I've been trying to find out who thought it a good idea to use the phrase "Drill, baby, drill!" as a political slogan. Both Do...
Tuesday, July 23, 2024

Laughing Kamala? Sounds like a compliment to me

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Donald Trump, who is known for the childish, politically incorrect nicknames he gives to his rivals, seems to be scraping the barrel. After ...

Bidenomics has actually been remarkably successful

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Joe Biden will serve out the remaining months of his four-year administration. Just because he decided not to stand for a second term, and j...