I WAS thinking of taking the family to Montreal for an extended cycling visit this summer. WAS. I hope this reaches someone with contacts in the mayor's office. Last year we spent 2 weeks (family of three) riding, eating, shopping, going to shows in Quebec. Does #Montreal Mayor want a piece of this?
I laughed so hard. Everything about this.
More than a passing resemblance to the burning envy shown on social media toward people on bikes by others who are/feel chained to an engine.
"Just-can't-handle-you... not wishing you were me!"
You mean it's not?!
Call me disillusioned.
Aujourd'hui il pleut à Ottawa, mais je rêve du vélo au Québec en été! Notre famille dépense bien d'argent en faisant le cycle-tourisme.
In Canada, suddenly everyone is a parent with four kids all going to hockey practice in different arenas at the same time.
In summer, everyone has to do a month of groceries and stop at Ikea on the way there to buy a sofa bed.
I can find no references in the Bible, not even the parables, in support of Sharrows.
Truly, only in Canada can high speed rail be up for debate. Everywhere else: damn this beats airport taxi fares, long line-ups, turbulence, shrinking seat widths, dude spilling into my space... and now wondering if there are enough air traffic controllers on duty.
Never thought I'd spend my Sunday glued to Hungarian election results.
It's AI, but in this one case I approve!
I am struck by how Zelenskyy has risen to the occasion in analyzing & communicating clearly--in English--today's geopolitical situation for Ukraine and Europe.
I'm not trying to be a fan-boy, but to point out how clear he is now in a language he did not speak half as well a couple of years ago.
Temporary occupations are... temporary.
One hell of a distraction from pedophilia and rape, isn't it?!
Indeed. A decade of assorted public figures glorifying cruelty will do that.
Just wrote a book about that. Strong Ukrainian content because, well, history.
Meanwhile in Budapest, gross election interference, railing against election interference. Declaring love of Christian values, while practicing none.
A whole civilization is dying before our eyes. Yes, to the south of Canada's border, but it's infecting the entire world. Some of it was due to go, and good riddance, but did it have to be this way, prompted by the most vulgar, avaricious and hateful, pretending to be Christian?
A big burden those immigrants. Just think how much better Alberta would have done if they had just kept all the Ukrainians out.
Oh, right, maybe not such a burden, those immigrants.
Now substitute every other ethic group for Ukrainian and you'll get the same result.
Alberta was built by immigrants.
That's pretty much how I felt about buying the latest Chevy Bolt, after loving my 2018 all this time. As a Canadian, I'm not spending another penny on a US-made car from a company that rapidly caved on keeping manufacturing in Canada, and has done zero to up the EVs produced here. So, Korea it is!
Everything he does is a whim, an impulse. With the exception that he always acts in an attempt to promote oil, gas (which occasionally backfires), and always returns to doing what Putin wants when he's done making noises about supporting Ukraine.
A little humour, and mobility/freedom, in sad/restrictive times!
Trump considering obliterating Iranian electrical power plants and leaving general population without electricity or water:
"Hey, if my puppet master Putin can get away with war crimes, how about I give it a try!"
Indeed. That "cousin in Georgia" you might want to visit is going to have to get a passport and take a trip north to the independent and sovereign nation of Canada.
Interesting. Though you might rephrase it as MAGA has a solution to everything (domination) that is forever scanning for a new problem. Venezuela, Iran, Greenland, Canada... anything to avoid looking in the mirror at the host of domestic problems in need of actual solutions. Too complicated!
I feel seen!
While many of us will be saying a prayer for Peter Clark, we will also be doing so for any other crossing guard willing to put themselves at such risk.
Meanwhile Premier Doug Ford and way too many car owners in Canada pray at the altar of My God Given Right to Drive Fast.
#SpeedCamerasBackNow!
It's also happening in the midst of a very hot spring, in advance of-with the return of El Niño-what's expected to be the hottest year ever. Until next year.
Because fossil fuels couldn't be the cause.
And fossil fuel floggers aren't engaged in predatory delay.
Spoiler: It is and they are.
Less worried about a president's lack of cards than his lack of marbles.
Now this is something worth remembering!
I just noticed there's a giant fusion reactor in the sky. We could probably get some energy from that if oil is a problem