I find it hilarious that Glenn Beck, an American, complains that Canada is "not a democracy" because - in his opinion - the legislature has been sidelined, "allowing the executive branch to reign unchecked." What have his own executive and legislative branches been up to lately?
Exhibit number 81,942 in "why I don't believe RFK Jr. actually cares about disabled people and assisted dying."
Got a NHL Unites email today that highlights how the league supports six adaptive hockey disciplines - veterans, blind, Deaf/hard of hearing, sled, Special, and standing/amputee - with equipment, ice time, and programming.
Facebook showed me a clip from The Crown of the Queen being briefed during the Suez Crisis. "So it's all been for nothing," she says. "Rather worse than nothing," is the response.
A war in the Middle East in 1956 sounds a lot like 70 years later.
We are eating our soup, watching Canada vs. Slovakia in the men's under 18 world hockey championship.
More eugenics.
The debate on the military flu vaccine mandate is totally dominated by anti-vaxxers, who seem to have no idea that illness - even if it's "mild," even if it's not fatal - has a major impact on effectiveness. Sick sailors/soldiers/aircrew cannot be "warfighters."
Nothing like the US administration lifting a mandatory vaccine requirement to bring out "the flu only affects old, sick and disabled people" arguments on social media. So, if true, why is it OK to allow young, abled people to infect those who who are vulnerable?
Queen's University Football held its annual Gold Game, and it's probably the only university in Canada to pose football players for photos with a piper in full Highland regalia, including Royal Stewart kilt and plaid.
Americans can abandon any delusion that the rest of the world will just suddenly start trusting you again if you have a change in government. Your worldwide reputation has been damaged, if not obliterated, for generations.
Busy implementing my new policy of blocking anyone who uses the r-slur on social media. This is already reaping benefits.
The plainclothes agent assigned to follow our delegation discretely around Suzhou was easy to spot because of his conspicuous Playboy Bunny belt buckle, which makes me wonder about the training these guys receive. I'm sure the Public Security Bureau has better trained, highly professional agents.
'A former Duke University philosophy lecturer, (Jonathan Anomaly) wrote in a 2018 paper, titled “Defending Eugenics,” that he was concerned about successful, well-educated women “substituting cats for kids,” which would result in “bad effects on the gene pool” over time.'
I was just thinking that the Board of Peace, touted as a replacement for the United Nations, hasn't been much of a factor in the Iran war.
I am so pleased to find attention given to an accessibility audit and its results - this can seem mundane (toilet height! Braille signage! door levers and push button openers!) but it makes a huge difference to disabled people needing to get in, around and out of a facility.
Disney's SONGS IN SIGN LANGUAGE series beautifully proves there's an ability to integrate ASL and, by extension, disability into their animated features. I spent the day at Disney and asked if the hope was to do more over at The Film Maven.
thefilmmaven.com/disney-songs...
Sacred Trout 2
Norval Morrisseau ~ Anishinaabe
1985
Various Canadian social media accounts are following Jonathan Kay's lead in questioning and ridiculing Irritable Bowel Syndrome awareness efforts. I'm sure that this ableism will return for World Lupus Day on May 10.
Love it when Barstool Sports' Dave Portnoy posts a snarky "why is the Canadian national anthem being played in the Buffalo Sabres' arena" and he gets schooled by Western New Yorkers about how important Canadian season ticket holders and fans are to the Sabres and Bills.
Listening to Arsenal and Manchester City. Commentator says, "we just saw one of the most sublime goals scored in the Premier League this season, followed by one of the most stupid."
Worship service this morning with guest preacher from the Anabaptist tradition, with the theme "Love Costs." He admits that he normally preaches for 55 minutes and had to reign himself in for us.
Praying for our brother in Christ Msgr. Terrence Prendergast, who has been diagnosed with cancer. He served as the first Roman Catholic Archbishop of Ottawa-Cornwall.
Christian writer and Trump lickspittle Eric Metaxas says that the Pope must stop "saying idiotic and incendiary things." He sounds a lot like pagan Romans going on about Christians "saying idiotic and incendiary things" regarding a Jewish teacher executed by the state who is claimed to have risen.
I'm waiting for the actor to appear on Murdoch Mysteries or a Hallmark movie so we can shout, "Hey! It's the 'I can pay with Canadian Tire Money?' lady!"
Eugenics is having its moment.
I am told that this basket of clean laundry needs folding and putting away. Good thing this room has a TV with Raptors playoff basketball.
I'm sure that the great majority of Canadians have no idea that fellow citizens have won the Wheelchair Division of the Boston Marathon four times.
Only last night social media was full of "Art of the Deal" and "only the Great Peacemaker could get the Strait opened permanently" posts.
Prescott in Leeds and Grenville. There are a confusing number of places named after Robert Prescott, Governor General of Upper and Lower Canada.
