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This worrying ---- to this date about 33% of Republicans have been vaccinated compared to about 67% of Democrats. Moreover 43% of Republicans claim to have no intention at all of ever getting a shot. Has the party fallen so badly for anti-science, false news and conspiracy theories? This is a...

Okay, We Give Up --- We Feel So Ashamed by The Editors (Of Scientific American) March 2005 There's no easy way to admit this. For years, helpful letter writers told us to stick to science. They pointed out that science and politics don't mix. They said we should be more balanced in our...

https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/1876878403818 This short video pretty much summarizes the centuries long relationship between Canada and the USA. ---- the bully and the courageous and defiant underdog.

I’m Fine, Thanks for Masking by John Pavlovitz The first time I came across an article about anti-maskers, I thought it had to be satire."There’s no way that’s real." I responded almost involuntarily, all but certain that it was fake news. "No reasonable person would be that way, right?" The...

I find it very odd that no one has yet started a thread to discuss the shameful events of yesterday.

John Travolta's fans were upset when he was hospitalized for COVID-19. However, it turned out that he only has Saturday Night Fever and he's Staying Alive.

Winter solstice occurs at 5:02 AM on December 21 this year. In honour of the season I give you the following: What’s this empire coming to? Now they want us to stop greeting people with "Io Saturnalia!? "We have all these different cultures in Rome" they tell us, "We shouldn’t offend anyone"...

Pro-Life, The American Myth of Republican Christianity By John Pavlovitz Pro-Life. They keep using those words, but I’m pretty sure those words don’t mean what they think they mean. I’m almost positive pro-life Republicans aren’t pro-life, in any way that actually—you know, protects actual...

Over the past several weeks Trump and/or the Republicans have initiated almost three dozen challenges in various courts in an attempt to overthrow the presidential election. All but one have failed. The one that didn't forced a recount in one state. IIRC that recount confirmed a Biden win. Today...

What a beautiful and powerful apology! My girls loved his stories and so did I.

The Trump administration has become extremely polite. Suddenly everyone is saying "pardon me".

Are these snowflakes drifting down on my screen someone's idea of a joke.? It is a very annoying joke.

A happy thanksgiving day to all my fellow Canadians. First celebrated in Canada in 1578.

If this whole thing weren't so completely stupid, it would be funny. Back in 2017 Trump imposed a 20% tariff on Canadian lumber claiming unfair trade practices. Canada immediately appealed to the World Trade Organization. In earlier this year the WTO ruled that the tariffs were illegal and...

It looks like the National Rifle Association is in deep trouble for two reasons. First, due to the spate of high profile mass shootings, their donations are way down taking them from a $28 million surplus in 2015 to a deficit of $36 million in 2018. Secondly, the executives appear to be...

Ties That Bind --- the Jewish ritual of preparing the body for burial is a tradition of sacred fellowship --- by Michelle Friedman It is early morning when the call I dread but expect comes. Hastily, I dress in somber, practical clothing and rearrange my work schedule for the day. I know the...

President Trump may have chosen the wrong fight in his war with Twitter: Trump is doubly wrong about Twitter Laurence H. Tribe, Joshua A. Geltzer Laurence H. Tribe is the Carl M. Loeb University Professor and Professor of Constitutional Law at Harvard. Joshua A. Geltzer is executive...

Today, May 5, is Liberation Day in Holland. 75 years ago today the German Army in Holland surrendered to the Canadian Army. The link between Holland and Canada has been powerful ever since.

As a white man watching the Michigan protests of Governor Gretchen Whitmer’s stay-at-home orders, all I could think was: Black people don’t get to do this. Muslims don’t get to do this. Latinos don’t get to do this. People who don’t look like this don’t get to do this. They don’t get to swarm...