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Keep MAGA Ideology Out Of Canadian Politics
- jim Young “Democracy in the contemporary world demands, among other things, an educated and informed people.” - Elizabeth Bishop Conservative Supporters Go MAGA I don’t think it’s a stretch to suggest that just one of the reasons that Pierre Poilievre and the Conservatives succumbed to Mark Carney and the Liberals in the recent Canadian Federal Election, is that too many Canadians, right or wrong, perceived Mr. Poilievre’s agenda to be too closely aligned with President Trump and MAGA. Now it seems that some of Mr. Poilievre’s supporters are suggesting that one of the causes for the loss was election interference. Sound familiar? I hope we are not going down that road which will only serve to further strengthen the belief that Mr. Poilievre and the Conservatives have aligned themselves with Trump and MAGA too closely. At least Mr. Poilievre himself has demonstrated too much class to jump on that bandwagon. Now, don’t get me wrong. If there was election interference, it’s a very...
National Caesar Day
“Et tu, Brute?” - attributed to Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare No. Not that kind of Caesar. The Canadian Kind. If it’s not yet or still, “National Caesar Day” when you are reading this, don’t fret. The Caesar is a cocktail enjoyed by over 400 million Canadians every year. Or maybe it’s just 100 Canadians drinking 4 million every year. I don’t know. Suffice it to say there are over 400 million Caesars served in Canada every year. I am currently writing a book called “Cocktails For Two: Belly Up To The Bar” that is scheduled to be released later this year. In it, you will find recipes for about 100 cocktails along with many tips for serving them, stories of their origins and related trivia like the excerpt I have included here for the Caesar. Many cocktails were created with little thought and sometimes even less time as a bartender will throw together a few ingredients (with at least one being a spirit of some kind) and unwittingly come up with a winner. Ofttimes an award wi...
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