Dog On A Root

  You can bet Trump didn't actually "buy" the car, nor did Musk "give" it to him. Chances are all those other people that can't afford the car are the ones ultimately paying for it. To add insult to injury, TRUMP is the reason the economy has tanked leaving these people unable to afford to buy their own car. And to think... it was just a few years ago that Trump had THIS to say about the Tesla and Elon Musk.

- jim Young That’s right, we need to take back America. The good citizens of the United States have referred to themselves as “Americans” for so long that the label “American” has become synonymous with the people of the United States. But that’s not accurate. The “United States of America” was chosen as their official name on September 9, 1776 but that does not give them exclusive right to the American moniker. While all people that are citizens of the United States may be Americans, it does not follow that all Americans are citizens of the United States. There are a total of 23 countries that make up North America and another 12 in South America. The total population of the “Americas” is over 1 billion people. That’s 1 billion Americans! Why are the people of the U.S. the only country in these continents being referred to as Americans? There are no other countries in the world that are named the “United States”. There is no “United States of Europe” or no “United States of Africa” th...

 

 

- jim Young “For the apparel oft proclaims the man.” - William Shakespeare, (Hamlet, Act 1, sc. 3.) If the proverb that “clothes makes the man” is true then I’ll take a dozen XL sets of the clothing that Volodymyr Zelenskyy wore to his recent meeting with Trump at the Oval Office.  Contrary to what a couple of thugs like Trump and his Yoko Ono sidekick, J.D. Vance would have you believe, Zelenskyy is the embodiment of “respect”, a quality that is sorely lacking in most politicians today and non-existent in Trump and Vance. It all began the moment Zelenskyy stepped out of his car at the White House to greet the President. The first words out of Trump’s mouth were, “You’re all dressed up today.”   Trump’s first words of greeting to Zelenskyy were a feeble attempt at intimidation. Most negotiation experts recommend setting the stage with a friendly rapport, but Trump chose, as he often does, intimidation. Seriously? Trump thinks he has bone spurs big enough to intimidate someone...

 

Wasted Times - jim Young “Time and Tide wait for no man.” - Geoffrey Chaucer “Spend your money however you like,” the wise old man told his son “If you run out of money, you can always make more tomorrow. But spend your time wisely. Time may be infinite… but not for you.” The older I get, the more I value my time. So I don't appreciate it when people waste my time. I find that to be very disrespectful. I recently made an online purchase that required a verification of my credit card. This required an expenditure of my time in an effort to protect my money. I get that. It’s a good thing. But I entered my “validation code” incorrectly, not once, not twice… but three times. “Three strikes and you’re out,” they say. That was my stupidity… my bad. So I accept responsibility for some of the wasted time that was to follow. I had realized my error almost immediately, but seconds too late, and slapped myself on my forehead for it. But before I could “try again” I was instructed to call the ...

- jim Young "Something is rotten in the state of Washington, D.C." - with apologies to William Shakespeare In trying to help do my part in fighting Trump's tariffs, I try to make certain I am purchasing as many "Made In Canada" products as I can. So when I make my shopping list at home I will check out the country of origin of as many products as I can and make a little note in my list to let me know if my usual favourite brands are okay to purchase. This saves me time as I don't have to look for country of origin labels when I shop. Google has a relatively new feature called "AI Overview" which I believe checks several sites against your question and provides you a summary for your answer. I wouldn't rely on it too much for serious fact checking, but it can be very handy when you are just looking for a quick answer. However when I asked the question " Is Prego spaghetti sauce MADE in Canada?" The response from AI Overview was ...

 

 

 - jim Young "What's good for the goose is good for the gander." - anon I applied for my very first credit card when I was still in high school. When my application was approved I received in the mail, a credit card for Canadian Tire that was made out of cardboard and had a credit limit of $100. I suppose it was possible that the cashier might make a clerical error when manually filling in the account number from these cardboard credit cards, voiding the transaction and making it impossible for the oil company or department store to bill the customer, however I was never lucky enough to have that happen to me.  But that possibility was eliminated when plastic cards with embossed numbers and swipe machines that imprinted a carbon copy of the account number onto the credit slips were introduced. The magnetic strip was the next advancement in credit cards which not only improved accuracy and allowed the collection of more data but also significantly reduced processing time. ...

- jim Young ”When did fact-checking and journalism go their separate ways?” - Jon Stewart This… this right here is what’s wrong with the political world today. It’s also what’s wrong with Facebook. Frederick R. Barnard noted that “A picture says a thousand words,” but unfortunately we don’t always know what those words say. Here is a post that is circulating Facebook today simply because it’s so easy just to click and share anything that supports our views no matter how inaccurate or misleading the information may be. Shown in the photo is a picture of Pierre Poilievre with Jeremy MacKenzie, the founder of the group Diagolon. The photo and the accompanying text, questions Poilievre’s capabilities as a leader based on this photo.  It certainly looks like Pierre and Jeremy are best buds and it certainly looks like they are supporting each other on some issue but there is no indication whatsoever that may be. Does that give one the right to make an assumption that Poilievre support...

 

- jim Young “America, where are you now? Don't you care about your sons and daughters? Don't you know we need you now? We can't fight alone against the monster.” - Jerry Edmonton & John Kay Pierre Berton, as many of you may recall, was a Canadian historian, writer, journalist, broadcaster, panelist on the long running TV Show “Front Page Challenge” and of course a proud, very proud Canadian.  Although I don’t recall all of the minor details, I once heard the following story about Berton. Someone (I don’t even recall if it was a celebrity or an admirer) once asked Pierre Berton if he was an American. “Yes,” Pierre Berton replied proudly, “I’m a North American.” He then went on to clarify, “I’m a Canadian.” U.S. President Donald Trump seems to mistakenly think that the United States somehow has a monopoly on the word “America”. Trump also mistakenly thinks that renaming the “Gulf Of Mexico” as the “Gulf Of America” is somehow going to make people think that the “Gulf Of M...