This fucking Ambassador. Send him home and don’t let him come back.

He’s a typical high school drug dealer that somehow failed upward. All he knows is that these are scary words that make people vote for him.

Which is why it’s sad that the Liberals got a majority government now. But it is still thin so maybe some deals will still need to be made.

Just played the NES Contra yesterday for the first time in probably over a decade. Still can beat it first try although I did have to use a couple of continuous on stage 4. I’m so used to not dying that I forgot where to find the good weapons. But for stages 5-8 I still had all the muscle memory of where to shoot and when that I developed as a kid.

I’ll vote for you if this is your platform!

If I knew in grade school that Penner = Bum in German I would have been merciless to so many kids.

The exercise bit is so important. I’m mid 40s recently started working out with weights again after about 6 years of being somewhat sedentary other than running/walking dogs. Almost instantly I had worked out some pain my shoulder had been giving me that had been preventing me from sleeping well, and I don’t grunt when getting up from a crouched position anymore. Also just feeling better and more capable all around.

I think I’m just gonna block the word Hoekstra. Nothing good or worthy of attention is attached to that name.

All I got right now is this box of one dozen starving crazed weasels.

I’ve got a bunch of CBC podcasts that I love.

Under the Influence has great storytelling and talks a lot about the history of marketing in very interesting ways.

We Regret to Inform You is by the same people and talks about the hardships some people have had to go through before making it big. I really only listen to episodes about people I already know about though.

The Debaters is a great comedy podcast. I also listen to Laugh out Loud and have been caught laughing my head off in the middle of the dog park.

Backstage at the Vinyl Cafe is going through Stuart McLean’s Vinyl Cafe stories and adding a bit of background about each story. I thought I’d skip the background stuff, but it’s actually not bad to listen to. Stuart McLean was such an amazing story teller and I always love hearing these stories about Canada.

Quirks and Quarks is a great science podcast although I kicked it off my list for a while until I can clear my other backlog.

One US based podcast I would still recommend (They’re not political, but still not pro Trump) is Go Fact Yourself. Great podcast in a trivia game show format. The central idea is really cool. Pick 3 topics outside your field of work that you’re an expert in. They then quiz you on one of those three topics with a special guest expert in the topic who comes on at the end. And the people they get are absolutely amazing! They had Walter Koenig on as an expert, and then he liked the show so much he came back as a player.

There’s a long history to the F35 purchase and I wouldn’t lay it all on Trudeau after all the sunk costs. I’d more lay it on Stephen Harper for not exploring other options.

Google AI summary

The procurement became a politically contentious issue, particularly after the Conservative government announced the F-35 as the sole option without a competitive bidding process in 2010.

Pete Hoekstra doesn’t deserve to be mentioned in our news media. As an ambassador, the only thing he’s good at is pissing off his host country.

I was wondering if the 10% additional tariff due to the political ad would have any affect, since it doesn’t even pass the “emergency drug crisis” test.

I’ve heard rumours of AUPE joining in. They’ve been without a contract for a year and a half.

And bring back the big tech tax.

Ronnie’s Jumbo peanuts and sunflower seeds are the best you’ll find anywhere. They’re from Manitoba.

I mean, I am doing those things. I’m also just curious as to why we’re so focused on alcohol. It’s probably because it’s one of the things where it’s easy to find non-American alternatives. But maybe because there’s a lot of Coca Cola bottling locally in Canada people don’t care?

Either way, I’ve been looking around for Canadian candy to give away for Halloween. Hawkins Cheesies and Rockets might be it.

Why do we care so much about US liquor? Nobody talks about boycotting US soft drinks and candy.

That’s not a great abbreviation to use for Canada Post. Too many other things share those initials.