I hate reading stuff like this.
It's so discouraging.

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CBC Asks: Many Canadians distrustful of federal politics, poll indicates
4 in 10 Canadians never talk politics, Samara Canada survey suggests
CBC News Posted: Mar 25, 2015 5:00 AM ET Last Updated: Mar 25, 2015 4:02 PM ET
A strong majority of Canadians don't take part in politics beyond ( Read more... )

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/canadian-soldiers-to-train-ukrainian-military-police-1.2864306
No word on how many, or where, or when, but we are told that Some, are There, Now.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/ukrainian-winnipeggers-rally-on-eve-of-minister-visit-to-kiev-1.2863875

http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/james-bezan-conservative-mp ( Read more... )

A few days ago I was looking at the FB feed and someone had posted a link to a news story about a pastor in Flyover Country somewhere had been harassed and abused by the local rednecks for being especially welcoming in the way he was running his church ( Read more... )

... is about all I can say for now.
Once there was this little baby I could hold in both hands, and now there's a man living in my house who calls me "Dad".
I'm so proud of him in so many ways, and he is still surprising me in new ones.

Happy birthday, Akito.

(and no, I won't embarass him with a picture!)

Okay, I can't seem to place two lists of things next to each other in an LJ entry, but here's a comparison of the deeds and official treatments of cop-killer Bourque and soldier-killer Zehaf-Bibeau.

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I am 50 today.
Yikes.
That is all.

This just in ( Read more... )

Well, uh, yeah... no kiddin'.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/high-functioning-autism-creating-challenges-in-the-public-service

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