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Moving into new digs I haven't posted for the last two weeks since I moved house. As part of the process, all my machines have been boxed and are waiting for the move. I have temporarily set up my one desktop unit, running Windows 11, to post this, and I hope to have the entire system back up and running soon.  On another thought I'm really enjoying not having to be connected online all the time. My new place is great, and there is a wonderful walking and biking park literally out my back window. Less time online and more time for me.  A possibility. -30-  

Canadians will soon realize they had secured a pyrrhic victory by voting for Mark Carney and the Liberals out of sheer panic.  “You can sway a thousand men by appealing to their prejudices quicker than you can convince one man by logic.” Robert Heinlein Mark Carney, who replaced Justin Trudeau as prime minister on March 14, has now been elected in his own right in Canada's recent election. A Conservative victory which had appeared so inevitable that political commentators speculated not on "if," but "when Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre would take the role of prime minister, following ten years of Trudeau's far-left governance. If American leftists exhibit Trump Derangement Syndrome, Canadians appear to have surpassed them. By opting for the path of national decline and self-destruction that has marked the past, Canadians seemingly acted spitefully toward Donald Trump. Trump, meanwhile, relished mocking the Canadian prime minister, Justin Trudeau, dubbing hi...

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 Cole's Note - Facebook is Censoring this post as being from a US news source.  I find it an excellent Column and would recommend it as a column of the day: The 51st State or the 14th Colony—or Something Else? Photo: PJ Media.com by David Solway - PJ Media  | 8:17 PM on March 12, 2025 So much fuss and bother has been made on both sides of the border over Donald Trump’s presumed intention to annex Canada as the 51st state that people seem to have forgotten that the issue goes back at least as far as an October 21, 1774 Congressional “Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec.” So much fuss and bother has been made on both sides of the border over Donald Trump’s presumed intention to annex Canada as the 51st state that people seem to have forgotten that the issue goes back at least as far as an October 21, 1774 Congressional “Address to the Inhabitants of the Province of Quebec.”  As Mark Anderson in his archival "The Battle for the Fourteenth Colony: Americ...

Cole's Notes Sunday Review March 9, 2025 Kaizen Stanley Cup Meet and Greet Photo Credit:  Coleman Mark Cooper for Cole’s Notes Blog. March 9, 2025, 3:00 pm - (Calgary) Oilers Alumni Mark Messier autographs a Jersey for a young fan at the Kaizen Stanley Cup Meet and Greet held at Country Hills Hyundai in Calgary today.

 Sunday Review - March 2, 2025 I've been sifting through the web this week and attached the best stories I've found. Land acknowledgements often ignore  history We should avoid creating mythology and special recognition that may have no basis in fact. I remember the first time I heard a statement at a public event along the lines of, “This building is located on traditional unceded Aboriginal land.” It was in Australia, and it struck me as disingenuous, simplistic and patronizing. If the people making this statement really felt that badly about the land they (and possibly their forebearers) lived and worked on for generations and ostensibly stole, then they would reasonably choose to give the land back along with all they had built upon it. (more)

Jeromy Farkas on the Budget 📢 2025 Alberta Budget - A Calgary Perspective By Jeromy Farkas The provincial budget is about choices. This one has some wins, some losses, and some areas where we need to push for better. As mayor, I will be a strong, pragmatic advocate for Calgary – someone who can work across party lines to deliver results and ensure that Calgarians are represented. Let's dig in. Here's my initial take on what needs fixing, what to watch, and what's on the right track. 🚨 Fix This (problems that need urgent attention) 📈 Property tax hike for Calgary: Affordability must be our top priority right now. This budget increases property taxes on Calgarians by about $240 for the average home. This places an undue burden on our city's families and seniors, who are already contributing more to provincial revenues than we receive back. 🏭 Lack of explicit tariff resilience: Other provinces are already preparing for potential trade barriers a...