Category: Motorcycle Safety
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Madness
I have spent an inordinate amount of time, missing a man, I never knew. A man whose talent was so wonderfully, beautifully human that if I were able to bring him back, just for awhile, and so that I spend that time in his company, I would happily forego many of the so-called pleasures of…
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The Illusion of Making A Difference
Gun Control and Irrationality Justin Trudeau and the Liberal Party of Canada have gone from reasoned to irrational since coming to office almost ten years ago. One specific area where over reach has become irrational has to do with firearms in Canada. I am all in favour of controlling weapons and the access of weapons…
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Thanksgiving? No, We’re Living On Borrowed Time
Unless you’ve living in a cave in Mongolia without any form of connection to the outside world, you have to realize that we, you, me and virtually everyone on earth, are living on borrowed time. It doesn’t matter what your philosophical views are, or your political or economic beliefs. The world is rapidly becoming sick,…
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Where is the West’s Line in the Sand?
I cannot help being disillusioned, but more-so worried for Ukraine in its war with Russia. The war has now become a major international conflict that has implications for the future of Europe in its entirety. North Korea is more than willing to send 100,000 soldiers to Russia, in an effort by Kim Jong Un to…
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I Think He Just Blew Up! – Part 1
I had just about turned twenty-two in 1974 and had been fortunate enough to be accepted into the Fire Department’s Training Academy for my city. There had been seven hundred qualified applications for what turned out to be nine positions that year, so I felt satisfied that I had succeeded when I was selected. When…
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Netanyahu Is A War Criminal
Benjamin Netanyahu’s pursuit of Hamas has led to a conviction by the International Criminal Court in The Hague. His actions, irrespective of what transpired that led to alleged war crimes, were, and are, crimes against humanity. It has been as Netanyahu’s behest that the (IDF) Israeli Defence Forces, systematically obliterated Gaza, along with 44,000 Gazans,…
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Reflections
I wrote this a few years ago, reflecting on how at one point it my life, I was both the protagonist and antagonist of this poem. It could have gone either way. I often wonder how many others stood on that bridge and made the alternate choice. This is for them, and the men I’ve…
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The Lunacy of the Commons
Project 25 – A Blueprint for Autocracy Most of us who vote in western democracies, I hope, do so on the basis of information as knowledge. But what I’m discovering, is that Republicans, by and large, do not. Most cannot identify the principle aims of Project 25, the far-right ‘playbook’ for the deconstruction of democratic…
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Autocrat’s Should Be Banned
There should be a requirement in a democracy to accept the will of the people, and to accept the electoral process, or be invalidated as a candidate. For any candidate who abrogates the rule, he or she should subsequently receive a permanent lifetime ban from the political process as punishment. Convicted felons should be disqualified…
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How Will Your World Change If Trump Wins?
This question begs for an answer. In the past, when a dictator takes power, there is a brief respite prior to enacting mandates and edicts. There usually is a period of dismantlement, which in the case of the United States, began during trump’s first Presidency. The Supreme Court was the first victims of trump’s dismantlement…