Recent content by Pheroze

Both sides of the political divide are slipping back a few centuries to Thomas Hobbes. Everyone wants a Leviathan to make the world better for them. How incredibly regressive. But uncertainty is scary and democracy is hard.

Some established westerners (I will use this neutral term) perceive all people from a country or region as a homogeneous group, equally entitled to immigration. Their lack of understanding of the cultural stratification within societies outside North America makes them racist - in the sense that...

My stock tip Buy whatever Prime Minster Carney has in his “Blind Trust”. It seems to do remarkably well.

Oh wow

Is it true that Hegseth fired another Lieutenant General? It seems from the outside that the military leadership has been gutted. I think Hegseth has been the Achilles heel of this administration. If they didn’t have the debacle in Iran I don’t believe the mid-terms would be nearly as contentious.

Oh what a sad passing. I enjoyed his presence and he will be missed.

These two pair very nicely. The wine needs to be decanted. But has a velvet texture. The depth of the wine plays well with the creamy spice of My Father The Judge cigar on a cool fall night. Life is good

Watching the municipal elections, there seems to be an overall swing to the Right, except Toronto. Interesting times. The Maid business bothers me. I understand that they are going to allow prior wishes to govern. While some folks get a POA done with professional help and advice, a lot more...

I have decided to stage a hostile takeover of this thread - only local news from now on! https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/newfoundland-labrador/labrador-pumpkin-sweaters-9.7386136?shem=aimgspe, Way healthier than the diet normally served here. I invite other members to post the weird and...

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/french-lycee-student-protests-spread-quebec-9.7385998

I am not sure whether this is humour or politics

why did Trump buy approximately 7.5 days worth of diesel from Russia?

An example to consider In the 1970s a 30 year old woman suffered a blood clot that killed off her intestines. She became my father’s patient. Her prognosis was death by starvation. In today’s world, she would have met with the designated MaID person and arranged for her death. Fortunately, it...

A total tragedy. I don’t think warehousing him is really a societal benefit either. Honestly if I had the answer they would call we Yahweh. I have faith that humans have the ingenuity and intelligence to figure out our challenges. Cities are getting bigger, and we have more people on the...

The problem is that it is less about “dignity” and more about efficiency. Dignity would mean that this program would be part of a fully funded palliative care scheme. That would be a dignified way to treat people with chronic degenerative disease. Unfortunately it isn’t, because that is too...