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The political, familial, and trivial ramblings of a Canadian, expat, SAHM in Germany.
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CUPE Local 3903 vs. York U and McGuinty
It is no secret that strike action is France’s national sport of choice. It seems that this sport is gaining in popularity. One particular strike that has especially caught my attention is the York University strike in Toronto.Hubby and I have been...
Adultery = Criminal in South Korea
Upon first reading this article, I had to double check which Korea it was about. It may be an over-simplification, but when one thinks of how the two Koreas are different, it can be said the North is backwards and the South is more forward, like the ...
A musical you don't want to miss!
Love it!See more Jack Black videos at Funny or Die...
Democracy: US vs. Canada vs. Germany
But our perfect democracy, which neither needs nor particularly wants voters, is a rarity. It is important to remember there still exist many other forms of government in the world today, and that dozens of foreign governments still long for a democr...
Open to anything but sex
The Catholic Church is not always behind the times. In fact, it has a history of reversing aspects of its doctrine to keep up with the zeitgeist. It renounced usury in the 16th century, slavery in the 19th century and capital punishment in 1995. Whe...
On Bishops, Politicians and a tiny bit of bread
I recently came across this article about the aggressiveness coming from the Catholic Church in the Philippines (an overwhelmingly Catholic nation) against the proposed family planning bill, which would require the government to promote artificial co...
Tackling young and novice drivers
Young drivers (21 years of age and younger) and novice drivers in Ontario may soon face new laws in regards to alcohol consumption and the number of young passengers with them in the car. I have mixed feelings about them.The new rules require young d...
Obama planning world's biggest harem
If there is a positive that comes out of all the nonsensical fear-mongering from the GOP, it is that they have provided a goldmine for satirists worldwide. Here is a clip ridiculing some of the claims made about Obama during the election campaign.Get...
"This is about the human heart"
**sigh**He is still after my heart. There once was a time when given a choice between Colin Firth and anyone else, there was absolutely no question that I would have selected Firth. Now that I have started watching Olbermann's commentaries, I am not ...
The love-hate affair between Germans and their rules
When I made the decision to move to Germany, someone “warned” me that Germans are, among other things, inflexible and in love with rules (or something similar to that – it was almost six years ago, so I paraphrased it). The warning was only par...
Gay Gay Gay
Gay TV All I seem to be running into this morning is news linked to homosexuality. A new gay television channel called Timm was launched last Saturday here in Germany. It struck me as odd that Germany, a country seemingly more accommodating towards i...
Obama won. Now what?
Now that I have had a couple of days to let the words “Obama is the President-elect” sink in, my feelings of elation have given way to those of concern and worry.Yes, Obama is the first African-American President of the US. I do not mean to detra...
ACORN and the perils of the uninformed vote
Kaffeetrinken with my in-laws always comes with the guarantee of a fun-filled discussion about politics, religion, the economy and/or ethics. (Well, perhaps not always fun-filled, but definitely interesting and passionate.) Today’s get-together did...
Making money by not having any sex/babies
No Sex In Georgia there is currently a marriage contest in progress. An engaged couple can win $10,000 provided they open their wedding ceremony to the public, live separately before getting married and undergo premarital counselling. Oh, and they ha...
You Have Two Cows: Politics and Social Principles Simplified
This is one of those jokes that I got forwarded to my email. I do not remember who sent this to me, but I thank them nonetheless.Politics SimplifiedFeudalism:You have two cows. Your lord takes a significant share of your milk.Pure Socialism: You have...
Mariecel vs. A flamingpoodle - Round 2
I'm happy to say that flamingpoodle, a.k.a. Garg the Unzola, has continued the interesting exchange of standpoints. For his original rebuttal, click here and scroll down to comments. Here we go! In fact, taking the Hippocratic Oath is no longer a re...
Health Care is the Same as Hairdressing (nur auf Englisch)
Browsing the discussion forums on blogcatalog, I stumbled upon a debate on health care as a right versus privilege. One of the first responses was written by a flamingpoodle:Health care is not a right, it is a service, just like hair dressing. You ha...
My Abbreviated Take on Social Policy (nur auf englisch)
I realise I already had my “rant” about taxes on this blog, but I have just come across two articles which I believe need to be read.Socialism and Taxes = Not Necessarily a Bad ThingI always find an argument to be stronger when put forth by someo...
