The Squamidian Report – Nov. 12 / 16
Issue #755
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The Ontarion
Hi All,
The biggest topic of conversion this week has obviously been the US
election. We all have our own opinions about it and the results.
Depending on our individual mind set we are happy, sad, frightened,
elated and so on. Either outcome would have been scary from my point of
view. One thing that continues to puzzle me about elections, any
election, is the poor turnout of voters. Something like 55% of eligible
voters turned out (my figures could be wrong but thats not the point).
That means just over a quarter of American voters voted for each
candidate yet the main stream media is portraying the world in general
and the US in particular as in shock and mortified whereas in reality
half the people that voted are elated, half are disappointed, and the
other half of the US population has no right to be either. And thats
the clue to the whole situation. Main stream media along with the
established ruling class has been proven to be way out of touch, and
this election result is the result. Interestingly, there had been dire
predictions that if Clinton won, Trumps thuds and lowlife followers
would be rioting in the streets. Seems now its the other way around.
Columnist Christie Blatchford wrote an interesting article about the
election and its results. Its was in the Thursday Vancouver paper and
assumably in most major papers around the country. Give it a read. And
yes, the sun still rose in the eastern sky the morning after. Enough
said.
Yes, its still raining. We actually had a day this week where it didn't
rain for part of the day. The sun came out, well, sort of came out, and
that was quite nice and a bit strange because most of us have forgotten
what it looks like. However, there are many areas in the coastal region
that are flooded or under flood alerts. The Port Alberni area on the
Island is one, the Upper Squamish Valley is another with the only
roadway washed out, and the upper Pemberton Valley is under water. The
list goes on. There are a lot of people around here who are getting a
bit tired of all that moisture but not much anyone can do about it
given we have a whole Pacific Ocean out there that is covered with low
pressure cells lined up all the way from Hawaii and more forming up in
the Gulf of Alaska, all dripping wet and ready to dump their loads as
soon as they hit the wall of the Coastal Mountains. Up-side is no one
needs to wash their cars these days.
Lastly, Friday was Remembrance Day. In some parts of the country
including BC the 11th is a 'holiday', where most people have the day
off. But referring to the 11th as a holiday is a travesty. It is a day
of remembrance, not a day to skip work or school and hang out in the
shopping plazas or other places of entertainment and diversion. An
appalling number of people don't even know why they get the day off, or
don't care, and are totally clued out as to what is happening and why.
It doesn't help that the very second that Halloween is over, the stores
are suddenly filled with Christmas decorations and the TV ads are
pushing the commercial message as hard as they can. Of course its not
called Christmas, its 'the holidays', the season of greed, as if greed
needed a season. Greed seems to be alive and well all year round, greed
and shallowness. We as a people should be ashamed of ourselves. A sad
state of affairs indeed.
doug
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THE ONTARION REPORT
Hello everyone!
WOW! How about that American Gong Show of an election?
I actually sat up till almost 3am the other
night waiting for Hillary to overtake Trump but it never happened! Some
of the incredible things that both candidates said over the time of
their campaigns were unbelievable! Trump really did show his true
colours during the 18 months and I’m surprised he made it through the
entire campaign time without being dumped on his ass by his own party!
I personally don’t know how he could even face President Obama on
Thursday after all the rotten things he said about him over the months.
He’s obviously got balls the size of King Kong! With all of the
upcoming lawsuits he’s yet to face in court I’ll be surprised if he
doesn’t get impeached before he even gets sworn in as President. Of
course I guess you have to actually be President before you can be
impeached! We’ll see if he actually makes it to the oval office first,
then wait for the American people’s reaction! He’d better have damned
good security around him at all times!
I wasn’t too impressed with either Trump or
Hillary over the entire 18 months! I think Hillary shit in her own nest
by stooping to Trump’s level of smear tactics during the campaign and
her other big mistake was to take for granted that the states that
historically backed her party candidates for president would just do
the same this time so she didn’t bother to even visit them to promote
herself. She actually stated that she wasn’t going to bother visiting
those few states because she was sure they’d support her come time to
vote! Well, surprise surprise Hillary! You didn’t realize how much you
offended the people of those normally Democratic states by ignoring
them for the past 18 months and it backfired right in your
self-righteous face! Maybe you should have had Monica Lewinski as your
campaign manager and you might have learned how to gain more national
attention! She could have shown you how to take the spotlight away from
that other fowl-mouth that is now gloating in the limelight of his
success and the shadows of your failure! Oh well, maybe you’ll have
better luck next time and in the meantime you can stand in line at the
food bank and ask your fellow unemployed Americans what went wrong!
I guess we’ll just have to wait and see what
the next few months bring as far as Mr Trump goes and see if he even
makes it to his inauguration date without more scandal cropping up. He
sure did seem to suddenly become “Mr Humble” just minutes after the
final count was in but in my estimation, that’s akin to closing the
barn door after the horse is gone! I doubt he’ll ever apologize for the
nasty things he said about people during his speeches but I sincerely
hope he feels embarrassed every time he has to deal with one of his
victims face to face during his time in office. There are three things
the American Trump haters can hope for and they are;
1) he’s a better president than anyone thinks he is capable of being.
2) He is impeached.
3) Assassination.
Ooooooo……. Now that’s a tad harsh I must admit but I’m sure that in
“Gun Happy USA” it’s not beyond the realm of possibility. I only have a
bit of advice for Mr Trump, Stay clear of The Ford Theatre and avoid
contact with anybody named Oswald, Hinkley or Booth! I’m sure it’s
going to be quite interesting to watch American politics over the next
six months to a year. Not to mention world politics and reaction by the
rest of the world powers to Mr Trump’s election to the position of US
President!
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Well, back to something
that’s a little more close to home! Our weather has been exceptional
during the month of October. It was recorded as the warmest October in
40 years here in KW and we certainly did enjoy it! This month so far
hasn’t been all that bad either. We’re still hanging on to mostly
double-digit temperatures during the daylight hours and have only had a
few below 0c overnight temperatures. Not bad for this time of year! We
have also had mostly sunny days so far this month and as of today, the
forecast is for mostly sunshine and a little above seasonal
temperatures for at least the next week. I’m keeping my fingers crossed
that this mild (ish) weather will continue for a few more weeks yet!
However, just in case, I’ll be putting my winter tires on the Jeep over
this coming week sometime for sure. I don’t want to get caught with my
winter pants down around my wheel nuts! That would never do! In fact,
right this very minute I have my trusty Duraflame radiant heater
glowing nice and warm beside me as I write this article. I also dug out
my cozy electric blanket that I make good use of as I watch TV most
evenings from November through March. These items were thoughtful gifts
from my lovely wife and she couldn’t have picked two better items with
which to endear herself to me this time of year. These two items and of
course her delicious variety of soups that she brews up homemade during
the colder months each year. Mmmmmm Mmmmmm……! Mr Campbell has nothing
on her!
With this time of year well under way, we’ve
managed to complete most of the yard work before the snow flies. I am
still watching to see if the lawn needs one more mowing before the snow
settles in but am hoping I’ve cut it for the last time this year! With
the sunny and relatively warm days we’re having I’d not be surprised if
I still have one more mowing ahead of me but I’ll give it a few more
days before dragging the mower out of the shed again. I’ve been waiting
for our two trees out front to shed their lovely colourful leaves
completely. I have blown a ton of them off our lawn a couple of times
but they’ve been mostly from other trees on our neighbor’s properties.
Our trees up until today have been mostly intact but with a good wind
this afternoon they’re beginning to show signs of bare branches. I’m
sure that within a couple of days they’ll be pretty much bare. We have
a lovely birch tree on the front lawn and a strong Red Maple on the
side yard. The Maple is the last tree each year to shed and this year
is no exception. I guess it’s just in its nature to keep its leaves to
the bitter end. I’ll likely be breaking out the leaf blower in the next
day or two but I’d like to wait till both trees are pretty much bare.
No sense in repeating the task any more than necessary! Once the leaf
removal is done for the season I can pretty much lock up the shed for
the winter. The snow shovels and TORO blower are already in the garage
and ready for action so I don’t have to dig them out if we suddenly get
a blast of winter! I guess the only other items to go into the shed
will be the chairs off the front porch once the weather gets too cold
to sit out with our tea and enjoy the sunshine.
That’s about it for this week folks!
Thanks for tuning in and I’ll look forward to talking to you all again next week in The Ontarion Report!
Bye for now … Greg
PS: Something To Think About>
Advice from an Old Farmer – Keep skunks and bankers at a distance. (No offence Sue!)
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Have a good one..
the doug
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