You can win at life if you simply avoid two things – Comparing, and Expectation.
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I am so proud of Waterloo Catholic District School Board trustee Kevin Dupuis, and happy with the decision he made regarding the school board’s Pride flag flap. He is a man of integrity!
He was unable to be accepting, and rise to the level of “hate the sin – love the sinner.” He has told the board that, if he does not get his way, he would resign. Instead of staying to help continue to guide the board in the direction that he felt was correct, he decided to just give up and leave.
He must have seen the writing on the wall. It was his own handwriting, reading, “You are not welcome here.”
Archon
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The arrival of volunteers from Newfoundland, in the war against the pandemic that is currently raging across Ontario, recalls a similar moment, when young women from Newfoundland left their friends and families, to risk a dangerous trip during the Second World War, in order to aid in another war effort.
Leaving their homes in Newfoundland, they braved the submarine-infested waters of the Gulf of Saint Lawrence, to assist Dominion Woolens and Worsteds in Hespeler. There they would spin and twist the many thousands of pounds of yarn required, to keep khaki uniform cloth flowing out of the Hespeler Mill.
In April 1949, after the war’s end, when Newfoundland became a Province of Canada, the company’s newsletter expressed its thanks to the 243 young women from Newfoundland who had worked at Dominion Woolens and Worsteds, offering a most joyous welcome to the people of Newfoundland, saying, “Welcome girls” and “Welcome Newfoundland.”
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Conspiracy Theorists, and Christian Apologists – they are often the same people – can be quite entertaining and amusing, if somewhat confused and confusing. I recently read a Denialist explaining that, when the Titanic sank, there was a huge solar flare, which would have blinded the radar, and made radioing for help impossible….
Except that – The Titanic sank in 1912 – and radar wasn’t invented until 30 years later, during WW II, and their radio calls for help are a matter of historical record.
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Click-Bait, My Pretty Little Click-Bait
A Man Spent Years Studying The Last Original AGM Zero Fighter Jet, And He Uncovered A Chilling Fact
It only took him 20 years, and he discovered that it’s NOT a jet.
To be fair, the story reveals that it was an axial-engine, prop-driven plane, but that doesn’t get you back among all the ads.
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It had to happen. In a town where streets ramble and meander aimlessly, never running North/South – East/West…. A traffic warning reported that a water main had burst at the intersection of Browning Road West and Lancaster Street West.
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How to screw up a joke – Part II
How did the hipster burn his mouth?
He sipped coffee before it was cool.
He only got the concept, the English, and the punch line wrong. 😯
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