tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86892456421396655142024-03-17T12:19:38.979-06:00The Blog FodderWhatever crosses my mind that interests me and I hope interests othersThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.comBlogger1838125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-43079714634849293612024-03-11T18:10:00.000-06:002024-03-11T18:10:11.265-06:00The Six-Day War of June 1967 In the Six-Day War of June
1967, Israel expanded and occupied the rest of the Arab territory of Mandated
Palestine, including Jerusalem. It also took control of and occupied
the Golan Heights of neighbouring Syria and the Sinai of Egypt. The 1967
war brought the second great Palestinian exodus. Half-a-million Palestinian
people were uprooted and fled, half of them refugees The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-36925583054477017912024-03-02T16:04:00.001-06:002024-03-02T16:04:45.658-06:00From the River to the Sea, Palestine Will Be FreeWhen the events of October 7th led to the Israeli
continued genocide of Palestinians in Gaza, I said I would stay out of it. But
there are so many Zionist attacks on anyone supporting Palestinians that it
made me angry.
The Breach published a long article about the crackdown on
pro-Palestinian statements and activities that is happening in Medical Schools
and hospitals around the country. https:The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-69908588282241379722024-02-25T21:37:00.000-06:002024-02-25T21:37:27.102-06:00Life begins at…?If you want to drive yourself bonkers, start thinking deeply
about life. What is it? What does it mean? What is its purpose? Why are you
here? When does life begin?
When
does life begin? The question at the heart of America’s abortion
debate is the most elemental — and the most complicated. This article from NYT
is the most comprehensive look at this scientific, philosophical, and
theological The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-11040349097950099932024-02-21T00:02:00.000-06:002024-02-21T00:02:31.162-06:00A Short History of Palestine from 1947 In early 1947,
the British government announced it would be handing over the disaster it had
created in Palestine to the United
Nations and ending its colonial project there.
On November 29, 1947, the UN adopted Resolution 181, recommending the partition
of Palestine into Jewish and Arab states.UN proposal for a two state PalestineAt
the time, the Jews in Palestine constituted The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-86439356134676140372024-02-17T11:28:00.000-06:002024-02-17T11:28:31.548-06:00A Few Things to Read While I Work on the Next Palestinian History Chapter The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-24824357705387615532024-02-14T20:54:00.002-06:002024-02-14T20:54:20.236-06:00A Short History of Palestine from 1900 If Hamas set out to draw the world’s attention to the plight
of the Palestinians, they succeeded beyond their fondest dreams. Contrary to
what Israel would have you believe, October 17, 2023 did not come out of nowhere.
Hamas may have in their charter a resolution to kill all Jews but there is no
record of them saying such that I have found. On the other hand there is a long
history of The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-71957891723055038322024-02-07T17:09:00.011-06:002024-02-07T18:09:04.839-06:00Help. I've fallen down a rabbit hole and I can't get out I started working on a blog post about a week ago and started doing some research on the subject. Of course this is no Mickey Mouse topic and there is no end of information some good some bad. I have 11 pages of notes and another post written I am still waiting for clearance from those concerned before I can post it. It is not so much of a rabit hole as an ant colony. Watch this as The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-61153852978662444592024-01-26T12:50:00.000-06:002024-01-26T12:50:17.150-06:00A Dog's Breakfast of Memes My To-Do listFoods safe for dogsFoods not safe for dogsHard to take religion seriouslyWhy I despise missionariesThis got me a three day ban on Facebook and MessengerTruth. We are suddenly oldRead his poetry. So thought provokingSaskatchewan Party has cut the education budget over $2500 per studentI should try thisUseful floechart of coffee addicts like meSaskatchewan Party mottoI will hear The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-72887949094237495422024-01-21T22:06:00.002-06:002024-01-21T22:06:33.153-06:00Paperwork, Dogs and Pests Finally, Tanya's applications for Permanent Residency, extended open work permit and extended visitor's visa are complete and sent in. What a nightmare of forms and nonesense. some of the forms for each of them are similar in what is asked for but in a different order so each has to be filled out separately. How many chickens did your great grandmother have in 1932? Sometimes there is The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-29106566803847954602024-01-13T18:59:00.006-06:002024-01-13T23:30:26.730-06:00Baby, It's cold outsideWestern Canada is in a deep freeze.Temperatures in Saskatchewan are in the low -20s C with windchills in the -55C range. Lucky hasn't had a walk in days and barely stays outside long enough to do his business. Tanya goes out to sweep light snow off the walks because that is who she is. I stay where itis warm because that is who I am. I miss the mild winters in Ukraine - sort of. Either slushy The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-30772512122715443812024-01-06T17:36:00.000-06:002024-01-06T17:36:33.641-06:00Return of the Troll Over a year ago, I acquired a troll. He shows up as Anonymous and accuses me of all sorts of nasty things. Claims ot be Ukrainian but does not know Ukrainian history. I simply deleted his comments. He also followed me to some of the blogs I read and left ignorant comments there too. He may comment as One From Ukraine on those blogs or stick with Anonymous.He disappeared and I hoped I The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-797533087235498902024-01-03T20:43:00.002-06:002024-01-03T20:43:52.620-06:00Alexander Mackenzie, From Canada By Land, 22nd July 1793 Sir Alexander MackenzieAlexander Mackenzie was born into a prominent mercantile
family in Stornoway Scotland in 1731. He moved with his father and Uncle to New
York city in 1774. His family fought on the side of the British and Alexander
moved to Montral for his safety in 1778 where he joined the North West Company
of fur traders.
In 1788, he founded Fort Chipewyan on the shores of Lake The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-29711505041524845962023-12-31T12:23:00.000-06:002023-12-31T12:23:09.014-06:00Approaching the New Year with Some Trepidation We had a great Christmas, lots of visiting, holding Grayden and food food food. Tomorrow we start a new year and I can only hope it is an improvement on 2023. However I ha' me doots. But we'll give it a go and there is always hope!
This song, written by Dolly Parton, is covered by two young Ukrainians from Odessa, sixteen-year-old Dasha Butenko singing with
fifteen-year-old The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-15018249948151524292023-12-22T14:46:00.002-06:002023-12-22T14:46:57.758-06:00Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays to all. Shutting down until after Christmas. Have a wonderful Christmas and safe travels. And may your children and grandchildren not give you the flu.The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-20158166256721760002023-12-20T15:11:00.000-06:002023-12-20T15:11:19.590-06:00My brother's ode to a beloved catMy brother does not have a computer. He asked me to post this on Facebook in memory of a cat he dearly loved. The poem is so touching, I am posting it here and on Facebook. Losing a beloved pet can tear the heart out of you.The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-65937727895195237162023-12-17T20:16:00.000-06:002023-12-17T20:16:33.620-06:00Merry Christmas Cartoons You will never be asked to bring food to the Church Christmas dinner againThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-4125005264022016452023-12-10T20:32:00.000-06:002023-12-10T20:32:11.566-06:00Life, Lucky, Grayden, and All That Following the war in Ukraine is depressing. And so are a few other things in my life. So much so I have not looked at anyone's blog posts or even comments on my own posts for 10 days. For which I apologize.My head is stuffed with straw but it keeps my ears apart. A few weeks back, Tanya and I came down with something. Cough, flu, or Covid, we don't know. I had my covid shot, Tanya didThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-9455065949834636242023-11-30T11:08:00.001-06:002023-11-30T11:08:41.129-06:00Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian Icon Stompin' Tom Connors was born Charles Thomas Connors in New Brunswick in 1936 to a single Protestant mother who was not allowed to marry his Catholic father. The first part of his life was lived in abject poverty and he left home at age 13, bought a guitar at age 14 and hitchhiked around Canada singing for his next meal.At his last stop in Timmins Ontario, he found himself a nickel The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-12509139903099988202023-11-26T14:50:00.000-06:002023-11-26T14:50:18.922-06:00What goes on inside your head? What do you see inside your head?John Green who created this meme was astounded that people could visualize as real pictures to greater or lesser degree. His visualization was based on words only. On the other hand, I am at a level 1 as I visualize in great detail. I can lie in bed at night and see, one closeup frame at a time, the farm where I grew up. The details of fences, gates, trails,The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-68366532145398967842023-11-20T10:12:00.001-06:002023-12-01T09:49:49.380-06:00The Florence Centre in Zaporizhzhia Ukraine and the "I Am Beautiful" Program A week ago (12th of November) Elephant’s Child,
who blogs from Australia wrote about a charity program
called “It’s
in the Bag”. Participants are asked to fill a good sized hand bag in good
condition that they no longer use with essential and luxury items to make a
woman who is struggling feel supported and cherished. Many women shortchange
themselves anyway, but when times are tough The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-73758795796592266972023-11-12T00:05:00.000-06:002023-11-12T00:05:00.147-06:00Ekaterina Shelehova, Folk Singer, Pop Singer, Opera Singer, and Rising StarEkaterina Shelehova,
fluent in Russian, Spanish, Italian, and English and not yet thirty years of
age, is one of opera's outstanding new voices and a rising star in the music
industry. She has a loyal fan base that follows her on social media. She is
also a humanitarian who supports various causes and charities.
Ekaterina was born in Kaliningrad in 1995. She began singing
lessons at age three, The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-84339206827504024482023-11-03T22:18:00.000-06:002023-11-03T22:18:22.121-06:00The Case of the Wheelchair Murders The sign on my door says “Rick O’Shea, Private Investigator”.
My cases almost always involve dames, either being spied on for someone or
spying on someone. Divorce lawyers love me or hate me, depending on whose side
I investigate. I work for cash. I’m fifteen years off the police force, paying
alimony to two ex-wives, child support, and have a taste for expensive whiskey,
so every The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-74154117074189035642023-10-30T22:33:00.000-06:002023-10-30T22:33:25.687-06:00Happy Halloween Costumes go over snowsuits tomorrow, though it will be mild. -2C and light wind (maybe).I carved a less than memorable pumpkin and bought enough cady for 50 kids but we'll likely have fewer than 25.Dollarama had the cutest puppy dog mask for $4. Lucky does not like when we put it on. I wish I could carve like this.Next year I'll post pictures of pets in cute costumes aka why they hate The Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-40974876622527240462023-10-25T13:02:00.001-06:002023-10-25T13:02:21.337-06:00Children have rights; parents have responsibilitiesMoe has passed his anti-trans Bill 137 using the not-withstanding clause in the Canadian Bill of Rights to over rife the UN Bill of Children's Rights, the Canadian Bill of Rights and Saskatchewan's own bill of rights. Bill 137 forces teachers to out trans students under the age of 16 to their parents and get their consent before using the child's preferred name and pronouns. This legislationThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8689245642139665514.post-85894332701092333052023-10-18T13:09:00.000-06:002023-10-18T13:09:58.975-06:00Another collection of memes, cartoons and stuff Being lazy again today. EnjoyMy ideal breakfastViagra worksWhere is my dinner?Korean lights. North and SouthThe Blog Fodderhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11441978691701289074noreply@blogger.com6