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David Talks/The Berner Monologues
thebernermonologues.blogspot.com
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"WITHOUT PUBLIC DISCOURSE, DEMOCRACY IS BUT A WHISPER" David Berner
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RANCH DRESSING, PLEASE

SOCIALISM You have 2 cows. You give one to your neighbour. COMMUNISM You have 2 cows The State takes both and gives you some milk. FASCISM You have 2 cows. The State takes both and sells you some mil...

26 may 12

THE ELEPHANT IN THE ROOM

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10 may 12

THE TIME IS HERE

Barack Obama on Wednesday became the first president in U.S. history to personally endorse same-sex marriage, putting one of the most socially and culturally divisive issues in American politics at t...

10 may 12

NOW, AINT THAT THE TRUTH?

The following two paragraphs were sent to me in a private email from an old and dear friend who knows whereof she speaks; she might also have added that soon we will be giving smokers free cigarettes...

27 apr 12

We Care Deeply About Students?

My son has a long time friend who is now a school principal.Mr. P. is furious.  He should be. And so should you.He now has to fill in for the teachers at his school who will not coach teams or r...

21 apr 12

Yes, she was a certifiable movie star - & it didnt hurt that she partnered with Astaire & Kelly

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21 apr 12

METRO TANGO

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20 apr 12

EXPECTATIONS

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19 apr 12

PASS THE TEA

Every day something ridiculous happens.We react, and we chatter about it over coffee and we declare the world gone mad and we make dinner and watch Seinfeld re-runs and forget about it.Then the next ...

14 apr 12

CALL OF THE WILD

Walter Stewart, great Canadian journalist of yore, used to speak of "sweet reasonableness."He was usually asking where it had gone.And he never met the BC Teachers Federation or the provincia...

11 apr 12

Gone, MIke Wallace, age 93

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10 apr 12

ALMOST FREE ENTERPRISE - ONLY IN CANADA, YOU SAY?

So, one of the conditions the Feds are imposing on Target in order for it to open stores in Canada is that it sell more Canadian authors in its book section. Oh goodie. Another store where I can walk...

09 apr 12

ON THE LABOUR FRONT

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09 apr 12

Get the Story Right, Please

The Vancouver Sun should be given full points for writing an editorial this morning about the overdiagnosing of ADHD.And full demerits for completely, totally, utterly missing the point.The piece cor...

04 apr 12

JUSTICE DELAYED & DENIED

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29 mar 12

TRAVEL TIPS

Let me introduce you to the newest and most remote place for a real getaway.Its the tiny island of Newtrush in a Pacific atoll, not far from Ridway, uh, Midway.Youll love it.Almost uninhabited, there...

29 mar 12

ON THE ROCKS

He shows up for his first national press conference in blue jeans and a black sports jacket.And were talking here ratty blue jeans at that, not some designer conceit.Hes not a teen-ager. Hes the lead...

26 mar 12

Yes, this really is a 6 hour video, but so what...let it run and finish all those emails you meant ...

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19 mar 12

TRY THIS

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19 mar 12

AND THE OLYMPICS ROLL ON

  London Shops Vanish After $1.2 Billion Olympic Payout InboxSusan Heyes, a Cambie Street shop owner, won a substantial law suit against the Canada Line. That judgment was reversed by ...

15 mar 12

Caring for an Aging Population

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13 mar 12

STUPIDITY

No writer would attempt to create a character in fiction this stupid.A police officer not very far from here - in Stanwood, Washington - leaves two children alone in the car.Also in the car is a load...

11 mar 12

DONT CRY FOR ME, ARGENTINA

Amidst all the hand-wringing and tears of dismay, one has yet to hear the simple sad truth.The Playhouse has been doing lousy, boring second-rate work for a long time now.Membership subscriptions dro...

10 mar 12

IF NOT NOW, WHEN?

The current and ongoing massacre of completely innocent men, women and children in Syria is so frighteningly familiar.And so is the refusal of the watching world to intervene.How many times in the la...

09 mar 12

Strike,,,OUT!

A friend of mine told me the other day about the two strikes her husband has experienced.In the first instance, he was a young man living in an eastern European country where he was born. During that...

09 mar 12

THE POVERTY LINE

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09 mar 12

JOIN THE 43 MILLION - NOT TO BE MISSED

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09 mar 12

FROM DR. BRIAN DAY - A LAFF RIOT

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09 mar 12

UH...ONE MORE THING...

This is a photo of a rock formation in the Atacama Desert in Chile, where not a drop of rain has fallen in recorded time.Although there is no way to verify this, some claim that this is the actual ha...

04 mar 12

QUOTE OF THE YEAR

84 patients have died with an infection at Burnaby General Hospital in the past two and a half years.Died.84 human persons. 437 cases of the infection at he hospital have been reported in the same pe...

01 mar 12

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