Seen on the street in Kyiv.

Words of Advice:

"If Something Seems To Be Too Good To Be True, It's Best To Shoot It, Just In Case." -- Fiona Glenanne

“The Mob takes the Fifth. If you’re innocent, why are you taking the Fifth Amendment?” -- The TOFF *

"Foreign Relations Boil Down to Two Things: Talking With People or Killing Them." -- Unknown

“Speed is a poor substitute for accuracy.” -- Real, no-shit, fortune from a fortune cookie

"If you believe that you are talking to G-d, you can justify anything.” — my Dad

"Colt .45s; putting bad guys in the ground since 1873." -- Unknown

"Stay Strapped or Get Clapped." -- probably not Mr. Rogers

"The Dildo of Karma rarely comes lubed." -- Unknown

"Eck!" -- George the Cat

* "TOFF" = Treasonous Orange Fat Fuck, A/K/A Dolt-45,
A/K/A Commandante (or Cadet) Bone Spurs,
A/K/A El Caudillo de Mar-a-Lago, A/K/A the Asset., A/K/A P01135809

Thursday, July 1, 2010

Oh. Canada.

Today is Canada Day, which celebrates the day in 1867 that the British Government, by passing the British North American Act, said to the Canadians: "OK, you want your own country? Fine! Stop bugging us."

Of course, it really wasn't full independence, which is probably why the Canadians had to give the day a kind of a generic name. The British Crown retained quite a bit of control over Canada. For one thing, the British government retailed the sole power to amend the Canadian constitution until 1949. The Brits also retained control of the Canadian armed forces until 1931; the Commander-in-Chief of Canada's military is still Queen Elizabeth II.

So happy Sort of Nominal Loosening of Control by the Crown Day!

1 comment:

Unknown said...

Mere Canadian quibble - Patriation of the constitution was in 1982. And even that was a statute passed in Westminster, with the Canadian part as a schedule. But thanks for the sentiment