Daughter has now been accepted to King’s College, Trent, Brock and Lakehead. With potentially more to come.

Mixed in with the paternal pride, of course, is the realization that your kid is way smarter than you.

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From a little vid we did in 2009. And it stands up, still.

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…when his hair is green.

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Why?  Well, I was well over the legislated limit of 5,000, and there was a certain someone I needed to add.  Who?  Well, let’s put it this way: I stalk my children on Facebook.  I learn more there than in actual conversations.  So sue me.

Anyway, to the few dozen I whacked, my apologies.  Son Three comes first.

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Something I have wanted to say for quite some time. I’ll have plenty more to say on Sunday:

“…Historically, Canada’s Jewish community’s lobby efforts were always smart. The Canadian Jewish Congress on the centre-left, the B’nai Brith on the centre-right, and the Canada Israel Committee (CIC) handling “international” issues. Then, in 2011, these organizations were effectively destroyed to create something called the Council for Israel and Jewish Affairs (CIJA). CIJA then promptly transformed itself into a propaganda arm of the Conservative Party of Canada.

Full disclosure: I was proudly on the board of the CIC for a while, but became incensed when I learned that Canadian far-right Muslim-haters were being feted in Israel, and travelling there with CIC leadership. My experience was not unique. Many progressives have watched, in despair, as Jewish leaders have moved ever farther to the right.”

March 2010: Kathy Shaidle and Canada Israel Committee VP Sara Faber-Freedman on flight to Israel.

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Watched Life of Pi.

It was a far better use of an evening.

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Here’s why.

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The front of today’s New York Daily News.  The NRA, and organizations like it, are terrororist organizations, and should be treated as such.

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