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Team USA
Latest Example of “Everything Trump Touches Dies”: The US Men’s Olympic Hockey Team

Latest Example of “Everything Trump Touches Dies”: The US Men’s Olympic Hockey Team

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Days after the U.S. men’s hockey team won Olympic Gold, they are still getting roasted by hockey fans, the punditry class and straight media alike after their locker-room hangout with FBI Director Kash Patel and that ill-timed chuckle at one of Trump’s tasteless jokes — the one about “having to invite the women’s team to the White House too.” Ever since, the internet’s been calling the players tone-deaf, disrespectful, and even sexist. Fans are online demanding that the Ottawa Senators…

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Beatle-Bots
Here Comes the Algorithm: Protecting The Beatles in the Age of AI

Here Comes the Algorithm: Protecting The Beatles in the Age of AI

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Do Beatle-Bots Cross the Line? The Beatles have been in the world’s spotlight for more than 60 years, and somehow they’re still finding new ways to inject themselves into the zeitgeist. Not by releasing new music, there isn’t anymore coming, we’re told, nor by becoming outdated or suddenly irrelevant for the first time since they appeared on Ed Sullivan’s stage. No, due to their seemingly indestructible longevity, they are in the middle of one of the biggest ethical questions in…

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Trump and Smith
Alberta Separatism: The Coward’s Way Out

Alberta Separatism: The Coward’s Way Out

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Alberta’s separatists are back in the headlines – and this time, they’re not just venting on talk radio. They’re bragging about trips to Washington, D.C., and meetings with officials from the U.S. State Department as they chase political and financial backing for an independent Alberta. At the same time, Alberta’s premier is facilitating a referendum process while carefully avoiding a clear, simple sentence Canadians deserve to hear: “Alberta must remain in Canada.”​ This moment is bigger than one province’s frustration….

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Basil chilling dock side
Book III is on the way!

Book III is on the way!

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Not this second, of course, but there are chapters that have been written, and that means Basil, Duncan and Doris will return to do what they do best. Screw up, and then try to fix it, where the stakes are just the survival of all humanity…. So stay tuned, and if you have a great idea on how this should all turn out, let me know!

What a Dragon
What a Dragon – Book II of The Watcher Series

What a Dragon – Book II of The Watcher Series

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The sequel to the smash hit The Long Watch is out and available online! All they want is some well-deserved “me time”, but no. The universe has other plans… It’s not every day that you get to save the world. Especially after you had to die several times along the way, but now that it is saved, that doesn’t mean everything is fine. It’s just the opposite as planet Earth is in worse trouble than before, but what’s even more…

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The Long Watch
The Long Watch – Book I of the Watcher Series

The Long Watch – Book I of the Watcher Series

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So, ya. I did the writing thing again. My first book was a mid-life crisis in book form, whining about my life and career stagnation in 2017, but told in an oh-so-amusing manner, with Time Travel & Beatles goodness sprinkled in. This one is different, however, as it has nothing to do with me but rather a deep dive into loneliness and loss and again told in an oh-so-amusing manner, but this time with aliens and global armageddon. Just a…

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Dumbledore is gay
Dumbledore was gay all his life – but not now?

Dumbledore was gay all his life – but not now?

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JK Rowling produced a world of magic and tolerance that changed a generation and weirdly she’s turning her back on all of that. When the author of the Harry Potter series revealed that Dumbledore was gay in 2007, she didn’t write it into the books. And she didn’t put it into the movies. But she did act astonished at the idea that everybody hadn’t already realised that Dumbledore was gay. I didn’t know, to be honest. I always thought he and Minerva McGonigal…

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Is a Stress-Free Thanksgiving Dinner Possible?

Is a Stress-Free Thanksgiving Dinner Possible?

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Nope! It’s not. Unless you choose to self-medicate, and heavily, there will be stress, simply due to the nature of the beast. Preparing a meal for a large number of people will always be stressful. Have you ever met a professional chef? Were they in any way calm? Point made. So, what can you do, to at least take the edge off and get to the point where you’re not contemplating finding a nice dark spot to hide and assume…

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Trump
Donald Trump – The Marketer-in-Chief

Donald Trump – The Marketer-in-Chief

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As a marketing guy, I can’t help but apply that lens when observing the shitstorm that is sweeping our southern neighbours, and that is the presidential campaign of Donald Trump. While everyone is trying to figure how it is possible that a disastrously spray-tanned xenophobic, misogynistic racist is leading the GOP field, it’s pretty obvious why. It’s all about marketing. More specifically, Trump is a direct reaction to a remarkably effective, all-encompassing branding strategy run by the Republican party for…

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Sidney Crosby
Shades of the Great One

Shades of the Great One

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It’s been a long time since hockey was a “must see” sport, probably about 20 years or so. Way back near the end of last century, Wayne Gretzky was still at the top of his game, he was named the league’s MVP for the 9th and final time, and on any given night he could and would amaze like no others ever had. Even the fringiest of fans would tune in Sportscenter specifically to see what No. 99 had done…

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