(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
超萌拟人化地图, 中国变身美少女
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Who’s that?
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
Multiple choice:
1. A honorary Canadian Ranger
2. A new member of the Muppets
3. Superman
4. Canadian Rapper Big Red Steve
5. Red Riding Hood
6. The Big Bad Wolf
7. Lady in Red
8. Santa Claus
9. Lady Gaga
10. Fifty Shades of Red
I have never smoked marijuana
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
Justine Trudeau is a genius. Such a smart move.
Out of the blue, on a boring hot summer day, during an interview with a newspaper, Trudeau told the reporter that he smoked marijuana about three years ago — after he had been elected as an MP — and that he had used marijuana a handful of times in his life.
Immediately this triggered a knee-jerk reaction from the PM’s office: Mr. Harper has never smoked marijuana and pointed out he has asthma precluding smoking anything. Poor old fellow, he missed all the fun of his youthful days.
And unexpectedly, Trudeau’s admission also triggered an avalanche of declaration by Canadian politicians. One by one, they come out of the closet and announced, they did smoke marijuana in their yester-years. In other words, marijuana is for the young and restless.
At last count, these included Official Opposition leader Thomas Mulcair of the New Democratic Party, Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne, Nova Scotia Premier Darrell Dexter, Prince Edward Island Robert Ghiz , Premier of Saskatchewan Brad Wall, Toronto Mayor Rob Ford, Vancouver Mayor Gregor Robertson, and minister of finance Jim Flaherty.
On the other hand, most of the PM’s cronies, denied having such an adventurous experience. At most, they admitted, they are addicted to (pots) of coffee.
When you look at research done in the past, 44% of Canadian admitted they have smoke marijuana at least once before. So if you want their vote, you better come out and confess, joint by joint.
But our PM is forced to make such an uncool statement: I have never smoked marijuana. This contrasted sharply with the cool, youthful and adventurous image of Justine Trudeau, widening further their generation gap. No matter how many tunes of Beatles you can play, the harm done is irreparable.
The line of “the have and have not” (smoked marijuana) has been drawn in the sand. The generation gap optic is subtly defined.
Mao once said: The world is yours, as well as ours, but in the final analysis it is yours. You young people, vibrant, are in the bloom of life, like the morning sun at eight or nine. Their hopes on you.
Relax, have a joint, and let the game begin.
時光列車
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
隆 隆 隆
時光列車
迎面飛来
Z O O M
疾然而去
一站 又过 一站
沒能刹制
沒能回駛
車輪 不斷 滾滾向前
隆 隆 隆
時光列車
在
前進 前進 前進
衝过生命海
衝过時光隧道
衝向 那
莫明的永恆
Hunt Down Ugandan Warlord Joseph Kony
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
The Invisible Children’s Kony 2012 campaign “aims to make Joseph Kony famous, not to celebrate him, but to raise support for his arrest and set a precedent for international justice.”
多倫多的權力鬥爭 (第二回)
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
看官, 多城第二回之「你死我活」的「權力鬥爭」, 以快刀砍乱麻之勢, 速戰速决, 不出一天, 就能鳴金收兵, Council大獲全勝。
最先, 由卧底老板史丁斯(Karen Stinz)出手, 提出解散 TTC Commission, 另組一個包括有 7 councillors 和 4 市民的新 Board, 肥佬市長福特(Rob Ford)反攻, 由手下 Thompson 帶領發難, 提出要一個 11 位市民的新 Board。經过 councillors 羣儒激烈舌戰, 最後通过史丁斯的動議。
接着下来,又是一埸推選七名 councillor board members 的大混戰。經果原有的五名保福黨 (pro-Ford) councillors 全部敗北, 被踢出 board, 而史丁斯卻保持了主席之位。
這回合 Council 大獲全勝。
嘿, 看官, 慢一奌。保守黨 魁Hudak 剛在安省議会, 要求 McGuinty 推反多市 Council 决定, 改建地鉄。而肥佬市長还是手握其輿論皇牌, 1010 电台節目。不知鹿死誰手, 有待下回分解。
Robocalls Unearthed Recently
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
1. “Hi, this is Pierre Poutine, calling from Toronto City Hall, all TTC/Subway council meetings will be postponed indefinitely. For further information, please call 1-888-123-4567.”
2. “Hello, Pierre Poutine here. I would like to inform you, the location of Election Canada Complaint Centre has been changed. Any enquiry should be re-directed to the Liberal/NDP Party instead. Thank you for your co-operation.”
3. “Attention all students, P Poutine here. On behalf of Minister Finley, our Student Employment Centre will be closed for the summer. All students should stay home this summer, and worry about your Old Age Pension. Please check the Internet, Facebook or Twitter for any job opportunities.”
4. “Attention all Canadian. I am calling on hehalf of our PM. Please be very clear, that we absolutely, definitely had no role in any of the fraudulent calls, the Liberals were behind it. Thank you.”
5. “Hello Torontonian, Rob Ford here. Let me repeat myself once again, the majority of people in the city wants subways, not streetcars. Anything else e.g. funding, is irrelevant. SOS. Just thinking ahead, to 2015”
6. “This is Election Canada. Fellow citizens, thank you for your input, so far 31,000 complaints already. Please note that we are requesting Canada to send in Election Observers to restore order.”
7. “Hello Canadians. Do you really believe these so called robocalls? This is simply a sleazy smear campaign of the opposition, nothing more than another Vikileak. Parliament will be business as usual.”
8. “Hi Poutine here. I have a message for you. Get a life, Canadians. There are more important things than robocalls. Leaf just fired Ron Wilson. That is what I called news.”
9. “Hi, I am calling from RackTen, this is a survey of the recent robocall events. Which is the most appropriate term to describe it? Dirty Tricks? Illegal? Watergate? Smear campaign? Joke? Political game? Power Struggle? Thank you for your time”
Top 10 Reasons Why the Fords Want to be Radio Talkhosts
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
1. I quit. Nobody loves me in Council. Don’t want to be mayor anymore
2. In case Torontonians revolted and kick me out
3. John Tory/Josh Matlow can do this, so can I
4. Sorry Josh, out you go
5. Seize the Propaganda machine
6. After a year of training in City Hall, ready for our own comedy show
7. Exit Strategy
8. What to call the show? The City Hall Gang Show? The Toronto Goon Show? The Sub nobody can aFFord? Gravy Train?
9. Talk, talk, talk, that’s what I do best at City Hall anyway
10. Slogan of 680News: You hear about it, it’s news; you read about it, it’s history. For sure, will beat the Star this time
Top 10 Reasons to Fire the TTC General Manager
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
1. Because I can
2. 殺鳮警猴
3. My way or the highway
4. Waste over $500,000 to dismiss him. See, I found the Gravy Train
5. Shut Up. One down, more to go
6. It’s irrelevant
7. If you are not with me, you are with child pornographers
8. With extreme harsh weather, Lastman called in the army, I called my Gang of 5
9. The only way I know – Schoolyard Bullying
10. My brother made me do it
心臓病燒烤館 ( Heart Attack Grill )
(Through Rose-Coloured Glasses)
物極必反。説实話,骨子裡,我們都是反叛的, 很有反潮流精神。
講了這么多年健康之道, 要戒盬戒糖,更要戒肥膩; 味道越来越淸淡, 真是有奌”三月不知肉味”的感受, 物極必反,不其然来一个,一百八十度的大轉彎, 又再嚮往那些又醎又油的食品。本死無大害,人一世,物一世嘛。
KFC 推出了用两塊炸鳮作麵飽的三文治 Double down, Krispy Kreme 也推出了 Donut Burger, 更有到了極端的一間在 Las Vegas (原址在 Chandler, Arizona), 取名叫”心臓病燒烤”(Heart Attack Grill) 的餐館。其口號是”死也值得的一餐”。餐牌更有高 Calories 名叫”心臟搭橋手術”(Bypass Surgery),”心臟双搭橋手術”(Double Bypass Surgery),”心臟三搭橋手術”(Triple Bypass Surgery) 和”心臟四搭橋手術”(Quadruple Bypass Surgery) 的漢堡飽, 用豬油炸的薯條等。
大家都一笑置之, 認為这只是做生意的新綽頭,手法。誰想到,最近,真的有顧客在店內心臓病發, 成了大新聞。
細心想想, 生活得健康,是每人对自已應盡的責任, 絕不是什么笑話,遊戲; 不然就会自食其果了。