The Briar Patch

Breaking my own rules real quick, this will be a real quick blog. Something happened last Friday and last weekend and it bugged me and it points out so many issues that I just gotta rant! I will touch on a few things "News Media" and journalism, social media, a little politics, Edmonton, gun control, the justice system and racism. Not really edited so sorry if it isn't the easiest read. Start with YEG wave, anyone else know who that is? I'll pretend you don't. They claim to be #1 in Alberta Culture and Entertainment pages. I personally found them because they have had news up on Edmonton way before the mainstream does. A quick scroll shows maybe it isn't culture they are into but crime and politics. I have seen them called racist online, that of course isn't true, let me explain. A view of their page and you can tell they are right leaning for sure. However nothing they post has been untrue. Also they rarely post anything of their thoughts just actual vide...

Writers note here, I have failed. Not that anyone is waiting for these blogs to come out, but at the start of last fall, I said I would have a bunch out and be done by early this year. I utterly failed. I am about 1/2 way through what I wanted to do, and this will be the last one for a month or more as I have a lot of other things besides writing to do. So, this is just a moment of personal accountability. This is the last blog like this for a couple of months now. Hopefully, I will have a few to put out when I start again. I have said it in this series and will repeat it. The most significant divide in society today is between the wealthy and the rest of us. More so than gays vs straight, black vs white, and Muslims vs Christians. By rich I don't mean people worth a million or even a few million. That's not wealthy. In 2002, I was told by 2046, I would need a million in the bank to retire and live comfortably. Not fancy, just the standard of middle-class living I was used to. ...