Brandt’s Randt

Brandt’s Randt – Feed the Kids

I read an advisory from the Ontario government that just got my goat.  Earlier this week, the province released its new Strategy to End Homelessness. They’ve said this before and whenever a government says they’re going to end something complex you know it’s just a whole lot of hope and a bunch of money.  So I randted.   …

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Brandt’s Randt – Social Media Debbie Downers

A study came out from Pew Research that claimed those on social media are less likely to give their opinions, especially when they’re pretty sure their friends will disagree. They say the perception that grumpy contradictory people flood Facebook, Twitter etc is flawed. I say perception is reality. So I randt.  …

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Brandt’s Randt – Joe Fontana’s Sentence

Our city’s former Mayor is either a terrific actor or a broken man. In my kindest thoughts, I assume the latter, because his life was built around being the big-talking man with a swagger whom everybody wanted to talk to when he entered a room.  Not so much anymore.  On Tuesday he was sentenced to four months’ house arrest and 18 months of probation for doctoring an invoice and taking the money after submitting it to the government as an expense.  So I randt.   …

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Brandt’s Randt – NBA means No Bigots Allowed

You must have heard about the tape of Donald Sterling, owner of the NBA’s LA Clippers, telling his girlfriend not to be around black people. An ethical question has grown out of this scandal. Is it fair to vilify someone for what’s said in a private conversation? But I’m not concerning myself with that right now.  …

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Brandt’s Randt – Sticks and Stones Take up London Council’s Precious Time

My goodness.  A councillor who’s leaving at the end of this term partly because of the immaturity and lack of productive energy among some of her colleagues, caused quite an uproar this week. Yes, all business grinds to a halt as Joni Baechler has the audacity to give her opinion!!  It’s just another dumb waste of time on a council that seems to look for them week after week.  And I randt.   …

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