Bird on Sunday

Bird on Sunday March 29th, 2020

March 30, 2020

Another week, another bunch of stress about the plague, right? But on the bright side March is very nearly over, after having seemingly lasted for ten years....

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Bird on Sunday March 22nd, 2020

March 23, 2020

THERE'S NOTHING TO WRITE ABOUT THAT ISN'T PLAGUE If you're feeling freaked out by self-quarantining, you can at least be a little glad that you aren't alone....

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Bird on Sunday March 15th, 2020

March 16, 2020

WE’LL GET TO THE LATEST PLAGUE NEWS SOON, BUT FIRST, HOW IS ISRAEL DOING? When last I wrote about Israel, they were stuck in an endless cycle of elections...

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Bird on Sunday February 8th, 2020

March 9, 2020

YOUR WEEKLY VIRAL LOAD (OF NEWS) As I write this tonight, the Nikkei (Tokyo stock market) has just opened and its index fund is down about six percent on the...

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Bird on Sunday March 1st, 2020

March 2, 2020

THE LATEST ON THAT PANDEMIC THAT HAS THE WHOLE WORLD FREAKING OUT Seeing as how Covid-19 (or “the coronavirus” if you’re not cool, like those of us who use...

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Bird on Sunday February 23, 2019

February 24, 2020

COVID-19 KILLED THE RADIO STAR My wife and I are back from our vacation in Italy, and good timing too considering that the Italian government - like many...

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Bird On Sunday February 9th, 2020

February 10, 2020

Actually there is nothing this week! Or next week, for that matter, because A) this was my birthday today and while I appreciate all of you greatly for...

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Bird on Sunday February 2nd, 2020

February 3, 2020

OBLIGATORY COVERAGE OF THE THINGS YOU PROBABLY EXPECTED ME TO WRITE ABOUT THIS WEEK A lot of the things that happened this week were considered super-...

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Bird on Sunday January 26th, 2020

January 27, 2020

[BAWDY BUT INSIGHTFUL PUN REFERENCING THE BEER BRAND CORONA IN DISCUSSING THE CORONAVIRUS TO BE INSERTED LATER WHEN I THINK OF IT] Plagues are probably the...

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Bird on Sunday January 19, 2020

January 20, 2020

I’m recovering from a cold so this week is shorter than average. Sorry. LECCE IT GO The Ontario government has been handling the forthcoming teachers’ strike...

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Bird on Sunday January 12th, 2020

January 13, 2020

PREVIEW OF NEXT MONTH’S NEWS: PUERTO RICO HIT BY TSUNAMI, PLAGUE, METEOR STRIKE In case a hurricane in 2018 and mass unemployment in 2019 wasn’t enough,...

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Bird on Sunday January 5th, 2020

January 6, 2020

Hoo boy. You take a week off for Christmas and the next thing you know everything has gone insane. BOMB BOMB BOMB, BOMB BOMB IRAN (2020 REMIX) So Donald...

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Bird on Sunday December 22nd, 2019

December 23, 2019

EVERYTHING IS TRANSITORY The Ontario government killed Hamilton’s light rail transit project this week, and it’s worth unpacking a little because, well,...

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Bird on Sunday December 15th, 2019

December 16, 2019

THOSE WACKY BRITS WITH THEIR ELECTION AND SUCH The United Kingdom general election has come and gone, and what can be learned from it? The answer, for most...

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Bird on Sunday December 8th, 2019

December 9, 2019

ANTI-TAX CRUSADER FINALLY DISCOVERS NECESSITY OF TAXES John Tory, the Mayor of Toronto, this week announced his intention to seek a property tax increase...

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Bird on "Sunday" December 1, 2019

December 2, 2019

I'm still getting over being sick from last week, which is why this is late: I was about 90% finished it last night, and then I thought "okay, I'll lie down...

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Bird on Sunday November 24th, 2019

November 25, 2019

I’m sick as a dog right now - just started sneezing uncontrollably this morning, always great when you get a cold come on that fast - but one quick thing in...

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Bird on Sunday November 17, 2019

November 18, 2019

COUP-COUP-A-DOO So, since last week when I wrote about Bolivia, shit has turned up to eleven. Evo Morales, the former President, has fled to Mexico (which...

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Bird on Sunday November 10, 2019

November 11, 2019

VOTING IN BOLIVIA (TO THE TUNE OF "LIVING IN AMERICA" BY JAMES BROWN) A lot is going on about Bolivia and whether or not what is happening right now is a...

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Bird on Sunday November 3rd, 2019

November 4, 2019

THE ZOMBIE WEB MARCHES ON This week Deadspin, as we knew it, died. If you didn’t read Deadspin regularly, it - like most of the former Gawker subsites - was...

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