“I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...
The dumbing down of American is most evident in the slow decay of substantive content in the enormously influential media, the 30 second sound bites (now down to 10 seconds or less), lowest common denominator programming, credulous presentations on pseudoscience and superstition, but especially a kind of celebration of ignorance”
― Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark
@AirCanada You’ve been jerking #AC890 passengers around for hours today. Passengers had to be at the airport 5 1/2 hours ago and the flight isn’t scheduled to go for another 2 hours. What are the chances you’ll cancel because of flight crew duty limits? #YYZ#FCO
@marlene4719 Not only Republicans. One-third of US voters support him, one-third don’t care, and the remaining third have the Democrats who couldn’t organize two books on a coffee table.
@HabsInHighHeels@FriedgeHNIC All heart ❤️ . It was a great run and Montreal will always be his team. But both the club and player are right that he needs to be elsewhere next season. I hope he’ll be back as a coach for @CanadiensMTL
@CTVMontreal All heart ❤️ . It was a great run and Montreal will always be his team. But both the club and player are right that he needs to be elsewhere next season. I hope he’ll be back as a coach for @CanadiensMTL