James Webber

(Who/he) Retired economist, amateur genealogist and opinionated blogger.

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@gideonrachman When I was growing up in the UK, the standing joke was that it stood for "Other B*gger's Efforts"!

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@brianlilley Cannibalizing Pearson and wrecking the waterfront -- a real Ford two-for-one masterstroke!

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@NoLore Both things can be true at the same time!

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@Martyupnorth Ontarian here. The blundering oaf Ford is the main reason we don't already have a trade deal.

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@Noahpinion The Rolling Stones. The one time I had tickets, Mick got laryngitis and they cancelled the gig. On the make-up date, I was away on a business trip!

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@brianlilley Amazingly, we lefties can just watch the game without thinking about all this other stuff.

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@baharkarakrt 150

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@MadridPreeti If that photo is your evidence, he's not offside!

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@BoswellDoug You haven't read the deal, have you? And you can't spell Calgary!

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@ElliottRoyle @Ryan_r_Williams Yes! Strangely, Williams seems to have overlooked that.

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@RepTenney Right backatcha there, Claudia.

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@MichelleLA1981 Please explain the connection between recession and gold reserves.

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@unusual_whales And pigs might fly.

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@brianlilley I bet you didn't have to worry about being second-guessed by VAR!

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@GongR1ght Sadly true, but it worked out fine.

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@brianlilley When you're right, you're right.

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@NoLore One of England's football anthems is Vindaloo, by Fat Les. Canada should hijack it and rewrite it as Poutine.

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@PierrePoilievre Hey, Pierre, any thoughts on this morning's report that GDP rose 0.5 percent in April, more than reversing the recession you've been yelling about?

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@amanobviously Was this the first soccer game you ever watched, by any chance?