Jim Fulner jimfulner@identi.ca

https://www.npr.org/2026/02/06/nx-s1-5702347/2026-winter-olympics-get-underway-with-opening-ceremony-in-milan

“But really, the most important question - which team had the best outfits? ”

Me shouting at the radio: "Canada, of course!"

And the righteous response:

“But my personal favorite, I will say, was Team Canada. They had these big maple leaf parkas. I got to see their fits up close on a tour of the Olympic village earlier this week. They looked really great. ”

Nice:

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😂

xD

"Very fine people on both sides", said the dictator-king-wannabe, the biggest antisemite of them all... 🙄

But dictators don't really need decent excuses for anything.

😍 !!

Regime, the word is "regime". The Trump Regime 🙄

https://www.npr.org/2025/06/24/nx-s1-5423604/trump-doge-data-states

Personally, I prefer that sensitive data remain in silos requiring a traceable process for its extraction. Yes, it may be slow and painful to get things done but the safeguard provided is the point.

It reminds me of a recent interaction with CBSA when I went to update them on my information change in my trusted traveller profile. The officer apologized for the inconvenience but assured me it was due to stricter Canadian privacy regulations where they can't just fetch the update from the US. He even remarked that while travellers can be trusted, governments cannot.

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/migrants-in-u-s-legally-and-with-no-criminal-history-caught-up-in-trump-crackdown

It irks me a little whenever I hear broadcasters stating that Canadians failed to obtain a US visa.

Canadians actually do not require a visa to enter the US with a few exceptions (entry by marriage engagement for example).

I myself took a bit to understand this process too and this is how I understand it:

A visa is permission to present yourself for entry into the country. You normally obtain this document at a consulate outside of the US. Canadians never do this in most cases.

Once at the port of entry, you then request to obtain status to be admitted into the country. They use the visa, if required, and additional paperwork to confirm eligibility to be admitted.

Whenever you leave the country, you repeat the above process if you want to re-enter. Canadians with work or study status skip to requesting re-admittance and never present a visa.

It's more likely in these stories that Canadians are attempting to renew their work or study status -- I suppose all this is confusing to most audiences so they just say "visa".

The thing is though, it is the border officer's prerogative to ultimately determine admissibility. Having a valid visa (if required) and a previously held status does not guarantee admission and re-entry.

I feel there's more to the Canadian's story linked. Normally if you're given a hard time, you'll be given ample opportunity to withdraw your request to enter and voluntarily turn back. My speculation is that the Canadian in this story insisted to remain in the system (perhaps as a way to contest the officer's decision) and they processed the denied entry while keeping her detained. This denied entry is why an entry ban is now in play; a voluntary withdraw avoids this situation.

I kept hearing praise about the Sign episode from Bluey so finally gave it a watch. Overall a positive reaction from me. I'll just say that I think Bandit's first mistake was hiring Bucky as the seller agent -- so many red flags and the fact that I'm thinking about this after watching this speaks volumes of the quality writing.

The cue where they dance at the wedding reception reminded me of the instrumental break of Straight Ahead for some reason and unlocked early web memories: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=f3Nt0iAu3qw

The cue was too short so I sought after the full version and found it: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=oPGWqhjfF9Y

From this interview with the series composer, it seems there are a few more episodes I should watch: https://yewtu.be/watch?v=Rz7tsWrw4wc

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