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		<title>Not Travelling to the US</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:51:37 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s no way I&#8217;m travelling to the US in the foreseeable future. I may never go there again. It&#8217;s no longer anything like it was when I lived there in 1995-2000, 2007-08, and 2010. It already used to rank moderately &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2025/03/31/not-travelling-to-the-us/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Don&#8217;t Trust Poilievre</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:49:17 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Canadian Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has never done a single thing except to complain about Canada being broken and to vote against everything the government has done or proposed to do to make things better for people. His current platform &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2025/03/31/dont-trust-poilievre/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The CBC</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:46:12 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m seeing a lot of Canadian Conservatives make claims about the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) being &#8220;funded by the Liberals.&#8221; In fact, it has existed as a Crown Corporation since 1936 through every single Liberal AND Conservative government. Such people &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2025/03/31/the-canadian-broadcasting-corporation-cbc/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Ontario, Canada&#8217;s &#8220;Sunshine List&#8221;</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[$100,000 is now much too low of an annual salary threshold for Ontario, Canada&#8217;s annual, public sector &#8220;Sunshine List.&#8221; In 2024, a total of 377,666 public sector employees made at least that much, up from 300,680 in 2023. I&#8217;m pretty &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2025/03/31/ontario-canadas-public-sector-sunshine-list/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Canadian Politics</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 14:13:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I have traditionally voted for Canada&#8217;s New Democratic Party (NDP), because that is the political party most closely aligned with my progressive beliefs and values. However, I have recently switched to supporting the somewhat more centrist Liberals, because the flip-flopping &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2025/03/31/canadian-politics-2025/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Computers in Canada &#8211; US Limits</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 31 Mar 2025 00:09:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;ve now set up a new-to-me computer: a Dell &#8220;one litre&#8221; mini, but it was refurbished and updated by Canada Computers. That&#8217;s just my first step in limiting the amount of money I give to US companies. On my new &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2025/03/30/computers-in-canada-the-tariff-era/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>&#8220;The Tower&#8221; (concept album)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Nov 2024 15:28:08 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Welcome to The Tower – by Dr. B. (Durrell Bowman, Ph.D.), 2024, 47:05: a Progressive, Pop-Rock, Experimental-Electronic Concept Album about One Person&#8217;s Path into and Exit from Higher Education. It&#8217;s available now for streaming and/or download for $7 Canadian (approximately &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2024/11/14/the-tower-concept-album-just-released/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>The Tower (concept album)</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 11 Sep 2024 21:28:14 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[I&#8217;m still very slowly working on my concept album The Tower (about the various problems with higher education), but I&#8217;ve moved beyond &#8220;concepts of a plan&#8221; to an actual plan. I know what all ten songs are (plus the &#8220;bonus &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2024/09/11/the-tower-concept-album/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Kamala Harris vs. Donald Trump</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jul 2024 13:59:41 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Donald Trump has predictably now changed from saying &#8220;Crooked Joe&#8221; and &#8220;Lyin&#8217; Joe&#8221; to &#8220;Lyin&#8217; Kamala.&#8221; His campaign has no idea what to do except to double down on all of the political lies that are somehow supposed to cover &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2024/07/23/kamala-harris/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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		<title>Work Update</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jul 2024 15:05:43 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Our union (0PSƏU) reps are having meetings this week with our employer (L1feL@bs) and an arbitrator. About a month ago, we overwhelmingly voted for strike action, if no new deal can be arranged. However, only about a quarter of our &#8230; <a href="https://durrellbowman.com/2024/07/16/work-update/">Continue reading <span class="meta-nav">&#8594;</span></a>]]></description>
		
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