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Aug. 10/22: Ontario's Direct Education Payment is Piss in the Ocean, Federal Managers Making $100K, Inflation Political Cartoon

In this episode, DQ reviews local Toronto news from ground.news, the news aggregation website.

Topics covered today:  

- Ontario's Direct Education Payment is Piss in the Ocean (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-throne-speech-kids-catch-up-direct-education-1.6546877?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral),

- Federal Managers Making at least $100K is Up

(https://torontosun.com/news/national/federal-department-managers-making-100k-spiked-66-since-start-of-pandemic?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral), and 

- Joe Biden Inflation Political Cartoon (https://torontosun.com/opinion/cartoons/gary-varvel-cartoon-aug-10-2022?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral)

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In this episode, DQ reviews local Toronto news from ground.news, the news aggregation website.

Topics covered today:  

- Tims Data Scandal Leads to Free Coffee and Donuts (https://ground.news/article/1b8ced76-26d7-42f2-a344-545ad5c2d1b0 and https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/tim-hortons-app-1.6536175),

- Is There an Epidural Shortage in Toronto? (https://ground.news/article/global-epidural-shortage-hits-toronto-hospitals), and 

- Kultureland Cancels and Refunds/Ever After fails to Refund Ticketholders (https://torontosun.com/news/local-news/apology-refunds-after-music-festival-kultureland-moved-at-last-minute?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral and https://www.orilliamatters.com/local-news/oro-medonte-denies-permit-for-ever-after-fest-at-burls-creek-5650966)

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In this episode, DQ reviews local Toronto news from ground.news, the news aggregation website.

Topics covered today:  

- Wokeness in the Workplace (https://nationalpost.com/opinion/jamil-jivani-corporate-canada-should-take-u-k-tribunal-decision-on-wokeness-in-the-workplace-as-a-warning?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral),

- Decriminalizing Drugs in Toronto (https://ground.news/article/seven-months-on-toronto-awaits-drug-decriminalization-decision), and 

- Brittney Griner's Incarceration in Russia (https://www.thegrowthop.com/cannabis-news/brittney-griners-sentence-is-in-line-with-russias-strict-drug-penalties-but-how-long-she-serves-will-be-decided-outside-the-courtroom?utm_source=ground.news&utm_medium=referral)

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Today’s episode is a comic review for Chuck Brown’s satirical action-packed work, On the Stump (2020). At 5-issues, you’ll be tightroped to find an exhilarating turnbuckle to submission comic based on politics.

In this episode, DQ reviews the wrestling biopic, Fighting with My Family. This film is about Saraya-Jade Bevis, also known as Paige, is a member of the Bevis wrestling family from Norwich, England. On her way to the mainstage, Paige must outgrow her former shell and develop courage beyond her years. Does this WWE-produced film deliver a Paige Turner? Listen to this episode to find out.

In this episode, DQ reviews the 2003 coming of age graphic novel, "Blankets" by Craig Thompson. Blankets is an autobiographical graphic novel by Craig Thompson, published in 2003 by Top Shelf Productions. As a coming-of-age autobiography, the book tells the story of Thompson's childhood in an Evangelical Christian family, his first love, and his early adulthood (Wikipedia). Listen, to find out if this graphic novel is worth the journey.

On today's episode, DQ reviews the modern romantic comedy "My Fake Boyfriend" (2022). In "My Fake Boyfriend," a young New York actor creates a fake boyfriend to unhinge himself from a toxic relationship. Expect more than meets the eye in this catfish chaotic caper featuring your's truly.

In this novel and movie review, DQ and movie auteur Omar compare the sci-fi horror “I am Legend” by Richard Matheson and its 2007 film adaption featuring Will Smith as Robert Neville. Robert Neville seems to be the lone survivor after a highly contagious infection that changes healthy humans to brain-dead zombie-vampires. What themes and elements are lost, changed or added between the novel and the film? Listen to this podcast to find out!

In this episode, we review the politically satirical comic "Essentials Judge Dredd Vol. 1: America." “Essentials Judge Dredd Vol. 1: America” follows the relationship between the rebellious America Jara and the comedian Bennett Beeny. As America becomes more radically democratic, Beeny reflects on the values that divide the couple. At the same time, Judge Dredd analyzes the political system’s validity.

How will these characters' journeys collide in this volume? Listen to find out!

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