Opinions and Thoughts of LightHouse Dann Verner - Just as he is!

“Poilievre attempting to format a thought.” If Canada’s Progressive Conservative Party ever wants to win a Federal Election they should dump the traitorous Pierre ‘PolyBear’ Poilievre. Poilievre has no connection to the average working stiff. His one and only job has been in politics. A trade that he is not very good at. Every one of his pre-election rants, (he’s not capable of a ‘speech’), mimicked his American Idol, Donald J Trump. Here’s examples: Trump’s constant rants about President Joe Biden are rambling rants of bad-mouthing, false accusations and character assassinations . If Trump went on a rant about Biden today then tomorrow PolyBear would replace Biden’s name with  “Prime Minister Carney’s”  and pretty well use Trump’s deranged words. “ How many times have you heard PP state our nation is broken? ’’ “What is PP hiding that he is refusing to be vetted by CSIS and the RCMP?” Poilievre does not hide his Mar-A-Lago connection nor does he hide his admiration of Trump. ...

Hopefully this time tomorrow I will still be able to post. I am scheduled for the procedure to, hopefully, unblock the blockage in the stent they implanted deep in my cerebellum June 11, 2024. One in four chance of success. Worst case scenario is that I suffer a massive stroke and die. Second worst scenario is I suffer a massive stroke and survive. But, I will be a zombie trapped in my mind and unable to communicate. That is my greatest fear. To be trapped in my overactive mind and not able to function would be Hell. BUT … Those of you who know me well know that I have surprised my doctors many, many times by surviving being legally dead 13 times, being resuscitated and on life support. It is a simple procedure but complicated by how deep in my brain the blockage is. Hopefully they will be able to unblock it and restore the blood flow to my brain before the damage is   irreversible. Invasive surgery is not an option. So, let’s hope that I can pull it off one more time. If not, then...

  {PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT} I am hoping that you all may be able to assist me in recovering a priceless and extremely necessary lost part of my life. A task that may be far more difficult than one may expect. A situation that began over five decades ago. During the early 1960’s, on a dark, well lit night, as the effects of the Double Orange Barrel microdot LSD where awakening my blind third eye and as George Harrison’s “All Things Must Pass” album played it’s magical melodies, I LOST SOMETHING that should never had been lost. “My Sweet Lord” I pray we may recover it. On numerous occasions, I have attempted to recover the lost object. During these attempts I often went so far as too ingest the same dosage of the Orange Barrel Acid. With hope that if I reached the same level of euphoric consciousness I was in when it disappeared I would find that which I carelessly misplaced. Unfortunately that ploy did not bring success, but for some odd reason caused me to laugh for no app...

America, your president is the most insulting, rude and “Wrong” hatemonger of all time! So, I must ask you America, “Is President Trump speaking for the American people when he degrades and insults ALL OF YOUR FORMER LOYAL ALLIES?” If your answer is a strong “No”   then get him off of his self-appointed throne. As a Canadian, I am quite insulted by Trump’s extremely uncalled for rude comments about my nation. A nation that has not only been your largest trade partner and closest ally, but most of all we were your “ friend “. And your President and his corrupt Administration are doing all they can to insult and intimidate, not only Canada, but all of your former allies. Were you all not embarrassed by his long rambling and completely off topic rant in Davos? Almost incoherent numerous times, going on and on about “ windmills   just sit there, they don’t spin”,  referring to windmills as if they were people, Rambling on about” Windmills are stupid. They’re evil.They cost a ...

  January 23, 2026 List five things you do for fun. Most of my enjoyment or “Fun”, if you prefer, takes place in my mind. (Suffice to say that the Sixties were very good to me and we will leave it at that.) In the physical world my top five fun pastimes are as follows: NUMBER ONE: Sharing my days, my whole life, with my precious Fur Companions and Angels, “Pringles” and “Ruffles”. “Unlike humans, an animals love is eternal and and true.” They no nothing of lies, hatred or deceit. NUMBER TWO: Cooking for family, friends and/or strangers. “The dinner table is where ideas become reality, thought becomes fact and acquaintances become friendships.” The alter of communal living. NUMBER THREE: My many walks with Pringles and Ruffles. “Walking four to eight kilometers a day is the reason that I passed my three month heart work up with flying colours.” The walks clear the clutter of the day from my mind and keeps me and my girls as healthy as possible. NUMBER FOUR: Exchanging mindful banter...

Premier Doug Ford seems to have forgotten that Ontario is one thirteenth of Canada   as a whole. Ford’s cockiness is going to grow a resentment of Ontario from the rest of Canada’s provinces and territories. I fully understand his being upset regarding the owners of “ Crown Royal” decision to close their bottling plant in Ontario. We must remember that there are times where a company must act in the best interests of the company and to ensure it’s survival. A business cannot follow a political agenda if it is positive that agenda will do long term harm and impede their   success. Yes, Crown Royal is hurting some 200 employees by shutting down the bottling plant. No, Crown Royal is NOT relocating it’s operation Stateside! Ford   wants us to boycott Crown Royal due to the closing   of the bottling plant in Ontario. THIS IS NOT A GOOD MOVE! Crown Royal may be foreign owned. However, it is an iconic Canadian brand. They still employ many Canadians in other provinces. CRO...

  In five days I will be in the Toronto Western Hospital for, yet again, another life saving surgery. Surgery number 14 since the spring of 2019. This time they will be using nueroplasty to enter my aorta artery in my groin. They will maneuver catheters all the way through my body and into the cerebellum area of my brain. First they will put a minute basket a bit past the damaged area to hopefully catch any debris and bloodclots that the procedure may cause. Next they will send another catheter with a balloon attachment, along the same route. When they get to the clogged up stent they will then inflate the balloon and hopefully re-open the blocked section. One in four chance of success. If it goes sideways I will be in serious trouble. Worse case scenario the best I could hope for is that I suffer a massive stroke. The alternative is death. Once they start the procedure there is no turning back. I know that I will be fine. The nuerologist doing the surgery is ranked top i...

  As far as we know the universe is infinite. Metaphorically powered by a pink Bunny pounding a drum.   The universal icon of being permanently energized with endless stamina. Oddly enough, physics teaches us that although the universe, as a whole, is indeed infinite, not a single iota of the quadrillions of it’s components are. Which is a deep thought producing provocation. I dislike provocations. They awaken the philosophical tunnels of my mind. Those dark corridors where quandaries abound and the mind juggles in it’s search for conclusive answers. Me and my being bound by the gift of human curiousity and genetically implanted search for the meaning of life, have given myself virtual aneurysms in search for unanswerable answers. I believe that the first ever question from the first ever human   had to have been … “Why?” “Why can the universe, as a singular entity, exist for time evermore while the sum of it’s parts are designed with flawless individual degradations?” Al...

"If you could make your pet understand one thing, what would it be?" Being a dog owner and lover of all creatures, great or small, I’ll answer this with them in mind. I know my same-litter sister Chorkies,   (Chihuahua/Yorkie mix) , understand more than we give them credit for. It’s a difficult question to answer. I would say that the most useful thing that I would like to be able to get my girls, and all earthly creatures, to understand is the “behavior of humans”. Think about it …… If we cannot understand our fellow man, imagine what our fur babies are thinking. Maybe we are the reason the hyenas are laughing.

  RAPID CITY, SOUTH DAKOTA – SEPTEMBER 08: Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump greets South Dakota Governor Kristi Noem after she introduced him at the Monument Leaders Rally hosted by the South Dakota Republican Party on September 08, 2023 in Rapid City, South Dakota. Noem endorsed Trump during the event. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) When you vote in an election do you vote for the “Party” or the “Candidate”? I consider myself a “NDP”er, not a Liberal or Conservative. After 50 years of  religiously  voting N DP, I broke that false loyalty and voted for Mark Carney for Prime Minister. Yes, I betrayed my Party. BUT ….. By voting for a candidate solely because they represent “your” party nullifies the moral validity of your vote. Voting out of what’s expected by your party member’s brotherhood and expectations of the “Party” is not a negative action. It’s not a positive gesture either . However, your vote becomes “generic”. Becoming a...