Running away to join the circus is dream many kids have. In Cambodia joining the circus can be the best thing a kid can do, and they don’t need to run away to join the fun. Phare Ponleu Selpak is the circus program, after similar in style to Cirque du
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Susan on the Soapbox: The Day the Circus Came to Town
On May 21, 2019 Jason Kenney’s UCP government will officially be “open for business” in every sense of the word. Mr Kenney’s government will kick off with a Throne Speech which will outline how Mr Kenney intends to deliver on his promise to pull Alberta out of its state of
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Brittany
In her high school class yearbook, Brittany had been deemed “the most likely to be found dead in a dumpster”, but she had confounded her critics. First she had joined the circus, where her extensive tattoos and devastating overbite had … Continue reading →
Continue readingLeft Over: Clown Circus Strikes Again!
Cross-border shopping rules hit Canadian stores Although I empathize with some small independent retailers, victims of their inability to achieve the vast purchase power of the big multi-national chains, in fact it is well past time to blame gas taxes, etc, for your retail woes.. When companies charge (often
Continue readingArt Threat: Step Right Up to See the GOP’s Amazing War on Women
Mother Jones’ illustrator Zina Saunders takes on the GOP’s oppressive and backwards stance on women in her illustrated political cartoon this week, in which you are invited to step right up and watch the greatest circus on earth – the 2012 Republican presidential campaign. Watch it over at Mother Jones’.
Continue readingmark a rayner | scribblings, squibs & sundry monkey joys: Memories of Antietam
child of the corn, a photo by imagecarnival on Flickr. Little Jehoshaphat was born in 1832 to a family of carnival performers and technicians that roamed the Americas. From Georgia up to New England, as far west as the Mississippi … Continue reading →
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