As I post pearls of wisdom on my blog, including righteous criticism about this country’s follies, I rarely stop to think how fortunate I am to be able to do so freely and fearlessly. How fortunate I am to be doing it in this country. Every once in a while
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Dead Wild Roses: Vietnam Tone Prose – Quiet Time by Marc Levy
Quiet Time, by Marc Levy. “Imagine this: after a blistering hot day marching up and down mud slicked hills, or tramping wide open fields, or steamy jungle, imagine setting out booby traps on enemy trails, laying in wait, then ever so carefully, breaking them down. At dusk, after planting
Continue readingLeft Over: Feel Like I’m Fixin’ to Cry…
Saw this on Facebook, and just for old times sake (yeah, I am that old…) I watched the video, and instead of ‘enjoying’ it, for the first time I noticed just how truly angry Joe MacDonald was, and I noticed that the young guys in the audience were sort
Continue readingAlberta Politics: News Satire: U.S. will not tolerate foreigners acting like Americans, officials say
ILLUSTRATIONS: A map showing some of the countries in which the United States has interfered in the political process (grabbed from Geology.com). Below: U.S. CIA Director John O. Brennan, Democratic Party candidate Hillary Clinton and Republican candid…
Continue readingLeft Over: Canadian Kindness Trumps Captain Combover
Syrian refugee family to benefit from couple cancelling big wedding Samantha Jackson, Farzin Yousefian accepted donations in lieu of gifts when they tied the knot at city hall CBC News Posted: Nov 19, 2015 7:50 PM ET Last Updated: Nov … Continue reading →
Continue readingLeft Over: Keeping Remembrance Day in My Own Way….
Gap’s ‘Remembrance Day deal’ not appropriate, Toronto veteran says ‘The point is not to exploit and profit from this day,’ says Cpl. Chuck Krangle CBC News Posted: Nov 10, 2014 11:10 PM ET Last Updated: Nov 11, 2014 10:57 AM ET Have to agree with Cpl. Krangle, it is
Continue readingThings Are Good: A Rebel Architect in Vietnam Creates Green Space
Al Jazeera has a series on rebel architects who are improving the world around them. In the documentary they released today they look at award-winning architect Vo Trong Nghia’s work in reshaping Vietnamese buildings to contain more green space. This film follows Nghia as he tries to find support for
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: And Speaking Of Weapons Of Mass Destruction …
Laurence O’Donnell offers a vital history lesson on the United States’ use of napalm: Visit NBCNews.com for breaking news, world news, and news about the economy H/t The Raw Story Recommend this Post
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: While We’re Focused on Chemical Warfare
It’s interesting how selective the United States can be about weapons of mass destruction given that the U.S. continues to be responsible for widespread death and destruction from its own chemical and nuclear weapons. The gas that Obama-Kerry are blaming on Assad appears to have killed somewhere between a few
Continue readingThe Canadian Progressive: Cornel West Is Upset Obama Was Sworn In On Martin Luther King’s Bible
Dr. Cornel West, America’s most provocative public intellectual, progressive and champion for racial justice, explains why he’s upset that President Barack Obama was sworn in on Martin Luther King’s bible. He questions the first black president’s commitment to the values the slain anti-war civil rights leader stood for, including: peace, truth and
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