EV1 History
Charge Across America in the late 1990s was a forerunner to Sun Country Highway’s cross-continental EV trip with a Tesla Roadster at charging stops it set up all across Canada…
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Residential school “denialism” and free speech
The recent Assembly of First Nations chiefs produced some good stuff. For example, their resolution... The post Residential school “denialism” and free speech first appeared on Views from the Beltline.
Queen Danielle knows what is best for us
Cast your mind back, dear readers, to a simpler time. And by that I mean 2021. The UCP government of Jason Kenney (who would have thought then that we’d look…
Plague Update: How Do We Know It’s Not Over? Not Yet A Memorial Holiday
If people who say the pandemic is over actually believed that, wouldn’t they observe a month of Remembrance for the millions of people lost “during COVID”? Either they are monsters…
Revolution Or Armageddon
Further Thoughts On “Operation Epstein Fury” A few important further notes and updates on the Iran War, and what it means – the third in a series of essays on…
Blowback, Imperial Over-Reach & Collapse: A Case Study – The US-Israeli War On Iran
The US-Israeli war on Iran is a classic text book case of imperial over-reach: driven by greed, power lust and hubris, as all empires are, they over-reach, especially when in…
129 Year Old Lost Film Found
The earliest example of a film featuring a robot was found in a library. It’s a bit degraded at the very end, but it’s a short film, and appears to…
2025: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”
Dickens opening to his historical novel A Tale of Two Cities describing the jumbled era... The post 2025: “It was the best of times, it was the worst of times”…
Warning! False Flag, War, Fascism & Collapse, Coming Fast
False flag warning as Europe and the West face economic and political collapse: What is rapidly escalating and accelerating, and rapidly coming to a climax, is a confluence of crises…
A Big Picture Overview – And An Urgent Warning!
(An open letter to Hrvoje Moric, at Geopolitics & Empire) Excellent discussion, as always, Hrvoje. After four decades and over 100,000 hours of research, studies and writing on geopolitics, political…
Tipi Raising Competition
Glen Anaquod was an elder who taught people how to raise tipis, as his grandmothers had shown him. He was subjected to abuse by Canada, when he was a child.…
Historical Mythology – WWII: The Anti-Fascist War
As we watch the direction the American Trump regime is taking today we are seeing a lot of commentary and memes referencing how the allies went to war against German…
Historical Mythology – WWII: The Anti-Fascist War
As we watch the direction the American Trump regime is taking today we are seeing a lot of commentary and memes referencing how the allies went to war against German…
Save Your Mind, Save Your Freedom, And Save The World – Slow Down
As Chogyam Trungpa said, “The first thing to do is cut the speed.” Slow down. Unplug from all media and electronics. Make time for stillness, silence and solitude. Reflect. Read,…
Nihilism – The Scourge of the Modern World
(My response to the talk below and to the question of nihilism… To a general audience, as (virtually) always, speaking to the general public.) * Nihilism is the scourge of…
history alert: the american revolution was a revolution. full stop.
This post has been sitting in draft for years. July 4, 2025 seems like a good time to let it go.Detail of Liberty, artist unknown, c.1820I have heard from several…
history alert: the american revolution was a revolution. full stop.
This post has been sitting in draft for years. July 4, 2025 seems like a good time to let it go.Detail of Liberty, artist unknown, c.1820I have heard from several…
photos are posted
Photos from our recent trip to Tulsa, Kansas City, and St. Louis are now on Flickr. I'll also link each post to its album page.My photos on Flickr are somewhat…
photos are posted
Photos from our recent trip to Tulsa, Kansas City, and St. Louis are now on Flickr. I'll also link each post to its album page.My photos on Flickr are somewhat…
We shouldn’t forget our American history
From the 17th to the 20th centuries was an imperial age for leading European countries.... The post We shouldn’t forget our American history first appeared on Views from the Beltline.