The 2006 National Film Board of Canada documentary, “Bombay Calling” takes you up close and personal with callers operating in a Mumbai call centre you really would prefer not to converse with and perhaps have hung up on in the past. Indian call centres selling legitimate products and services proliferated for some time in theContinue reading “RKS Throwback CANADIAN Documentary: “Bombay Calling”: Up Close and Personal with Those You’d Prefer to Hang Up On”
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RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Leaning Post Cuvée Winona
There are glitzy and glorious wineries in Niagara, Ontario looking more akin to castles and grand estates than a down-home winery where wine is the only show in town and no $36 truffle pizza is available. Leaning Post is one of those down-home wineries where great wine is about the only game going on. WeContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Leaning Post Cuvée Winona”
“OPERATION 51st STATE: Managing Canadian Opposition to Canada’s Annexation by the United States of America: Lotteries, Advertising Campaigns and Promotion of Citizenship Awards”
The Senior Working Group (SWG) discussed how best to manage Canadian’s opposition to the annexation of Canada as the 51st state of the United States of America. The SWG has many recommendations which we will lay out in separate sections of this document. It is the view of the SWG Canadian “gun legislation” has effectivelyContinue reading ““OPERATION 51st STATE: Managing Canadian Opposition to Canada’s Annexation by the United States of America: Lotteries, Advertising Campaigns and Promotion of Citizenship Awards””
Operation 51st State: Top Secret Documents Expose United States Plans to Annex Canada: A Staged Busjacking to Start the Ball Rolling: A Breaking Spoof Exclusive
Spoof reporter Costas Studialos took his family for an “all you can stuff your gullet ” luncheon buffet at an IHOP on Indian Canyon Road in Palm Springs and noticed in the bunk seat where the family settled down to a mound of flapjacks and shrimp grits a document with apple crisp toppings encrusted onContinue reading “Operation 51st State: Top Secret Documents Expose United States Plans to Annex Canada: A Staged Busjacking to Start the Ball Rolling: A Breaking Spoof Exclusive”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: The Two Evil Sins of this Canadian Wine!
We try a Smoke & Gamble Cabernet. What sin is left? Fornication? It is a non vintage wine yet another possible sin but if you are engrossed in smoking and gambling the devil may care although penance may be possible considering it is a VQA Ontario wine. The label praises oak barrel ageing openly, unabashedlyContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: The Two Evil Sins of this Canadian Wine!”
RKS Throwback CANADIAN Documentary: “King of the Hill”: Ferguson Jenkins: Better with Age!
The 1974 National Film Board of Canada documentary “King of the Hill” showcases black Canadian professional baseball pitcher Ferguson Jenkins and a slice of baseball as it was in 1972/73 when he played for the Chicago Cubs. Who is Ferguson Jenkins you may ask? Born in Chatham, Ontario in 1942 just about says it allContinue reading “RKS Throwback CANADIAN Documentary: “King of the Hill”: Ferguson Jenkins: Better with Age!”
On April 16, the World Stands Up for Canada by Sitting Down to Watch a Great Canadian Film!
World’s biggest press release for the world’s biggest film festival TORONTO – April 1, 2025 – On April 16, National Canadian Film Day (CanFilmDay), will unite the nation in a massive, celebratory, elbows-up explosion of Canadian film. Returning for the twelfth year, CanFilmDay will present nearly 2,000 FREE screenings in every province and territory, and in moreContinue reading “On April 16, the World Stands Up for Canada by Sitting Down to Watch a Great Canadian Film!”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “Anything for Fame”: A Delve into the Insatiable Desire for Rome is Burning Social Media Fame
Pardon my “Rocky Horror Picture Show” Dr. Everett Scott attitude here but the Canadian documentary “Anything for Fame” is a deep dive into the elusive chase for fame on social media channels we can label “internet fame”. Jamie Cohen holder of a PHD in Digital Culture notes the odds of being a super famous internetContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Documentary: “Anything for Fame”: A Delve into the Insatiable Desire for Rome is Burning Social Media Fame”
Ruthless Capital Management Announces Two New Pop Up “Yippy’s Mobile Bistros” in New York City: Spoof News Services: Coney Island, New York (10April2025)
Brofit Margin, Executive Officer of Ruthless Capital Management, announced today on the steps of the New York Stock Exchange the opening of two pop up mobile restaurants to be known as Yippy’s in consequence to the United States President Donald Trump’s remarks yesterday about the yippy people overexaggerating the tariff inspired crash of the worldContinue reading “Ruthless Capital Management Announces Two New Pop Up “Yippy’s Mobile Bistros” in New York City: Spoof News Services: Coney Island, New York (10April2025)”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: An Original, Bold and Audacious Wine? Megalomaniac To Be Frank Cabernet Franc
Original, bold and audacious Cabernet Franc so says the label? Can’t say I have had one of those wines with all three adjectives operating simultaneously so let’s put it down to marketing to catch the consumer with thrilling adjectives. A nifty name too for a Cabernet Franc wine, “To Be Frank”. Are we in Australia?Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: An Original, Bold and Audacious Wine? Megalomaniac To Be Frank Cabernet Franc”
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