“What Should Be Done ? ” We, the inhabitants of the Columbian Coast, are facing an international menace which threatens our very mode of life and indeed our physical survival. 4 N, a huge Yankee corporation, has announced plans of construction for several large cocaine factories. The output of these factories will be shipped toContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March” :Chapter 25 “The Columbian Manifesto””
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10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: #4 Get Quebec Businesses Online
Again the Quebec magazine L’actualitê has an interesting feature article in its April edition dealing with COVID-19 and translated it means what are the steps we can take to ensure we don’t have a year like 2020? The fourth step is to get more businesses online. Many businesses in Quebec have now understood getting onlineContinue reading “10 Steps We Can Take to Never Have a Year Like 2020: #4 Get Quebec Businesses Online”
A Dirty Little Secret: Greece’s Prison Camps for Women During the Greek Civil War (1946-1949)
I am somewhat tuned in to the American “Pappas Post” which attempts to keep readers apprised of Greek culture to readers in North America so that it is not forgotten. I have read countless articles about the heroic Greek resistance to Nazi occupation in 1941. The resistance was ferocious and the Greeks paid a veryContinue reading “A Dirty Little Secret: Greece’s Prison Camps for Women During the Greek Civil War (1946-1949)”
Surfing The Third Wave in Ontario with a An Excellent Cabernet Franc
It seems with every gain there is a fallback with COVID. I suspect as everyone is so hyped with the various COVID vaccines perhaps a new vaccine resistant strain will emerge and we’ll be tossed on our asses again. So I suppose we sit tight and wait. Hopefully the news will be good and persistentlyContinue reading “Surfing The Third Wave in Ontario with a An Excellent Cabernet Franc”
Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Trust
“It is impossible to become like somebody else. Your only hope is to become more fully yourself. This is the reason for practicing meditation in the first place. Teachers, books, CD’s and apps can only be guides and offer signposts and suggestions. It is important to be open and receptive to what you can learnContinue reading “Jon Kabat-Zinn’s “Full Catastrophe Living”: Trust”
“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 24 “Squid, Columbia and Cocaine”
Indeed, odd activities were rife on the Columbian Coast. The sky was teeming with helicopters and small planes. Survey crews were busy at work in the jungle scribbling out computations and hunched over their laptops. Rumour had it that a large American company was laying grandiose plans for the construction of a huge industrial plant.Continue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 24 “Squid, Columbia and Cocaine””
WHO backs AZ Vaccine!
WHO statement on AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine safety signals 17 March 2021 Statement Reading time: Less than a minute (220 words)العربية中文FrançaisРусскийEspañolPortuguês Some countries in the European Union have temporarily suspended use of the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine as a precautionary measure based on reports of rare blood coagulation disorders in persons who had received the vaccine. Other countries in the EUContinue reading “WHO backs AZ Vaccine!”
“The Mole Agent”: Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards
I see so many great films every year that are superb films but none ever make it to the Academy Awards. It is a bit like wine where you see on the label all sorts of awards and medals. Rarely does it translate into what I would call a gold medal wine. In these wineContinue reading ““The Mole Agent”: Nominated for Best Documentary Feature at the 93rd Academy Awards”
From Data Rape to Data Sovereignty
Tim Berners-Lee’s plan to save the internet: give us back control of our data February 5, 2021 8.12am EST Author Pieter VerdegemSenior Lecturer, School of Media and Communication, University of Westminster Disclosure statement Pieter Verdegem does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organisation that would benefit from this article,Continue reading “From Data Rape to Data Sovereignty”
“Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 23 “Squid Meets Santa Claus The Revolutionary”
Squid had spent many years wandering the globe recently encountering the phenomena of foreign economic penetration and domination. Perhaps it was the Frenchman he had first encountered then the slavers but there was an increasing band of greed-stricken characters. If it wasn’t Cartaway then it was Cortez, Columbus, Livingstone, IT&T or Bestinghouse Electric. Unfortunately fewContinue reading ““Mutantism on the March”: Chapter 23 “Squid Meets Santa Claus The Revolutionary””
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