We try a 2020 Redtail Pinot Noir from Hubbs Creek Vineyard from Prince Edward County, Ontario aka The County. Hubbs Creek Vineyard is a small family-owned vineyard planted over 15 years ago in the small town of Hillier, Ontario. The Pinot Noir was aged in Burgundian oak for 18 months. Aroma: Strawberry, raspberry, red cherryContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: A Pinot Noir from Prince Edward County”
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RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Anacoreta”: A Movie About Attempting to Make a Horror Movie
“Anacoreta” is a movie about attempting to make an experimental horror movie. I can’t discern any horror or mockumentary flavour to it. I attended the 65th Annual Thessaloniki International Film Festival in Thessaloniki, Greece in early November 2024 and watched 23 movies and posted reviews on 20 of them in 10 days. Three of theContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Anacoreta”: A Movie About Attempting to Make a Horror Movie”
Spoof News Services: The United States Bans the Sale of Canadian Maple Syrup: Washington: 17February2025
Susan Malaka Secretary of Agriculture of the United States just fresh off a 16February2025 ban of Canadian Ice-wine announced today effective immediately the criminalization of the possession of and trafficking of Canadian maple syrup. American citizens may return any Canadian maple syrup in their possession under the terms of an amnesty also announced today byContinue reading “Spoof News Services: The United States Bans the Sale of Canadian Maple Syrup: Washington: 17February2025”
The Return of the Penny Pensioner: Chapter 10: A Dictator Grooms America: Consolidate Domestic Power by Sowing Confusion
President Oran Crapaud of the United States of America has a confusion strategy domestically and internationally. Crapaud slashed and burned Big America Government Bureaucracy (BAGB). Terminate, intimidate and browbeat BAGB reminiscing to the time when Crapaud postulates America was great. Greatness harks back to the time prior to BAGB. Who cares if BAGB was bornContinue reading “The Return of the Penny Pensioner: Chapter 10: A Dictator Grooms America: Consolidate Domestic Power by Sowing Confusion”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Steve Byfield at it Again with a Tight Assed 2021 Cadence Red
Virtual winemaker Steve Byfield is at it again with another Cadence Red a blend of Merlot (37%), Cabernet Franc (36%), Cabernet Sauvignon (20%) and Malbec (5%). 122 cases produced. Aroma: Tightly structured demanding at least one more year in the bottle to fuitify a bit more. Black fruit is to be noticed here particularly blackberry,Continue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Wine: Steve Byfield at it Again with a Tight Assed 2021 Cadence Red”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Sweet Summer Pow Pow”: Two Generations Barely Able to Politic to Peace in “Love Story” Indigenous Style
Jinny (Tatyana Rose Baptiste) is a 17-year-old from the County Lake nation in British Columbia. Jinny suffers under the despotic but well intended iron fist of her mother Cara (Tanis Paranteau). Cara, now the chief of the County Lake nation, was not always a paradigm of respectability as Jinny notes she spent time in herContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Sweet Summer Pow Pow”: Two Generations Barely Able to Politic to Peace in “Love Story” Indigenous Style”
The Return of the Penniless Pensioner: Chapter Nine: A Dictator Grooms America: The Power of Non-Ideology
Most political movements are glued and powered by a cohesive and extensive ideology. The Crapaud ideology can be written on a yellow stickie. Crapaudism is based on manufactured anger manipulated to attract and pander to his base. Anger, often theatrical, is directed towards what inflames his base. On the opening pages of a very slimContinue reading “The Return of the Penniless Pensioner: Chapter Nine: A Dictator Grooms America: The Power of Non-Ideology”
Spoof News Services: United States Launches Offensive Against Canadian Ice-wine: Maple Syrup Could be Next: Lac Duvin, Quebec (16February2025)
The Secretary of Agriculture of the United States, Susan Malaka, announced that commencing immediately all sales of Canadian Ice-wine will be prohibited in the United States. Malaka announced at a meeting of Golden Age Youth in Dayton, Ohio, “Effective immediately we have resurrected Prohibition in our fight against Canadian Ice-wine. The Canadians hit our winesContinue reading “Spoof News Services: United States Launches Offensive Against Canadian Ice-wine: Maple Syrup Could be Next: Lac Duvin, Quebec (16February2025)”
Spoof News Services: United States Department of Homeland Paranoia Labels Canadian Booing of U.S. National Anthem an Act of Terrorism: Arlington, Virginia: 16February2025
Cristal “Hee Haw” Numbhead, the Secretary of the United States Department of Homeland Paranoia, said in Washington today Canadians booing the United States anthem on 15February2025 at Montreal’s Molson’s Arena at a hockey match between Canada and the United States in the Four Nations Face-Off Series amounted to an act of terrorism against the UnitedContinue reading “Spoof News Services: United States Department of Homeland Paranoia Labels Canadian Booing of U.S. National Anthem an Act of Terrorism: Arlington, Virginia: 16February2025”
RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Lucky Star”: Down the Rabbit Hole Again?
Harold “Lucky” Lee (Terry Chen) resides in Calgary, Alberta with his wife Noel (Olivia Cheng) and daughters Grace (Connie Miu) and Jenny. Lucky recently purchased an electronic repair business and is heavily leveraged. And his accountant, and long-time friend, advises him he owes the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) $15,000 in taxes. After Lucky receives aContinue reading “RKS 2025 CANADIAN Film: “Lucky Star”: Down the Rabbit Hole Again?”
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