Canadians have been hearing stories about residential schools akin to prisons for Indigenous children managed by various religious orders and blessed by the Canadian government. Residential schools no longer exist but the trauma inflicted by them on survivors and the Indigenous community continues. You might wish to summon up a plenitude of adjectives to describeContinue reading “RKS 2025 Canadian Film: “Angela’s Shadow”: A Disgusting, Shameful and Disgraceful Chapter in Canadian History….and the Pages Continue Turning”
Tag Archives: history
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Night Watches Us”: No Police Brutality Here in Canada Eh?
There has been a long history of police brutality towards blacks in the United States. Perhaps a “modern” starting point for many might be the severe beating Rodney King suffered at the hands of the LAPD in 1991 and of course the notorious police murder of George Floyd in 2020 an incendiary device for BlackContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Night Watches Us”: No Police Brutality Here in Canada Eh?”
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance”: The Long Road to the Big Show
The Canadian National Film Board documentary “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance” traces struggles encountered by Canada’s queer community from the 1950’s to the present day. In the 1950’s and 1960’s Canadian queerdom was a shameful and disgusting aberration for the straight community. In 2025 it remains as such but only for a minorityContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “Parade: Queer Acts of Love and Resistance”: The Long Road to the Big Show”
Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “The Last Ambassador”: No Hope for Afghanistan?
The misogynist cult men of the Taliban seized control of Afghanistan on 15August2021 aided by the “Doha Deal” with the United States ending the war in Afghanistan and lending a degree of informal legitimization to the Taliban. The Taliban attempted to sell to the international community they had changed shallowly stating they respected women’s involvementContinue reading “Toronto 2025 Hot Docs: “The Last Ambassador”: No Hope for Afghanistan?”
“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”
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Together We Stand”: It Was Not I But We
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival screened from 6-16March2025. “Together We Stand” is a Greek documentary focusing on the 1973 occupation of the Polytechnic University in Athens in protest against the military dictatorship in Greece that seized power on 21April1967 and surrendered it on 23July1974. Through archival news footage, photographs, interviews of the participating studentsContinue reading “The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Together We Stand”: It Was Not I But We”
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Where Are They”: Missing After the 1974 Turkish Invasion of Cyprus
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival wrapped up today 16March2025. “Where Are They” is a Greek documentary revealing the ongoing attempts to locate 1,619 Greek Cypriots “missing” immediately after the 1974 Turkish invasion of Cyprus. The missing are soldiers never registered as Prisoners of War or were civilians. Most of the missing are men butContinue reading “The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Where Are They”: Missing After the 1974 Turkish Invasion of Cyprus”
27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Children of the Dust”: Great Expectations of a Vietnamese Amerasian Cultural Orphan
The 27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival runs until 16March2025. Ngo Thanh Sang is one of thousands of Amerasian children left behind in Vietnam as South Vietnam finally collapsed in 1975 with Americans beating a hasty retreat. Sang’s father was an American soldier in Vietnam serving a 1966—67 tour of duty. The result of his relationshipContinue reading “27th Thessaloniki International Documentary Festival: “Children of the Dust”: Great Expectations of a Vietnamese Amerasian Cultural Orphan”
King Charles III Launches Out at President Trump Over Canada Threats: Commonwealth Members Will Attack to Defend Canada: Newcastle Upon Brine: 13March2025: Spoof News Services
King Charles launched out at President Trump of the United States this afternoon in a televised statement broadcast on both the BBC and CBC. Speculation is Charles has been humbled by Canadians referring to him as “Bonnie Chicken Charlie” for exhibiting silence of cowardice, relying on the shield of diplomacy, against the continual threats ofContinue reading “King Charles III Launches Out at President Trump Over Canada Threats: Commonwealth Members Will Attack to Defend Canada: Newcastle Upon Brine: 13March2025: Spoof News Services”
A Bird's Eye View of Fashion, Food, Travel, Culture, Beverage and Curiosity 