This “one at a time hotel room”, or rather our “Superior Room”, permits only one person to prepare for the day e.g. to shower and dress. Dearest F did so first leaving me to navigate the tiny space and get ready which I did. I looked for Dearest F, I and T in the breakfastContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version: 21September2026: Hydra: Missed My Breakfast: The Unexpected Gem of the Museum of History and Archives and a Stalking Experience”
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2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:17September2026: Athens: Plaka Good and Bad: The Ancient Agora of Athens: “Ruins Fatigue”
No doubt you may have heard about the Plaka District in Athens. The main shopping drag is a drag for me. Overrun by tourists drawn in by its proximity to the Acropolis and yes the cruise ship gangs poking around the touristic shops. T shirts, coffee mugs, postcards and over Greekified nick-nacks. Plenty of uninspiringContinue reading “2026 GREEK TRAVEL ADVENTURE: Short Attention Span Version:17September2026: Athens: Plaka Good and Bad: The Ancient Agora of Athens: “Ruins Fatigue””
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN
DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN Being somewhat sick and tired of limousines all of us took Ottawa Transit to the Prime Minister’s residence. Bedraggled and besieged Prime Minster of Canada Thomas Bankboy battling the aggression and hot tornadic air of President Orville Grump of the United States. Annexation. Tariffs.Continue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: DINNER WITH THE PRIME MINISTER OF CANADA: BEING USED YET AGAIN”
“Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES TOP SECRET MEMO: PROPOSED INVASION OF CANADA BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES TOP SECRET MEMO: PROPOSED INVASION OF CANADA BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES TOP SECRET INTELLIGENCE REPORT Canadian Security Intelligence Services (CSIS) operatives xxxxxx and xxxxxx filed two observation reports this morning based onContinue reading ““Lost in Puppydom: Rory Dylan Stephen’s Puppydom”: THE ABDUCTION OF RORY DYLAN STEPHEN: MURDER ON THE EASTERN & ORIENTAL EXPRESS: CANADIAN SECURITY INTELLIGENCE SERVICES TOP SECRET MEMO: PROPOSED INVASION OF CANADA BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA”
RKS 2025 Canadian Film: “Angela’s Shadow”: A Disgusting, Shameful and Disgraceful Chapter in Canadian History….and the Pages Continue Turning
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”
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”
