If there is a constant impression I receive from organic wines it is they have a pureness and clarity to them. They are sharp and lively. It is not a question of omnipresent superiority. Many non-organic wines taste like they are dead and terribly blunt and dull. Constant soil abuse through spraying and use ofContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: The Clarity of Organic Wine: Southbrook Triomphe Gamay from Niagara”
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RKS 2023 Wine: A Toast to the Disappearing Middle Class of North America and EU: To the Liquor Control Board of Ontario Please Note We Weren’t Born Yesterday!
Artificial Intelligence has a bit of a double-edged sword. AI will decimate the middle class if it has its way. What a profit seeking corporation needs is rock bottom low labour costs. Eliminate costs, increase profitability and pump-up bonuses to the “senior management team” and throw a few extra pesos to shareholders. Worth celebrating forContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: A Toast to the Disappearing Middle Class of North America and EU: To the Liquor Control Board of Ontario Please Note We Weren’t Born Yesterday!”
RKS 2023 Film: “ROJEK”: Behind the ISIS Killing Machine
“ROJEK” is Canada’s official selection for Best International Feature Film and Best Documentary Feature Film at the upcoming 96th Academy Awards. “ROJEK” is available on all major VOD platforms in North America and will be launched on CRAVE on 8December2023, Canada’s prestige entertainment streaming platform. “ROJEX” was directed by Canadian director Zaynê Akyol who wasContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film: “ROJEK”: Behind the ISIS Killing Machine”
RKS 2023 Wine: We Aren’t Impressed by That Gold Medal Seal and a 92 jamessuckling.com or are We?
Hopefully wine drinkers are not swayed by a “Gold Medal” seal and a 92 James Suckling seal on the bottle of the Knappstein Clare Valley 2020 Cabernet Sauvignon. There is nothing inscribed on the “Gold Medal” seal to indicate who issued it. Could it be from some children’s colouring book? As for a jamessuckling.com 92Continue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: We Aren’t Impressed by That Gold Medal Seal and a 92 jamessuckling.com or are We?”
RKS 2023 Wine: An Outstanding Ontario Merlot: To Dream The Impossible Dream?
As for outstanding Ontario Merlot about the only one that turns my crank is Merlot from Niagara-on-the-Lake’s Two Sisters but not being a cardiologist or a captain of industry can you afford $57.80 for a bottle of their Merlot? Ontario Merlot may be suitable for blending but then is blending with a less than stellarContinue reading “RKS 2023 Wine: An Outstanding Ontario Merlot: To Dream The Impossible Dream?”
RKS 2023 Film : “Hong Kong Mixtape”: PRC’s Iron Fist Suffocates Hong Kong
On 1July1997 British rule ended in Hong Kong and its fate was handed over to the People’s Republic of China which promised democracy would live on but who believed that? And authoritarian rule gradually seeped into Hong Kong. Youth led protests to the anti-democratic manoeuvres by PRC to eliminate democracy really crystallized with promulgation ofContinue reading “RKS 2023 Film : “Hong Kong Mixtape”: PRC’s Iron Fist Suffocates Hong Kong”
RKS Literature: Dreams (Dickens)
“Dreams are the bright creatures of poem and legend, who sport earth in the night season and melt away at the first beam of sun, which lights grim care and stern reality to their pilgrimage through the world.” Charles Dickens, “Nicholas Nickleby”, 1839
RKS Tea Meister: Tea Squared Citrus Relaxer
This is Tea Squared’s “favourite nighttime blend”. Kind of makes sense with this caffeine less brew. It consists of apple pieces, lemon verbena, lemon balm, lemongrass, citrus peel, lime pieces, hibiscus flowers, corn flowers and lime oil. If you are suffering from scurvy it is just for you! Aroma: Certainly lots of lemon verbena inContinue reading “RKS Tea Meister: Tea Squared Citrus Relaxer”
RKS 2023 Films: “Coming Around”: A Very Queerish Queer Documentary
The Canadian documentary “Coming Around” could be seen by some as a classic Liar Liar Your Pants Are on Fire story. Eman Abdelhadi is a Muslim queer of Palestinian descent living in Brooklyn, New York. She drinks, smokes weed, dances living a hajibless and openly queer lifestyle at least in Brooklyn. Her mother is aContinue reading “RKS 2023 Films: “Coming Around”: A Very Queerish Queer Documentary”
Dylan Stephen The Westie From The Land Beyond Unabashedly Wishes You a Merry Christmas
You may recall that I died on 13July2023 just shy of 15 years of age. I have accepted my death and I have many friends here in The Land Beyond. So many pets and humans. I am even friends with a cat named Snowball and so many dogs from my hood… Freddie, Oggie, Cody andContinue reading “Dylan Stephen The Westie From The Land Beyond Unabashedly Wishes You a Merry Christmas”
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