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Monthly Archives: May 2017
In case you were wondering,
according to Bank of Nova Scotia, enriched thinking is “your thinking, combined with our thinking”. Hmmmm…. Ironies: I guess you can’t have any enriched thinking of your own without them and enriched thinking is solely concerned with accumulating money and … Continue reading
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Democritus Said:
(“Glad Day”–William Blake) “Happiness resides not in possessions and not in gold; the feeling of happiness dwells in the soul.”
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The Non-Teaching of Canadian History in Schools and Universities
Long gone are the survey courses in both of my youth. With the usurpation by politically-correct topics, kids no longer know, study, or encounter: Frederick Banting Alexander Graham Bell Billy Bishop the Bluenose Robert Borden Brebeuf General Brock the amazing … Continue reading
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‘The Monsters of the Moors’: Obit
Ian Brady has died, the last of the two Monsters of the Moors; Myra Hindley, his accomplice died sometime ago. Brady has had the unmitigated gall to request that his ashes be scattered on the moors where they killed six … Continue reading
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The Art of Nature
“Nature is painting for us, day after day, pictures of infinite beauty.” –John Ruskin
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Seems to me if you share your country’s secrets with another country, then
you have committed treason. Common sense. No brainer. As I ‘ve said ,many times we do it to ourselves as Trump has shamelessly and repeatedly done since being elected. He is an impeachment destined to happen because of his own … Continue reading
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Today
(Universities in Canada have largely lost their former humanities-based vision, respectful civility and tolerance for others’ beliefs and opinions, and free-ranging, intense intellectual activity without regard to myriad personal agendas.) The old Romantic idea of immersion in Nature is largely gone … Continue reading
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Edmo’s Hifalutin Notions of Culture and Art
Giant shoes @ Southgate and a heap of steel balls far off the road on the Quesnell. Gives new meanings to the phrases: “Expansion of the human spirit” and “The gift of insight”.
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Ron MacLean of HNIC and Hometown Hockey
An insufferable, smarmy, smart-assed show-off. Drew Remenda: same kind of egotistical, limited person doing the Oilers TV hockey broadcasts. I would most definitely not want to spend one second in the company of either.
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Canadian Education Re. Western Civilization–Who Needs It?
In our wonderful brave new world in which high-school students learn about financial planning, political correctness, and the environment, and university courses have become politicized and no longer highlight the major names of Western civilization, I wonder how many of the … Continue reading
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