Category Archives: history

Not Pro-Palestine, Not Pro-Israel:

Posted on March 9, 2024 by cdsmiller17

I’m Anti-War I was a teenager during the Sixties. My natural reaction to war is being against it. I’d always wondered why, until I went through a past-life regression in the early Eighties. Then it became obvious; I had fought … Continue reading →

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Well, That’s One Way to Become Famous in the States

Posted on March 9, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Senator Katie Britt (February 2, 1982) One kind of has to wonder what the GOP were thinking when they chose Katie Britt to give their televised rebuttal of Joe Biden’s State of the Union speech on Thursday night last. (And … Continue reading →

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Fractals: Is History Repeating Itself, Yet Again?

Posted on March 9, 2024 by cdsmiller17

No, I’m not trying to be funny, here. Gregg Braden has this little guy (or a facsimile* of him) in the corner of his YouTube videos. Are we destined to see this battle of good and evil play out again? … Continue reading →

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In This “New Age”…

Posted on March 8, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Are Psychics Real? Now, this is the question for the ages. As one of the practitioners of the ‘forbidden’ arts, I am quite sensitive to the idea that we (as a group) are unwitting instruments of the devil. I had … Continue reading →

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How Political Ads Play Off Voters’ Anxieties

Posted on March 7, 2024 by cdsmiller17

There is an Conservative Party of Canada ad playing on the airwaves at the moment that highlights this exact issue: “Canada is broken.” A pile of puzzle pieces spills onto a table. “Everything feels broken,” Pierre Poilievre says in a voice-over as … Continue reading →

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Sometimes You Have to Come Back to Finish the Job

Posted on March 6, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Caitlin Clark (January 22, 2002) This young lady is setting college basketball points records. Within the last week, she has passed the previous record set by “Pistol” Pete Maravich. Of course, the misogynists say that he is still the best … Continue reading →

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If They Did Anything Else, They’d Come Under Fire

Posted on March 5, 2024 by cdsmiller17

The Supreme Court of the United States (March 4, 2024) It’s interesting how the American voting public want SCOTUS to settle their disputes for them. That way, they can point at the Justices and blame them for whatever may occur. … Continue reading →

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The Man who Gave Canadians the GST

Posted on March 1, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Brian Mulroney (March 20, 1939 – February 29, 2024) Canada’s 18th Prime Minister died yesterday. I used to joke that I moved to the UK in early 1985, after Brian Mulroney‘s Progressive Conservatives won the general election in September 1984, … Continue reading →

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Is This Letter a “Deep Fake” or the “Real Deal”?

Posted on February 23, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Pontius Pilate’s Letter to Tiberius about Jesus YouTube offered a strange video for my viewing pleasure, yesterday. It comes from a series of videos which are verbatim recitations of chapters from a book called “Archko Volume”. But, is the Acta … Continue reading →

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Marrying Her Gave William Marshal Status

Posted on February 21, 2024 by cdsmiller17

Isabel de Clare (c. 1172 – March 11, 1220) There’s a kind of justice in the fact that some men can marry above their station and become aristocracy. Richard the Lionheart arranged this marriage, and William Marshal was set for … Continue reading →

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