Category Archives: paranoia

Did He Kill Her or Was It “Something” Else?

Posted on May 30, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The Staircase (Netflix Documentary) Never underestimate the power of the main stream media to ‘influence’ a jury before a case is tried in court. That seems to be the lesson here. I watched the first four episodes of this (now) … Continue reading →

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It Took More than Three Centuries to Clear Her Name

Posted on May 28, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Elizabeth Johnson Jr (1670 – 1716) This has been in the news lately. This young woman was sentenced to be ‘hanged by the neck until dead’ but had her sentence thrown out by the Governor of Massachusetts, at the time. … Continue reading →

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Maybe This is Exactly What Everyone Wants…

Posted on May 16, 2022 by cdsmiller17

The World Going to Hell in a Handcart You know what I’m going to write next, don’t you? Be careful what you ask for, you just might get it. Putin and Russia want a neutral buffer zone around their borders. … Continue reading →

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Conspiracy Theory: It Was Murder-Suicide After All

Posted on May 9, 2022 by cdsmiller17

MH 370 Finally Located? I’m usually not easily deceived, but this one pulled the wool over my eyes, and made me consider an alternate explanation that was likely improbable, if not downright impossible. Here’s my original post. Now it seems … Continue reading →

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“Now Did You Read the News Today?”

Posted on May 7, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Current Events This illustration has an image from the animated film, “Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs”, which seems appropriate, somehow. It’s the child’s equivalent of last year’s “Don’t Look Up”. But I digress. In a world searching for the … Continue reading →

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Are We Painting Ourselves into a Corner?

Posted on May 3, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Intolerance (1916) OK. This is a loaded question: should we tolerate differences in society, or should we draw a line in the sand and dare others to cross it at their peril? That seems to be the ethos of this … Continue reading →

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DuPont: How the Teflon Company Came Unstuck

Posted on April 3, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Dark Waters (2019) On a whim, we watched this film on Netflix last night. In some ways, I wish we hadn’t. It makes depressing viewing, but it is informative as to how to take on a manufacturing giant with a … Continue reading →

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Putin: Be Careful What You Ask For…

Posted on March 9, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Tarot: 7 of Swords This is my three-thousand-and-first post. I may be starting to write about other divinatory processes. As I sat down to write this, the Seven of Swords came to mind, so I decided to go with that … Continue reading →

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Ready or Not, Here I Come…

Posted on February 21, 2022 by cdsmiller17

One in a Hundred They say it’s a rare individual that will swim against the tide. My Norma Jeane birth time post hasn’t made much of a ripple effect. It certainly didn’t make a ‘splash’. In fact, the underwhelming response … Continue reading →

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Stereotypes: Are Canadians Law-Abiding?

Posted on February 19, 2022 by cdsmiller17

Only When It Suits Them to Be In very small ways, since returning to Canada, almost 15 years ago, I’ve noticed that our national identity as an honest country is being slowly eroded by other players. We never really were … Continue reading →

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