Category Archives: paranoia

What the Heck is Pluto Going to Be Doing to Me?

Posted on May 22, 2020 by cdsmiller17

I am mindful, at all times, that the planets are going about their various movements, without them being remotely interested in me personally. And that is as it should be. As an astrologer, it is up to me to map … Continue reading →

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Ontario: Giving our Trillium a Makeover

Posted on May 19, 2020 by cdsmiller17

New Look for an Old Symbol When Doug Ford became Premier of Ontario he promised to update the look of the province, mainly to get rid of outmoded Liberal influences. One of the most radical changes involved a new look … Continue reading →

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Following the Script of a Pandemic Movie

Posted on May 17, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Contagion (2011) This movie has an eerie prescience. (And the tag line makes the point clearly.) I cannot remember any other movie I’ve seen where images similar to it are being played out in televised segments on the nightly news. … Continue reading →

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Not America’s Finest Hour

Posted on May 9, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Bay of Pigs Invasion While writing, yesterday, about Dag Hammarskjöld’s plane crash in 1961, I started wondering about the US failed attempt to invade Cuba and remove Fidel Castro from the world stage. It was an embarrassing diplomatic fiasco. … Continue reading →

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Canada’s “New” National Anthem

Posted on May 8, 2020 by cdsmiller17

We’re All in This Together (2013) As this is one of my favourite refrains, I was surprised to find that there exists a song with these words in its title. Now, because of the pandemic lockdown, it has come into … Continue reading →

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When a Muse Comes to You in Your Sleep

Posted on May 7, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Satisfaction (1965) Fifty-five years ago today, Keith Richards woke up from a sleep; a deep sleep that had been interrupted by a guitar riff and a phrase. In the night, he’d recorded the beginnings of (I Can’t Get No) Satisfaction, … Continue reading →

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The Birth of Christianity Reimagined

Posted on May 5, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Man Who Died D.H. Lawrence, towards the end of his life, started to examine the life and death of Jesus. I read this book in the 1970’s and, at the time, thought about what Lawrence was trying to accomplish … Continue reading →

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Is it a Towering Inferno?

Posted on May 4, 2020 by cdsmiller17

We watch CTV News Barrie everyday at 6:00 pm. It’s our first view of the news each evening and provides us with an overview of the events in our area of Ontario, Simcoe and Muskoka. It’s also part of the … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks Dump Highlights CPC Tricks

Posted on April 30, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Julian Assange You wouldn’t think that Wikileaks would be interested in Canadian politics, would you? Well, that’s what I thought when I was trolling through some of the files from last week’s Wikileaks dump. But one title caught my eye: … Continue reading →

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Wikileaks Dump had a Map of Megiddo

Posted on April 29, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Was This an American Government Secret? The image I found on the internet is not the same one from the Wikileaks dump from a week ago, so let’s be perfectly clear about that. The Wikileaks image showed the same Valley … Continue reading →

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