Tag Archives: politics

Carving Up the Middle-East in 1916

Posted on August 17, 2020 by cdsmiller17

The Sykes-Picot Memorandum I watched Lawrence of Arabia all the way through yesterday, for the first time in years. The Sykes-Picot Agreement was referenced in the movie. That got me to thinking: would it be possible to create the chart … Continue reading →

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Have the Democrats Got Enough Guts to do the ‘Right’ Thing?

Posted on August 1, 2020 by cdsmiller17

He’s Biden His Time, and She’s Trying Not to Harris Him The back and forth among Democrats in the lead-up to Joe Biden naming his Vice-Presidential running mate has been excruciating to watch, even from here in Canada. The implication … Continue reading →

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Celebrity is so Ephemeral

Posted on August 1, 2020 by cdsmiller17

We Prefer our Stars to be Dead It’s coming around to that time of the year when my inner 12-year-old boy mourns for the beautiful movie star who was murdered all those years ago in Hollywood. Last year, I set … Continue reading →

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Did Judas Hang Himself, or was that 1st Century Fake News?

Posted on July 4, 2020 by cdsmiller17

His Role in Jesus’ Story is So Misunderstood When you consider how the winning side always gets to write the history books, it shouldn’t be a surprise to be told that one of the villains of the Passover Plot was … Continue reading →

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I Swear to Tell the Truth … So Help Me God

Posted on June 4, 2020 by cdsmiller17

If only…

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I Knew There Must Have Been More to This…

Posted on May 29, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Scandal (1989) At the time of the Profumo Affair, as it is known, the idea that a ‘call girl’ could be sleeping with a government minister under Harold Macmillan and associating with a Soviet consular official at the same time … Continue reading →

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Opening the “Gate” on Political Scandals

Posted on May 16, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Watergate There’s a lot of it about: no, not scandals; ‘gate’ used as a shorthand for political scandal. The most recent example is “Obamagate”, touted by Trump in this election year as the greatest scandal of all time. Really? I … 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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Alliance Insider: Patriotic or Treasonous?

Posted on April 24, 2020 by cdsmiller17

“Arthur” and the Round Table Knights It’s like having someone whisper in your ear: the title of today’s post is ‘Alliance Insider’. So, I do my research and come up with this image. Which then leads to this page. WTF? … Continue reading →

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Trump’s Right Hand Person

Posted on April 22, 2020 by cdsmiller17

Kellyanne Conway (Jan 20, 1967 @ 8:58 am, Atco NJ) I asked this question in the previous post: what is Conway‘s role in the White House? The answer is normally worded as ‘Counselor to the President of the United States’. … Continue reading →

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