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Category Archives: History
Got a Sinking Feeling About Fort Knox
One of the wild ideas that I’ve heard of to explore the earth’s interior, is to use iron. Spread a whole lot of iron for a breadth of many kilometres and piled a certain height. Once a certain height of … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Politics, Science, Science Fiction
Tagged could Fort Knox disappear?, did El Dorado sink beneath the crust?, exploration of earth's centre, iron piled with enough breadth and height will sink to earth's centre, less gold is needed to sink to earth's centre, new way to make humans extinct?, wild idea
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Contrary Ontario
Greetings from Contrario, the multiple personality province that votes a different way federally and a different way provincially. If the Progressive Conservatives are in nationally this province will vote Liberal for its provincial leaders. If the Liberals are in nationally, … Continue reading
Famine and Cannibalism
In my news watching lifetime there have been three big famines: the Ethiopian famine of Bob Geldof fame, the Malawi famine of 2002 which was given little press, and the current Horn of Africa famine. Despite brutal circumstances and horrible … Continue reading
Posted in History, Politics, Social Science, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged cannibalism, cartoon, dead had honour, developed world, developing world, Ethiopian famine, explorers, explorers quick to embrace cannibalism, Franklin expeditions cannibalism, Horn of Africa famine, Malawi famine, world's population growth is slowing
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Bye Bye to the Space Shuttle Program
During the Space Shuttle’s last flight this week, many have with melancholy said bye to the whole Space Shuttle program with heaviness in their hearts. I’ve had a heavy heart, too, but largely this post says goodbye to a joke, … Continue reading
The Herd Mentality of Baby Boomers
How many baby boomers does it take to screw in a light bulb? A herd. Why did the baby boomer cross the road? Because another baby boomer did. What do you call a lone baby boomer? Nonexistent. I can feel … Continue reading
The 20th Century Showed that Genocide can be Common
First there was the Armenian genocide that started in Turkey during World War I. Then there was the obvious genocide of the European Jew done by Hitler and the Nazis during World War II. Then in the early ’90s there … Continue reading
One Possible Reparation for a Genocide
The Armenian genocide doesn’t quite get the respect it deserves. Firstly, almost all Turks are Armenian genocide deniers. Secondly, after the bigger (and more obvious to the west) Jewish holocaust, not much is spoken about the Armenian trials. The newer … Continue reading
Rock Star Early Warning System
“Look up in the sky…” “It’s a bird…” “It’s a plane…” “No, it’s a rock star in a private jet!” The above, almost superhero like treatment, begins to reflect some of the high esteem rock stars in the mid 1980′s … Continue reading
Posted in History, Music, Politics, Wee Bit O' Humour
Tagged Band Aid, blogging and tweeting might be the answer, Bob Geldof, Ethiopian famine, Indian Ocean Boxing Day tsunami, Japan earthquake/tsunami/nuclear accident, Live 8, Live Aid, Malawi 2002 killer famine, mass starvation still possible, recent Haitian earthquake, stop killer famines, uprisings in Arab world
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The 27 Year Old Musician Jinx
I remember reading a list of about 15 musicians who had their careers cut short by death. There was a brief biography of each which amongst other things listed the age of their deaths. Half of them died at the … Continue reading
Posted in History, Humour, Music, Pseudo Science
Tagged 27 Club, Brian Jones, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Jimi Hendrix, Kurt Cobain, untimely death
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The Southwestern Ontario Elephant
As you can see, southwestern Ontario looks much like an elephant with a broken spear sticking out of its chest. We can locate certain cities by their position on the elephant. Windsor is the tip of the nose or the … Continue reading