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Category Archives: News
Donald Trump and the Conspiracy of Nonsense
The internet is so effective at the promulgation of conspiracy theories we almost think it might have been made for that purpose. Marshall McLuhan suggests that each of our technologies simply extend our own abilities, just as a spear extends … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, History, News, News of the World, Superstition
Tagged anti-vaccine, Birther, democrat, Donald Trump, George Bush, global climate change denier, Hillary Clinton, Justin Raimondo, nomination, presidency, republican, white house
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Sunny Days, in Some Ways
April 30 I came back to the bush today. I was late getting in, since I had stopped at Dennis’ to collect my inverter I’d left with him for the winter. Unfortunately, he didn’t know where it had been stored … Continue reading
Posted in News, The Cabin, The Land
Tagged Alone in the Wild, Cabin, cabin in the forest, Gardening
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Marching Against Bill C-51
I don’t think it’s a secret that Canada is shifting into something other than what most of us expected. We always touted Canada as a country that was less warlike than the US, the neighbour we most like to compare … Continue reading
News From Beyond the Cabin
I was up late last night, listening to some music on my mp3 player and feeding the fire. It was chilly by comparison, and when I checked the water barrel I have outside, it had a centimeter of ice on … Continue reading
Posted in News, News of the World, The Cabin, The Land, Writing
Tagged Alone in the Wild, Cabin, cabin in the forest, Christmas, Harper, Pakistani Shooting, Radio News, Russian Ruble, Students
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Writing the Police
I sometimes imagine telling the story of a cop in a police state. I think about what goes on in their head, whether they are merely following orders, like the Nazi underlings claimed at Nuremberg, or whether they are so … Continue reading
Posted in News, Police, Writing
Tagged Arrogant Worms, Cops, George Zimmerman, Last Saskatchewan Pirate, Mountie Bob, Nazi, Nuremberg defense, Occupy movement, Police, Police Brutality, Salty Bob, Trayvon Martin
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How to Make Facebook Work for You
This is nowhere as easy as it sounds and I am sure that people more media and tech savvy than me have worked out a better way. The problem is that my facebook feed bombards me with cat videos and … Continue reading
Posted in News, Social Media
Tagged Clickbait, Facebook, Science, Science News, Social Media, Subscribing
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