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Socialism or Serfdom

The medieval serfs were powerless. The American serf has potential power through democracy. But first, the American people have to quit fighting among themselves and realize how they have been divided and conquered. Therein lies hope for the future—slim as it may be.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - The American people have lost it; if, indeed, they ever really had it.

What is it? It’s not something that can be readily defined but, by the end of this article, you’ll know what I’m talking about.

A Mother`s Nightmare: Oregon Judge Holds Canadian Child Without Cause

“You can't imagine the pain of not being able to hold your child on Mother's Day, knowing that you may never be able to hold him again.”

(SALEM / CALGARY) - Some stories are so far-fetched, so incredible, that they are hard to believe at first look, even though they ring of truth. The arduous journey of 12-year old Noah Kirkman is one such story. An unfinished story.

Life: The Project (1)

First part of a continuing series.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - "Life is your project; there is nothing to tell you what it's all about, which of course leaves you feeling existential anxiety and dread,” says Jungian analyst James Hillman in his best-selling book The Soul’s Code:

“It's all up to you, each individual alone, since there is no cosmic guarantee that anything makes sense. There is neither God nor Godot to wait for. You make a life out of the deepest feelings of meaninglessness."

Climate Change Smoke and Mirrors

Sustainability and our current society are incompatible.

(GOLD RIVER, B.C.) - The climate surely is changing, and records do indicate we are having warmer years.

The real area of debate is about cause, more specifically about whether or how much the change is the result of human activity.

The Very Rich are America`s Real Enemies

In 2003, the top 1 percent of American households owned 57.5 percent of corporate wealth and the top tenth of 1 percent about half of that. On the other hand, the bottom 40% owned less than 1% of the nation's wealth.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - An honest politician, goes the old saying, is one who stays bought. If that’s true, then the good news is that Americans have about the most honest politicians on the planet.

The bad news is that the voters don’t own them.

Fungus found in Pacific Northwest is Rare; Uncommon for People to be Infected

Public health say the threat is low, that infection is rare and that this fungal infection is treatable.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Oregon Public Health officials today want to assure the public that the threat level of infection of Cryptococcus gattii is low.

Discovered in 1999, the first case of the fungus in a human was identified in the Pacific Northwest in 2004.

Spit

People would be amazed/shocked/traumatized if they knew what goes on behind the scenes at eateries.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - Clark County Sheriff's Deputy Edward Bylsma went into a Burger King in Vancouver, WA early one morning in March 2009. He ordered a hamburger and, after getting it, had an uneasy feeling about a couple of the workers.

He checked the burger and found a gob of spit. A DNA check revealed that it came from one of the workers.

Age of American Unreason: Chapter 1

Those who believe that America and its Constitution are the greatest things in the Galaxy, are living in a world of denial and fantasy.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - There is no kind or easy way to state the simple fact that America is a society of unremittingly ignorant people.

I started Susan Jacoby’s book The Age of American Unreason (2008) and she hit my pet peeve immediately on the first page.

Sex

Sex is not going to go away.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - There’s a storm of righteousness brewing across Canada right now over a convicted pedophile named Graham James.

James was a junior hockey coach who abused some of the young players in his charge. He was convicted in 1997 of abusing the young men from 1984 to 1995 and sentenced to three and half years in jail.

The Antonov

A complete disassembled Boeing 737 can be fitted in the hold.

(CALGARY, Alberta) - The world’s largest aircraft, the Antonov An-225 (Americans, eat your hearts out) flew out of (Alberta) Edmonton International Airport, last Wednesday evening headed for Afghanistan with three helicopters and 40 tonnes of supplies on board.

On this trip it carried one Sikorsky S-61N and two Bell 212 helicopters for “non-military use” to the U.S. military—primarily to transport people and freight.