19 hours agoMember-onlySome of my People’s Music, Part 1.Four songs from a not very well known people, the French Canadians. — Quebec8 min readQuebec8 min read
2 days agoMember-onlyThe Catastrophe That Was WW I And How Canada Was a Major Contributor to the Final Victory. Part 3: some numbersOr how Canada, once again, punched way, way above its weight. — Sometimes, people ask me why I’m so interested in WW I. Well, two reasons. One is that it is the brutal and fundamental change upon which our present-day civilization is based upon. Two, is that, for my country, Canada, it was a catastrophe beyond imagination. A different story than for…WWI6 min readWWI6 min read
4 days agoMember-onlyWhy Learning About Russia is Important.And how a few excellent books help you understand the mentality. — A few minutes ago, as I was discussing with my barber, a fine fellow with a great hunger for learning, how the war in Ukraine is a direct descendant of the Cold War, which is a direct consequence of WW II. And the major cause of WW II ? …History6 min readHistory6 min read
5 days agoWhen Old Age Sneaks Up on You1.3K25L.A. StruckeNot always.Not always. But it'll still sneak up to you (old age). If you're lucky that is. Just returned home from a visit w my specialist. She informed me that if I play nice w my body, I'll avoid major complications until I'm 80 (I'm 70 right now). Fat chance. I…2 min read2 min read
Mar 12I Asked Leading Covid Scientists — Off the Record — About the Virus’s Origins and the ‘Lab Leak’…7.1K177Markham HeidOut of the hunfreds of thousands of wet markets in China, the virus would have by sheer luck…Out of the hunfreds of thousands of wet markets in China, the virus would have by sheer luck, jumped on a person in the one market out of all those hundreds of thousands that just by chance happens to be less than 2 Km from the only lab in the world that just happens, by chance to be studying that very same virus ???? And you expect me to believe this ??? In science, there is such a thing as mathematics. And in mathematics, there is such a subject as probabilities...1 min read1 min read
Mar 7I rather doubt the Soviets would have been stopped at the West German border.171Larry C. LyonsI remember reading it back then.I remember reading it back then. I was out of the reg force then and had switched to the reserves. As a matter of fact, I think I still have it. Thanks. BTW, the way the Bundeswehr behaved during the annual FallExs then made us doubt their sanity. Every time…1 min read1 min read
Mar 5Member-onlyThe Insecure Yellers.Or how vacationing brought me back to my roots. — Just returned home from a few weeks’ vacation in Mexico. It was all right. Canadian winters tend to last, and a bit of warmth and sunshine are welcome at this time of year. Lots of kids at our resort, which always makes me smile. I like kids. I love their…Quebec8 min readQuebec8 min read
Mar 4I’m wondering if everything you’ve seen on the battlefield compels you even more to want to work…11Kathy AyersKathy, I believe (I'm in daily contact with hundreds of Canadian war veterans) that you will find…Kathy, I believe (I'm in daily contact with hundreds of Canadian war veterans) that you will find no bigger pacifists than veterans and, probably active duty soldiers. All we basically want, as soldiers is to serve our time in peace and then retire. But we have signed up to defend…2 min read2 min read
Mar 3Academia doesn’t respect clinicians very much, but clinicians are really important to science. That’s because what works in theory and in experim…Why are intellectuals so stupid?1K41Theo SeedsFantastic article, Theo. I've saved it and am republishing it.Fantastic article, Theo. I've saved it and am republishing it. I'm a bit of a plodder when it comes to learning academic stuff, but my instinct is very strong and when I have acquired knowledge on a subject, I'm unbeatable. That was the way I saw the world until some…1 min read1 min read
