Written by awneitsch on February 12, 2023
UNDRIP EMIGRE
Poly Tics . Social StudiesA basic definition – Emigre – an emigrant, especially a person who flees from his or her native land because of political conditions. The sad reality for many Canadians is that they fundamentally have nowhere to go to claim refugee status whether because of economic, political or religious persecution. The U.S. is the nearest neighbor.
Written by awneitsch on January 26, 2023
Men’s Talk Groups – Rounds Affirmations
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social Studies“You can’t defend yourself against your worst feelings. You might need some help with that.” – Howard Once you have exhausted your toxic masculinity and acknowledge that you may have hurt people or committed unspeakable acts you may have earned the humility to grow, to learn and begin to live life on life’s terms as
Written by awneitsch on January 22, 2023
Who Governs Us?
Poly Tics . Social StudiesFrom: Scott StrasserSent: January 18, 2023 12:27 PMTo: Al NeitschSubject: Re: Government Or Corporation? Hey Al. I’ll read it but we typically don’t publish letters or columns of such length. I’d say our limit would be around 650 or so. Scott Strasser – Editor 2023-01-19 9:57 AM Good Morning Scott, It is a bit long
Written by awneitsch on January 19, 2023
Government Or Corporation? – Letter To The Editor
Poly Tics . Social Studies“Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power”― Benito Mussolini Canada has a long standing, though undeserved reputation of being a prosperous, free and Democratic country and a beacon for people wanting that sort of thing. Canada is noted as a parliamentary democracy but also has
Written by awneitsch on January 10, 2023
Tragically Trudeau
Mutterings And Murmurs . Poly Tics . Social StudiesThe Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, were a Canadian rock band formed in Kingston, Ontario in 1984, consisting of vocalist Gord Downie, guitarist Paul Langlois, guitarist Rob Baker, bassist Gord Sinclair, and drummer Johnny Fay. They released 13 studio albums, one live album, one EP, and over 50 singles over a 33-year career. Nine of
Written by awneitsch on January 9, 2023
Rex Murphy: Jordan Peterson’s Foes Need Their Heads Examined
Poly Tics . Social StudiesThe College of Psychologists of Ontario should scrutinize itself Published Jan 06, 2023 • National Post Psychology, and those who teach it, seem to be the topic of today. So I start with a question. What are the marks of the non-functional mind? They are three. The inability to learn. The incapacity to take wisdom from past
Written by awneitsch on January 3, 2023
Cry Freedom
Mutterings And Murmurs . Social Studies“I’m not free but I’m still moving” – Howard To bellow ‘FREEDOM’ from the top of one’s lungs at a street corner or city square is a far cry from showing how much it means. The act could be as instinctual as that of a mother cow bawling for it’s freshly weaned calf from the
Written by awneitsch on December 31, 2022
SunCity – Crickets
Poly Tics . Social StudiesSouth Africa established Apartheid as a policy of Racial segregation. Racial segregation was widely practiced in South Africa before 1948 but when the National Party, led by Daniel Malan, obtained office that year, it extended the policy and gave it the name ‘Apartheid’ The implementation of apartheid, often called ‘separate development’ since the 1960s, was made possible