seanessay.com Reminder: The Kremlin said the troops were massing for peaceful purposes and would never cross the Ukraine border. In the first weeks of the “special military operation” Russian civilians refused to believe their own relatives who told them Russia was shelling their buildings, and soon the Kremlin said the Ukrainians were shelling themselves. Remember? […]
Passing Milestone 150 amidst Orcs and social media
seanessay.com I’ve driven well past my 150 milestone of blog posts, a white stone that was supposed to signal a “checkpoint time” to see how I was doing. My new goal has been to reduce my number of posts so as to focus on writing fiction instead— as I told my writer’s support group. That […]
Now I Understand Russian Cattle
seanessay.com Of course the Russians themselves would be the best ones to understand Russians. Especially if they have escaped their country-wide jail long enough drop their mental defences and safely reflect. This week I heard a Russian professor on the CBC, who plans to go back when it is safe, and I saw an excellent […]
Russian Leopard has Tattooed Spots
seanessay.com How can you tell when a Russian official is lying? When his lips move. Today I have three Youtube videos from folks more informed than I. In Russia it’s against the law to say “invade” or “war.” Luckily, I am in the land of the free, so I can present today an academic explaining […]
Pronouncing Iran, and Other Letters
seanessay.com Yesterday I wrote three letters, two to a newspaper, one to a radio station. Context: Iran is in the news. Meanwhile, in my province (state) the conservatives, in power forever, suffered a four year loss to the “socialist” New Democratic Party. (NDP) Now the conservatives have been back in power for under four years. […]
Canada Versus the Orcs, 1972
seanessay.com My niece, two decades ago, asked me, “Uncle, what’s a communist?” The girl was innocent about the Reds smothering free thought over a quarter of the globe: Just as certain adult well meaning liberals are today. As an American philosopher would say—Looking at you, Germany—those who forget the history of Russian Orcs are condemned […]