seanessay.com Hey, how ’bout them chaps your British schoolboys call Red Indians? As I write this, I am wearing my loyalties by displaying three badges: a Ukrainian flag, complete with gold ball at the top of the pole; a First Nations octopus, with an eye like a totem pole; a Roman legionary shield, respecting Europe’s […]
American Rot Persists From Their Recent Past
seanessay.com Values Trivia: The Chinese banned a movie favouring communism because it documented the Russians murdering a huge number of Polish community leaders and professionals who were in the Polish army reserve as officers, in the atrocity of the Katyn Wood Massacre…. Even fellow communists in China can’t stomach Russian values. If Americans can meet […]
When Congress Abdicates the Constitution, the King Goes Mad
seanessay.com Yesterday, the CBC reported “a shocking announcement.” QUOTE “U.S. President Donald Trump said he has struck a deal to obtain diesel from Russia, a stunning reversal after years of U.S. pressure on Moscow over its war with Ukraine and an attempt to address high fuel prices ahead of the U.S. midterm elections.” … “Enough […]
A Beautiful Cousin Brightens My Day
seanessay.com As a librarian might say, about books or people, “You can’t judge a person by her skin.” Yes, but I can for fun. Did you see the magazine that comes with this morning’s Globe and Mail? Today’s Free Fall writing prompt is a one page fashion photograph of a lady in solid colours, and […]
I Grew Up During the Dangerous Space Age
seanessay.com The term “moon shot,” back when most rocket engines exploded (seriously), was once a slang term for something as nearly impossible as completing a Hail Mary (Project) pass in football. As I write this, the Artemis II , far beyond the space station, is speeding around the moon with not “the usual three astronauts” […]
Don’t Buy the Brooklyn Peace Bridge From the Kremlin
seanessay.comToday I will post a clip of a trumpet playing during Navalny’s funeral. This week we learned that Navalny, safely off in a penal colony, or so I thought, was killed by the Kremlin, using a toxin not found in Europe, never found there (because of diet) in any captive animal. We are talking of […]