November 11, 2019: World Wars Death Total for Remembrance Day: 100 Million Estimate November 11, 2019: Notes on The Republic by Plato – Part 1 November 6, 2019: Something has gone wrong – response of an individual – finding your … Continue reading →
I want to send regular newsletter notifications in order to keep readers updated about new posts. I had replaced the old newsletter software, which was allowing invalid email address subscriptions from a helpful hacker, so that’s why I did that. … Continue reading →
Note: I don’t assume these numbers are correct, but Wikipedia provides sources. World War I According to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_casualties, accessed November 11, 2019: For all affected countries (globally) Population: 970.5 million Military Deaths: 8,573,054 to to 10,824,236 Civilian Deaths from Military … Continue reading →
Notes are based on The Republic from the Kobo ebook version of the Complete Works of Plato. Translated by Benjamin Jowett. For an audio summary of what Plato’s Republic is about, which includes the totalitarian themes of interest to me, … Continue reading →
Many have probably noticed that life isn’t what they expected it to be, that many things are falling apart around them. In brief, there was an older (yet imperfect) value system that has been systematically undermined. People are bombarded with … Continue reading →
https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-conservative-leader-wont-ban-funding-abortion-overseas-if-elected https://www.lifesitenews.com/news/canadian-conservative-leader-wont-ban-funding-abortion-overseas-if-elected These articles refer to: Conservative Party Leader Andrew Scheer’s statements: https://www.ledevoir.com/politique/canada/563547/scheer-laisse-entendre-qu-il-continuerait-de-financier-l-avortement-a-l-etranger and https://www.theglobeandmail.com/politics/article-scheer-says-plans-to-cut-foreign-aid-wont-affect-funding-for-abortion/ Details on the Liberal Government’s current policy: https://www.lifesitenews.com/opinion/trudeaus-international-abortion-agenda-will-cost-canadian-taxpayers-7.1-billion See: https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/pm-trudeau-increasing-funding-for-global-women-s-health-to-1-4-billion-1.4451177 What are modern governments all about? What are they really up to? Implementing control of … Continue reading →
1.1 September 8, 2019 8:29pm References cited as of September 8, 2019 This is a follow-up on my earlier post: Degradation of human life proceeds: Human-animal hybrids in Japan and letter to MP First, a clarification on the research in … Continue reading →
Update: December 3, 2019: newsletter discontinued, my apologies to subscribers I had to change the newsletter software. The subscription list is intact. It works OK so far, so hopefully it will run smoothly. Please let me know if there are … Continue reading →
Japan approved experiments that would allow for animal-human hybrids to be born for the first time ever, July 31, 2019 https://www.businessinsider.com/japan-approves-experiment-to-create-animal-human-hybrid-2019-7?fbclid=IwAR0cH_H5SWHbMjA0aKd1GrU0cJGxQL3tdk6XP0Q0eO7uvt06Vzc-vQSKTQI Japan had previously banned such experiments. It was wrong last year but this year it’s OK! It’s strange how … Continue reading →
August 6, 2019: Marshall McLuhan interview from 1977: surveillance, identity, propaganda July 31, 2019: Parliamentary bill and text of new North American trade agreement July 22, 2019: Notes on Crome Yellow by Aldous Huxley (Ongoing) Commentaries: Freedom of conscience vs. … Continue reading →