Eskisehir, Switzerland, Sunday 19 September 2021 As the dates below will show, this blog (The Chronicles of Canada Slim) (one of two) has suffered from neglect. I offer only one explanation: I have been….distracted. The purpose of The Chronicles of Canada Slim is to capture in writing my adventures prior to the calendar year. Generally,… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Last Battle
Tag: US politics
Canada Slim and the Magical Cactus
Landschlacht, Switzerland, Friday 10 April 2020 (Lockdown Day #24) At present, we live in interesting times, as the Chinese curse intended. Stores are shuttered. Church services suspended. My sources of employment closed. My movements outside of the apartment discouraged and travels outside the country denied. For three weeks this has been normal life across this… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Magical Cactus
Canada Slim and the Undiscovered Country
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 20 October 2017 Captain Spock: Nature abhors a vacuum. I intend for you to replace me. Lt. Valerus: I could never replace you. I could only succeed you. (Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country) Above: Poster for Star Trek VI It is a legitimate question. When we are gone, who replaces us? I know… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Undiscovered Country
Canada Slim and the Quest for George Clooney
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 28 September 2017 Celebrities ARE different. They get more public attention and media exposure than we do. They usually have far more wealth than we do. Some achieve celebrity status through their successful careers in sports or entertainment or politics. Some become famous due to media attention on their lifestyle, wealth or controversial actions,… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Quest for George Clooney
Canada Slim and the Dawn of a Revolution
20 September 2017, Landschlacht, Switzerland Let´s be blunt. Things are truly horrible in many countries on the planet these days. Especially in America. And there are some folks who suggest that a second US Civil War is coming. Which raises two important questions…. Could it happen? Should it happen? In political philosophy, the right of revolution… Continue reading Canada Slim and the Dawn of a Revolution
Strange bedfellows?
Landschlacht, Switzerland, 5 December 2016 The older one gets the more one realises that perception is everything. And in every country´s elections it is perception that determines the rise and fall of a nation´s ruling elite. Perception in American elections seems usually shaped by factors such as military records, marital status, religious adherance, place of origin,… Continue reading Strange bedfellows?
Arguing with the gatekeepers
I´ve been reading Mark Hertsgaard´s The Eagle´s Shadow: Why America Fascinates and Infuriates the World and what follows is a combination of his thoughts alongside my own. It is always difficult to argue with the right or conservatives of America. It is often difficult to debate or discuss with many an “average” American. Americans, for… Continue reading Arguing with the gatekeepers
Fury in the Slaughterhouse: Guns in America
“There’s an old lady, Living in an old house Since her husband died She hasn’t been out. She lives in her own world With her own little nightmares And she’s stopped counting the days. She buys a radio station With her husband’s legacy. She does her own show 10 hours a day Plays poems and… Continue reading Fury in the Slaughterhouse: Guns in America