See Update Below… The world has Ancient Greece to thank for their philosophers and ideas that they could question anything, investigate, think, express new ideas, and even realize that old beliefs about the world might be wrong. I am sure that if some of those ancient Greek philosophers were alive today, they would be mortified
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In a country where many people will beg for a job that pays 600.00 Euros a month – less than 5.50 CDN an hour – Greece sure has some strange ways of trying to make an “economic recovery.” A few months ago, Kyriakos Mitsotakis’ right wing government was elected on promises that included economic reform
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“We will not say hereafter that the Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks!” ~Winston Churchill Greece had a tough time during World War II, and at the beginning of the war when they were drawn in by the Italians, they knew they were in for a possible huge defeat. Indeed, the Prime
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In Greece, trash and recycling is handled a little differently than in most parts of North America. Instead of a curb-side pick up where residents take their trash, recycling and compostable materials to the curb once or twice a week and drop it off in front of their house, Greeks take theirs to close-by neighbourhood
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“Protestantism Is A Wart On The Ass Of The World” Have I made a “racist” statement? How about this: “Roman Catholicism Is A Wart On The Ass Of The World.” Racist? I’m pretty sure I’d know the answer of any thinking person. Indeed, if I held such views and expressed them, some might be offended.
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First, I want to make it quite clear that I am not an Andrew Scheer supporter by any means. In fact, he stands for policies that I find absolutely against inherent rights including freedom of association. His refusal to consider dismantling “supply chain management” of milk marketing boards is just one area that I find
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Check out the graph. Recall at the beginning of the month, all the alarmists were literally “screaming” that the “arctic was on fire” and there were predictions that this year, we’d see a record low Arctic sea ice extent for the satellite era. Actually, this is possibly not true – if you go to the
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The Progressive mainstream media is at it again, with huge exaggerations and utterly fake news. When it comes to environmental issues, or subjects like climate change, the mainstream media members, who seem to be mostly from a politically “progressive” point of view, are regularly guilty of fake reporting, or exaggeration. Many of them are just
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The other night at about 1:30am, we decided after a long, hot day, to go for a walk to a kiosk to buy some wine. However, when we arrived at the kiosk, we discovered that the liquor store next door was also still open! And this liquor store has an amazing aged Tsipouro – (one
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This post is going to be more than about quotes; it’s my hope it will help some readers identify projections and the “problem” with reading into words, adding meaning that is not there, or using ad hominem before judging the validity of an expression of an idea. I hope you will keep that in mind.
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