Let’s Talk About What Can Kill You in Australia
By Tom Weiss
Kevin hates spiders.
At least he says he does. Normally I wouldn’t question a phobia like this, but on a regular basis I open my inbox in the morning to find he’s sent me pictures or videos like this.
If I hated spiders as much as Kevin says he does, I think I’d spend a little less time watching giant ones crawl across a woman’s face.
At PJ Media: Liberal Mob Targets Novel By Trump Administration Official for Honest Portrayal of Abortion
By Liberty Island Links & Excerpts
An article published yesterday at PJ Media reveals the campaign against one of Liberty Island’s novels.
New Poem: Call Center Requiem
By Jon Bishop
I’m spent, useless, blind
and lying burned
and sizzling and cracked
on the hard ground….
Canadian Music’s American Roots
By Josh Lieblein
When I say Canadian music originated in the American South, I don’t mean that Canadian musicians were influenced by Elvis Presley, Nat King Cole, and Johnny Cash like everyone else. I mean that Americans had to midwife Canadian music into existence.
Glamping Hudson Style
By Audie Cockings
Submit your photographs of nature and the outdoor life to [email protected] to participate in this weekly feature exploring the natural world.
Why Magneto Will Always Be a Holocaust Survivor
By Tamara Wilhite
Magneto can be described as one of the earliest mutants and among the most powerful. His defining characteristics are: controlling magnetic materials, being a Jewish Holocaust survivor, and seeking to gather and protect mutants separate from humanity
His role as the leader of the mutant Resistance, the man who says do not assimilate or submit, live freely and ideally together for your safety is entirely due to Magneto’s experience as a Jewish Holocaust survivor. He’s internalized the horror and oppression, so to speak, and said “Never again!” His personal evolution, so to speak, was to apply that mantra to the emergency mutant “tribe”. As a Jewish man, he might have considered it unnecessary to go help Israel after it survived the wars to wipe it off the map as soon as the nation was founded. And as a mutant who witnessed and survived Nazis experimenting on humans, he may have realized that same strategy was necessary for mutants to live as themselves.
Remember This About D-Day: It Could Have Failed…
By David Churchill Barrow
D-Day: 6 June 1944…. When we look back upon the mighty armada the allies threw ashore on that day, it is tempting to believe overwhelming victory was inevitable. Not so. In a series of small matters God smiled upon the endeavor.
What’s it Like to Drive on the Other Side of the Road?
By Tom Weiss
Not long ago, Kevin asked me what the weirdest thing was about living in Australia.
”The brands at the supermarket are all different,” was my first thought. “But, driving is probably the weirdest thing. It took me a long time to get used to being on the other side of the road.”
”They drive on the wrong side of the road down there?”
”Yes, Kevin.”
”Why?”
Lost In The Multiculturalist Shuffle
Deconstructing Canadian Culture, Part 31: They Have No Idea What Canadian Culture Is Supposed to Be
By Josh Lieblein
Getting my fourth wall broken by Deadpool last week is as good of a sign as any that it’s time to change the channel away from actors and movies for now. We’ll come back to cover Canadian TV- Degrassi, Are You Afraid Of The Dark, SCTV, Trailer Park Boys- eventually, and cover a few actors that I know I missed.
Before we travel back to the dorky world of Canadian music, I want to return to a theme I discussed briefly when discussing Canada’s contributions to literature, and that is: Canada is not the progressive paradise it claims to be.
PreTeena: May 27 – June 2, 2019
By Allison Barrows
You won’t want to miss these hilarious cartoons depicting the ups and downs of adolescence. Now each week’s strips will debut on Sundays as the lead strip of Liberty Island’s Sunday Comics feature. If you draw a comic and would like to have your work featured on Sundays, please contact us: [email protected]
Check out Allison Barrows’ new PreTeena blog here.
