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Alberta Canada Food Heros

Happy St. Patrick’s Day!

Honoring Karyn Today’s post honors Karyn, daughter of an Elder. Karyn wanted to become a professional singer, and wanted to share her financial success with the homeless. She is age 18 here, and had just done a street mission project in Calgary with an organization called the Mustard Seed, that was originated in Edmonton by […]

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Heros Ukraine

20 Days in Mariupol

“Wars don’t start with explosions. They start with silence.” 20 Days in Mariupol 20 Days in Mariupol 20 Days in Mariupol is a documentary film by the AP and Frontline. A very brave film crew hears rumors of war, and heads over to Mariupol. “We pulled into Mariupol at 3:30 a.m. The war started an […]

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Canada Erudition Iceland

World’s Largest Seeds

#1 Lodoicea Q: Where might we find the Coco De Mer? A: The Seychelles. #2: Mora Oleifera The “Sweet Potato of the Skies” (we just made that up). Species abstract Mora oleifera is a coastal tree of limited distribution in Panama and Colombia. An example specific area of occurrence is the Gulf of Panama mangroves […]

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England Movies Music

The Legend of Tam Lin

Yesterday’s BLOTT, about the childhood of Joan of Arc and the prominence of the Fairy Tree in her childhood, led the WLBOTT historical archives team to wonder: Just how bad-ass were fairies during the middle ages? These were not Tinker Bells[1], by any means. They could be pretty mischievous and sometimes wicked. Probably one of […]

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France Heros

Joan of Arc, part I: Childhood

Joan of Arc (1412-1431) is one of the most fascinating historical figures. Short BiographyJeanne d’Arc was a peasant girl who became a national heroine and the patron saint of France. At a crucial period of the Hundred Years’War, she led the French resistance to English invaders and turned the tide of the war. A mystic […]

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Adventures of the Elders America Food Heros - NOT Late Stage Capitalism Sticking It To The Man

The Diarrhea Docket

UC#3 had the opportunity to see Democracy in Action a few days ago, watching in person while Justice Thomas Clarence napped thru oral arguments in Cantero v. Bank of America. He’s not “Sleeping” Justice Thomas has complained bitterly that he is not paid enough (Quarter Mil USD a year). It is rumored that he and […]

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Food Mexico The land, the people, the culture

Rent-an-Abuelita

Probably the world’s most beloved Abuelita is Mexican Actress Sara Garcia. Chocolate Abuelita was born through the La Azteca chocolate factory, founded by the González Barragan brothers in Orizaba, Veracruz, in 1919. It was until 1939 that the Chocolate ABUELITA brand was born. However, the iconic grandma logo, Sara Garcia, became the face of the […]

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Heros - NOT russia

A Very Cursory Look at Russian / Soviet Olympics

Russian Implicated in Olympic Scandal And of Course…. How Did an Alleged Russian Mobster End Up on Trump’s Red Carpet? And here’s a coincidence: The guy was indicted for being part of a global gambling ring run out of Trump Tower. [Alimzhan Tokhtakhounov] since being indicted in the United States a decade earlier for allegedly […]

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Alaska Mildly Interesting WLBOTT Corporate

Tomorrow and Yesterday Islands

The Diomede Islands, also known in Russia as Gvozdev Islands, consist of two rocky, mesa-like islands: The Russian island of Big Diomede (part of Chukotka), also known as Imaqłiq, Inaliq, Nunarbuk or Ratmanov Island. The U.S. island of Little Diomede (part of Alaska) or Iŋaliq, also known as Krusenstern Island. The Diomede Islands are located […]

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Heros - NOT russia Saskatchewan

Saskatchewan Soviet

The buzz this week is about (aboot) a Saskatchewan family that moved to Russia to escape woke-ism, gays, freedom of speech, etc. Things are not going well. The universe can often speak to us in unique and mysterious ways. Other times, if answers our questions by laughing in our faces. That was the case with […]