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Until we acknowledge that the obsessive pursuit and protection of power, gain, and glory has plagued every age of history, we will never understand the events of our time.  – SMS

Déjà Vu ~ Times

All Over Again*

Exploring the history and science of Power, Gain, & Glory

*Blog Subtitle Credit: “This is like déjà vu all over again” is perhaps the most perfect tautology possible and is credited to Yogi Berra.

Revolving Accounts: “The thing that hath been, it is that which shall be; and that which is done is that which shall be done: and there is no new thing under the sun. Is there any thing whereof it may be said, See, this is new? it hath been already of old time, which was before us.”  (OT:Ecclesiastes 1:9-10)

“Dwell in the past and you’ll lose an eye. Forget the past and you’ll lose both eyes.”  (Old Russian Proverb)

From the Mouth of Boys

(Taking a break from serious stuff.) Most every 2nd Sunday, we host a meal of soup with cheese-‘n-mayo sandwiches (on homemade wheat …

Like some in the Independence / Separatist movements in Western Canada are we giving up hope for a renewed, reconciled, just, and …

If the abuses of M.A.I.D. (Medical Assistance in Dying1) in Canada were not enough to stain Canada’s (once honourable) reputation, some “elites” …

The rights and freedoms that the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) did not sustain in the JB Peterson case of 2023-24,1 were …

SMS has been blogging at dejavu-times.blogspot.com since 24 April 2008 and imported that site here (to dejavu-times.ca) on 7 July 2020. There is some realignment needed in the conversion which will take place over time. Background photos are all of Alberta skies taken by SMS.