In 1865, after the collapse of the Confederacy, Confederate General Joseph O.Shelby, aka “the Undefeated” and his “Iron Brigade,” a band of about 600 soldiers, rode south to Mexico. There, after a grueling three-month slog through the desert, they offered their services as a ‘foreign legion’ to Maximilian 1, an Austro-Hungarian who had been installed as emperor of Mexico in 1864.
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Roxanne Tellier – It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over
Posted in life, Opinion, politics, Review with tags 2021, accountability, Big Lie, Civil War, closure, Confederacy, conspiracy theories, Constitution, DBAWIS, Delusion, democracy, electoral system, First Amendment, Germany, GOP, HIPAA rights, It Ain’t Over Til It’s Over, January 6th, Japan, Japanese, Justice, Law&Crime, Liz Cheney, Mexico, Second Amendment, segarini, self-pity, sore loser, Tellier, The Undefeated, The Washington Post, U.S. Capitol, United States, victim on July 25, 2021 by segariniPeter Brings The Latest Buzz Bands
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "All Of This Life" Doug Elliott, "Brown Eyed Lover", "Just The Way You Are", "Life To Fix", "Light Of The Day", "No One Likes A Nihilist", "Normalize", "Old Place", "Shakedown", "Tarot Cards", "The Hazytones", "The Shoebox Sessions" Toronto, Allen Stone, Billy Joel, Boston, breaking up, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Franz Von Suppe, Hall and Oates, Ivory Hours, Joan Smith and the Jane Does, Junction City Music Hall, Kevin Foster, Lois Forbes, London, Mexico, Michael Musashi Marucci, New York Mets, Nick Waterhouse, Nikki's Wives, Ontario, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Quebec, Robert Segarini, Shea Stadium, Teresa Scott Coulter, The Crooked, The Most Serene Republic, The Record Company, The Stoned Meadow Doom Festival, Toronto Blue Jays on August 2, 2018 by segariniI hope that no one thinks that I was angry when I wrote my last column. If anything, I was just disappointed, especially with the Hall and Oates concert which we attended last year. I had paid a fair bit of money, (and don’t get me going on the ticket reseller scam, or I WILL get angry!), for some ostensibly choice seats, only to be confronted by a writhing geriatric “mosh pit” poised between the stage and ourselves. Anyone who reads this and who wishes to assail me with accusations of “ageism”, I am 63 years old, so take your best shot, although the ice beneath your feet will be very thin indeed 😉!
Peter Forgives Hall and Oates and Billy Joel
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags "All Of This Life" Doug Elliott, "Brown Eyed Lover", "Just The Way You Are", "Life To Fix", "Light Of The Day", "No One Likes A Nihilist", "Normalize", "Old Place", "Shakedown", "Tarot Cards", "The Hazytones", "The Shoebox Sessions" Toronto, Allen Stone, Billy Joel, Boston, breaking up, Don't Believe a Word I Say, Franz Von Suppe, Hall and Oates, Ivory Hours, Joan Smith and the Jane Does, Junction City Music Hall, Kevin Foster, Lois Forbes, London, Mexico, Michael Musashi Marucci, New York Mets, Nick Waterhouse, Nikki's Wives, Ontario, Phoenix Concert Theatre, Quebec, Robert Segarini, Shea Stadium, Teresa Scott Coulter, The Crooked, The Most Serene Republic, The Record Company, The Stoned Meadow Doom Festival, Toronto Blue Jays on June 28, 2018 by segariniI hope that no one thinks that I was angry when I wrote my last column. If anything, I was just disappointed, especially with the Hall and Oates concert which we attended last year. I had paid a fair bit of money, (and don’t get me going on the ticket reseller scam, or I WILL get angry!), for some ostensibly choice seats, only to be confronted by a writhing geriatric “mosh pit” poised between the stage and ourselves. Anyone who reads this and who wishes to assail me with accusations of “ageism”, I am 63 years old, so take your best shot, although the ice beneath your feet will be very thin indeed 😉!
Roxanne Tellier – What’s That In Your Pants?
Posted in Opinion, Review with tags Amnesty International, Big Think, Bob Segarini, Bruce McDonald, CHUM, civil rights, Coach House, Constitution, DBAWIS, Department of Defence, Funkadelic, G.I. Joe, Henry Rollins, Holy Book, homophobic, Jackie Shane, James 'Mad Dog" Mattis, LGBTQ, Little Richard, Los Angeles, Mar-a-Lago, Marion James, Mexico, Michael Rancic, Now Toronto, Numero Group, Peter Principle, POTUS, Roxanne Tellier, Sapphire Tavern, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, The Motley Crew, transgender, Viagra on August 6, 2017 by segariniIf anyone had said to me, even a couple of months ago, that in July of 2017 the President of the United States would suddenly decree, apropos of nothing, and via Twitter no less! to “please be advised that the United States Government will not accept or allow Transgender individuals to serve in any capacity in the U.S. Military” I’d have snorted like an outraged donkey.
Roxanne Tellier – The Open Heart
Posted in Opinion with tags Andy Freegard., Australia, AylanKurdi, “Immigration Prevention Centre, “irregular arrivals, “Sierra Leones Refugee All Stars, Bob Dylan, Bob Segarini, Canada, Cliff McAulay, David Suzuki, DBAWIS, Donald Trump, Egyptian, empathy, Europe, Germany, immigrants, International Rescue Committee, ISIS/ISIL, Malta, Mexico, Montreal, Naguib Sawiris, Refugees, Roma, Roxanne Tellier, Serco, Sweden. Hungary, Switzerland, Syria, Tunisia, UK, United States, vertical mosaic on September 6, 2015 by segarini“Come in,” she said, “I’ll give you shelter from the storm”. (Bob Dylan, “Shelter From The Storm.”)
On Wednesday, the world was horrified to see images of a lifeless 3 year old boy, AylanKurdi, drowned and washed up on the sand on a Tunisian beach. It was a day that changed us. We could no longer look away from the suffering of millions caught in a whirlwind of horror brought about by climate change, political unrest, and unrelenting war.