Canada: The Country That Mistook Capital Investment for Nationhood

La Bonne Vie — Spécial du jour / Today’s Special

Newfoundland: As‑Is, Final Sale

 NFLD Rescue of 1949 Shows How Canada Was Really Built -- Ledgers First, Identity Later

 Canada likes to imagine it was assembled through shared values, common purpose, and the gentle hum of national unity. But the truth — the one visible in every major decision from Confederation to the present — is simpler and far more Canadian: this country is a continental accounting project.  Canada is a place where capital investment is mistaken for a national identity, and where every “nation‑building” project is in fact a fiscal instrument wearing a patriotic hat.

PRIME EXAMPLE:  Newfoundland’s entry into Canada

Fernwood2Nite: The Cult Comedy That Torched Television’s Rulebook

Martin Mull and Fred Willard turned Hollywood's roster into chaos and a career crucible

Fernwood2Nite didn’t just bend the rules of television; it bent the careers of the people who dared to make it.

Fernwood2Nite, starring Martin Mull (as Garth and Barth Gimble) and Fred Willard (as Jerry Hubbard), was a blast of television history worth a look as a peculiar piece of the craft and a cultural phenomenon, as object lessons go. Fernwood2Nite and the corollary America2Nite featuring the distinctly unhappy Happy Kine and his Orchestra, the Mirth Makers, and a cast of stellar character actors making faux guest appearances, mixed with actual guest stars, such as Charlton Heston.

Here’s the rub.