Four books & Two podcasts regarding politics: Feature article

 With epic election happening on Tuesday November 5th in the United States of America between Kamala Harris and Donald J Trump on becoming the next president

Below are 4 books and two podcast from HQMedia.ca  Hisham Quddoumi and Jim Pagiamtzis did a few years ago during the last election and Jan 6 riots at Capitol Hill

        

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US Elections (S01 - Special Live Episode)

                          

                                                 

On the day of November 3rd, 2020, the whole world will tune in to their TVs, radio stations and of course the internet to see what might happen in the US Presidential elections. The most important election in the world and this year probably the most critical one in the modern history. After the very unexpected and probably most shocking win of President Trump in 2016 the whole world has changed course and started to look a lot different. Nothing has been as the old usual anymore and in a very tough and eventful year like 2020 it’s even more interesting than ever. An election within an unprecedented political unrest, in the middle of a one-in-a-century fatal pandemic and the rise of extremism (especially white supremacy) and political tribalism, this election is definitely the most interesting and crucial to the USA and probably the whole world. This special live episode of Quantumly Leaping Podcast will be held “LIVE” on Facebook at the election night and will discuss in an open dialogue and in interaction with liv audience the main topics on everyone’s mind regarding the US elections 2020. The episode was recorded on Nov 3rd, 2020 (the elections day) on 7:00 PM EST. Episode Topics _______________ 00:00 Opening Title 00:20 Where is the US Politics going if either candidate won? 10:40 How will it affect Canada and the world? 22:04 The relationship with US and Canada after election 38:30 How will the upcoming administration handle global issues? 52:12 Election security. Is it affected by foreign interference or internal fraud? 55:45 Closing Remarks Follow Us __________ You Tube: https://bit.ly/3cx6hNe Spotify: https://spoti.fi/3ahzbzn iTunes https://apple.co/2yefoUh Google Podcasts https://bit.ly/2Rzusmk Web: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca #USElections #Elections2020 #Podcast #QLPodcast

Capitol Hill Riots Jan 6th, 2021 (S02 - Special Episode)

 

                                                 

On a day that will mark US history as one of the darkest days, a group of Pres. Trump supporters rioted the Capitol Hill building on the day that the congress was set to certify the presidential election that Joe Biden won on Nov. 3rd, 2020 in a violent attempt to overturn his defeat. After breaching multiple police perimeters, they occupied, vandalized, and ransacked parts of the building for more than four hours. The insurrection, that was infuriated by Pres. Trump himself weeks before and in a rally right before it happened, led to the evacuation and lockdown of the Capitol building and disrupted a joint session of Congress assembled to count the electoral votes and formalize Joe Biden's election victory. The result of that riot was a significant damage to the capitol building, looting of many properties including two laptops one of which belongs to the Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi that contains high classified government data, the delay of one of the most important Democratic processes in the USA and most importantly the loss of 5 lives including one of the Capitol’s Police officers and one rioter who was a decorated US veteran. In that dark day we witnessed the US democracy being under siege and the fire and fury of what words can do beyond being just tweets and social posts. Episode Topics _______________ 1- 0:00 Intro 2- 1:13 Opening remarks 3- 4:31 The beginning: How we received the news that day 4- 8:48 How did the event unfolded that day. 5- 18:50 How things led to this event in the weeks before and how Pres. Trump’s tweets and speeches infuriated it and the mental state of the rioters at the time of the attack (refer to our mental health episode). 6- 29:08 The US Election results and how it affected the Trump supporters to believe that their freedom is under attack (refer to our episode on US elections) 7- 39:14 How Social Platforms were used to organize this event and how they are fighting now against this type of hate and the spread of misinformation (refer to our episode on misinformation) 8- 48:52 Closing Remarks Referral Episodes Index Episode Title: Social Platforms Responsibility Against the Spread of Misinformation - Ep 10 Publishing Date: Jun 6, 2020 Episode URL: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca/index.php?p... YouTube URL:    • Social Platforms Responsibility Again...   Episode Title: The United States Elections 2020 (Special live Episode) Publishing Date: Nov 8, 2020 Episode URL: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca/index.php?p... YouTube URL:    • US Elections (S01 -  Special Live Epi...   Episode Title: Privacy in the 21st Century - Ep 6 Publishing Date: May 9, 2020 Episode URL: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca/index.php?p... YouTube URL:    • Privacy in the 21st Century (S01 - E06)   Episode Title: Mental Health and the Role of Society to Combat it - Ep 4 Publishing Date: Apr 25, 2020 Episode URL: http://podcast.hqmedia.ca/index.php?p... YouTube URL:    • Mental Health and the Role of Society...  

Deadpool & Wolverine (2024): Movie Review

                                                                                  

Jim's Review

Deadpool (Ryan Reynolds) finally get his team up with Wolverine (Hugh Jackman) well not exactly on friendly terms...

Lets go back to Deadpool (2016) and Deadpool 2 (2018) as Deadpool has been toying with Wolverine in all sorts of ways in some ways love and in most cases jealousy. 

Fast forward to Deadpool and Wolverine they are united to face a interesting adversary and along the way they will have few epic fights to resolve some issues until they meet some members to team up in the Void.

This leads to the climatic and amazing third act as they official fight together and beat up lots of Deadpools!

Where does this lead up in the end...not sure.. more team ups and fights.. in due time will find out...

8.5 out of 10 stars

About film

Deadpool's peaceful existence comes crashing down when the Time Variance Authority recruits him to help safeguard the multiverse. He soon unites with his would-be pal, Wolverine, to complete the mission and save his world from an existential threat.

Terrifier (2016): Movie Review

                                                                                         

Jim's Review

Crazy clown starts killing people on Halloween night

6 out of 10 stars

About film

A crazy clown stalks and tries to kill three women in a wretched old apartment building on Halloween night.

Venom The Last Dance (2024): Movie Review

                                                                         

Jim's Review

Eddie Brock (Tom Hardy) aka Venom relationship has been love and mostly hate for many years. This time Venom faces challenger Null from his home world and Eddie Brock is trying to help him.

The relationship will lead to a climatic end that will affect them both!

6 out of 10 stars

About film:

Eddie Brock and Venom must make a devastating decision as they're pursued by a mysterious military man and alien monsters from Venom's home world.

Smile 2 (2024): Movie Review

                                                                    

Jim's Review

Skye Riley (Naomi Scott) begins to experience some weird thoughts and events.  It takes some time to get the answers she needs and eventually must decide how it will come to end!

7.5 out of 10 stars

About movie:

About to embark on a new world tour, global pop sensation Skye Riley begins to experience increasingly terrifying and inexplicable events. Overwhelmed by the escalating horrors and pressures of fame, she must face her dark past to regain control of her life before it spirals out of control.

Woman of the Hour (2024); Movie Review

                                                         

Jim's Review

Base a true story as young woman Sheryl Bradshawa (Anna Kendrick) crosses paths with a serial killer on very popular tv show

7 out of 10 stars

About film

In 1970s Los Angeles, as a wave of murders makes headlines, a young woman aspiring to become an actress and a serial killer cross paths during an episode of a dating show.

Lego Marvel Avengers Mission Demolition (2024): Movie Review

                                                                       

Jim's Review

Marvelous Lego movie!

10 out of 10 stars

About film

Watch the LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition trailer for this animated special and the tenth entry in the popular signature branded storytelling series. In the new special from Marvel Studios and the LEGO Group, a young, aspiring hero and superhero fan inadvertently unleashes a powerful new villain looking to rid the world of The Avengers. LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition features the voices of Will Friedle, Kevin Smith, John Stamos, Roger Craig Smith, Ogie Banks, Laura Bailey, Tiffani Thiessen, and Fred Tatasciore. Iron Man and The Avengers are always there to save the day, but fighting villains can get messy. That’s where Damage Control comes in: to clean things up! But on a day unlike any other, a powerful new villain hatches a plan to destroy The Avengers, and the world’s only hope is now the most unlikely of heroes: a clumsy young worker from Damage Control named Dennis, who has a penchant for destroying everything he touches. Can Dennis become the hero he dreams of being and save Earth’s Mightiest Heroes? Ken Cunningham is the director, and the writer is Eugene Son of LEGO Marvel Avengers: Mission Demolition. The story is by Eugene Son and Harrison Wilcox, and Jason Cosler, Eugene Son, Harrison Wilcox, Jill Wilfert, and Keith Malone are executive producers. Stephen L Grover is supervising producer with Dan Langlois serving as producer.

The Marksman (2021): Movie Review

                                                            

Jim's Review

Jim (Liam Neeson) is a rancher who quite life is crashing down when a boy and his mom come to his home looking for shelter.

The cat and mouse game begins as a vicious cartel is following them looking for some payback

7 out of 10 stars

About film

Jim is a former Marine who lives a solitary life as a rancher along the Arizona-Mexican border. But his peaceful existence soon comes crashing down when he tries to protect a boy on the run from members of a vicious cartel.

The Wild Robot (2024): Movie Review

                                                                    

Jim's Review

 

Roz (Lupita Nyong'o) is on adventure of epic proportions and meets an orphan gosling who she joins and learns about the meaning of life from various perspectives.

7.5 out of 10 stars

About film

Shipwrecked on a deserted island, a robot named Roz must learn to adapt to its new surroundings. Building relationships with the native animals, Roz soon develops a parental bond with an orphaned gosling.

Faceoff- Inside the NHL (2024): Movie Review

                                                                    

Jim's Review

All six parts are over the top amazing!

10 out of 10 stars

About film:

TORONTO, Sept. 23, 2024 /CNW/ - Prime Video announced the trailer and premiere date for FACEOFF: Inside the NHL (6x45), the previously untitled docuseries from Box To Box and NHL Productions. Set to premiere globally October 4 on Prime Video, the series gives unprecedented access to the National Hockey League's biggest teams and most compelling players, all at different stages of their careers, as they embark throughout the season on the ultimate pursuit of glory – winning the coveted Stanley Cup. FACEOFF: Inside the NHL joins Prime Monday Night Hockey, which will stream national regular season Monday night NHL games exclusively on Prime Video in Canada. The docuseries premieres exclusively on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, and is the latest addition to the Prime membership. Prime members enjoy savings, convenience, and entertainment, all in a single membership.

FACEOFF: Inside the NHL will feature insight from key players, their rivals and those in their closest inner circle – teammates, coaches, and family. The series also reveals what life on-and-off the ice is really like for the league's top players. From the quiet reflective moments to the speed and intensity of being on hockey's biggest stage – revealing the talent, grit, and sacrifice it takes to make it in the NHL. Superstar players followed in the series include Boston Bruins teammates David Pastrnak and Jeremy Swayman; Colorado Avalanche captain Gabriel Landeskog; Edmonton Oilers captain Connor McDavid and forwards Leon Draisaitl and Zach Hyman; Florida Panthers forward Matthew Tkachuk; Nashville Predators forward Filip Forsberg; New York Rangers captain Jacob Trouba; Toronto Maple Leafs forward William Nylander; Vancouver Canucks captain Quinn Hughes; and Vegas Golden Knights forward Jack Eichel, among others.

Crews were embedded with each player, their families and friends in their team's pursuit of the Stanley Cup, including the Oilers' and Panthers' 2024 Stanley Cup Final run.

The secret life of money- A kids Guide to Cash: Book Review

                                                                         

Jim's Review

Amazing book for kids and adults to read.

10 out of 10 stars

About book;

If discussing money is a difficult task for adults, it’s doubly so where kids are involved. Not only is the subject loaded with cryptic jargon (mortgages? Bull markets? Huh?), but it often fails to click with how a kid sees his or her world. Many preteens and young teens do not yet have a job, and even if they do, their responsibilities with their earnings are miles away from grown-up money issues. In other words, not only is money a little overwhelming and mysterious, it’s also seen as something they can't do anything about. The Secret Life of Money is written to address this last point in particular. It’s central message is that money affects us deeply and that even kids can have an effect on it, too. This book uses odd anecdotes, engaging comics, and a wealth of surprising everyday connections to help young readers see and understand cash from an entirely different angle. From the history of different currencies to why we buy what we buy, from how charities and credit cards work to saving and investing, and a whole lot more, readers will gain not only an appreciation for the myriad ways that money changes, influences, and (even) betters their lives, they will arrive to an understanding of the control they have over it.

Stroll - Psychogeographic Walking Tours of Toronto: Book Review

                                                                         

Jim's Review

Stroll takes you on journey of Toronto for the east to the west leading to North to the South

Superb adventure in history and insights on Toronto

10 out of 10 stars

About book

THE TORONTO STAR'S "30 BOOKS WE CAN'T WAIT TO READ THIS SPRING"

The updated edition of a Toronto favourite meanders around some of the city’s unique neighborhoods and considers what makes a city walkable

What is the 'Toronto look'? Glass skyscrapers rise beside Victorian homes, and Brutalist apartment buildings often mark the edge of leafy ravines, creating a city of contrasts whose architectural look can only be defined by telling the story of how it came together and how it works, today, as an imperfect machine.Shawn Micallef has been examining Toronto’s streetscapes for decades. His psychogeographic reportages situate Toronto's buildings and streets in living, breathing detail, and tell us about the people who use them; the ways, intended or otherwise, that they are being used; and how they are evolving.

Stroll celebrates Toronto's details – some subtle, others grand – at the speed of walking and, in so doing, helps us to better get to know its many neighbourhoods, taking us from well-known spots like the CN Tower and Pearson Airport to the overlooked corners of Scarborough and all the way to the end of the Leslie Street Spit in Lake Ontario.

"Shawn Micallef is the unofficial mayor of Toronto, the genial ambassador the city needs and deserves. As he strolls Toronto’s broad avenues and its little streets, he finds hidden pockets of delight – and weirdness, too. Join him and fall in love with the city again." – Liz Renzetti, author of Bury the Lead

"When I moved to Toronto in 2011, Stroll was the first book I added to my library and course reading lists. My students and I get lost in the PATH, sneak into lobbies, and visit the archives with this book as our guide. Micallef’s friendly voice invites us to slow down and notice not just a few landmark buildings but the city’s built fabric as a whole. This updated version offers our collective memory a much-needed affectionate yet critical view of recent changes to the city." – Erica Allen-Kim, Author of Building Little Saigon

"Stroll is a delightful and eccentric guidebook, full of clever writing, amusing stories and charming maps that will make you want to strap on your walking shoes and head into the streets of Toronto." – Carol Off, Author/Broadcaster

"Shawn Micallef looks at the city in a way we all should more often – he sees it as a living book that is alive with stories just waiting to be told to the attentive observer. In Stroll, he gives us an introduction to just how interesting and surprisingly dramatic those stories are, and how exciting our city is when we hear them." – David Crombie, former mayor of Toronto"A smart and intimate guide to the city that makes you feel like an insider from start to finish." – Douglas Coupland

The Elegant Universe - Superstrings, Hidden Dimensions, and the Quest for the Ultimate Theory: Book Review

                                                     

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         It wasn't an easy read yet I finished it and learned that the universe is real and we have to respect it more.

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The international bestseller that inspired a major Nova special and sparked a new understanding of the universe, now with a new preface and epilogue.

Brian Greene, one of the world's leading string theorists, peels away layers of mystery to reveal a universe that consists of eleven dimensions, where the fabric of space tears and repairs itself, and all matter―from the smallest quarks to the most gargantuan supernovas―is generated by the vibrations of microscopically tiny loops of energy. The Elegant Universe makes some of the most sophisticated concepts ever contemplated accessible and thoroughly entertaining, bringing us closer than ever to understanding how the universe works.

Be Useful Seven Tools for Life- Arnold Schwarzenegger : Book Review

                                                                         

Jim's Review

This books is amazing from the first page to the last!

10 out of 10 stars

About book:

The seven rules to follow to realize your true purpose in life—distilled by Arnold Schwarzenegger from his own journey of ceaseless reinvention and extraordinary achievement, and available for absolutely anyone.

The world’s greatest bodybuilder. The world’s highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident.
 
Arnold’s stratospheric success happened as part of a process. As the result of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to giving back. All of it guided by the one lesson Arnold’s father hammered into him above all: be useful. As Arnold conquered every realm he entered, he kept his father’s adage close to his heart.
 
Written with his uniquely earnest, blunt, powerful voice, Be Useful takes readers on an inspirational tour through Arnold’s tool kit for a meaningful life. He shows us how to put those tools to work, in service of whatever fulfilling future we can dream up for ourselves. He brings his insights to vivid life with compelling personal stories, life-changing successes and life-threatening failures alike—some of them famous; some told here for the first time ever.
 
Too many of us struggle to disconnect from our self-pity and connect to our purpose. At an early age, Arnold forged the mental tools to build the ladder out of the poverty and narrow-mindedness of his rural Austrian hometown, tools he used to add rung after rung from there. Now he shares that wisdom with all of us. As he puts it, no one is going to come rescue you—you only have yourself. The good news, it turns out, is that you are all you need.