Author: Graeme Decarie

Canada, like Brazil, has it’s share of Donald Trumps in political life.https://cupe.ca/bad-day-students-funding-cut-disguised-tuition-cut-will-cost-students-more-and-hurt-universitiesThese are people who govern to please the very, very rich. So they wouldn’t

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/15/trump-replacement-obama-climate-plan https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/18/australia-heatwave-sydneys-west-to-hit-45c-after-week-of-extreme-weather Hey. Don’t mean nuthin’. Happens all the time in them faraway places._______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/16/china-has-some-of-worlds-most-advanced-weapon-systems-pentagon-warns China – that was a nation in chaos for a

As American intervention in Venezuela comes closer, the western news media have generally – –  lied. The U.S. is not intervening to save democracy. The

https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/11/united-states-doesnt-even-make-top-20-global-democracy-index Physician, heal thyself. (This is the country that supports dictatorships – like Guatemala, Saudi Arabia – all over the world.)_____________________________________________________________ https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/01/12/us-news-headlines-israel-palestine-show-systemic-bias-study_________________________________________________________________ If the following

In this story,  note, among other things, the pictures of ‘homes’ https://www.cbc.ca/news/indigenous/garden-hill-first-nations-drinking-water-1.4907864 We wouldn’t dream of making our wealthy live in these conditions. Nor would

Naughty, naughty. When the war ended in 1945, the American decision was that the U.S. would rule the world. It had no need for a

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/torrance-california-bowling-alley-shooting-1.4967245 Wow! The killers must have been them there migrant women and children from Central America. I mean, Americans never shoot each other._________________________________________________________________ For the

Some good news for a change. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/02/north-atlantic-right-whales-canadian-waters______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/03/jamal-khashoggi-suspects-appear-before-saudi-court We will pass lightly over the fact that the Saudi prince who almost certainly ordered the killing

A kind word for Donald Trump as both Republicans and Democrats gather to destroy him. Yes, he has been a boastful, bullying ass. Yes, he

This has been a remarkable weekend even by Trump standards. He is pulling out, he says, from Syria because he has achieved the American goal

…But what to do? Where to start?_______________________________________________________________https:/www.thenation.com/article/overmatch-pentagon-military-budget-strategy/_______________________________________________________________ A pause for stray thoughts In the confusion over Trump’s pulling out of the war on ISIS, have

Let’s not waste time on this one. The U.S. was never in Syria to help that country. It was, in fact, on the other side.

 https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/dec/18/unaccompanied-children-tijuana-us-immigration  But who cares? _________________________________________________________________Will Trump fall? It might not matter. The views and values of a Trump government are much like those of almost

This will be a short one. My computer is playing games with me which are driving me mad. Among other things, my text is so

Not sure how or if this blog will work. My computer is behaving oddly. I can’t even proofread because the print on my end in

Will we? Won’t we? Will we? Won’t we? As time runs out, it looks as though we won’t. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/09/us-russia-ally-saudi-arabia-water-down-climate-pledges-un _https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/dec/10/tackle-climate-or-face-financial-crash-say-worlds- _https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/cdn-environment-groups-tell-world-canada-not-slowing-emissions-from-oil-and-gas-1.4940732 It’s called insanity._____________________________________________________________ So

—-we have not done any of the things we said we fought that war for. The ring is closing on Trump. Alas. That could mean

1945 was a year of promises. We were going to create a new world of peace, sharing, cooperation,,, and, right from the start we betrayed

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/george-herbert-walker-bush-obituary-reaction-1.4928813 Brian Mulroney – an excellent choice to deliver the obituary for George W. Bush. Bush, like his son, was a mass murderer to please

A_A_A_AH….After two hours of writing, I hit some idiot button I wasn’t supposed to hit. And I lost everything. Damn! I wanted to get bigger