Author: Graeme Decarie

Saudi troops with help from the U.S. and Britain are moving in to close Yemen’s last and only access to food and medical supplies. It

There’s not much on this story yet. But it looks interesting. http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/new-york-attorney-general-sues-trump-foundation-1.4705730______________________________________________________________Nah. If this were happening, the irving press would have told us. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/antarctic-ice-sheet-1.4703952____________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jun/13/donald-trump-kim-jong-un-fox-news-human-rights

I cut yesterday’s blog short to get it posted right away – just in case the story from Revenue Canada was real. If it was

Donald J. Trump‏Verified account @realDonaldTrump 16h16 hours ago More PM Justin Trudeau of Canada acted so meek and mild during our @G7 meetings only to give a

Today’s blog will close with a section on what the world has really been about for the last 70 plus years. And it’s not pretty.

The items below were sent by a reader. And I thank him with sadness for his bad news. http://www.free21.org/the-presidents-company-worlds-largest-war-industry/?lang=en https://www.thenation.com/article/crony-capitalism-goes-global/ That’s why the U.S. public

Here’s a report the irving press is not likely to mention. http://theantimedia.com/un-report-condemns-us-creating-inequality/____________________________________________________________ I’ve mentioned before that the Syrian Observatory of Human Rights, though commonly quoted

Chinese now live longer than Americans. Of course they do.  American governments are not interested in maintaining the health of Americans. The very wealthy can

Here’s a commentary on Justin Trudeau and his purchase of the western pipeline with our money. But you’ll never, ever see this in the page

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/michael-cohen-lobbying-donald-trump-1.4678567 This is by no means limited to the Republicans. It is the way the system of U.S. ‘democracy’ has always worked._______________________________________________________________ And then there’s

New Brunswick’s irving press published the story of Trump cancelling the summit with North Korea. At four, short paragraphs, it is the shortest report of

Well, no surprise – Trump has cancelled his meeting with Kim Jong Un. Trump, of course, says its all Kim Jong’s faults for saying angry

I’m opening with a lot of Anti-Media items because it seems to be the only source that has a lot of coverage of recent developments.

The purpose of a commentary page in a newspaper is to offer informed analysis of the news. What does all this news really mean? You

Ever notice that the U.S. no longer declares war? It just starts killing. The U.S. has not declared war since December of 1941. Since then,

…to include in this one an outline of the rise of capitalism. I already regret that promise. It’s a story so ugly as to be

If you want a newspaper that gives little information – and lies even about that – then spend your mornings with New Brunswick’s irving press. 

….”Liar, Liar, pants on fire” https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/may/09/uk-will-not-follow-trump-in-ditching-iran-deal-boris-johnson-vows Now, get this. Trump says he has evidence, compelling evidence, that Iran has been developing nuclear weapons. What the

https://countercurrents.org/2018/05/06/co2-levels-hit-record-april-temp-hits-record/ Hey, no problem. The irving press makes that clear in a commentary for May 6 in which it says we’re cutting back on the

I’ve often said I should write a one-shot blog about what causes wars. I don’t look forward to it because it’s going to offend a