Richard Hughes-Political Blogger This is worthwhile ‘RealNews24.com’ video that runs for 1 hour and 19 minutes in length. I will put it up under the Video Tab so that it will be there and available when and if you wish to watch it in its’ entirety. The world’s leading
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Cowichan Conversations: Radioactive Bluefin Tuna Caught Off California Coast!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger The Fukishima Nuclear spill has put the world on alert as to the dangers of radioactive pollution that effects the ocean, and all the living species that exist there or depend on its bounty for food, survival and recreation. The Tokyo Electric Power Company (TEPCO) owners
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: 11 Facts About The Ongoing Fukushima Nuclear Holocaust Too Horrifying To Believe
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Here is a story about one of the world’s biggest environmental disasters ever and you do not hear much about it. We have aging and leaky nuclear plants all over the world and we seem incapable of dealing with them when they malfunction , blow
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: How to Keep the ‘SNOOPS’ Out of Your Computer
Clive Thompson wrote this amazing piece in Mother Jones about how a new method of interacting will allow access across the street and eventually around the world independently. No cables, no phone lines and presumably no snooping. Scores of communities worldwide have been building these roll-your-own networks—often because a
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Police Brutality in Canada! Is This Democracy?
Richard Hughes Political Blogger Make no mistake folks the genie is out of the bottle and fascism is staring us right in the face. Many people do not want to hear that or deal with that unwelcome reality but it is undeniably the reality of Canada today. This video is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Edward Snowden Allowed Into Russia Weeks After Outing Himself as the NSA Leaker
The National Security Agency whistleblower Edward Snowden has been given permission leave the Moscow airport where he has been stranded for over a month. Snowden applied for… Read More
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Bolivian President Evo Morales Plane Diverted Under US Pressure
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We are experiencing a time where bizarre is the new norm. Bolivia’s President Evo Morales flight home from a Russian visit was detained, stalled, diverted. Some say he was kidnapped at the direction and pressure from the United States government. This international event was lamely justified by saying that
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: They ‘Will Lie, Trick, and Deceive’: Jailed CIA Whistleblower’s Warns Edward Snowden
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger It is becoming hard to keep track of all the ‘Whistleblowers’ and the tunes that they are whistling. It is clear that many countries spy, snoop and infiltrate. It has been going on for centuries but accelerated during World War 2 and the Cold War that
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Mandela and Snowden Two Heroes In A Dark World
Nelson Mandela For decades after the intrusive CIA fingered Nelson Mandela, the terrorist was imprisoned in South Africa. In spite of his incarceration he never gave up hope. Mandela gained international recognition and upon his eventual release led the South Africans to democracy as their president. Now in his final
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Over 100,000 Protesters Hit the Streets in Brazil
Some of country’s biggest ever rallies sweep major cities. Bus fare hike is the last straw as high costs and poor services spiral Read the full report from the Guardian here.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Very Little MSM Coverage of the Bloody Protests in Turkey
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger We have been hearing about the protests and riots in Turkey. Fortunately the internet, especially ‘Twitter’ provides coverage that has been sparsely covered in the Western MSM until very recently. It is clear that the Turkish people are not buying what the Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s government is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Citizen and News Leader Editorials Worth A Look!
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger Citizen Editorial cites Canada’s shameful and embarrassing withdrawal from UN Convention to counter the impacts of droughts. The Cowichan News Leader recognizes that it is politics that will determine the direction of the ‘Dirty Dirt’ threat in Shawnigan.
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Bazooka Cyber Attacks Show Internet Vulnerability
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Most of us have noticed that life on the internet has slowed down considerably over the last couple of days. Pages half load, connections drop, normally accessible sites are not allowing a connection. It is being called a ‘Bazooka Attack.’ Check out this most recent report
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Experts Question Human Rights Watch’s Venezuela Report
Richard ‘Hub’ Hughes- Political Blogger As the condemnation of Hugo Chavez and his efforts to improve the lives of his nation accelerate the straight out revisionist flapdoodle is in high gear. The Obama administration is salivating over his death. Even President Obama lacked the grace and good manners to properly express
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: South Americans Push Back Against Anti Chavez Propaganda
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger It is really amazing to watch both our PM Stephen Harper and US President Barack Obama shamelessly peddling their revisionist attacks against Hugo Chavez. Perhaps they should watch this 2002 Coup De’etat Video and also read the counter to the attacks against him as carried by Human
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: The Revolution Will Not Be Televised-2002 Coup d’etat
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Good Morning, Here is the film of the 2002 Coup d’etat where Hugo Chavez is overthown well, almost. When those who were there for the oil corps seized the Presidential Palace they were not paying close attention. There was a film crew shut inside and that is
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: President Hugo Chávez Dies-The Vultures are Circling
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Democratic Socialist Hugo Chavez delivered democracy, human rights and reduced poverty for his citizens. He dared to stand up to the Americans and allied with Cuba. US President Jimmy Carter monitored Venezuelan elections and described them as the most fair in South America and yet US and
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Why Ecuador Loves President Rafael Correa
Richard Hughes-Political Blogger Our MSM does not carry much in the way of news about South America and yet that is where much of the progressive change is taking place. Many counties including Ecuador, Chile, Bolivia, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay have bounced back and in the case of Ecuador providing a
Continue readingCowichan Conversations: Canada Imports Wage Slaves To Our Shame! Where Are Our Unions?
Richard Hub Hughes-Political Blogger Many of us have heard of the exploitation of foreign domestics attending the needs of some well off Canadian families and the atrocious conditions they work under, but it still continues. Their story just has not fueled the indignant response and rejection of such practices as
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