Nov. 28: A very dangerous world.
Maybe I was was wrong in my last report on Iran. I looked at a Russia Today report. (Oh, I know. I know. Russian news media lie and American and…
Graeme Decarie
Nov. 26: A world out of control
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greenhouse-gases-1.5371968 And we have thrown away thirty years of the little time we have until it’s too late.Of course, real smart people like Ontario premier Doug Ford say all the…
Nov. 23: Dangerous Days.
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/471542-poll-finds-sharp-swing-in-opposition-to-impeachment-among-independents Yes. In fact, it begins to look as though Trump could win re-election. It’s hard to know what to think of this. Not that it really matters. The leader…
Nov. 21:An ugly World.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/nov/20/trump-impeachment-hearings-gordon-sondland-testimony_________________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/fossil-fuel-overshoot-1.5365974 I’m afraid it is not possible to clean up our act in time. The fuel industries won’t allow it. And don’t kid yourself. It’s not our votes that…
Nov. 19: The Worst News Ever.
The following is a story that has received surprisingly little attention from the western news media. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/china-xinjiang-1.5363107 This is even more disturbing, much more, than Quebec’s abuse of it’s Muslim…
Nov. 16: Another horror show.
As I was preparing, after many hours, to push ‘publish’ to my last blog, it all vanished. This has happened three times this week. Each time, I had saved the…
Nov. 14: Damn, damn, damn
Damn. It’s happened again. Ten hours of work just disappeared as I was about to send it. Give me until Saturday for the next one. I want to use Friday…
Nov. 12:Warning – The Last Part of this is v-e-r-y v-e-r-y l-o-n-g
Sorry this one is late.___________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/australia-wildfires-1.5357430 Gee! This is even worse than California as Australian cities are in even greater danger.It makes me so glad to know that our Conservative…
Nov 12: regretably……..
I have just lost 6 or 7 hours of research and writing for the blog. I don’t know how it happened. It simply disappeared. So the real Sept. 12 will…
Nov. 9: The very dangerous world created by —-us.
https://www.cbc.ca/natureofthings/features/sea-ice-is-an-endangered-species-declining-rapidly-in-canadas-north A footnote – In World War 1, the British had also taken control of Iran. And it forced Iran to supply the British navy with oil free of charge…
Nov. 7: WOW1 Three Cheers for New Zealand.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/11/07/new-zealand-wins-global-praise-historic-law-bring-net-carbon-emissions-zero-2050 So. Why can’t the rest of us do that?_________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/nov/06/billionaires-super-rich-extreme-wealth-political-influence-inequality-gates-bezos-buffett Would any Canadian or American newspaper run this opinion column? Not likely. They are more likely to be the…
Nov.5: The Insanity of Greed
(Sorry this blog is so late. I know I did send it out on time. But for some reason it stung it’s tongue at me and stepped back.) https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/scientists-declare-climate-emergency-1.5347486 Not…
Nov. 2: The bad and the ugly. I couldn’t find a good one.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/encana-suttles-oilpatch-alberta-houston-denver-1.5342935_____________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/nov/02/fracking-banned-in-uk-as-government-makes-major-u-turn Fracking is dangerous? Gee! Who woulda guessed?_____________________________________________________________https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/pengrowth-cona-oilpatch-calgary-1.5344643 In fighting to save the oil patch of Alberta, the Conservatives are fighting a losing battle. The only thing the Conservatives…
Oct. 31: Oh, a long, long day.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greta-thunberg-nordic-prize-1.5340672 Oh, Greta, if only you were old enough to be prime minister….________________________________________________________________ http://rabble.ca/columnists/2019/10/canadas-conservatives-republicans-or-tories The Conservatives have long taken a position that the CBC news network (owned by all of…
Oct. 29:Uglier Days
I am beginning this on Sunday, Oct. 27. I have just listened to a speech to the UN General Assembly delivered by Donald Trump. What a liar! and what a…
Oct. 26: Not a good day
https://www.rt.com/usa/471691-trump-border-wall-colorado/_________________________________________________________________https://www.theguardian.com/environment/ng-interactive/2019/oct/25/suvs-second-biggest-cause-of-emissions-rise-figures-reveal_________________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/oct/25/the-real-reason-some-scientists-downplay-the-risks-of-climate-change The Guardian has long had a reputation of being the most honest major newspaper in the world. (And the most intelligent). That’s quite a contrast with almost all…
Oct 24: very difficult time coming.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/exxon-shell-climate-change-court-new-york-attorney-general-litigation-documents-1.5331228 Is climate change happening? Scientists all over the world say it is. In some countries it has already caused tremendous damage – to people and to architecture. Stopping it…
Oct. 22: Our Very Uncertaiin Future
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/permafrost-climate-change-1.5330144 This is a report largely ignored by the parties. The Liberals, who have been remarkably inactive for the last four years, came in first – but not as a…
Oct. 19: And now I await the Canadian election. Be still my heart.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/project-cactus-maxime-bernier-1.5327555 The ugliest event in a very ugly election._________________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/confronting-carbon2/ Climate change could destroy this planet in a lifetime? Hey – Lotsa time. Lotsa time._________________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/election-test-1.5325206 I am not a…
Oct. 17: Canada is in danger
A reader said of my last blog that I obviously didn’t proofread because I had a sentence near the top that had a word in error. That reader is right.…