https://www.rt.com/news/470932-pentagon-nato-turkey-isis/?utm_source=browser&utm_medium=push_notifications&utm_campaign=push_notifications I no longer understand anything. Trump is now warning Turkey against invading the Kurds of Afghanistan. But Trump is the one who quite openly withdrew all support from the…
https://newsinteractives.cbc.ca/elections/poll-tracker/canada/ This has not been an exciting election for Canada. The best news (which isn’t great) is that the Liberals are best positioned to form a minority government – probably…
As I began today’s blog, I planned to use my regular formula which has a good deal of commentary added by me. But I was overwhelmed by the range of…
https://consortiumnews.com/2019/10/03/wealth-identity-politics-billionaires-acting-like-a-persecuted-minority/ The very wealthy have become so powerful, they are our governments This is a giant step back into the Roman Empire when the people of Rome were scum of…
My computer has just pulled it’s stunt of losing a large number of it’s entries.So I shall immediately publish this one. And then work into the cold, dark night to…
If you have tears, prepare to shed them now. For the second time – in just over a week -the major part of a blog has disappeared. I have no…
Note to our correspondent who was an administrator at McGill and who I taught when the world and I were young. You can reach me at —graemedecarie1@gmail.com https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/key-moments-french-language-debate-1.5306941 Canadians, like…
..but we have lonWe have since abused the meaning of patriotism to mean sobedience to the powerful and greedy._______________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/alberta-hydrogen-innovation-1.5290297 I don’t know what to make about this one. If…
Perhaps our last chance to save this Earth…_______________________________________________________________ https://www.timesofisrael.com/state-set-to-indict-netanyahus-alleged-co-conspirators-with-bribery-report/ https://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/elections/netanyahu-to-be-charged-with-bribery-pending-hearing-1.6961872 Israel’s Netanyahu has long been suspected – and more than suspected – of bribery and massive corruption. Indeed, a major…
This afternoon, I watched a speech as delivered by Donald Trump. It was blatant lying. Blatant, vicious and murderous. Everyone should have known that – but I’d be willing to…
and we destroyed that world order. https://www.cbc.ca/news/nyc-un-climate-summit-1.5293734 ____________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/saudi-oil-attack-britain-france-germany-1.5294500Nice to see Canada taking a stand against that good friend of the U.S., Saudi Arabia.Britain and Germany, in contrast – well…
https://theantimedia.com/yemen-houthi-halt-attacks-saudi-arabia/ In other words, all the American reports of Iran attacks on Saudi Arabia were lies. Of course. Such an attack by Iran would make no sense at all. The…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/greta-thunberg-congress-1.5287903 Wow! This is more intelligence than I’ve heard from any of our adult politicians. And that’s not just patting a little girl on the head. What’s speaking here is…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/ndp-quebec-platform-1.5284356 What Singh is offering Quebec is a major step to separation. In effect, it offers Quebec control over immigration, and the right to treat anglo-Quebeckers as non-citizens.For a start,…
As Canada begins its federal elections, a big issue is whether abortions should be permitted. Now, we live in a world in which babies are not only killed in war,…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-condemns-west-bank-annexation-plans-1.5278863 Israel is everything that Judaism is not about. And Israel gets full support from the U.S. -a country which is everything Christianity is not about._________________________________________________________________ Wednesday was the first…
I’ve been looking at some pictures of life in Britain about 1900. For the poor – who were most of the population – life was vile. Boys and girls six…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/election-leaders-1.5260586 https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/secularism-law-1.5261713 There’s a lot that’s ugly about Canada as it faces a national election. The platforms of our Liberal and Conservative parties are ugly (and shallow and ignorant) to…
Yes. We did or, at least, our billionaires did. https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/hong-kong-lam-bill-withdrawal-solve-crisis-1.5271101 I did not think this would happen – but I’m very happy it has. However, I fear that Hong Kong’s…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/university-ottawa-osap-cuts-school-returns-1.5264636 Not to worry. The government needed the money to give more grants to billionaires who don’t pay taxes. We have been watching the Conservative party (and the Liberals) across…
