https://theconversation.com/trump-declares-economic-war-on-cuba-115672 Take this seriously. The U.S.believes it has the right to rule the world. It has the right to impose its version of democracy on nations that don’t want it.…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/apr/18/billionaires-donations-notre-dame-france-inequality Well, you can be sure that none of these billionaires will be poor as a result of their donations. I am reminded of the New Brunswick oil billionaire who…
Trump and his village idiots (like John Bolton) are discussing – with his generals – a possible invasion of Venezuela. Russia and China are both in Venezuela – by invitation.…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/climate-change-atlantic-ocean-dfo-report-1.5094133 Nah. There ain’t no climate change. If there were, New Brunswick’s Mr. Irving would have told us in all them provincial newspapers he owns. And he’s smarter than them…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/venezuela-guaido-trump-pence-un-security-council-1.5092760 A lesson in hypocrisy and ignorance. There are many millions of Americans who will believe that the U.S. wants to restore democracy to Venezuela. They still don’t know that…
http://rabble.ca/babble/news-rest-us/info-clearing-house-suspended The above message MIGHT have come from info clearing house. If so, it should return within a few days.
I have have had several days of computer chaos due to google interference. (Hint – in such a case, do not depend on google to be any help whatever.) Now,…
https://www.rt.com/op-ed/455406-jallianwala-bagh-massacre-apologise-britain/ The Amritsar killings were pretty small by British standards. Far more, millions more, were killed by starvation. That’s what empires do. That’s what the American empire does. This is…
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/31/quebec-religious-symbol-ban-caq_______________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/slumping-tall-ice-cliffs-greenland-antarctic-1.5077138 Not to worry. Donald Trump and Doug Ford are in charge._________________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/canada-warming-at-twice-the-global-rate-leaked-report-finds-1.5079765 This can’t be true. If it were, premier Doug Ford of Ontario with his high school…
News about Venezuela remains pretty fragile. Consider – U.S. billionaires (with Canadian billionaire hangers-on) see Latin Americans as their very own cheap labour. That’s what all empires do. Like all…
https://www.telesurenglish.net/analysis/10-of-the-Most-Lethal-CIA-Interventions-in-Latin-America-20160608-0031.html To understand all this, it might help to look at the British Empire in India and China. Why did the British go to all the trouble of conquering those…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/lisa-thompson-metro-morning-class-sizes-1.5069114 I have taught at the elementary and high school levels. I have taught oversized (more than 30 students) classes. To suggest these are more effective in any way is…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/22/trump-provokes-global-anger-by-recognising-israels-claim-to-golan-heights The U.S. rules the world. Yes, it does. That’s why it can take land that doesn’t belong to it and give to another country that it doesn’t belong to.…
This morning, I awoke early to get busy on the blog. But it wouldn’t work. Most of my text was off the screen. As well, tiny problems kept interrupting. Eventually,…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/oecd-tax-rich-social-security-1.5062441 It’s about time our news media and the Canadian people caught onto this theft of our money.It’s been causing hardship for years – and it could well cause a…
Sorry to be late by a full day. But keep those dollars rolling in.___________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/mosque-shooting-social-media-1.5058496 Cracking down on hate-making web sites sounds like a good idea. Alas! It’s not that…
https://www.guardian.com/commentisfree/2019/mar/12/us-college-admissions-scandal-corruption-rigged https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-college-scam-court-cheating-1.5055097 Some universities have always been places of privilege and snobbery. That doesn’t mean they are good. It’s just snobbery. It can run very deep – throughout the whole…
This will be very much a hit and or miss blog. Two days ago, I came down with the ultimate cold. Sleep has been almost impossible for two days. So…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/mar/08/norways-1tn-wealth-fund-to-divest-from-oil-and-gas-exploration Nice to see somebody doing something._______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2019/mar/08/beggars-in-our-own-land-canadas-first-nation-housing-crisis Long, long ago, when the Liberal government of Canada was young, it promised to take action on the dreadful conditions imposed on…
Vera Lynn was the darling of the troops in World War 2. She was the darling,, too, of this kid who heard a recording of her when he was six…
