Graeme Decarie

March 05: No. Things are not getting better.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/antarctica-greenland-weather-1.5011904_________________________________________________________________ https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/justin-trudeau-jane-philpot-resignation-1.5042920 Trudeau is in real trouble. He has now lost two very high profile members of his government – both highly respected for intelligence and honesty. And that means…

February 28::We’re at a tipping point.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/michael-cohen-testimony-trump-prosecution-statute-of-limitations-1.5036442 Wouldn’t that give the prison a bad name?———————————————————————————————-https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/wilson-raybould-freeland-trudeau-snc-lavalin-1.5036795 I don’t understand the surprise. Both the Liberals and the Conservatives have a long, long history of accepting bribes from business…

Feb. 26: How we lost the greatest opportunity in history.

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2019/feb/25/modern-slavery-trafficking-persons-one-in-200_______________________________________________________https://www.rt.com/news/452431-venezuela-us-oust-maduro/ Russia Times is not a good source of news about Russia or China.Of course not. It isn’t going to say anything critical of those. But it’s reporting on the…

Feb. 14:We never got smart enough.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/haiti-quebec-canada-stranded-1.5019136 Haiti, after years of American-approved dictators, established a democracy. But it didn’t last long. The U.S. invaded, setting up a new dictatorship. (Canada, as usual, helped the U.S. along…

Feb. 11:Gettting close to the last call…

https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/trump-socialism-canada-1.5010033 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2019/feb/11/trump-offers-socialism-for-the-rich-capitalism-for-everyone-else________________________________________________________________ Until recently, I lived in New Brunswick where all newspapers are lying, propaganda sheets in praise of their multi-billionaire owner. I now live in Ottawa, the capital of…

Feb. 09:We still live in 1939

https://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/antarctica-greenland-weather-1.5011904_________________________________________________________________ There were people who fought fascism, including Brits, Canadians and Americans who fought fascism before that was respectable – through the years when our government and business leaders still…

Feb. 2: So little time; so much insanity.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/feb/01/enduring-the-tide-the-flooded-philippine-islands-that-locals-wont-leave https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/31/chiberia-extreme-cold-in-chicago-inspires-solidarity-and-awe-polar-vortex https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/31/polar-vortex-latest-weather-news-midwest-record-lows (Okay. 20 people died. But probably most of them were old, anyway.) https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/feb/01/january-named-as-australias-hottest-month-on-record https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/feb/01/disaster-in-the-australian-outback-podcast https://www.cbc.ca/news/thenational/national-today-newsletter-australia-youth-football-seniors-care-1.4996932 This is insane. But it all really happened. The world’s leading scientists…

Jan. 26:The hell with it!

http://rabble.ca/columnists/2019/01/los-angeles-teachers-win-victory-against-school-privatization For many years, the quality of American public schools has been going down. But that may now be turning a corner.Now, if we could only improve the quality of…

Jan. 24. Don’t kid yourself.

This IS world war three._________________________________________________________________ The U.S. has a long history of overthrowing governments all over the world, and installing American-controlled puppets. It happened in Iran back in 1948 when…

Jan. 22: the last days

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/greenland-southwest-ice-melt-accelerating-1.4986064 Hey. Don’t worry about it. This is just some wacky scientist. For the real scoop, listen to real smart politicians like Donald Trump in the U.S., and Doug Ford…

Jan. 19: a quiet day

Canada, like Brazil, has it’s share of Donald Trumps in political life.https://cupe.ca/bad-day-students-funding-cut-disguised-tuition-cut-will-cost-students-more-and-hurt-universitiesThese are people who govern to please the very, very rich. So they wouldn’t dream of making billionaires pay…

Jan. 17: The Human Flaw

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/15/trump-replacement-obama-climate-plan https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2019/jan/18/australia-heatwave-sydneys-west-to-hit-45c-after-week-of-extreme-weather Hey. Don’t mean nuthin’. Happens all the time in them faraway places._______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jan/16/china-has-some-of-worlds-most-advanced-weapon-systems-pentagon-warns China – that was a nation in chaos for a couple of centuries – is…

Progressive Bloggers // Blogues progressistes