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…
Then you must be rich. Only rich people work hard. The rest of us are slobs. I’ll go back to this near the end.______________________________________________________________I publish this first one mainly as…
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…
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…
I admit it. I was a day late in doing by blog for Friday.. But I was almost done when – I don’t know – I must have hit a…
Long, long ago, when I was a darling child (You’ll have to accept my word on that) my favourite comic book story was one based on truth. It was called…
I don’t know what’s going on with t his idiot machine. This Feb. 19 blog WAS published and sent on Feb. 19. I was shocked here on late February 20…
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/canada-haiti-deportation-violence-protests-1.5021661 For decades, Haiti was ruled by dictators subservervient to American billionaires. Then Haitians won the right to vote. So the U.S. sent troops to bring back the good old…
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…
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…
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…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/feb/04/a-third-of-himalayan-ice-cap-doomed-finds-shocking-report Capitalists don’t care. They don’t care about any of these shocking reports about climate. They don’t care because caring would cut into their profits. We have created a real…
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…
I’m a little groggy today. I was up until 4 in the morning watching for developments in Venezuela. There weren’t any – but here’s a story you probably won’t find…
________________________________________________________________ This lead item is not from the news. It is two book reviews from the New York Times. But it gives a clearer picture than you will see in…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
