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KINSELLACAST 397: Belanger on Quebec! Sa’d in Israel! Lilley on Greenland! Plus Personal Trainer, Dune Rats and more! Designate ICE As A Terrorist Organisation Sunday Funday: Canada proud, laughing at those gold "prizes", some random funny stuff, plus TrumpWatch and Animal Crackers Notwithstanding the Emergencies Act ruling by the Federal Court of Appeal, the matter should still be settled before the Supreme Court Calgary’s water problem and the cost of sprawl

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Graeme Decarie

Oct. 9:Welcome to Nazi North America

Graeme Decarie

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/un-report-global-warming-climate-change-1.4854363 https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/08/the-guardian-view-on-climate-change-a-global-emergency https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/oct/09/tipping-points-could-exacerbate-climate-crisis-scientists-fear https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/oct/08/world-leaders-climate-change-ipcc-report https://truthout.org/articles/earths-ice-loss-is-a-nuclear-explosion-of-geologic-change/ Climate change is for real. And we have no idea how quickly it may happen. As it happens, expect refugees in the hundreds of millions.…

Oct. 6: Our very dangerous world.

Graeme Decarie

https://www.cbc.ca/news/theinvestigators/the-investigators-trump-taxes-1.4850942 Now, how about an expose on taxes not paid by New Brunswick’s wealthy? No. The irving press is too busy criticizing the government for spending too much.________________________________________________________________ Another story…

Sept. 20: The provincial election? Forget it.

Graeme Decarie

https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgxvzKkmXccmbPBszHRxCGKvJcRXv This first item is a long extract from a new book about journalism in Britain. It’s a long read, but an important one in understanding our own journalism._______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/18/surprise-truce-brokered-by-turkey-and-russia-spares-idlib-for-now…

Sept. 15: The failure of politics.

Graeme Decarie

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/14/paul-manafort-trumps-ex-campaign-chair-strikes-plea-deal-with-special-counse This could be dangerous for all of us. Yes. Trump is blustering liar, an international bully with both friends and foes, an egomaniac…and the list goes on. In consequence,…

Sept. 13:The fall of New Brunswick

Graeme Decarie

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/pope-bishops-february-abuse-prevention-summit-1.4819974_____________________________________________________________American governments had decided there would be a World War Three even as World War Two ended in 1945. That’s what the Korean war was supposed to be – the…

Sept. 11:The evil of our time.

Graeme Decarie

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2018/sep/10/starvation-a-weapon-of-war-that-could-kill-590000-children-by-the-end-of-2018 The war heroes of today kill children – and adult civilians. And it’s not an accident. This is the new face of war. It’s quite deliberate._______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/sep/10/john-bolton-castigate-icc-washington-speech In 1945…

Sept. 3: The New Brunswick election – endless trivia and boredom.

Graeme Decarie

The story the irving press will never print. It’s about how U.S. invasions and U.S. corporations (and Canadian ones) have made Guatemala a hell. https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/sep/02/study-of-portuguese-and-spanish-explodes-as-china-expands-role-in-latin-america________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/31/trumps-un-funding-move-risks-damage-to-palestine-israel-and-us Another example of how…

August 30:Our last chance?

Graeme Decarie

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/kinder-morgan-canada-shareholders-vote-sale-trans-mountain-pipeline-1.4804503 Let’s see…the Kinder Morgan pipeline is dead. So us taxpayers are picking up the tab for those poor, misunderstood capitalists? Actually, those fearless, enterprising capitalists always have their hands…

August 28: The lies we believed in 1945.

Graeme Decarie

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/french-town-black-battalion-memorial-1.4798913 In both wars, Canada was slow to accept Blacks. Or orientals. Or native peoples. —————————————————————————https://www.commondreams.org/views/2018/08/26/hot-enough-you Hey! Don’t worry, New Brunswick. Who are you going to believe? A hick scientist…

August 25: The Twilight of the Goofs.

Graeme Decarie

This blog may be a little short since I am being coerced into going to the shore to sinfully frolic in the surf._______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/aug/25/trumps-terrible-week-stunning-news-and-whispers-of-impeachment If Trump is impeached, disposed of…

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