….I’d hate to see what came second…..______________________________________________________________ https://www.haaretz.com/middle-east-news/saudi-arabia-seeks-death-penalty-for-woman-activist-1.640903 This is from Saudi Arabia, a close ally of the U.S. in its zeal to spread democracy and human rights, in (with…
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/20/summer-weather-is-getting-stuck-due-to-arctic-warming https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/21/arctics-strongest-sea-ice-breaks-up-for-first-time-on-record https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/16/british-columbia-wildfires-state-of-emergency-declared https://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/dyer-scientific-word-is-out-on-coming-hothouse-earth https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/20/we-are-climbing-rapidly-out-humankinds-safe-zone-new-report-warns-dire-climate https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/08/20/former-koch-industries-lawyer-turned-top-trump-epa-official-set-deliver-major-win Contrary to the not very intelligent opinion of New Brunswick Conservative leader Blaine Higgs, capitalism is very, very unlikely to deal with climate change.…
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2018/aug/14/extreme-temperatures-especially-likely-for-next-four-years http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/b-c-declares-state-of-emergency-as-hundreds-of-wildfires-burn-across-province-1.4785983 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/marine-heat-waves-wildlife-1.4786355 http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/education-age-climate-change/2018/08/what-do-we-teach-while-world-burning https://www.globalresearch.ca/as-america-burns-from-climate-change-trump-officials-attend-denial-conference-to-discuss-why-climate-change-is-fake/5650596 http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/warm-2018-2022-1.4784746 https://countercurrents.org/2018/08/15/undeniable-human-agency-in-climate-change-while-disasters-multiply/ http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/david-suzuki/2018/08/cool-solutions-mean-hothouse-planet-isnt-inevitable Look. It’s real. We have been lied to by the irving press. We have had years of commentaries telling us fossil fuels…
https://countercurrents.org/2018/08/14/human-extinction-by-2026-a-last-ditch-strategy-to-fight-for-human-survival/ Of course, all them there thousands of scientists ain’t real smart like our irvings and the editors of the irving press is._______________________________________________________________https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2018/aug/13/us-interior-secretary-ryan-zinke-climate-change-environmentalists_____________________________________________________________http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/canada-economy-global-1.4780544___________________________________________________________https://www.theguardian.com/cities/2018/aug/13/heat-next-big-inequality-issue-heatwaves-world__________________________________________________________ https://countercurrents.org/2018/08/13/mendacious-mainstream-presstitutes-ignore-huge-carbon-debt-horrendous-hazard-response-debt-disasters-are-not-natural/_____________________________________________________________ http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/activist-communiqu%C3%A9/2018/08/ford-attacks-poor-further-cuts-social-assistance_______________________________________________________________ Our local newspapers in New…
https://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/dyer-scientific-word-is-out-on-coming-hothouse-earth Today’s issue of the irving press was stunning. This is a news chain that has ignored the evidence of climate change from the start, and has ignored this summer’s…
Here’s a story you will never see in the Canadian news media – and certainly never in the irving press. http://rabble.ca/news/2018/08/mining-canadian-imperialism_____________________________________________________________And another story that won’t make the irving press. https://www.globalresearch.ca/3-year-old-report-on-fracking-risks-quietly-published-this-week-after-cuadrilla-permit-awarded/5649739…
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trump-fake-disgusting-media-rhetoric-dangerous-violence-1.4772658________________________________________________________________http://thesaker.is/erratic-empire-downfalling/________________________________________________________________ http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/world-hothouse-report-1.4775649_______________________________________________________________ https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/aug/07/iran-braces-for-new-round-of-us-economic-sanctions Trump has now declared war on the world – including long-time allies like Canada and the European Union. At this stage, it’s an economic war. But it…
I write this just before I leave for the shore for a few days. It’s not so much about the news as it is about the general picture. But I…
Okay. Change of plans. It looks as though Saturday is the day I’ll be frolicking in the waves. So I’m likely to have no blog that day.______________________________________________________________ http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/el-nino-2018-noaa-prediction-1.4768316 http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/wildfires-california-1.4769425 http://medialens.org/index.php/alerts/alert-archive/2018/875-world-on-fire-climate-breakdown.html…
There will probably be no blog on August 2. I shall probably be visiting family at a nearby shore.___________________________________________________________ Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump FollowFollow @realDonaldTrump More Wow, highest Poll…
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/heat-warning-change-environment-canada-1.4762636 Note the death rate in BC from heat. Gee! It’s lucky climate change isn’t happening.______________________________________________________________ New Brunsick – star player in the latest crisis. http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/frequently-asked-questions-about-blue-green-algae-1.4763291_______________________________________________________________Climate change ain’t happenin’? Then…
Donald J. TrumpVerified account @realDonaldTrump 56m56 minutes ago More This week, my Administration is hosting the first-ever #IRFMinisterial. The U.S. will continue to promote #ReligiousFreedom around the world. Nations that…
Sometimes, even the CBC is very, very dishonest. http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/syria-russia-white-helmet-1.4749380 The White Helmets are NOT heroes fighting to save their people from evil Syrians. They are a propaganda group financed by…
Here’s a story that didn’t – and won’t – make the irving press. (I usually start with The Guardian. It’s not as intelligent and impartial as it used to be.…
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/18/sweden-calls-for-help-as-arctic-circle-hit-by-wildfires https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/jul/18/canadas-high-arctic-glaciers-at-risk-of-disappearing-completely-study-finds http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/climate-change-heat-waves-1.4751633 Now think for a moment. What can be the mentality be of billionaires who insist we must keep producing and using fossil fuels? (Yes, I know Trump…
This will be a short blog – if it ever gets finished at all. My computer has been going strange on me. Sites that I need don’t respond. A full…
I was puzzled as I wrote the July 11 blog. What was Trump doing with his attacks on allies? But a day of thinking it over made me realize nothing…
I hurried back from the shore to find the irving press its usual self. It had a big story of course on the 12 boys in Thailand who were saved…
I am having a terrible time on today’s blog. Twice I have erased all I had written. And I don’t even know how it happened. I also lost a very…
http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/mexico-president-lopez-obrador-security-1.4732452 The new president of Mexico is a brave man. I can’t remember any American president of the past century who has ventured in public without a mass of agents…
