April 14: Time to wake up.
I have been having some very disturbing thoughts about Naziism, mass murder – and us. All of us. I’m confident of – if terribly disturbed at – what I have…
Graeme Decarie
April 12: Be Very Worried.
I can only hope this makes sense. My computer has been acting oddly all day. Perhaps a hacking attack by the Moncton Chamber of Commerce._________________________________________________________The western press makes a big…
April 11: apologies. This is an extra, and it’s just me talking.
The news media are beating the drums for war. Even the trivial Brunswick News is running inflamatory stories about Syria. One, from Associated Press, is headed “Chemical weapons attack latest…
April 10: The Return of Naziism
April 8, front page of Canada&World news – big story – “Man gets jail for sunglasses smash and grab at vision clinic.” Wow! That changes my day.Today, almost half of…
April 9: Extra – and change of pace.
Canada is seeing a celebration of the battle of Vimy Ridge, and how it created a Canadian nation. The Brunswick News has carried at least six, gushing stories about it…
April 7: The Smell of a Rat….
Sometimes, the smell of a rat is so strong you can even see it. Sniff this one. The people of a province learn that two major beaches for thousands of…
April 5: at the end – our first step to sanity is recognizing why we aren’t sane.
Here’s a story that didn’t make our Brunswick news. Bombardier aircraft in Montreal, which has been feeding itself lavishly on our taxes recently got a huge handout from the Canadian…
April 3: It will soon be time to add some constructive thinking to all this.
Below are four stories from Monday’s CBC news. Note that all of them are important to know about.http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/bombardier-executive-compensation-1.4052533 http://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/trudeau-message-to-refugees-1.4051008http://www.cbc.ca/news2/interactives/unproven http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/ai-machine-learning-employment-future-1.4047837 Next are ‘major’ stories from today’s Brunswick News here in…
March 31: Okay. I’m discouraged.
There’s a story in the Montreal Gazette that never made the Brunswick News. And never will. Bombardier is an aircraft maker in Montreal – you know – free enterprise, ambition,…
March 29: Democracy …a good idea….
…too bad we don’t have one. A big story on the front page of Canada&World in our local Brunswick News is that a little, old lady left her purse on…
March 27: My day of pessimism.
Our Moncton paper is just bursting with the news you need to know. On the front page, residents of a neighbouring town have decided not to repair some of their…
March 25: For my New Brunswick readers.
Today’s New Brunswick newspapers, like several editions of them recently, has been in a frenzy over the recent and rapid rise in property taxes. And Brian Murphy has a commentary…
March 24: The choice that Justin Trudeau will never make.
Below is an examination of a powerful factor in the manipulation of public opinion
March 22: An Ugly Day
Today, Brunswick News actually had a piece of world news. Canadian troops are in Iraq. Remember how all our history books talk about how wonderful it was that, between the…
March 20: Okay. I’m long winded today.
News media don’t often have a kind word for Trump. Here’s an exception. http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/1.777881?utm_content=%2Fisrael-news%2F1.777881&utm_medium=email&utm_source=smartfocus&utm_campaign=newsletter-daily&utm_term=20170319-15%3A03 I have to admit that I don’t usually have a kind word for him either. But…
March 17: I hate reading the news.
A big story here in Canada’s east end is that our residents want immigrants to be tested to ensure they have Canadian values. What are Canadian values? Actually, nobody knows…
March 15: Too much news.
A big story has so far been missed by Brunswick News which which effectvely has a monopoly on print news in this province. It’s a response to a complaint against…
March 13: American soldiers? What American soldiers?
Today, my local paper, a part of the Brunswick News chain, has four pages (count them, four) of Canada and World news. A page one flash is that the tiny…
March 9: Not a good blog today…..
….something wrong with me, I guess. http://www.taxfairness.ca/en/news/canadian-money-offshore-tax-havens-hits-record-high http://projects.thestar.com/panama-papers/canada-is-the-worlds-newest-tax-haven/ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/04/26/corporate-canada-investments-in-top-tax-havens-up-17-per-cent-in-2015-new-data_n_9781106.html There are many sites like the above on the web. It’s not a secret. And it’s not possible that Trudeau never…
March 9: Not a good blog today…..
….something wrong with me, I guess. http://www.taxfairness.ca/en/news/canadian-money-offshore-tax-havens-hits-record-high http://projects.thestar.com/panama-papers/canada-is-the-worlds-newest-tax-haven/ http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2016/04/26/corporate-canada-investments-in-top-tax-havens-up-17-per-cent-in-2015-new-data_n_9781106.html There are many sites like the above on the web. It’s not a secret. And it’s not possible that Trudeau never…