April 2: a child in Yemen. And you and me.
Yesterday evening, I watched BBC News. It opened with some of the most dreadful footage I have ever seen. It was of the children of Yemen, one of the poorest…
Graeme Decarie
April 1: you have to learn to hate…
...luckily, it's easy to teach.Section A has its usual display of non-news - like court reports, government announcements that it's getting ready to do something. It's trivial; but it's cheap;…
March 31: The truth we have not learned.
The Fertile Crescent is a great arc of land that stretches from Yemen through the Iraq, Syria, Lebanon, Jordan, Israel and Egypt. Twelve thousand years ago, it was the birthplace…
March 30: The news is bunk
After I finished yesterday's blog, I came across a stunning poll result. Sixty percent of adult Americans believe that the U.S. army uncovered weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. And…
March 19: The Irrational Norbert Cunningham
I use the word irrational as a sort of kindness - though that makes me something of a hypocrite because I don't feel any kindness. &nb...
March 28: there’s distasteful–and there’s disgusting.
de Adder, who does cartoons for the editorial page of the Irving press, is a fine artist. He is weaker as a political cartoonist. And, in today's cartoon, he is…
March 27: Three topics today.
Today will be a mixed bag of where I get my news, a broad look at why the U.S. cannot make a real democracy out of Iran or any other…
The Decarie Report 2016-03-26 15:50:00
Today's Irving press has another, full page story on the attack in Brussels that killed 31 people. It has, surprisingly, a story on Yemen where thousands are dying of hunger…
March 25: Let’s get rid of our illusions.
For today's opener, a history question. What was the origin of the Nazi salute, with arm raised and extended at an angle?Answer - The United States. People taking the oath…
March 24: Al Jazeera – the news champ?
In the front page headline is a story about how moncton has squalid rooming houses full of bedbugs and lice, poorly heated, with people crammed into filthy rooms. One of…
March 23: no title.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/karl-nerenberg/2016/03/trudeaus-first-budget-about-direct-investments-not-tax-gimmick#.VvHqAjZs8NA.gmailAbove is a balanced analysis of the federal budget plans. It is neither for nor against. It tells us what is in the ...
March 22: Good news!
It didn't make the Irving press, but....Dozens of millionaires in New York have told the government their taxes should be raised substantially, and the money used to help the poor.…
March 21: Texas mother puts child in oven.
Two days ago, the CBC carried a story of some importance to Canada - and the world. Naturally, the Irving press has not picked it up.The U.S. government is giving…
March 19: Making America great again.
Yesterday, I mentioned that we seldom learn the truth of the history of Canada (or any other country). Then, I happened to find the item below on our first prime…
March 17: The Irving Press….
....required reading for those who don't know, and don't want to know.http://www.cnn.com/2016/03/17/politics/us-iraq-syria-genocide/index.htmlJohn Kerry, U.S. Secretary of State has really made it big in the news with his statement that ISIS…
March 17: "I wish I loved the Human race;…
I wish I loved its silly face; I wish I liked the way it walks; I wish I liked the way it talks; And when I'm introduced to one, I…
March 16: Not a good day for the Irving press.
There is no news in Section A.The editorial is about the old Moncton High which was too expensive to repair--- so we built a new one--- but now we've discovered…
March 15: The things we cannot have.
The good thing about growing up poor (the only good thing) is that you get accustomed very, very young to the idea there are things you cannot have. As I…
March 14: What can I say?
The headline in today's Irving press is a gripping of story of how somebody, maybe, is thinking about buying a piece of land in Dieppe (a suburb of Moncton) to…
March 13: A Slack Day
http://www.nationalobserver.com/2016/03/08/news/are-irvings-destroying--new-brunswickNo. Don't go to this site yet. You have to be patient until May when this article is scheduled to appear. I shall be watching for it, too.Meanwhile, the National...