Dec.19: Hysteria and a drowning nation.
This is very late because the Christmas season has come crashing down on me. It is 11 pm as a finish this. It was many years ago that the editor…
Graeme Decarie
Dec. 18: The Irving press hits a new low.
On A1 of the Irving press, the headline is that the New Brunswick Liberals are 'scaling back' on their promises of spending. Of course. Now, tell me. What have the…
Dec.17: The good ship Irving press sinks lower.
I haven't look at TV in years. So I bought a set some months ago. Now, I spend every supper flicking . through some 300 channels to find something –…
Dec. 16: Ignorance, Hysteria, and a propaganda press.
Last night, I watched the Republican presidential “debate”. It began with a properous-looking crowd in a theatre listening to a gawdawful rendition of “God Bless America”. And then it went…
Dec. 15: The Irving press – just an uncomfortable diaper
Again, today's Irving press is skimpy. I can only presume they're trying to save paper. They could save by printing fewer photos. A4 has a prime example of a wasted…
Dec. 14: The U.S. needs Canada’s help! (Trudeau’s first, real test.)
Today's Irving press is thin, and full of bizarre stories, like the one telling us that people buy Christmas trees at this time of year. Who woulda guessed? In all…
Dec. 13: To see oursels…
'Oh, wad some gift the giftie gie usTo see oursels as others see us.' We have murdered millions in the Middle East. We have orphaned at least as many children.…
Dec. 12: No pulitzer prize for the irving press today.
In fact, it is so stkinking, I'll leave it to the end – and start with world news. In 1978, Chile was a country whose government encouraged decent wages, provided…
Dec. 11: The Turkish Trap.
The Irving press will take very little time.A1 has the ongoing storyabout child molesting by priests. It seems not to have occured to the reporters or their editors to ask…
Dec. 10: This will be very short because…
.....my electric power has just come back after being absent all day. And this is very late for a Christian gentleman to be awake.The Irving press briefly -1. Section A,…
Dec. 9: This will probably be a short blog because …..
....I'm mad as hell.I just spent hours on the blog, and was about to post it when it disappeared. I had been saving it regularly as I wrote - but…
Dec. 8: I have so much material today that….
...I can't possibly get it all in.So, first let's deal with the Irving press because that won't take long.On B1 we find the story that the New Brunswick government lied…
Dec. 7: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?tab=wm#search/Theriault/15178964e6f5eec8
The site above was forwarded to me by a reader. It looks like a site well worth reading - for its message, and for the way it's presented. The creator,…
Dec. 6: The news is very bad.
But before we get into that, let's start with some lesser part.The Irving press has greeted news of Syrian refugees coming to New Brunswick with joy that they will help…
Dec.5:http://halifax.mediacoop.ca/audio/thou-shalt-not-name-irvings/34256
This persecution of our Irving philanthropists (who are also religious leaders and distinguished members of Irving Halls of Fame) has to stop. Mr. J.D.Irving, himself, a shy and unassuming man,…
Dec. 4: Liar, liar, pants on fire….
Yesterday, the Irving press carried the story that the province's chief medical officer, Dr. Cleary, had been put on leave against her will, had been forbidden to say anything about…
Dec 3.: The picture of the week.
The story below is about a man who has been held at Guantanamo for 13 years without charge and without trial. Now, U.S. authorities have admitted that even under their…
Dec. 2:..with our noses in our bellybuttons.
Russia and the U.S. are at war. That's what Syria is about. The U.S. equipped and financed a 'rebellion' against the government of Assad because American oil companies want control…
Dec. 1: Wow!
There are three BIG stories in section B on the climate talks. One is about Trudeau, one about Gallant, and one about Obama. None of them has anything to say…
Nov. 30: "The Face on the Barrroom Floor"
If you really want to read the poem of this title, the site is below. But there's no cause to read it. I thought of this poem only because of…