https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/jamal-khashoggi-consulate-death-1.4871498
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/jamal-khashoggi-1.4867155
This has been a bizarre story from the beginning. Both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have been deliberately starving and bombing millions of children to death. The U.S. also routinely sends hit squads into various countries to murder people. As well, the U.S. has been happily using torture on a large scale for over a century. But, oh, Trump is horrified that the Saudi prince would torture and murder a reporter.
However, Trump has made it clear that he will accept any excuse the Saudis might offer. Old boys will be old boys.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/20/donald-trump-says-he-finds-saudi-explanation-of-khashoggi-death-credible
Will Trump's followers accept all this? You bet they will. That's why the U.S. is a failing state.
Meanwhile, here's a long and complicated story about why this incident is big news.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/nima-malekis-blog/2018/10/implications-jamal-khashoggis-alleged-murder
Alas! I can't even pretend to understand all that.
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https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/taxes-deficit-business-1.4866319
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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/john-bolton-russia-nuclear-arms-deal-trump-lobbying
The madmen in Washington have brought us very, very close to nuclear war. And the U.S. is the only country in the world that is acting this irreponsibly.
______________________________________________________________
And here are two stories, one from Canada and one from Latin America, that were important enough to appear in Britain's The Guardian - but too trivial for New Brunswick's irving press. ( It needed the space for an important flash that a man in Ontario has admitted he killed a woman.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/17/canada-quebec-secularism-law-caq
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/oct/18/thousands-of-hondurans-continue-marching-towards-us-video
____________________________________________________________
The countercurrents website has disappeared from my computer. Another site of the same name - but of very, very far right-wing views is still available. So have authorities cracked down on the other one?
_______________________________________________________________
Abuse of the land is not just a western characteristic.
https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/press-releases/alarm-bells-sound-chinas-trade-reputation-new-report-reveals-destructive-logging-solomon-islands-rainforests-risks-illegality/
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https://www.asia-pacificresearch.com/agent-orange-and-the-legacy-of-the-vietnam-war-living-disabled/5628359
Americans are indignant about killing a reporter. But poisoning a whole nation isn't bad at all.
______________________________________________________________
For some fifty years, Haiti was ruled by U.S. supported dictators who starved, tortured and murdered the people of Haiti to please American capitalists. Then the Haitians had the nerve to elect their own leader. So the U.S. invaded, deposed him, and brought back the old thugs. Canada sent 'peacekeepers' to make all this look respectable.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/haiti-nearly-a-million-people-took-to-the-streets-they-want-the-western-imposed-government-out-of-haiti/5657400
____________________________________________________________
Don't worry. If this were true, Mr. irving would have told us.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50467.htm
________________________________________________________________
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50471.htm
_____________________________________________________________
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/10/19/opinion/its-time-humanize-climate-change-issues-says-sheila-watt-cloutier
______________________________________________________________
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/10/18/news/lng-facility-will-prolong-chinas-reliance-fossil-fuels-renewable-energy-expert-says
____________________________________________________________
https://off-guardian.org/2018/10/20/guardian-watch-freedland-remembers-yemen-is-a-thing/
______________________________________________________________
https://theantimedia.com/military-plasma-gun-vaporizing-human-flesh/
______________________________________________________________
About half of the U.S. army is made up of hired thugs from any country who command much higher salaries than regular army soldiers do - and who will kill or torture anybody on command. Special, and even more highly paid, groups of them are used for assassinations, commonly in countries that the U.S. isn't even at war with.
These are the heroes (along with the drone 'pilots' ) that Trump is so proud of.
https://truthout.org/video/as-us-backed-war-in-yemen-raged-uae-hired-us-mercenaries-to-kill-yemeni-leaders/
Most of these killers are of no value or use whatever to the average American who pays the taxes that support them. But they are useful to those very wealthy American capitalists who pay nothing for them - because they don't pay taxes.
Americans are suffering heavily for lack of medicare and other social services because so much of the nation's money is going straight into the pockets of the wealthy and their hired killers.
___________________________________________________________
The political models for all of us Canadians.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/10/18/ex-politicians-weed-canada_a_23565224/?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage
_____________________________________________________________
go figure....
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/10/19/justin-trudeau-halloween-costume_a_23566159/?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.rt.com/business/441807-emerging-countries-stockpiling-gold/
________________________________________________________________
New Brunswick is almost certainly facing a new election as no party is now in a position to form a stable government. Will this solve any problems?
No.
Most people voted either Liberal or Conservative in the last election. Both parties have a long history of servility to the real rulers of New Brunswick. True, the Liberals are now slightly better than the Conservatives in regard to this as the Conservatives are more openly the irving party. Indeed, they bend the knee on everything. They will, they say, reduce spending. Okay. But that can be done only by cutting essential services, and by letting the irvings continue to evade all taxes. They are the party of pure greed - and they will, without doubt, be major contenders in any election.
The Liberals? Slightly, very slightly, better. They will, perhaps, have the brains that the Conservatives don't have as Conservatives plan to sell us out by introducing fracking to make the irvings happy. (And watch for violence on this one as some people refuse to be poisoned.)
These two parties are the only possible winners as this hopelessly ill-informed and sheep-like province heads to the polls.
The other parties need much broader policies than they now have. And they have to learn that the greatest danger facing this province is the power the irvings hold over us. Yes. We have issues to deal with. But those issues are caused by the irvings. Any party, to be useful, has to respond to that challenge.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/opinion/jamal-khashoggi-1.4867155
This has been a bizarre story from the beginning. Both the U.S. and Saudi Arabia have been deliberately starving and bombing millions of children to death. The U.S. also routinely sends hit squads into various countries to murder people. As well, the U.S. has been happily using torture on a large scale for over a century. But, oh, Trump is horrified that the Saudi prince would torture and murder a reporter.
However, Trump has made it clear that he will accept any excuse the Saudis might offer. Old boys will be old boys.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/20/donald-trump-says-he-finds-saudi-explanation-of-khashoggi-death-credible
Will Trump's followers accept all this? You bet they will. That's why the U.S. is a failing state.
Meanwhile, here's a long and complicated story about why this incident is big news.
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/nima-malekis-blog/2018/10/implications-jamal-khashoggis-alleged-murder
Alas! I can't even pretend to understand all that.
________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/taxes-deficit-business-1.4866319
____________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2018/oct/19/john-bolton-russia-nuclear-arms-deal-trump-lobbying
The madmen in Washington have brought us very, very close to nuclear war. And the U.S. is the only country in the world that is acting this irreponsibly.
______________________________________________________________
And here are two stories, one from Canada and one from Latin America, that were important enough to appear in Britain's The Guardian - but too trivial for New Brunswick's irving press. ( It needed the space for an important flash that a man in Ontario has admitted he killed a woman.)
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2018/oct/17/canada-quebec-secularism-law-caq
https://www.theguardian.com/world/video/2018/oct/18/thousands-of-hondurans-continue-marching-towards-us-video
____________________________________________________________
The countercurrents website has disappeared from my computer. Another site of the same name - but of very, very far right-wing views is still available. So have authorities cracked down on the other one?
_______________________________________________________________
Abuse of the land is not just a western characteristic.
https://www.globalwitness.org/en-gb/press-releases/alarm-bells-sound-chinas-trade-reputation-new-report-reveals-destructive-logging-solomon-islands-rainforests-risks-illegality/
____________________________________________________________
https://www.asia-pacificresearch.com/agent-orange-and-the-legacy-of-the-vietnam-war-living-disabled/5628359
Americans are indignant about killing a reporter. But poisoning a whole nation isn't bad at all.
______________________________________________________________
For some fifty years, Haiti was ruled by U.S. supported dictators who starved, tortured and murdered the people of Haiti to please American capitalists. Then the Haitians had the nerve to elect their own leader. So the U.S. invaded, deposed him, and brought back the old thugs. Canada sent 'peacekeepers' to make all this look respectable.
https://www.globalresearch.ca/haiti-nearly-a-million-people-took-to-the-streets-they-want-the-western-imposed-government-out-of-haiti/5657400
____________________________________________________________
Don't worry. If this were true, Mr. irving would have told us.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50467.htm
________________________________________________________________
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/50471.htm
_____________________________________________________________
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/10/19/opinion/its-time-humanize-climate-change-issues-says-sheila-watt-cloutier
______________________________________________________________
https://www.nationalobserver.com/2018/10/18/news/lng-facility-will-prolong-chinas-reliance-fossil-fuels-renewable-energy-expert-says
____________________________________________________________
https://off-guardian.org/2018/10/20/guardian-watch-freedland-remembers-yemen-is-a-thing/
______________________________________________________________
https://theantimedia.com/military-plasma-gun-vaporizing-human-flesh/
______________________________________________________________
About half of the U.S. army is made up of hired thugs from any country who command much higher salaries than regular army soldiers do - and who will kill or torture anybody on command. Special, and even more highly paid, groups of them are used for assassinations, commonly in countries that the U.S. isn't even at war with.
These are the heroes (along with the drone 'pilots' ) that Trump is so proud of.
https://truthout.org/video/as-us-backed-war-in-yemen-raged-uae-hired-us-mercenaries-to-kill-yemeni-leaders/
Most of these killers are of no value or use whatever to the average American who pays the taxes that support them. But they are useful to those very wealthy American capitalists who pay nothing for them - because they don't pay taxes.
Americans are suffering heavily for lack of medicare and other social services because so much of the nation's money is going straight into the pockets of the wealthy and their hired killers.
___________________________________________________________
The political models for all of us Canadians.
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/10/18/ex-politicians-weed-canada_a_23565224/?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage
_____________________________________________________________
go figure....
https://www.huffingtonpost.ca/2018/10/19/justin-trudeau-halloween-costume_a_23566159/?utm_hp_ref=ca-homepage
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.rt.com/business/441807-emerging-countries-stockpiling-gold/
________________________________________________________________
New Brunswick is almost certainly facing a new election as no party is now in a position to form a stable government. Will this solve any problems?
No.
Most people voted either Liberal or Conservative in the last election. Both parties have a long history of servility to the real rulers of New Brunswick. True, the Liberals are now slightly better than the Conservatives in regard to this as the Conservatives are more openly the irving party. Indeed, they bend the knee on everything. They will, they say, reduce spending. Okay. But that can be done only by cutting essential services, and by letting the irvings continue to evade all taxes. They are the party of pure greed - and they will, without doubt, be major contenders in any election.
The Liberals? Slightly, very slightly, better. They will, perhaps, have the brains that the Conservatives don't have as Conservatives plan to sell us out by introducing fracking to make the irvings happy. (And watch for violence on this one as some people refuse to be poisoned.)
These two parties are the only possible winners as this hopelessly ill-informed and sheep-like province heads to the polls.
The other parties need much broader policies than they now have. And they have to learn that the greatest danger facing this province is the power the irvings hold over us. Yes. We have issues to deal with. But those issues are caused by the irvings. Any party, to be useful, has to respond to that challenge.
________________________________________________________________
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