Not with a bang, but a whimper."
______________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/20/britain-lured-into-deadly-trap-on-iran-by-trump-hawk-john-bolton
I thought Trump had quietly, with saying so, dumped John Bolton. Apparently, he hasn't. And Iran is now a super dangerous war for the whole world.
And what is Trump doing? He seems to be working on racism to win his next election.
______________________________________________________________
While doing some research on the American war in Vietnam (the one in which it happily burned children alive and powdered them with Agent Orange), I was astonished to learn that The Canadian Legion accepts the membership of Canadians who fought for the U.S. in that war. (There were some 30,000 of them - at the same time that Americans were fleeing the draft by coming to Canada.)
This was an extraordinarily brutal war on the American side which involved horrible slaughter of children, poisoning of most vegetation, and permanent brain and physical damage to horribly deformed children who would never live beyond seven or eight.
The war had nothing to do with Canada. It was just one more chapter in the American determination to establish their armies in Asia.
And the Canadian Legion accepted Canadian veterans of that unCanadian war as members???
And it played a role in giving those veterans a share of Canadian veterans' government benefits?
What the hell....
The Legion was formed to offer benefits to Canadians who served. Hell, if they're going to give them benefits for a role that had nothing to do with Canada or the Canadian people or The Queen or even the National Hockey League....
Hey gang, I got some great tips for you. How about offering membership to Canadians who serve in mercenary armies and kill whoever they are told to kill? And if you were going to accept such people, why didn't you accept Hitler's Gestapo in 1945?
Our legionnaires fought to defend Canada. And now they accept a crowd who had nothing to do with Canada. Indeed, they accept a crowd who fought one of the most greedy, vicious, immoral, and brainless wars in history. And they didn't do it for Canada.
But we're going to kiss their asses for Canada?
Legionnaires, you need serious discussion of what it is you are about. I well remember being at the Senate when it's spokesmen worked hard to lie about events of World War Two. (Yes, our soldiers did some not-nice things. That happens in a war, so there's no need to lie about about them.)
Think hard.
What is the Legion about?
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/21/hong-kong-police-fire-rubber-bullets-as-protests-turn-violent
Hong Kong is determined to get democracy. The government of China probably figures it cannot allow that. It probably feels that any democracy given to Hong Kong would create a demand for it in China. (Britain, incidentally, did NOT establish democracy in Hong Kong. Late in the day, it made some improvements. But it stopped short.)
There is no possible answer to this collision but violence. And that, I fear, will be horribly brutal.
_______________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-response-trump-comments-1.5221433
He's a child, a spoiled child.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/u-s-accuses-chinese-company-of-buying-iranian-oil-1.5221381
O-o-h, Iran decided for itself who it can sell oil to. How evil.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/23/animals-failing-to-adapt-to-speed-of-climate-crisis-study-finds
Ain't true. If it were, our oil barons and their political hacks like Doug Ford would tell us. So relax. Doug Ford is willing to risk your life.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/jul/23/could-trump-racist-rhetoric-win-him-re-election-in-2020
Hitler lives. God bless America.
_________________________________________________________________
https://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/dyer-boris-johnsons-obsession-with-saving-conservative-party-could-doom-uk
Many, many years ago, I sat each morning in the CBC building waiting my turn on the air. Every morning I listened to Gwynne Dyer on his turn. And, oh, he was brilliant. Then I would hear the self-worshipping garbage press magnate Conrad Black doing his piece. (He always closed his eyes as he spoke. That was because he wanted to concentrate on the beauty of hearing his own voice.)
_________________________________________________________________
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/alberta-diary/2019/07/calgary-opts-cut-public-services-it-subsidizes-hockey
Bastards.
This cutting of essential services to us common people so we can give millions more to the rich has become a feature of Canadian life
________________________________________________________________
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-patterson/2019/07/we-need-have-talk-about-capitalism-our-struggle-climate
I've written before about the plundering of this world by the very rich as government does the work for them by stealing from all of us to hand the money over to the rich. That is, in fact, the history of the world. And it is reaching such a level that we are facing disaster. In real terms, for example, Canadians and Americans are poorer today than they were twenty years ago. And the very rich are much, much richer.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/23/satellite-images-ignite-alarm-over-unprecedented-scale-and-planet-heating-emissions
Yes, and insect species vital to us are dying off. Migrants? We have entered far the greatest movement of desperate people - millions now, and a billion or more later as their habitats are destroyed. And it's happening now. And yes, parts of the U.S. will be producing migrants - will demand passages at the Canadian border as Latin Americans now demand it at the Mexican border. After all, they're Americans.
Agricultural land is disappearing. Our food is disappearing.
The problems are immense. And we are doing - nothing. In thirty years and more, we have done - nothing. This is the most challenging period the world has ever faced. And we have done nothing - except to elect politicians who do - nothing.
I hope the rich have found a place to go.
I hope it's hell.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/07/23/how-john-bolton-tricked-clueless-uk-tories-confrontation-iran
I don't understand why Trump has allowed John Bolton to run wild on Iran. (Bolton has been a dangerous and murderous crackpot for many years. Most presidents have had the sense to keep him at a distance. But what appears to have happened here is that Bolton wants a war with Iran - and Trump is not stamping on him. I don't think Trump agrees with Bolton. And so I don't understand why he's letting him run wild.)
_________________________________________________________________
And Boris Johnson? There is every possibility he will do what Hitler could not do - destroy Britain as a nation.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/23/boris-johnson-denounced-liar-racist-and-donald-trumps-poodle-elected-tory-party
________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/22/bolton-gambit-succeeded-critics-warn-top-trump-adviser-has-put-uk-path-war-iran
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/22/ethnic-cleansing-impunity-israel-denounced-demolishing-dozens-palestinian-homes
Israel and it's destruction of Judaism.
_________________________________________________________________
Hey! We gotta cut taxes on the rich.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/23/unconscionable-trump-usda-proposes-new-rule-strip-food-stamps-over-3-million
_________________________________________________________________
https://countercurrents.org/2019/07/if-the-us-truly-wanted-a-humanitarian-operation-in-venezuela-it-wouldnt-intentionally-cut-people-off-from-medicine-and-food
________________________________________________________________
Women serve in our armed forces. That surely makes them members of the The Canadian Legion. So what is the reaction of the legion to this development? Why haven't we heard from it?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-sexual-misconduct-settlement-1.5216307
_________________________________________________________________
John Bolton is creating a big war. Say thank you to the nice man.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51956.htm
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51957.htm
__________________________________________________________________Oh, hell ----
A few nights ago, I sat out in a stifling heat after a day what was the hottest in History for my area. We've been getting these hottest days for some years now. The process may be slow. But climate change is happening. The whole planet is dying. We've known it or should have known it for several decades now. The people who tell us this are the world's leading scientists.
So who do we listen to?
Well, for a start, Canadians listen to the brainless and easily bought twerps of the Conservative party - the premiers of Alberta,BC, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, and the Champion kissup, Doug Ford of Ontario.
None of those has any significant training in climate science. None has ever explained to the public why it is okay to ignore the world's leading scientists. But the lives of millions - including our families, our children - and grandchildren - depend on these ignorant and uninformed people.
By the way, read some Canadian history. The Conservative Party has been corrupt going back to John A. MacDonald - and earlier. And I mean big time corrupt. And these are the people we are handing our children over to.
So why do such people go into politics? To sell themselves to the highest bidder.
And why do we vote for them? Because we're damned irresponsible fools. Let's not kid ourselves on that.
And the Liberals? Alas! They have some conscience - but not much - and are low on guts.
And the NDP and the Greens? Well intended, at least. But with little sense of the horror that faces us.
And Canadians vote for these irresponsible asses.
We face the destruction of all life on this planet. We don't know how soon - but it will be soon.
The oil companies scarcely even bother to listen to us. Nor are they big on conscience. Since 1914, they have been ripping off the world, and have murdered uncounted tens of millions of people. We're about to see samples of that in Venezuela and Iran.
And us? We sit here with our faces hanging out.
YOU! Wake up. This is your world. These are your children.
Do you give a damn?
______________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/20/britain-lured-into-deadly-trap-on-iran-by-trump-hawk-john-bolton
I thought Trump had quietly, with saying so, dumped John Bolton. Apparently, he hasn't. And Iran is now a super dangerous war for the whole world.
And what is Trump doing? He seems to be working on racism to win his next election.
______________________________________________________________
While doing some research on the American war in Vietnam (the one in which it happily burned children alive and powdered them with Agent Orange), I was astonished to learn that The Canadian Legion accepts the membership of Canadians who fought for the U.S. in that war. (There were some 30,000 of them - at the same time that Americans were fleeing the draft by coming to Canada.)
This was an extraordinarily brutal war on the American side which involved horrible slaughter of children, poisoning of most vegetation, and permanent brain and physical damage to horribly deformed children who would never live beyond seven or eight.
The war had nothing to do with Canada. It was just one more chapter in the American determination to establish their armies in Asia.
And the Canadian Legion accepted Canadian veterans of that unCanadian war as members???
And it played a role in giving those veterans a share of Canadian veterans' government benefits?
What the hell....
The Legion was formed to offer benefits to Canadians who served. Hell, if they're going to give them benefits for a role that had nothing to do with Canada or the Canadian people or The Queen or even the National Hockey League....
Hey gang, I got some great tips for you. How about offering membership to Canadians who serve in mercenary armies and kill whoever they are told to kill? And if you were going to accept such people, why didn't you accept Hitler's Gestapo in 1945?
Our legionnaires fought to defend Canada. And now they accept a crowd who had nothing to do with Canada. Indeed, they accept a crowd who fought one of the most greedy, vicious, immoral, and brainless wars in history. And they didn't do it for Canada.
But we're going to kiss their asses for Canada?
Legionnaires, you need serious discussion of what it is you are about. I well remember being at the Senate when it's spokesmen worked hard to lie about events of World War Two. (Yes, our soldiers did some not-nice things. That happens in a war, so there's no need to lie about about them.)
Think hard.
What is the Legion about?
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2019/jul/21/hong-kong-police-fire-rubber-bullets-as-protests-turn-violent
Hong Kong is determined to get democracy. The government of China probably figures it cannot allow that. It probably feels that any democracy given to Hong Kong would create a demand for it in China. (Britain, incidentally, did NOT establish democracy in Hong Kong. Late in the day, it made some improvements. But it stopped short.)
There is no possible answer to this collision but violence. And that, I fear, will be horribly brutal.
_______________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/afghanistan-response-trump-comments-1.5221433
He's a child, a spoiled child.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.cbc.ca/news/business/u-s-accuses-chinese-company-of-buying-iranian-oil-1.5221381
O-o-h, Iran decided for itself who it can sell oil to. How evil.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2019/jul/23/animals-failing-to-adapt-to-speed-of-climate-crisis-study-finds
Ain't true. If it were, our oil barons and their political hacks like Doug Ford would tell us. So relax. Doug Ford is willing to risk your life.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.theguardian.com/news/audio/2019/jul/23/could-trump-racist-rhetoric-win-him-re-election-in-2020
Hitler lives. God bless America.
_________________________________________________________________
https://lfpress.com/opinion/columnists/dyer-boris-johnsons-obsession-with-saving-conservative-party-could-doom-uk
Many, many years ago, I sat each morning in the CBC building waiting my turn on the air. Every morning I listened to Gwynne Dyer on his turn. And, oh, he was brilliant. Then I would hear the self-worshipping garbage press magnate Conrad Black doing his piece. (He always closed his eyes as he spoke. That was because he wanted to concentrate on the beauty of hearing his own voice.)
_________________________________________________________________
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/alberta-diary/2019/07/calgary-opts-cut-public-services-it-subsidizes-hockey
Bastards.
This cutting of essential services to us common people so we can give millions more to the rich has become a feature of Canadian life
________________________________________________________________
http://rabble.ca/blogs/bloggers/brent-patterson/2019/07/we-need-have-talk-about-capitalism-our-struggle-climate
I've written before about the plundering of this world by the very rich as government does the work for them by stealing from all of us to hand the money over to the rich. That is, in fact, the history of the world. And it is reaching such a level that we are facing disaster. In real terms, for example, Canadians and Americans are poorer today than they were twenty years ago. And the very rich are much, much richer.
________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/23/satellite-images-ignite-alarm-over-unprecedented-scale-and-planet-heating-emissions
Yes, and insect species vital to us are dying off. Migrants? We have entered far the greatest movement of desperate people - millions now, and a billion or more later as their habitats are destroyed. And it's happening now. And yes, parts of the U.S. will be producing migrants - will demand passages at the Canadian border as Latin Americans now demand it at the Mexican border. After all, they're Americans.
Agricultural land is disappearing. Our food is disappearing.
The problems are immense. And we are doing - nothing. In thirty years and more, we have done - nothing. This is the most challenging period the world has ever faced. And we have done nothing - except to elect politicians who do - nothing.
I hope the rich have found a place to go.
I hope it's hell.
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/views/2019/07/23/how-john-bolton-tricked-clueless-uk-tories-confrontation-iran
I don't understand why Trump has allowed John Bolton to run wild on Iran. (Bolton has been a dangerous and murderous crackpot for many years. Most presidents have had the sense to keep him at a distance. But what appears to have happened here is that Bolton wants a war with Iran - and Trump is not stamping on him. I don't think Trump agrees with Bolton. And so I don't understand why he's letting him run wild.)
_________________________________________________________________
And Boris Johnson? There is every possibility he will do what Hitler could not do - destroy Britain as a nation.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/23/boris-johnson-denounced-liar-racist-and-donald-trumps-poodle-elected-tory-party
________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/22/bolton-gambit-succeeded-critics-warn-top-trump-adviser-has-put-uk-path-war-iran
_________________________________________________________________
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/22/ethnic-cleansing-impunity-israel-denounced-demolishing-dozens-palestinian-homes
Israel and it's destruction of Judaism.
_________________________________________________________________
Hey! We gotta cut taxes on the rich.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2019/07/23/unconscionable-trump-usda-proposes-new-rule-strip-food-stamps-over-3-million
_________________________________________________________________
https://countercurrents.org/2019/07/if-the-us-truly-wanted-a-humanitarian-operation-in-venezuela-it-wouldnt-intentionally-cut-people-off-from-medicine-and-food
________________________________________________________________
Women serve in our armed forces. That surely makes them members of the The Canadian Legion. So what is the reaction of the legion to this development? Why haven't we heard from it?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/military-sexual-misconduct-settlement-1.5216307
_________________________________________________________________
John Bolton is creating a big war. Say thank you to the nice man.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51956.htm
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/51957.htm
__________________________________________________________________Oh, hell ----
A few nights ago, I sat out in a stifling heat after a day what was the hottest in History for my area. We've been getting these hottest days for some years now. The process may be slow. But climate change is happening. The whole planet is dying. We've known it or should have known it for several decades now. The people who tell us this are the world's leading scientists.
So who do we listen to?
Well, for a start, Canadians listen to the brainless and easily bought twerps of the Conservative party - the premiers of Alberta,BC, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Ontario, and the Champion kissup, Doug Ford of Ontario.
None of those has any significant training in climate science. None has ever explained to the public why it is okay to ignore the world's leading scientists. But the lives of millions - including our families, our children - and grandchildren - depend on these ignorant and uninformed people.
By the way, read some Canadian history. The Conservative Party has been corrupt going back to John A. MacDonald - and earlier. And I mean big time corrupt. And these are the people we are handing our children over to.
So why do such people go into politics? To sell themselves to the highest bidder.
And why do we vote for them? Because we're damned irresponsible fools. Let's not kid ourselves on that.
And the Liberals? Alas! They have some conscience - but not much - and are low on guts.
And the NDP and the Greens? Well intended, at least. But with little sense of the horror that faces us.
And Canadians vote for these irresponsible asses.
We face the destruction of all life on this planet. We don't know how soon - but it will be soon.
The oil companies scarcely even bother to listen to us. Nor are they big on conscience. Since 1914, they have been ripping off the world, and have murdered uncounted tens of millions of people. We're about to see samples of that in Venezuela and Iran.
And us? We sit here with our faces hanging out.
YOU! Wake up. This is your world. These are your children.
Do you give a damn?
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