How billionaires control us.

 The richest Americans averaaged only 3.4 percent in taxes  last year. (Actually, it's even less since much of their wealth is hidden.) I don't know the figures for Canadian billionares. I guess they're two shy to tell us.

To that, let's remember that Canadian and American super wealthy also collect billions of dollars as 'gifts' from governments. New Brunswick's Irving family is relatively small time - but it walks about in all years to slip huge sums of provincial and federal (and American) money into it's pockets.

How much is the profit for the U.S. wealthy? About 4 trillion dollars.

This is not new. Since the begining thousands of years ago, this is the way humans have operated. A small group of rich controlled the mass of people, controlled them with poverty,  used them, then threw them aside. That is  the whole history of Rome, of Greece, of Britain, of China, of Europe, It is the history of the U.S. and of Canada.

The British Empire, in it's years of conquest,  used it's leadership of wealth, largely the nobility  with their lack of brains. ro plunder the world. Thus the  lack of brains of British military leaders in World War One. Many British leaders urgently wanted the (intelligent) commander of the Canadians (Canadian himself ) to take over the Britisih command. And he may well have been the best general on either side). But the Churchills and others would not allow it.

It's the history of you and of me.

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I've been a bit surprised that Canadians are just now hearing about the horrible treatment of indigenous children in our residential schools. I learned about them when I was in grad school. Later, I would meet some of the victims of those schools.

But from my student days to retirement days (which is now one hell of a long time ago), I never saw or heard a word about it from our commercial (or CBC) news services.

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The U.S. is now threatening war with China.. and maybe with Russia. If you read the papers or get your news from TV or radio, this is because Russia and China are evil.

In fact, it means the U.S. is evil.

The U.S. has been murdering men, women and children for seventy years. Well, to tell the full truth, the U.S. has been murdering indigenous people and Latin Americans (and  Canadians) for hundreds of years And it now insists that Canada join in it's wars. So it is that Canadians have meekly killed Koreans, Haitians and Afghans among others.

The Legion tells us that Canadians in those wars were fighting for their country. Bit that's because the legion doesn't know any better.

Almost all wars are set up to make profits for the super rich (who are usually careful not to join in.)  So why do America's super rich want a war with China?

Well, China is a real challenge in the fight for trade markets. And American super rich  don't like the idea of someday coming in second in trade.

So the Chinese industry  has to be destroyed. There is no other reason. But trying to destroy a nation of way over 2 billion (and with the possibility of Russia joining in) calls for special weapons - like thousands of nuclear bombs to kill men, women, childrenn, babies....

God bless America.

God help the rest of us - if for no other  reason except that our countries are going to suffer some of the nuclear attacks that will be inflicted on China and Russia.

No. I'm not exaggerating

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Check Common Dreams ii your computer. There's a chilling story about the amount of carbon dioxide covering the skies above us. It's now at a level that hasn't been seen. since more than 4 million years ago.

Still think we can clear up this sort of thing in the next, few years?

Hey, not to worry. You can always close the windows on your gas driven car,

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 -I'm breaking this a little early because this elderly gentleman has to prepare for a medical appointment. at an absuurdly early hour. I'm also having a terrible time  with my computer. It acts like a dreadfully spoiled child. For some time this blog has had a huge audience in New Brunswick, but the transmission to there has become very difficult. That's what  happens when you get old. Your compiter just sticks it's   tongue out at you.