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First Time at the Big Show: A Viewpoint from a 10-Year-Old
First Time at the Big Show: A Viewpoint from a 10-Year-Old Raven’s journey began with a love for dogs and an incredible mentor. Between playing hockey and showing her Silken Windhound, Zelda, a non-AKC dog breed, Raven and her mother, Leigh Alexander, were fortunate to befriend a sassy little Dachshund, Zoom, and her owner, Robin Mathews, at their weekly show handling class at Bayshore Companion Club in Tinton Falls, New Jersey.
A Nation Falling Apart
First they came for the toilet paper and kitchen towels, then they came for flour and now they are taking your coins. Yes, the American public sitting out the COVID-19 virus is now having to deal with what is referred as a “small change shortage.”caused apparently by hoarding. Coffee shops and other retail outlets that deal in cash have been hit hard by the shortage, finding themselves unable to make change.
Academic Freedom: Redress for Denis Rancourt
Denis Rancourt is a person who is unafraid to challenge conventional wisdom. For example, he is skeptical about the scientific consensus around climate change, and recently, he looked at the meta-analyses of using masks and questions their effectiveness against viral respiratory infections.
Fake News … Canadian Style
When the “fake news” producing Mainstream Press and Media in Canada want, really, to massage Canadian brains, they (often) choose, it seems, a U.S. person working in Canada – the one here at McGill University in Montreal.
The RCMP (And Justin Trudeau) Should Not Get Away with Naming ‘The RCMP Problem’ As Racism…Only.
[Since the RCMP/GRC is believed by many to be frequently sexist (anti-feminist), frequently anti-the indigenous people and “people of colour” (racist), and - as this column suggests - frequently corrupt… perhaps it should be completely de-commissioned and replaced with a wholly new, “peoples'" National Police Force.] In the minds of most Canadians who have looked at the 22 murders in Nova Scotia happening over thirteen or so hours in April the RCMP did major things wrongly ….
Dr. Wolfgang Streeck: “We Are Being Governed by An Oligarchy”
Mohsen Abdelmoumen: Can Europe survive the Covid-19 crisis? Dr. Wolfgang Streeck: It depends on what you mean by “survive“. Complex societies don‘t “die“; something always remains—the question is: what? If you mean the European Union or the European Monetary Union, will they still exist when the virus has left? Of course. If you ask if the virus is undermining them, I think one must not forget that both EU and EMU were already undermining themselves before the pandemic; remember Brexit?
The RCMP ... in Deep Again - A Mari Usque ad Mare - That Is to Say: ‘From Sea to Sea’
In British Columbia, as Gary Mason points out in the May 16 Globe and Mail (A16), David Butcher QC, heading an RCMP investigation into fraudulent (BC) election donations (taking three years to do it!), (yawned, apparently, and) said the sums were too small to bother with court action.
A Tale of Two Cruise Ships: The Cuban Difference
On 19 March two cruise ships with COVID19 infected passengers and crew were evacuated, one in Havana and the other in Sydney. The first evacuation, of the Braemar, was so successful and uneventful that it barely raised a ripple in the world media. The second, of the Ruby Princess, led to at least 21 deaths, 700 infections and a criminal investigation. Why was there such a big difference and what can we learn from this contrast?
How Has Cuba Faced the COVID-19 Epidemic?
By mid-April, more than 900 Cuban doctors and nurses had traveled to 17 countries to help with the COVID-19 pandemic, with the first group of 53 arriving in hard-hit Italy on 22 March (Vicent 2020). Other countries with Cuban ‘Henry Reeves’ (international solidarity) brigades included Spain, Argentina and Angola (Rodríguez 2020).
The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation Masks Its Own Ineptitude by Attacking ‘Conspiracy Theorists’ and ‘Vigilantes’
Part 4: The Military-Medical-Propaganda Complex and COVID-19 On 27 January of 2020 the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation responded to the boisterous response created on the Internet to the GreatGameIndian series of articles. The CBC article was written by Karen Pauls and Jeff Yates. As we have seen, some elements of GreatGameIndia series drew on news conveyed through Karen Paul’s earlier CBC reports written during the spring and summer of 2019.
By What Right Does Canada and Its Gendarmerie Invade Wet’suwet’en Territory?
In the nineteenth century, Gilbert Sproat, a colonial official, wrote an account of his time among the Nuu Chah Nulth people on the west coast of Vancouver Island. He noted that the original inhabitants have “known every inch of the west coast for thousands of years.”1 Despite this acknowledgment of long-term habitation, the mindset of settler-colonialists toward the Original Peoples was condescending.
Shut Down Canada Until It Solves Its War, Oil, and Genocide Problem
Indigenous people in Canada are giving the world a demonstration of the power of nonviolent action. The justness of their cause — defending the land from those who would destroy it for short term profit and the elimination of a habitable climate on earth — combined with their courage and the absence on their part of cruelty or hatred, has the potential to create a much larger movement, which is of course the key to success.
The Lying Mainstream Press and Media in Canada - What Is Acceptable Broadcasting?
While I write this … the Castrated Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) is high-lighting on radio a program about the terrible misuse of Human Rights in Myanmar … a story which must rend the heart of any listener in Canada. But Myanmar is “acceptable broadcasting” … completely approved by the Corporatocracy and the Deep State in Canada: call them Canadian Government.
The ‘Lying’ Mainstream Press and Media in Canada
More and more… reasonably informed Canadians believe ‘the Main Stream Press and Media’ constitutes a ‘lie factory’, a ‘manipulator of public response’ in the service of real power in the country. Canada’s MSPM, that is, exists to help ‘the Deep State’. To help the Corporatocracy. To help the Imperial Master. To help the people Stephen Harper’s group governed for … and the same people the Justin Trudeau group governs for with, perhaps, a little more ‘panache’... and cover-up.
Dr. Burkhard Luber: “We Are Already Beyond the Point of No Return What the Destruction of the Earth Is Concerned”
Mohsen Abdelmoumen: How do you explain the rise of the far right in Europe and elsewhere in the world? Dr. Burkhard Luber: I see three explanations: A first explanation is that many people are not capable to accept that in the modern global world an increasingly wide spectrum of different cultures, beliefs and values exists. Many people have not learned the virtue of tolerance and the importance to find joint interests with different people, cultures and countries.
The French Strike Shows Workers Need to Deport the Oligarchy
As French rail workers braved the cold this Christmas, continuing to strike, editors in the mainstream media were also busy -- making up stories to distract from the class war! The front page of Ouest France ran a story about how the NGO, SOS Mediterranean was also working through Christmas. It showed a boat of migrants from Africa being helped onshore by another elite-funded NGO Medecins Sans Frontière.
The Lying Mainstream Press and Media In Canada (Including the CBC… the Castrated Broadcasting Corporation)
For the moment … and because the issue is GIANT (though obsessively downplayed) let’s look at Andrew Coyne (Globe and Mail)and SNC LAVALIN. It is fair, I assume, to point out that the GIGANTIC illegal activity in which SNC Lavalin was involved has not received anything like the coverage required to inform Canadians (a task, surely, that could – should - be carefully undertaken by the CBC, but … isn’t, of course).
Trudeau’s Demand: “The Barricades Must Come Down”
Canada’s prime minister Justin Trudeau has called the imbroglio between the Wet’suwet’en nation and Canada a matter to be decided by the rule of law. [1] However, the Wet’suwet’en have refused to back down and have defied the British Columbia Supreme Court injunction allowing pipeline work to continue. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) were sent in to enforce the injunction.
What Would Commentary Be Like If Canada Had Two Major Newspapers That Were Left instead of Right?
Canada is in an unique situation. Since Conrad Black (later charged, convicted, and jailed for some time) founded The National Post to assure a hard-Right voice in Canada, the country has two Right Wing publications: The National Post and The Globe and Mail…. And so they probably compete, on the Right, to be “The Voice That Is Heard in Canada”. That means columnists will stretch to make a mark, to be noticed … on the Right during election campaigns.
No, the Saudi Oil Attacks Were Not 'False Flag'
As a continuing series of dramas and crises distract our attention from the unresolved questions around the Yemeni attacks on Saudi Aramco, it’s vital to state certain points that are beyond contention. Already there are new developments in Yemen and Iran which cannot be properly assessed against a background of false information.
The Council of Canadians Back in the News. Living in the U.S. Empire [Part 2]
Any move (since European settlement) in Canada for Independence has had to be anti-imperialist …. In relation to U.S. imperial power in Canada the fight has been endless, covert as well as overt, packed with political sell-out, fraught with threat, bribery, and intimidation … and wrapped in such saccharine phrases as “the longest undefended border” etc.
Iran…..The World’s Biggest Exporter of Terrorism?
I was out of the country for two weeks during the opening phase of the political contest that will culminate in a Canadian national election on October 21. In late September I took part in a controversial conference in Beirut Lebanon. Since ancient times Beirut has been a pivotal city in the strategic zone on the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea where Asia, Africa and Europe converge.
The Council of Canadians – Back in The News! What Is It? Where Did It Come from? [Part 1]
Like a Phoenix Infrequent, The Council of Canadians is, sort of … in the news again, with a new Executive Director and new Chairperson. Named by whom? (People think of Maude Barlow when they think of the COC. More about that later….) From my recollection, the list of “founding members” of the COC as named in Wikipedia is as fine a romantic, fantasy list as might be available!! The Council seems to attract ‘fabulation’.
Do Voters Not Bear Responsibility for Those Who They Choose to Govern Them?
Building on the momentum of millions of people taking part in worldwide strikes to demand action on fighting climate change, an environmental group, Stop Ecocide, has called upon the International Criminal Court (ICC) to recognize ecocide as a crime against humanity.
The RCMP: Misuse of Power and Strange Behavior … Again
Reasonable and prudent Canadians should be demanding a total reconstruction of the RCMP – from the Loyalty Oath of each new member to an Over-Arching Civilian Management Body open and available to hear, promptly and sympathetically, representation from any Canadian … at any time. Presently, Canadians are being presented with a cloak and dagger (is it real?) set of charges against one of the RCMP’s highest-ranking Intelligence Officials for apparent misuse of classified information.
Seizure of Iranian Property to Pay Americans Another Example of Canadian Hypocrisy
While France, Germany, Russia and China seek detente, Canada is increasingly part of the US-Saudi Arabia-Israeli axis stoking conflict with Iran. Canada recently seized and sold $30 million worth of Iranian properties in Ottawa and Toronto to compensate individuals in the US who had family members killed in a 2002 Hamas bombing in Israel and others who were held hostage by Hezbollah in 1986 and 1991.
Justin Trudeau’s Subordination to Israel, USA and Saudi in Joining the Attack on Iran and China
The US and Israeli governors of occupied Canada have authorized their current puppet, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, to complete an anti-Iranian initiative commenced by former Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper. The Trudeau government completed the process of selling off about $28 million in property seized from the government from which the Harper government withdrew the Canadian embassy in 2012.
The 2019 National Election Result. NOW!! Read it Here … And Save Time.
In short, the Liberal Party of Canada will win the 2019 election… and probably not have to form a minority government. The Conservatives will drop a few seats. The NDP will stay the same or drop a few. The Greens will pick up a few seats. The reasons are fairly simple, depending upon leadership and policy.
Have You Noticed How Social Media Purges Always Align With The US Empire?
Twitter has suspended multiple large Cuban media accounts for reasons the social media platform has yet to explain as of this writing, a move which journalist Dan Cohen has described as “the equivalent of silencing CNN, Fox, WaPo and NPR’s accounts” for that nation. The Union of Cuban Journalists has denounced the move as censorship.
Protectors of Mauna Kea Are Fighting Colonialism, Not Science
Thousands of Native Hawaiians and their supporters have been congregating since July 15 at the base of Mauna Kea, a dormant volcano and mountain on the island of Hawaii. Known in Hawaiian as the kia’i, the protectors—a term the group prefers to “protesters”—seek to deter construction of the $1.4 billion Thirty Meter Telescope (TMT), the largest telescope in the Northern Hemisphere.
Hong Kong: Don't Provoke the Dragon
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Time was when flying to Hong Kong was a really big thrill – or maybe scare would be a better term. Its old airport, Kai Tak, was right in the middle of bustling downtown Hong Kong. Flying into Kai Tak used up 11 of one’s 12 lives. The wide-bodied jumbo aircraft would drop down into a long fjord that was usually shrouded in fog or mist. The nervous passenger would see nothing but cloud. Suddenly, the aircraft would break out of the thick cloud cover right over the airport.
By Andrew Korybko Verified, Pepe Escobar Verified, Robin Mathews, James M. O’Neill Verified, James O'Neill
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Justin Trudeau and the Ethics of Interference
Ethics can be a slippery matter and Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has taken, rather decidedly, the option of adding more grease. His understanding over the ethics, for instance, of interfering in the decision-making process involving an Attorney-General has led to a little bit of history: Trudeau finds himself the first Canadian prime minister to be in breach of federal ethics rules. In recent months, Trudeau’s crown has lost much of its lustre.
The Escalating US-China Trade War
Failing to get China to capitulate in trade talks this past July 31 by offering token changes to US offensive against Huawei and other China corporations, the US negotiating team returned empty handed from Shanghai. Trump immediately declared an additional 10% (going to 25% tariffs on remaining China imports to the US). The US-China trade war is now escalating, with China promising counter measures. No agreement on a trade deal will be forthcoming in 2019.
The Police Manufacturing of Evidence of Jihad in the Propaganda of the Global War on Terror
In 2013 the Canada Day celebrations in my own country became the scene of a classic episode of false flag terrorism mounted by politicians and police to fan the flames of Islamophobia. As I see it, this event is illustrative of many similar events meant to keep alive the political culture animating the still-ongoing Global War on Terror.
The Birthday of A Gigantic Colony: The Indigenous Peoples of Canada
The amount of money spent is huge. It is accompanied by unending faux comment by the Mainstream Press and Media [“half truth, no truth, and sleight-of-hand”].
The Birthday Of A Giant Colony: What’s To Celebrate?
Canada’s disgraceful submission (without fighting back!) to sanctions on Agricultural Products by China … and to China’s holding, under torture conditions, Canadians used as ‘revenge’ by China is – alas – only a small part of Canada’s self-effacing submission to U.S. Policy.
The Birthday Of A Giant Colony: What's To Celebrate?
Everywhere. There are symbols of Canada's Colonial Status. Everywhere. One on-going symbol, of course, is the life of the wholly dedicated Globe and Mail: half truth, no truth, and sleight-of-hand. Rule No. 1: Never tell the truth about Canada. [The Globe and Mail is representative.] There is, however, more pressingly at the moment another example to deal with. It goes by the short name: Meng Wanzhou, Chief Financial Officer of China's Huawei Technologies.
Half Truth, No Truth, and Sleight-of-Hand at The Globe and Mail
The air fills, this month, with journalistic awards, for doing what journalists, approvingly, do within the acceptable activity of journalists: half-truth, no truth, and sleight-of-hand. Of course, some of them live hair-raising hours, which lifts them to wide attention and holds off the question: What Evil Are They Serving?
War crimes or peace dividends - Do we have a choice?
One of the most important books about post 9/11 war and peace will likely be one of the least read books published in recent times. War sells; peace does not. War has its own Public Relations (PR) agencies, its own state-subsidized industry, and its own mythology. Peace does not. The cowboy stories of “good guys” versus “bad guys” have been promulgated and exploited by the West and its agencies (and blindly accepted by media “consumers”) to such a degree, that the truth has literally been inverted.
Never Again: What about the Palestinians?
The people seeking a new life in the United States are mainly an ethnic group commonly referred to as Latinos. Many of these migrants/asylum seekers are being fenced in detention centers with decidedly spartan conditions. Ergo, the affixation of the term concentration camp to the ICE detention centers seems unassailable according to dictionary definition.
The Conspiracy Against Trump
The real “deplorable” in today’s United States is the continuation of a foreign policy based on endless aggression to maintain Washington’s military dominance in parts of the world where Americans have no conceivable interest. Many voters backed Donald J. Trump because he committed himself to changing all that, but, unfortunately, he has reneged on his promise, instead heightening tension with major powers Russia and China while also threatening Iran and Venezuela on an almost daily basis.
On the Need to Investigate Canada's RCMP as Instigators of Islamophobia through False Flag Terrorism
An Open Letter to Justin Trudeau, The Right Honourable, Prime Minister, Hill Office, House of Commons, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0A6 Beverly McLachlin, Chief Justice the Supreme Court of Canada, 301 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario, K1A 0J1 Jody Wilson-Raybould, The Honourable, Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada, 284 Wellington Street, Ottawa, Ontario. K1A 0H8 MORE...
The Trudeau Government and False Flag Terrorism in Canada
A Response to Robin Mathews' Series of Publications on the Police Invention of John Nuttal and Amanda Korody as Islamic Terrorists. Your latest article on the BC Muslim Entrapment Case hones in on some very important information. Your most recent essay, "the Law's delay, the insolence of office," extends the interpretive thrust of your interconnected series of articles and open letters on the topic.
Canadians Meet “The Deep State” [Part 1]
Everything about the SNC-Lavalin Scandal is bad … except it brings Canadians face-to-face with ‘The Deep State’… which, normally, is a vague, dark uncertainty to them. “The Deep State” is a force which, in fact, serves the interests of very rich, private interests, and – very often – serves those wishing to operate criminally (whether making fake Wars or building gigantic infrastructure projects or engaging in dubious activities - like the drug trade) the world over.
The Trans Pacific Partnership: Canada and Imperial Globalization - Part one
A characteristic of Imperial Globalization is criminal manipulation of people and events for the profit of a few. It includes massive ‘disinformation’ about equality, benefits, social development, law, improved standards of living, etc. The disinformation is spread by “authoritative” news sources.
SNC-Lavalin Vs. The People of Canada
“The Deep State” is a force which, in fact, serves the interests of very rich, private entities, and – very often – serves those wishing to operate criminally (whether making fake Wars or bribing through gigantic infrastructure projects or engaging in dubious activities – like the drug trade) the world over.
NATO Propaganda Promotes War, Military Spending
The first two installments of the series showed how NATO was set up to blunt the European left and to justify European/North American dominance across the globe. Recently, the alliance has intensified pressure on Canada to increase spending on the military and participate in more wars. As its Cold War pretext fades further from view, NATO has become more belligerent. In 1999 Canadian fighter jets dropped 530 bombs in NATO’s illegal 78-day bombing of Serbia.
Ongoing Genocide Caused by Judicial Suppression of the Existing Aboriginal Rights
Anyone in Canada who can read should read this book by Bruce Clark. It opens up such important aspects of history and politics and justice in Canada that it should be required reading by all those in the country who can read. At least two points of focus are present in Bruce Clark’s Ongoing Genocide….
“Ongoing Genocide…” and Its Shadow World….
Electromagnetic Press has produced a new book by Bruce Clark, scholarly expert and ‘hands-on’ activist in the matter of North American indigenous peoples’ history, philosophy, and – especially – the reality of their present legal being, their rights, and their status in the activity of the higher courts.
The EU's Institutionalization of Islamophobia: White Supremacy on behalf of the Ruling Class
A heated and often misguided political debate has intensified in recent years around the question of Islamophobia. Events such as the election of Donald Trump and the Brexit vote have placed Islamophobia in the forefront of political discussion in the US and West. However, the discussion is limited by the control that varying sections of the capitalist ruling class have over its direction.
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