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Amplifying this tonight, just in case it can get to someone who really needs to see it:
https://elainegrey.dreamwidth.org/990198.html
https://elainegrey.dreamwidth.org/990198.html
Is there an authoritative list of such things somewhere the public can look through?
So I'm looking at this item about Trump wanting Canadian water resources for California...and then, over to this item at the Guardian about Pete Hegseth's writings...
No, I can't afford to move. And I live in eastern Ottawa.
No, I can't afford to move. And I live in eastern Ottawa.
NORAD and Project 2025: Consequences?
Jul. 25th, 2024 07:20 pmI am thinking that there will be consequences if that nightmare gets put into operation in the USA, and that they won't be good for Canada in any way. Not seeing any informed commentaries on the subject yet, though.
Edge of Midnight Chapter 14
Oct. 9th, 2023 10:23 pmThe fan fiction project by John Concagh that I've been working on that map for just uploaded a new chapter tonight.
https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/chapter-fourteen.html
https://edgeofmidnight.weebly.com/chapter-fourteen.html
Listening to this at the moment:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/mash-medicine-and-war-horton-1.6755124
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/ideas/mash-medicine-and-war-horton-1.6755124
Checking In - 28 January 2023
Jan. 28th, 2023 09:36 amListening to The House on CBC Radio One at the moment. There is a class-action lawsuit intended to bring those who donated to the organizers of the Convoy Siege of Ottawa last winter to account financially for their role in keeping that siege going, and the consequences of it to the people living and working in downtown Ottawa. Listening to James Manson argue against that lawsuit is quietly infuriating me further.
And they move on to the medical consequences of "misinformation"...which certainly motivated some of the Convoy participants. Others were there to promote and enforce disinformation re: masking and vaccines. And we do not forget that "memorandum of understanding" calling for the removal of the Trudeau government, either. Timed to coincide with Putin's invasion of Ukraine, said invasion still underway. (Speaking of which: after the Convoy lawsuit, the show moves on to "how do we properly solve the Wagner group?", referring to the mercenary organization "working" alongside the Russian military against the Ukrainians.)
And they move on to the medical consequences of "misinformation"...which certainly motivated some of the Convoy participants. Others were there to promote and enforce disinformation re: masking and vaccines. And we do not forget that "memorandum of understanding" calling for the removal of the Trudeau government, either. Timed to coincide with Putin's invasion of Ukraine, said invasion still underway. (Speaking of which: after the Convoy lawsuit, the show moves on to "how do we properly solve the Wagner group?", referring to the mercenary organization "working" alongside the Russian military against the Ukrainians.)
Timothy Snyder on Upcoming "Referenda"
Sep. 3rd, 2022 06:37 pmDepending on where you are, you may need to fiddle with VPNs to read this.
https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1560326928787202049
https://twitter.com/TimothyDSnyder/status/1560326928787202049
More Dot Connections
Apr. 3rd, 2022 04:39 pmOn the "Ru.lag" concept, revising old horrors, being made reality from Ukrainian communities into Putinist Russia:
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/03/31/putins-gulag-based-empire-of-abduction-deportation-and-modern-slavery/
As at home, so abroad:
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2022/04/putins-war-in-ukraine-outgrowth-of-his.html
David Brin on the ability to learn from mistakes on past battlefields:
https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2022/04/contemplating-historical-perspectives.html
(While I worked on posting these links, I'm listening to Cross-Country Checkup, today focusing on the Papal Apology for the crimes of the Residential Schools in Canada this past week. There will be consequences to that Apology in the times to come - if the fascist movements of the modern world be successfully stopped from preventing them - and I hope they will be all to the good.)
https://bylinetimes.com/2022/03/31/putins-gulag-based-empire-of-abduction-deportation-and-modern-slavery/
As at home, so abroad:
https://windowoneurasia2.blogspot.com/2022/04/putins-war-in-ukraine-outgrowth-of-his.html
David Brin on the ability to learn from mistakes on past battlefields:
https://davidbrin.blogspot.com/2022/04/contemplating-historical-perspectives.html
(While I worked on posting these links, I'm listening to Cross-Country Checkup, today focusing on the Papal Apology for the crimes of the Residential Schools in Canada this past week. There will be consequences to that Apology in the times to come - if the fascist movements of the modern world be successfully stopped from preventing them - and I hope they will be all to the good.)
I got clued into this by Mayor Watson's Twitter account a few minutes ago.
https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa/status/1457737253720047629
https://ottawa.ca/en/news/veterans-honoured-commemorative-street-naming
https://twitter.com/JimWatsonOttawa/status/1457737253720047629
https://ottawa.ca/en/news/veterans-honoured-commemorative-street-naming
Colin Powell is Dead
Oct. 18th, 2021 09:21 amAdd him to the COVID-19 death toll.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-powell-obit-1.6214736
Yes, he did Bad Things across the decades. It still matters that he died this way.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/us-powell-obit-1.6214736
Yes, he did Bad Things across the decades. It still matters that he died this way.
RADIO: The House - 8 May 2021
May. 8th, 2021 09:19 amListening to this on the radio right now:
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/cbc-the-house-may-8-2021-1.6017783
Needing to think through the implications raised by the discussions aired today...
https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thehouse/cbc-the-house-may-8-2021-1.6017783
Needing to think through the implications raised by the discussions aired today...
Culling Progress
Feb. 24th, 2021 02:58 pmI managed to find a new home for a book I wasn't sure I'd be able to unload: The History of the Vietnam War. One more bit of clutter now en route to a new home where it will hopefully be more helpful.
If you wonder what it looked like...
If you wonder what it looked like...
Religious Service in the Military Context
Sep. 7th, 2020 02:12 pmSpeaking of the common good...I'm looking at this:
https://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2020/09/usn-tone-deaf-on-religion-again.html
And this:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/military/story/2020-09-05/navy-cancels-catholic-services-at-area-bases-while-others-continue#null
And I too am wondering - I'm not Catholic or American or a career combat-sailor either and I'm not sure that matters simply because I see fellow humans being neglected - exactly who thought this was a good idea to begin with and why.
https://cdrsalamander.blogspot.com/2020/09/usn-tone-deaf-on-religion-again.html
And this:
https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/military/story/2020-09-05/navy-cancels-catholic-services-at-area-bases-while-others-continue#null
And I too am wondering - I'm not Catholic or American or a career combat-sailor either and I'm not sure that matters simply because I see fellow humans being neglected - exactly who thought this was a good idea to begin with and why.
Street Names: A Proposal for WRENS Way
Aug. 18th, 2020 02:36 pmThe capitalization is intended, because of the old military/naval service acronym involved. The Ottawa City Hall PDF file linked below will confirm this.
https://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/cache/2/5mepkhaamu1do3fmgd54nflf/65142008182020023537635.PDF
Back to job search and video tutorials for me for now...
https://app05.ottawa.ca/sirepub/cache/2/5mepkhaamu1do3fmgd54nflf/65142008182020023537635.PDF
Back to job search and video tutorials for me for now...
A Letter from a General
Jun. 4th, 2020 10:41 amCaught my attention via Facebook last night. David Brin pointed it out on his Facebook account, and I found another link on McClatchy DC:
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article243247676.html
Dr. Brin drew a historical connection between Gen. Milley's letter and the processes of the Hitler takeover of Germany. Particularly, the point Hitler and his Nazi crew made of demanding and getting oaths of personal loyalty from the German military from generals and admirals to the rank and file. That Milley may have helped forestall any such evil shenanigans by sending this particular memo to the Joint Chiefs and making it public.
I don't know if Dr. Brin is right. Certainly, there are alternative interpretations to be made about the letter. If the informed public backs that letter up in sufficient public strength, it may make Dr. Brin's opinion a happily self-fulfilling prophecy.
https://www.mcclatchydc.com/news/nation-world/national/national-security/article243247676.html
Dr. Brin drew a historical connection between Gen. Milley's letter and the processes of the Hitler takeover of Germany. Particularly, the point Hitler and his Nazi crew made of demanding and getting oaths of personal loyalty from the German military from generals and admirals to the rank and file. That Milley may have helped forestall any such evil shenanigans by sending this particular memo to the Joint Chiefs and making it public.
I don't know if Dr. Brin is right. Certainly, there are alternative interpretations to be made about the letter. If the informed public backs that letter up in sufficient public strength, it may make Dr. Brin's opinion a happily self-fulfilling prophecy.
(no subject)
Jun. 1st, 2020 06:22 pmOn Twitter, I've read that Reuters and Teen Vogue reporters are noticing active-duty military police being brought into Washington City.
Confirmed?
Confirmed?
1812 Redux Called Off, Apparently
Mar. 31st, 2020 02:18 pmLooks like this is off the table now.
Sighs of relief, anyone?
Everyone?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/troops-trump-border-coronavirus-1.5516154
Sighs of relief, anyone?
Everyone?
https://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/troops-trump-border-coronavirus-1.5516154
