The figures from Richard Sanders below on Canada Pension Plan Investments in Lockheed Martin are pretty staggering. I believe he is a credible researcher. Many people lobby the CPPIB (CPP Investment Board), I do not know that it is reported anywhere. I used to lobby them on what they are investing in and the conflicts-of-interest […]
I offer PROBLEM and REMEDY in this posting. When NATO does this in Tampa / WE do this in our community. I am sorry you may find it lengthy. I feel I have to make a water-tight case. ON “THE REMEDY” SIDE: Do not fall for the propaganda that what is happening in Quebec is […]
(For other postings related to “Hedges”, please “search” this blog – the button is in the upper right corner. After you hit the “enter”, scroll down past the headings. There will be a computer-generated list of summaries of articles re “Hedges”. I am extremely thankful for his work. ) Hedges thinks Quebec protest is big enough to infect Canada […]
Note re footnotes (links to supporting documents, at bottom): April 2017 – I deactivated the invalid links. They appear in italicized text with no underlining.) See also: 2008-11-28 Follow-up on Montebello, Police provoke Violence at SPP protest (2007) 2016-07-08 Rulers cannot rule unless we agree to let them rule. There are simply too many […]
21 min http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pz-b97NnAEw While you’re watching, remember that the Canadian House of Commons is in the process of passing laws that will allow American Police to operate in Canada, under American law. The number of hits on this video is growing rapidly. At 9:40 am Prairie time on June 10th, 2012 it’s at 6,515.
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/06/07-2#.T9Os8GGuzkw.facebook Campaigners marched in Copenhagen under the banner “System Change, Not Climate Change.” On the eve of Rio+20, that message again will rise, but slogans and proposals and will mean nothing without the requisite power standing behind them. Time For Outrage on Behalf of the Planet, by Bill McKibben My solution is: get outraged. […]
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Thanks to Richard: The CPPIB recently released the times and places of its nine public meetings. These June 11 mtgs are an hour-and-a-half-long opportunity (once every two years) for Canadians to make comments and ask questions about the CPP and its investment practices. The Coalition to Oppose the Arms Trade (COAT) is rallying folks to attend […]
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/industry-news/energy-and-resources/ottawa-launches-alberta-counterterrorism-unit/article4236422/?cmpid=rss1 Carrie Tait Calgary — The Globe and Mail Published Wednesday, Jun. 06 2012 After labelling certain environmental and first nations groups as extremists and radicals, Canada’s federal government, along with the country’s top law enforcement and spy agencies, have set up a counterterrorism unit in Alberta in order to protect the province’s natural resources […]
OTHER POSTINGS related to Jeremy Rifkin: 2011-01-18 Jeremy Rifkin: The Empathic Civilization. 11-minute YouTube: Highly recommended!! The YouTube video (11-minutes) at 2011-01-18 (Jeremy Rifkin: The Empathic Civilization) makes the point that nation states are artificial constructions pitting us against each other, when really we are connected. (Excerpt from 2011-03-10 Myths for Profit:) 2011-10-28 Jeremy Rifkin […]