Pulling together the information for this update on drones (UAV’s or Unmanned Aerial Vehicles) made me sick-to-my-stomach. Sending it to you I am centred, calm and happy. Because I know many of you will take a few minutes to do the simple “REMEDIES”! Canada is the 13th highest military spender in the world after more […]
2010-02-03 “In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts”: Dr. Gabor Maté, Physician at Vancouver Safe-Injection Site, on the Biological and Socio-Economic Roots of Addiction and ADD Most often, addicts are children who have been sexually and in other ways abused when they were in their formative years. 2008-03-04 Truth & Reconcilation so Important. Remembering the children. […]
http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/article/934675–canada-kept-border-security-talks-with-u-s-under-wraps-report document Published On Tue Feb 8 2011 Prime Minister Stephen Harper shakes hands with U.S. President Barack Obama in Washington last week. MARK WILSON/GETTY IMAGES Les Whittington and Tonda MacCharles Ottawa Bureau OTTAWA—The federal government deliberately kept negotiations on a border deal with Washington secret while it planned ways to massage public opinion in […]
http://www.truth-out.org/verdict-guilty-protesting-drones/1303656830 The Verdict: Guilty of Protesting the Drones Sunday 24 April 2011 by: John Dear, Truthout A MQ-1B Predator unmanned aircraft system takes off for a training mission at Creech Air Force Base, Nevada.(Photo: Senior Airman Larry E. Reid Jr. / US Air Force) On Thursday, 13 of us stood in a Las Vegas courtroom to hear the verdict […]
Note: “The (“Predator”) drones are made by closely held General Atomics of San Diego and armed with air-to-ground Hellfire missiles made by Lockheed Martin Corp.” (info from http://www.businessweek.com/news/2011-04-24/u-s-drone-hits-libyan-target-as-misrata-fighting-continues.html) This posting is part of a short series that takes you from these drone attacks on Libya to the education programmes (Bachelor degrees) that now exist […]
These three related postings affect our survival on this planet. They were all written during the election period: 2011-04-23 ONE disease, different manifestations. Proposal: “Disease” organizations form a coalition against poisons. 2011-04-23 Science and logic. Depression is DETERMINANT of heart disease?… Depression and heart disease are both SYMPTOMS of poisoning. You have one, you may have […]
Dear Jacki, RE: Where do you stand on improving Canada’s animal protection laws? NOTE: “Tammy” asked the same question; “Emily” asked a closely-related one. This reply to you is an elaboration on my replies to them. The question of how we treat animals is mainly a question of: Culture and Ethics (Values). It is also […]
These three related postings affect our survival on this planet. They were all written during the election period: 2011-04-23 ONE disease, different manifestations. Proposal: “Disease” organizations form a coalition against poisons. 2011-04-23 Science and logic. Depression is DETERMINANT of heart disease?… Depression and heart disease are both SYMPTOMS of poisoning. You have one, you may have […]
Background The Fukushima disaster has resulted in a sharp decline in the prospects for nuclear power around the world and a corresponding sharp drop in share prices. On the assumption that this “bad PR” is merely temporary the following article urges investors to “buy into uranium” now while the price is low so as to garner […]
My stomach quakes. Read the last three paragraphs of this article. It’s a description of what Lockheed Martin and Boeing are doing in Saskatoon. As soon as the Election is over, this needs to be tackled. It’s bloody scary. And I don’t scare easily. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/john-w-whitehead/campaign-contributions-defense-spending_b_852708.html John W. Whitehead Attorney and author The Drone-ification of America […]