Wednesday, March 27, 2019
Tuesday, March 26, 2019
Tuesday's Ride - Did You Know - The First Cars Were Electric?
In 1900, About 40% Of Cars Were Electric - What Happened?
The thieves and money launderers are gaining on us
A new $60-million university institute in Nova Scotia celebrating former prime minister Brian Mulroney — and being built with money he personally solicited — got a good chunk of that financing from donors embroiled in international controversy, a joint investigation by the Toronto Star, CBC/Radio-Canada and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists has found.
From a Jordanian-born metals magnate implicated in aluminum-industry kickbacks, to a Syrian-British entrepreneur who helped broker a massive U.K. arms deal mired in corruption allegations, to one of U.S. President Donald Trump's cabinet picks with ties to Russia, a number of the power players bankrolling the Mulroney Institute of Government at St. Francis Xavier University have checkered resumés.
A senior St. FX professor called the revelations "deeply troubling."
"It really is at odds with the purported mission of the university," said Peter McInnis, chair of the university's history department and a former head of the faculty association.
New Mulroney Institute is bankrolled by billionaires steeped in scandal
The root cause: Conservative anti immigrant policies and rhetoric
Sharp uptick in hate crimes in recent years, Statistics Canada says
Most hate crimes in B.C. related to religion were aimed at believers in Judaism, followed by adherents of Islam.
The recent terror attack in New Zealand has left some taking a temperature reading on hate in B.C. and questioning what can be done to help prevent its rise.
Recent data from polling firm Angus Reid has shown that Canadians are “alive to” the threat of white supremacy in this country, and figures from Statistics Canada found a sharp uptick in hate crimes in recent years. Experts say facing systemic racism head-on can help stop it.
The Baitur Rahman Mosque in Delta was among several across the country to join a “Visit a Mosque” campaign this week. The idea, according to Ahmadiyya Muslim Jama`at Canada, was to create a chance for people to meet and interact with their Muslim neighbours.
“Many misconceptions have crept into the minds of people due to the rise of Islamophobia. This initiative allows Canadians to meet and interact with Muslims on a personal level,” according to the group. Mosque members couldn’t be reached by phone.
The wisdom of Solomon
Two Glasgow women on a bus, were fighting bitterly over the last available seat.
The conductor had already tried unsuccessfully to intervene.
The bus driver who had been listening, shouted to the conductor
The conductor had already tried unsuccessfully to intervene.
The bus driver who had been listening, shouted to the conductor
Let the ugly one take the seat.”
Both women stood for the rest of the journey.
Thanks Ralph
Monday, March 25, 2019
Ukania’s Great Privatization Heist
This... this is what corporatism, Thatcherism, neoliberalism does to public assets. The public bought them, paid for them and now pays more for the same thing while the profits go elsewhere. Go ahead.. read down the list. This is what our corporations in conjunction with our governments wants to do.
"Anglian Water is owned by a consortium consisting of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. ..."
"The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan owns 48.25% of Birmingham airport..."
Link: https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/20/ukanias-great-privatization-heist/?fbclid=IwAR1wSX12uJRYhGuU0AL108rVjFoI2KHMhHUtmQjZbYsXbK-GGbC0CYyJWwM
"Anglian Water is owned by a consortium consisting of Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. ..."
"The Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan owns 48.25% of Birmingham airport..."
Link: https://www.counterpunch.org/2019/03/20/ukanias-great-privatization-heist/?fbclid=IwAR1wSX12uJRYhGuU0AL108rVjFoI2KHMhHUtmQjZbYsXbK-GGbC0CYyJWwM
Letter to my boss...
I have enjoyed working here these past several years.You have paid me very well and given me benefits beyond belief.I have 3-4 months off per year and a pension plan that will pay my salary till the day I die and then pay my estate one year salary death bonus and then continue to pay my spouse my salary with increases until she or he dies along with a health plan that most people can only dream of having.Despite this, I plan to take the next 12-18 months to find a new position.During this time I will show up for work when it is convenient for me.In addition, I fully expect to draw my full salary and all the other perks associated with my current job.Oh yes, if my search for this new job proves fruitless, I will be coming back with no loss in pay or status.Before you say anything, remember that you have no choice in this matter. I can, and I will do this.Sincerely,
Every Member of Parliament running for re-election
Thanks Ralph
Heartwarming
Retired bricklayer and part-time fisherman Joao Pereira de Souza, 71, who lives in an island village just outside Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, found the tiny penguin, covered in oil and close to death, lying on rocks on his local beach in 2011.
Joao cleaned the oil off the penguin's feathers aed him a daily diet of fish to build his strength He named him Dindim.
After a week, he tried to release the penguin back into the sea.
But, the bird wouldn't leave.
'He stayed with me for 11 months and then, just after he changed his coat with new feathers, he disappeared,' Joao recalls.
And, just a few months later, Dindim was back.
He spotted the fisherman on the beach one day and followed him home.
For the past five years, Dindim has spent eight months of the year with
Joao and is believed to spend the rest of the time breeding off the coast of Argentina and Chile .
It's thought he swims up to 5,000 miles each year to be reunited with the man who saved his life
'I love the penguin like it's my own child and I believe the penguin loves me,' Joao told Globo TV. 'No one else is allowed to touch him. He pecks them if they do.
He lays on my lap, lets me give him showers, allows me to feed him sardines and to pick him up'.
'Everyone said he wouldn't return but he has been coming back to visit me for the past four years.
He arrives in June and leaves to go home in February and every year he becomes more affectionate as he appears even happier to see me.'
Biologist Professor Krajewski, who interviewed the fisherman for Globo TV,
told The Independent : 'I have never seen anything like this before.
I think the penguin believes Joao is part of his family and probably a penguin as well'.
'When he sees him he wags his tail like a dog and honks with delight.
And, just like that, the world seems a kinder place again'.
Thanks Kerry
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