David Climenhaga's Alberta Diary
Don’t mourn! Organize! — Joe Hill, Swedish-American union organizer As
happens each year at this time, I’m rendered almost speechless by the
loss of Jack Layton, seven years ago today. The piece below, with my own
fond memory of Mr. Layton, was published on this date in 2011, just
hours after we had heard the terrible news. DJC It’s OK to mourn the
loss of Jack Layton, of course, Joe Hill’s wise
Hmmmmmmm … Andrew Scheer’s Conservatives appear to have picked
defending a racist heckler who tried to sandbag Prime Minister Justin
Trudeau with a string of tendentious questions about immigration as the
hill they want to die on! I wonder how this will work out for them? Not
well, I imagine. The Conservatives apparently realized too late the
middle-aged “questioner” they’d leaped to defend was i
Guy Kerr cannot be blamed for the tragic wrong turn the Alberta Workers
Compensation Board took nearly 30 years ago under the Conservative
governments of premiers Don Getty and Ralph Klein. Under those premiers,
Alberta’s effective workers’ compensation system was subverted and
undermined. The victims have been injured workers. By the time Mr. Kerr
was hired in 2002 to lead the WCB, the provincia
Apparently infected by the decline of political discourse in the United
States, the Canadian right is increasingly moving toward defining the
use of facts that run counter to its narrative as conspiracy and policy
disagreement criminality. If you doubt this, consider recent Tweets by
the likes of Calgary Conservative MP Michelle Rempel, who accused the
Trudeau Government and the media of being in
The Alberta Government and the Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
both announced yesterday they’ve signed a tentative agreement on a new
collective agreement covering the union’s approximately 23,000 members
who work directly for the provincial government. This is the group of
public employees the union accurately calls “front-line government
service employees,” right-wing ideological enemies
Here is the list of the top 10 fiction and non-fiction titles sold in
Edmonton for the week ended Aug. 12, 2018, compiled by Audreys Books and
provided by the Book Publishers Association of Alberta. EDMONTON
FICTION BESTSELLERS 1. My Sundays with Normand – Adele Fontaine * 2.
This Wound is a World – Billy-Ray Belcourt * + 3. The Dutch Wife: A
Novel – Ellen Keith * 4. Rooster Bar – John Grisham 5.
From the Wilderness' Peak Oil Blog
From Jenna Orkin Five Corporations Now Dominate Our Private
Intelligence Industry Driving Through Hell PENTAGON MOVES TO SUPPORT WAR
IN THE "GREY ZONE" The Department of Defense issued a directive this
month based on new authority granted by Congress last year to engage in
"low-visibility, irregular warfare" operations. Dietary Carbohydrate
Intake and Mortality - Lancet Geoengineering Could Lead
From Jenna Orkin Chinese Solar Panels Harness Power at Night Watch Out
California! 53 Major Earthquakes Just Hit The Ring Of Fire In A 24 Hour
Period Microsoft uncovers new Russian hacking attempts targeting
Republicans ahead of midterm elections Venezuela just devalued its
currency by 95% and pegged it to a cryptocurrency Wisconsin Company
Injecting RFID Microchips Into Hands Of Employees Did Er
From Jenna Orkin Host Defense - Paul Stametz' Mushrooms Intensification
of Water Footprint of Hydraulic Fracturing (Fracking) Black Voter
Support For Trump Nearly Doubles To 36%: Rasmussen Fate Of Key Gas
Pipeline In The Balance As Putin, Merkel Begin Meeting Venezuela In
Chaos After Maduro Announces Massive 95% Devaluation, New FX Rate Tied
To Cryptocurrency FBI Dealt Blow By DC Judge; Must Addr
From Jenna Orkin New Pesticide as Harmful to Bees as Neonicotinoids
Download Immortality Trump's Plan for Coal Emissions: Let Coal States
Regulate Them Russia Offers 2.5 Million Acres Of Farmland To China, Amid
Worsening Trade War US Doubles The Number Of Marines In Norway: No Big
Deal Or Serious Threat To Russia? Leaking Las Vegas: West's Biggest
Reservoir Nears Critical Threshold Twitter Bans A
From Jenna Orkin ReGen(erated) Villages Moringa Tree of Life Company
Wants to Install Vertical Gardens in Every Major City Trump Eyes Eric
Prince to Privatize War in Afghanistan Shocking Report Details How CIA
Hubris Exposed Agents In China, Resulting In 30 Executions All the CIA
assets detained by Chinese intelligence around this time were eventually
killed, the former officials said." Colleges
From Jenna Orkin Tesla Gigafactory Worker Allegedly Trafficking
'Significant Quantities' of Cartel Drugs, says Ex-Employee [Updated] '
The most difficult and painful year of my career': Tesla CEO Elon Musk
opens up about personal and professional struggles in revealing
interview Amount of Water Used for Fracking has Reached Tipping Point
"I'm Not A Racist, But I'm A Nationalist": Why Sweden Faces
GlobaLove Think Tank
RICHARD DOLAN BEHIND the ALIEN GOVERNMENT COVER UP
Government and Taxes
My energy economist friend Ric has a good new article last week in
Impact4all. Why Green Energy Experts May Have It All Wrong By Dr.
Ricardo G Barcelona August 20, 2018
https://impact4all.org/column-why-green-energy-experts-may-have-it-all-wrong/
In an eerily familiar narrative, solar power is taking centre stage
today in much the same way as nuclear energy was the 1970s. “Too cheap
to measure” u
* This is my column in BusinessWorld last August 15, 2018. UNTIL five
years ago, the Philippines had the lowest registered vehicles ratio per
population in the whole of North and Southeast Asia. It only had 79
registered vehicles per 1,000 population. Indonesia and Vietnam had more
than five times that number, Thailand more than six times and Malaysia
had ten times more vehicles than the Philippi
About this "US-China 'trade war'", one good indicator is performance of
respective countries' stockmarkets because these are good reflections
of the degree of confidence or insecurity of market players in the
economy. US DJIA vs CN Shanghai Composite indeces the past 52 weeks,
until last Friday, August 17, 2018. The digression is very evident. Even
more for the past 3 years, DJIA is +46.8%, Shang
I took this photo last Friday around 2pm, Buendia, Makati City. A
policeman on motorcycle with no plate. A civilian doing this might have
his vehicle confiscated by the police. And these are from my old albums,
sometime 2016. A Makati policeman parking his motorcycle in a No
Parking area, front of Tiara Oriental Hotel. Also 2016, a police van
counter-flowing then making a left turn in a No Left T
* This is my column in BusinessWorld on August 13, 2018. This title is
rooted from three recent reports in BusinessWorld: 1. DoE gives up chair
of PHL Electricity Market (Aug. 1), 2. PHL to become ASEAN’s most
coal-dependent economy by 2030 — ADB (Aug. 4), and 3. Renewables firms
hoping to unify lobbying efforts (Aug. 7). Report #1 is the realization
of a provision in Electric Power Industry Refo
The climate alarmism movement is all about creating unnecessary or
false alarm and worries to the people. They warn of “rising ocean” when
reality shows that we are more engulfed with rising creeks, rivers and
lakes, resulting in flooded farms, streets and villages. The past three
weeks, Metro Manila and many surrounding provinces have experienced many
days of prolonged rains known as "Habagat" o
(from Jan 14, 2010) "Your Churches Will Teach the Jew's Religion"
Excerpt from a 1956 speech, "GEORGE WASHINGTON'S SURRENDER" by Senator
Joseph McCarthy (1908-1957.) And many of the people of the land became
Jews." Esther 9:17. "The confession of General Cornwallis (left) to
General Washington at Yorktown (Oct. 17, 1781) has been well hidden by
historians. History books and text books have taught
With all the noise and confusion over gender and sexual harassment,
with women's heads so inflated, men need a reminder of how to approach a
woman. Essentially he must have a role for her in his life, and he has
to enlist her. This role must be in her best interests too. Ultimately,
in a long-term relationship, women trade power for love. Men want power.
Women want love. Heterosexual marriage is
(Nixon & Ocasio-Cortez are rumored members. Other possible names
include Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Sonia Sotomayer, Hillary Clinton and NY
Sen. Kristen Gillibrand.) "Wiccan Satanists count as their members
almost each and every powerful female/feminist within the US Government,
especially in New York City, Washington DC, Los Angeles and other major
cities. " They target prominent men. Is this partly b
Illuminati Jewish banker Jacob Schiff pulled the strings on the
"Russian" Revolution, including the savage murder of Czar Nicholas II
and his family in July 1918. The same power is behind the New World
Order. from July 9, 2011 by Krister (henrymakow.com) In July 1918,
Illuminati Jewish banker Jacob Schiff sent a direct order t hru US
diplomatic channels to the Bolsheviks in Russia to murder Czar
A coven of well-to-do witches and lesbians say the only safe space is a
man-free space. They are backed by the liberal establishment. Anyone
watching Canada's government broadcaster, the CBC, knows this is a
growing trend. Men have been banished from liberal-dominated workplaces.
by Clint Eubanks (henrymakow.com) There is a new brand of feminism
raising its ugly head among America's female elite.
"Trading sex for career advancement is business as usual in Tinseltown.
Always has been and always will be." Ex-movie producer describes the
time he was in Harvey Weinstein's shoes. We are not condoning
Weinstein's behavior, or that of men like him. We are just pointing out
that "sexual harassment" is often a two-way street with women
blackmailing and extorting men. Related - Emails suggest some
Inexplicata-The Journal of Hispanic Ufology
Source: El Tribuno and Luis Burgos (FAO / ICOU) Date: August 15 2018
Argentina: A UFO in Downtown Salta? At approximately 13:00 hours today
at the intersection of San Martín and Peatonal Florida, there were
several witnesses to the manifestation of a UFO. Spectators were at
first unsure if it was an airplane or a similar vehicle, crossing the
limpid blue skies at noon. Later, given its strange mo
Source: TN24 Territorio del Nea and Fundación Argentina de Ovnilogía
(FAO) Date: 08.20.2018 Argentina: Chaco Cattle Ranchers Report Animal
Attacks. A family engaged in goat farming in [the town of] Enrique Urien
has circulated the photo of a small mutilated goat. Recently, others
confirmed similar situations affecting cows and horses displaying
identical wounds. The situation drew attention in re
Operation Trancas: The Classic Case Revisited, 55 Years On By Luis
Burgos (FAO-ICOU) If there is anything in common between the Trancas
case and successive generations of ufologists - both the old ones and
the younger ones taking their first steps into the subject matter of
UFOS - it is this case that we have on our beside table, much like a
student handbook in a book bag or a Bible in the hand o
Source: El Día (newspaper) and Marcelo Metayer Date: 06 February 1986
Argentina: UFO Landing Traces in Cordoba (1986) An unidentified flying
object (UFO) has left landing traces in the mountain ranges surrounding
Cordoba. The flying saucer, witnessed by a large number of people on the
evening of 9 January, allegedly caused a burn mark measuring
approximately a hundred meters in diameter and the c
UFO: Saucers of the Colonial Era By Scott Corrales [Abstracted from the
book INEXPLICATA - UFOs in Latin America and Spain] It’s hard for us to
imagine what crossing the Atlantic in a Sixteenth century sailing ship
must have been like. Creatures of comfort that we are, the privations
and unsanitary conditions of a galleon or caravel would be the stuff of
nightmares, and the risk of shipwreck on a
[ Editor's Note : As usual, officialdom dismisses the cattle mutilation
epidemic by blaming the usual suspects - the red muzzled mouse,
vultures and foxes. Argentina is experiencing a repetition of the events
of 2002, which were 'explained away' at the time by SENASA, the
government's agricultural service ] Source: Todo Noticias (Argentina)
and Pablo Omastott (FAO) Date: 8.7.2018 Argentina: No Ch
Land Destroyer
August 22, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Associated Press has
revealed that the US-backed, Saudi-led war against Yemen includes the
use of Al Qaeda as a mercenary force against Houthi rebels. This
confirms as fact what was widely dismissed by Western politicians and a
complicit Western media as a "conspiracy theory" since 2011. Evidence
that the US and its allies enlisted Al Qaeda and other ex
America's bid to install a compromised Thai politician into power is
part of a larger bid to encircle China with hostile and dysfunctional
client states. August 20, 201 8 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - The US is
currently pressuring the Southeast Asian Kingdom of Thailand to hold
immediate elections in a bid to return billionaire former prime minister
and now fugitive Thaksin Shinawatra to power. The
August 5, 2018 ( Joseph Thomas - NEO ) - In 2010, Thailand was the
scene of a smaller-scale foreign-backed destabilisation similar to those
carried out by the United States and Europe against nations like Libya,
Syria, Yemen and Ukraine from 2011 onward. Between April and May of
that year, nearly 100 would die and many more injured when US-backed
former prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra attempted
July 29, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - Were one to read the
Washington Post's article on a Russian proposal regarding the
questioning of suspects in various, ongoing US and Russia
investigations, they would have imagined former US ambassador to Russia
Michael McFaul was about to be shipped to a dungeon beneath the Kremlin
for interrogation. The Washington Post's article, " Outrage erupts over
July 25, 2018 ( Tony Cartalucci - NEO ) - It is commonly known that
when a ship is sinking, the crew does not board the lifeboats before the
passengers. Most noble of all is when the captain and crew go down with
the ship. Then with what level of ignobility should we assess the
so-called "Syrian Civil Defense" more commonly referred to as the White
Helmets? We are told that Syrian forces backed b
July 30, 2018 ( Ulson Gunnar - NEO ) - Despite attempts by the US and
European media to depict the self-proclaimed Islamic State (IS) in
cartoon villain terms, it was always clear to serious analysis that the
terrorist organization's fighters, weapons, supplies and money were
entering Syria and the result of extensive outside support. A look at
any map of the Syrian conflict, regardless of its so
Majia's Blog
The usually clear view during daytime hours is muddied by what looks
like smog: m The bad "air quality" at Fukushima Daiichi has been
building. No idea why other than the removal of melted fuel underway has
stirred up some that is still very hot. Can we rely on TEPCO, or the
industry more generally, to warn us in the event of ongoing
contamination? Perhaps not: Watchdog says TEPCO nuclear disaste
On August 18, 2018 I received an "elevated earthquake risk due to
coronal holes" from my earthquake alert application. An hour later a
very large 7.9 earthquake shook Ndoi Island in Fiji. Fiji and Indonesia
have since been shook with earthquakes, with one rated a 6.3, located
6km NE of Sembalunlawang, Indonesia and one rated 6.7, located 283km S
of Sigave Wallis and Futuna, and yet another rated
PhyOrg is reporting on a study of "cesium-rich microparticles" produced
by the Fukushima accident. Scientists studying Daiichi's fallout have
distinguished: 1. Soluble cesium 2. Cesium microparticles These are
distinguished by their concentration of radioactivity, as noted by one
of the researchers involved in the study: August 14, 2018, Goldschmidt
Conference (2018). First reliable estimates of
I read in The Asahi Shimbun today that Japan's Environmental Ministry
reported losing a 10-kilogram sample of radioactive soil from Fukushima
Daiichi: Tsuyoshi Kawamura (2018, August 15). Ministry loses radioactive
soil sent to Tokyo from Fukushima. The Asahi Shimbun
http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201808150059.html You would think
governments would treat radioactive materials more carefully
A recent earthquake off of Honshu did not result in any significant
changes visible on the Fukushima Daiichi webcam, perhaps because the
quake's epicenter was quite a ways south: Magnitude 5.1 earthquake 8
miles from Isumi, Chiba Prefecture, Japan · 8:35 PM However, the view of
units 1 and 2 is rather strange looking. There is clearly stuff on the
lens: The view of units 3 and 4 is more sedate. N
Search results for Google Images Hawaii Missile Alert Cynthia
Lazaroff's must- read "Dawn of a new Armageddon" synthesizes her
family's personal experiences with the false missile alert in Hawaii and
her technical expertise in the arena of weapons of mass destruction:
Cynthia Lazaroff (2018, August 6) "Dawn of a new Armageddon". The
Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, https://thebulletin.org/2018/08/d
Northern Reflections
The story of Rudi Giuliani's evolution reflects the madness of today's
politics. Lawrence Martin writes : Rudy Giuliani’s hero was once Bobby
Kennedy. The Giuliani of back then, a young man who got three Vietnam
War draft deferments, voted for lefty George McGovern in 1972. As a
lawyer, he became a big-time corruption fighter, taking on the likes of
Michael Milken and Ivan Boesky. He moved cautio
E.J. Dionne writes that the United States is slouching toward
autocracy. We like to think that autocracy arrives will a military coup.
However, in their book, “How Democracies Die,” political scientists
Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt write: “How do elected authoritarians
shatter the democratic institutions that are supposed to constrain
them? Some do it in one fell swoop. But more often, the
Michael Harris is making predictions this morning -- and they're really
quite intriguing. Last time around, he writes , the Liberals won
because they ran against Stephen Harper. Harper won't be there next
time. And the Conservatives and Dippers have their problems: The CPC is
no longer led by a man Canadians didn’t trust and didn’t like. Instead,
Andrew Scheer is a lightweight, B-list politician
The real story behind Donald Trump's Rise is the collapse of the
Republican Party. Republicans have become venal and spineless. Paul
Krugman writes : The real news of the past few weeks isn’t that Trump is
a wannabe Mussolini who can’t even make the trains run on time. It’s
the absence of any meaningful pushback from Congressional Republicans.
Indeed, not only are they acquiescing in Trump’s corr
It's now painfully obvious, Jonathan Freedland writes , that Donald
Trump sees himself as a mafia don: More than 18 months into his
presidency, Donald Trump’s modus operandi – and the danger it represents
– is clear. His working method is that of the mafia boss and gangland
chieftain, daily wielding his power to settle scores, teach lessons and
crush dissent. Anyone who’s seen The Sopranos will k
Maxime Bernier has been erupting on Twitter lately. But he's not the
only member of the Conservative caucus who has been stirring up
controversy. Tim Harper writes : To be sure, Shannon Stubbs, Blaine
Calkins and Denise Batters have none of the power or cachet of Bernier,
so they were more able to fly under the radar. Last week, Stubbs
criticized Justin Trudeau’s appointment of counterterrorism a
Northerntruthseeker
Avid
readers of this blog are well aware of my efforts for the last 3 years
to reveal to everyone the bitter truth that CELLULAR radiation is deadly
to human health.... I have been in an uphill battle for years in trying
to get people to understand the dangers that we face in regards to the
latest push to upgrade cellular towers and cellular devices to the
newest "5G" technology... This "upgrade"
It
has been a while since I last filed a report at this blog on the ever
changing situation in Syria, and especially in the war for the freedom
of the Syrian nation from the US/Israel/NATO scourge.... And I figured
it was time to get up to speed on that situation and to share some facts
with my readers... I want to present right here the latest Syrian War
Report, from the Southfront website, at ww
I
have always been asked the question: "Are You Afraid Of What The Jews
And Their Minions May Eventually Do To You And Your Family If You
Continue With Your Articles?" and the answer is absolutely.... But the
real fear that I have is that my son will grow up in a world where real
history and real truth is suppressed and replaced with nothing but
lies.... I figured out a long time ago that it is be
Yes, it is Sunday... And here comes my weekly rant.. I took yesterday
as an "off day" to spend time with my mother who recently celebrated her
88th birthday... And to let everyone know, she is still there and has
actually shown a lot of improvements since her bout this spring with
breaking her hip bone... She is a stubborn person as usual and it has
taken a lot of effort on the part of myself and
I
have been so amazed these days in my dealings with my fellow
Canuckleheads that occupy this country that I used to believe was the
"most free nation" on the planet... Yes, I am referring to my country,
Canada... But these days, due to the sheer ignorance of the people that I
meet on a daily basis that have their faces firmly planted in their
smartphones and are too oblivious to the very world ar
About
7 years ago (Yes, it has been that long..) I filed a report about the
1979 Vela spy satellite "incident" where an American Vela spy satellite
#6911 apparently recorded the testing of a clandestine joint
Israeli/South African nuclear device on the southern Indian Ocean island
of Bouvet on September 22nd, 1979. The Vela satellite recorded the
"double flash" light form that blast, and consequen
"They were not so very different at all: If they [Marxists and Nazis]
were fighting over any principle at all, it was only about which
particular noose to throw around humanity's neck. Where the Marxists
collectivised on the basis of class, the Nazis collectivised on the
basis of race. That was perhaps their unique contribution -- and so very
much simpler for the masses to understand and embrace.
"' Identity politics ' . . . sorts individuals into groups based on
gender, race or sexual orientation, as if such characteristics actually
decide one’s political interests... " Public intellectuals push for
ever-expanding and cross-cutting segmentation of society into group
identities. Rarely mentioned, let alone taken seriously, is the notion
that ideas and principles can, and should, unite ind
"Democratic socialism ... is not only unachievable but ... to strive
for it produces something utterly different - the very destruction of
freedom itself." ~ FA Hayek "Democratic Socialism is simply
Totalitarianism that allows you the illusion of a voice in the matter.” ~
A.E. Samaan "There is no difference between the principles, policies
and practical results of socialism—and those of any histo
" AN ANTI-CONCEPT IS AN an artificial, unnecessary and rationally
unusable term designed to replace and obliterate some legitimate
concept. " Indeed, that's generally why the anti-concept was
witch-doctored up in the first place -- to dismiss ideas without even
allowing them a hearing. So-called "hate speech" is an anti-concept
witch-doctored up to obliterate free speech. The process is working.
"Protectionists find unjustified comfort in some theoretical curiosa
... such as 'optimal tariffs' and 'strategic trade theory.' But just as
the operation of the private economy must be modelled realistically, so
too must the operation of the state be modelled realistically. And when
the operation of the state is modelled realistically, the prospect of
the state acting ‘scientifically’ and apolit
"I talk about this all the time, but I really cannot express strongly
enough how abjectly terrible the 'left vs. right' description of
political positions is. The terms are left undefined, and whatever vague
nonsense of a definition there is, does not identify the right
essential. "On the political labelling system most people
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