{"id":102,"date":"2015-02-23T22:10:05","date_gmt":"2015-02-24T03:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aerendel.org\/CanadianNews\/?p=102"},"modified":"2015-02-23T22:10:05","modified_gmt":"2015-02-24T03:10:05","slug":"monday-23-february-2015-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/aerendel.ca\/CanadianNews\/monday-23-february-2015-news\/","title":{"rendered":"Monday, 23 February, 2015 – News?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Monday, 23 February, 2015\u00a0 -( -44\u02daF \/ -20\u02daC\u00a0\u00a0 & clear @ 10:00 pm near Ithaca )-\u00a0\u00a0-( -8\u02daF \/ -22\u00b0C \u00a0 & clear & windy\u00a0 @11:00 pm Closer to Halifax \u2014jim w\u2014)-\u00a0\u00a0 \u2014\u00a0 { Headlines compiled by douglas j otterson & jim wellington, with help from \u2014jda\u2014 } { Some things change, some articles remain. Do you know where your survival kit is?\u00a0 \u2014djo\u2014 } { 7,002 new tweets since 10:00 pm last night –\u00a0 aaaaaaaaa!\u00a0 —djo— } <\/em><\/span><\/p>\n

\"Keep<\/a>
Don’t Block My Internet Demonstration in New York – Don’t know whether this is ‘the city’ or where it might be and I don’t have the time to check it out. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Grumpy<\/a>
Ack! This is what happens when parallel worlds collide. Run for cover! Aaaaaaa—– { Wink } —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Above<\/a>
Net Neutrality – the phrase doesn’t pack the right punch. It sounds ambiguous. Keep the Net Honest and Free. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Reject<\/a>
Reject the KeystoneXL Pipeline. Put the Tarsands out of business. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yay<\/a>
My favourite ‘Significant Other’ gave me the news that Citizen Four won the Oscar for best Documentary and Neil Patrick Harris tried to put the gay rights movement back a few decades by calling Ed Snowden a Traitor. “He couldn’t be here for some treason-” She says she used to like N.P.H. but his jokes are coming out way too mean spirited. & He seems to have forgotten that if it wasn’t for people like Edward Snowden, people like him would be jailed, if not lynched for sodomy and other ‘perversions and unnatural sex acts’\u00a0 —djo—
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\"Encouragement<\/a>
And a little encouragement is always a good thing. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"War<\/a>
And a bit of Nostalgia\/History – & Yoko just had a birthday. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

{ Today\u2019s Birthdays : \u2014 You can find all this and more at http:\/\/www.historyorb.com\/today\/birthdays.php<\/a>\u00a0 <\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

February 23rd: 1633 – Samuel Pepys, navy expert\/composer (Diary, Memoirs), born in London, England. 1646 – Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, Japanese shogun (d. 1709). 1685 – George Frederic Handel, Halle Germany, baroque composer and (Messiah, Water Music).\u00a0 1734 (or 1743?) – Mayer Amschel Rothschild, Frankfurt, founder (House of Rothschild). 1868 – William E B Du Bois, Great Barrington Massachusetts, civil rights activist and writer (Souls of Black Folk). 1889 – Victor Fleming, American film director (“Wizard of Oz”, “Gone with the Wind”), (d. 1949). 1904 – William L Shirer, historian (Rise & Fall of 3rd Reich). 1915 – Paul Tibbets, US Air Force retired Brigadier General and Pilot of B-29 “Enola Gay” over Hiroshima (d. 2007). 1929 \u2013 Elston Howard, Yankee catcher (1st African American NY Yankee\/1963 AL MVP). 1938 – Sylvia Chase, St Paul Minn, newscaster (ABC Weekend News, 20\/20). 1939 –\u00a0 Majel Barrett, Columbus Ohio, actress (Christine Chapel-Star Trek).\u00a0 1940 \u2013 Peter Fonda, actor (Easy Rider, Lilith, Wild Angels, Trip). 1944 \u2013 Johnny Winter, [John Dawson], American blues guitarist (Silver Train), born in Leland Miss, (d. 2014). 1949 – Marc Garneau, Quebec City Quebec, Canadian astronaut (STS 13, 77). 1951 – Patricia Richardson, Bethesada Md, actress (Double Trouble, Home Improvement). 1963 – Bobby Bonilla, outfielder (NY Mets, Balt Orioles, Marlins), born in NYC, New York. 1964 – Dana Katherine Scully, fictional character (X-Files). 1994 – Dakota Fanning, American Actress.\u00a0<\/span><\/em> (& I won’t tell because I don’t know) – Binnie Klein, Poet, Performance Artist and WPKN programmer.<\/span><\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0 }<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n

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{ Canadian Headlines : From :\u00a0 http:\/\/www.cbc.ca\/news<\/a>\u00a0 <\u2014 Link }<\/strong><\/h3>\n
\"Fupp<\/a>
If Harper wins another term as Prime Minister I will know this world has gone to hell and they didn’t even offer us a hand basket. What the bleep is a handbasket anyway? —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Harper<\/a>
I hope you can read this. “Born again Fascist Prime Minister guts Environmental and Consumer Protection Laws to fleece the economy of Canada.” —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fupp<\/a>
“The Secret Police Creation Act?” —djo—\u00a0 *** According to this – The Railroad company that tried to sell off its service between Ottawa and Petawawa, where the big army base is, couldn’t get anybody to offer them what they wanted for a price, so they ripped all their tracks out and carted them away to melt them down and sell the metal to the highest bidder — Under item (f) above that makes them terrorists, right? Wanna bet the government would not go after them with an arrest warrant or a snatch and grab them in the night and they wake up in Git-Mo? ***\u00a0\u00a0 —jim w—<\/span>
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\"Harper<\/a>
People are really getting angry with their PM in Canada. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Illegal pesticide killed Fort McMurray baby<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Mystery tunnel found near Pan Am Games venue<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Eating peanut products early in life can reduce allergy risk, study suggests<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

CN Railway, Unifor avoid lockout with tentative deal<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

\"Niagara<\/a>
Niagara Falls photo taken on February 17th. I don’t see the falls here, do you?<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Torture\"<\/a>
Asking if torture works might be the wrong question, but the answer is, “No- it doesn’t work. It’s pure b.s. and makes for good fear tactics, and instant mind control- that’s all it’s good for. Mind Control.” —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Lock<\/a>
– Halifax, Nova Scotia – looks like the Chronicle Herald might have locked out its personnel. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Fred<\/a>
A couple of my favorite prophecies lately include the one that says that those who believe that knowledge is power and feel they have a right to lie to us to keep that power to themselves will be unmasked and publicly humiliated, & stripped of all power. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Schnarr\"<\/a>
Measles documented among the fully immunized.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Weird\"<\/a>
A Florida based artist has been told to stop selling miniature versions of the Super Bowl halftime \u2018character\u2019 sharks.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n

Offbeat News:<\/span><\/p>\n

Canadian Sniper in the film parody we’ve all been waiting for<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

‘I just totally collapsed,’ says man after 168-hour Nickleback marathon for charity<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Nonchalant dog shovels backyard hockey rink, wins winter<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Moose on the loose gets police escort in Ontario<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Blowtorches being used to melt sidewalk ice in Windsor<\/span> \u00a0 { * I think I remember a really old issue of Mad Magazine suggesting various ways snow cleanup could be made much more effective and easier –\u00a0 one of them involved flame throwers, but the ‘after’ frame showed an entire city under about 20 feet of water. *\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n

Nestl\u00e9 and Hershey pledge to make their candy bars healthier<\/span> \u00a0 { * If G.M.O. ingredients are involved, don’t buy it. *\u00a0 —djo—\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

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\"Brrrr\"<\/a>
New words to describe extreme weather? = “Freeze-nado” ? Works for me. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Bad<\/a>
“Telus is cutting off its own nose to spite its face?” Or “Telus commits consumer suicide?” —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

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\"Brrrrrr\"<\/a>
The Big Chill \u2013 Version 2015 \u2013 Hits the Maritimes-<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Local \/ New Brunswick \/ Maritime News:<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

Larry’s Gulch junket alternatives in Fredericton come with cheaper price tags<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Flu-like illness forces closeures at two N.B. hospitals\u00a0 <\/span>{\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Poverty group prefers income tax increase, not HST<\/span>\u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Irving pipeline gets retroactive approval fro EUB<\/span> \u00a0 { * New Brunswick’s Energy and Utilities Board\u00a0has granted an Irving Oil company retroactive permission to build an oil pipeline that the company already built without permission last year. *\u00a0 —“Not Good,” —djo—\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

Larry’s Gulch review findings will ‘absolutely’ be made public<\/span> \u00a0 { * This is a New Brunswick ‘scandal’ that sounds way too much like a slight of hand distraction to take your attention away from something else. The Province owns a multi-million dollar fishing lodge where they entertained visiting politicians and invited newspaper reporters who were fired for conflict of interest violations. There also seems to be some confusion over when the lodge went from being ‘private’ to ‘publicly owned’ & where the line between private and public functions was drawn. The new Liberal government has decided that the lodge can only be used for functions designed to bring jobs to New Brunswick.\u00a0 *** “Any time I hear a politician utter words like ‘jobs’ or ‘Leadership’ I know my ears are about to be assaulted by pure and utter b.s.” — Douglas Jay Otterson *** *\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n

Energy East Pipeline construction training premature, David Coon says.<\/span>\u00a0 { * The Energy East Pipeline is a project that is being bitterly contested in Quebec. Activists cite dangers to wildlife, and say the claims of loads of jobs for local people is highly over-estimated and point out that New Brunswick will lose money in this deal unless they re-write the agreement with the corporations that will own the pipeline. And instead of refining and distributing the gas\/oil the pipeline is supposed to deliver, here, they claim the resources would be exported, benefiting foreign interests at our expense. Oh, and Irving Oil stands to save and reap loads of money if this goes through. *\u00a0 —djo— }<\/p>\n

Mounting snow days leave schools scrambling<\/span> \u00a0 {\u00a0\u00a0 }<\/p>\n

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\"Sunrise<\/a>
“Sunrise In Venice” — I used to believe it wasn’t worth the hassle to visit Europe or anywhere else, Venice? I’d probably feel depressed that I had to leave and couldn’t spend several life times watching the sun rise from one of those balconies. Do any of them face the sun rise? —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Mohamed<\/a>
Canada and the U.S. aren’t the only countries in this world that are in trouble with their Karma. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"End<\/a>
End Homelessness Now. It’s much more cost effective to give homeless people a place to live than to leave them out in the cold.\u00a0 —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

{ “Perma-Link” to the above article, copied and pasted at “Child Of Light” >>—> http:\/\/www.aerendel.org\/news\/?p=396<\/span><\/a>\u00a0 <—<<\u00a0 }<\/span><\/p>\n

\"Yay<\/a>
India is building the world’s largest solar plant. \ud83d\ude42 —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Flight<\/a>
Inserted after publication – I thought the plane was headed for India after it was hijacked. Kazakstan? Under water somewhere up near India\/Pakistan? —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eeek\"<\/a>
It looks like more people every day realize that September 11, 2001 was perpetrated, if not entirely by- then with the help of – possibly rogue – US Government Insiders. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Yay<\/a>
Teddy Roosevelt was a Republican who championed anti-trust laws. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Eeek\"<\/a>
Effective Cartoon, Surveillance State dark ops goons tear a hole in the Canadian Charter of Rights to further their godless power. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"meanwhile<\/a>
Conservative Lies cast Environmentalist as terrorists. Well, if the conservative’s jobs are threatened by people telling the truth, maybe they should be in terror. Ya think? —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Government<\/a>
Government Terrorism = “Governments have killed more of their own citizens than all the wars in the past hundred years.” —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Schnarr\"<\/a>
“How to gut oversight .101 – make sure the watchdogs don’t get enough money to function.” = Stephen Harper will leave the PM’s office in Handcuffs. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Harper's<\/a>
“Canada Jettisons Rights and Land Claims in a bid to label environmentalists as terrorists.” —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Schnarr\"<\/a>
“Anti-Terror Legislation is aimed at labeling Environmental Activists as terrorists.”<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Harper<\/a>
The Harper government’s deregulations seen as the real cause of the Lac-Megantic tragedy.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"4<\/a>
From OccupyWallStreet-NYC & The Electronic Freedom Foundation, thanks to “—jda—“<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Police<\/a>
-Um, another theory: The ‘War on Drugs’ is a manipulation to keep the ‘street prices’ of drugs high so the C.I.A. and other ‘black-ops’ groups who traffic in those drugs to keep their budgets secret can really cash in on their highly profitable business. They do want a Police State, but the ‘war on drugs’ is just one more strategy designed to bring that about. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Human<\/a>
Human Rights are under attack around the world, not just in the USA and Canada<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Half<\/a>
Follow these links, even if you have to type them in manually, this guy is the real thing. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Gaaa\"<\/a>
Strip Mining on the Moon?<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"4<\/a>
Here’s a page for ya- Wow.<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"bad<\/a>
“Smart” Phones, “Smart” Meters, “Smart” appliances, “Smart TeeVees spying on You” — “Smart”-Anything is beginning to = “Bad News”. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Why<\/a>
God Bless Ed Snowden – And why do those guys on the right look like somebody has a gun pointed at their private parts? —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Good<\/a>
Keep up the good work \ud83d\ude42<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Meaning<\/a>
I wish I said that- —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Positive<\/a>
It is refreshing to see any half-way main-stream news organization showing anything positive about any group that has been targeted for divisive\/’divide-and-conquer’ propaganda. “Women and Children First” was just one of many positive philosophical ideas that came from Islam. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"Happiness<\/a>
“Happiness can only be found within” —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n
\"English<\/a>
Liberate yourself from the politix of fear – ignore the main stream news. —djo—<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

— We should quit here and publish this fiasco before we look at the clock and realize it’s next week already and we haven’t gotten anything done in our ‘real lives’\u00a0 —djo—<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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