Sunday, 07 September, 2014 -( 53˚F / 12˚C & Mostly Clear in Ithaca @ 8:01 am )- {{ & Happy birthday to Chrissie Hynde -of The Pretenders & ‘Back on the Chain Gang’ fame and to a friend Joan Y. I grew up with —————Jim }}
{ I’ve been doing this because I believe that the CBC may be more honest and more respectable than Media here in the U.S.A., AND not a lot of people in the U.S. may know that or have access to anyone who might point them toward the CBC & their web site. }
{ & again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories, listen to sound clips, or see any video -if there is any video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———djo——— }
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Lead Articles:
-Updated- Civilian killed by shelling despite shaky Ukraine ceasefire { }
U.S. military launches strikes around Haditha dam in Iraq { & “U.S. expands air campaign in Iraq as ISIS fights for key dam” }
Jim Prentice to lead Alberta after Tory leadership win { Farther down in the lead stories range: “Jim Prentice wins Alberta PC leadership vote in landslide” }
Explosions heard near Donetsck airport in eastern Ukraine { }
B.C. schools to be closed for 2nd week as strike continues { }
Canadian team in Sierra Leone to diagnose Ebola infections { }
Novak Djokovic. Roger Federer eliminated at U.S. Open { }
More dogs and cats doing the raw food diet – but is it safe? { }
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“Offbeat”
Rare albino lobsters caught days apart { }
Deer safe after crossing San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge { }
& Repeats from yesterday
-& I added- Deer stroll down Golden Gate Bridge { ‘Two deer trotted through rush hour in San Francisco on Friday, briefly stopping traffic” In the video they take off at high speed and later slow down while I guess motorists snapped their photos and shot the video on cell phones, —djo— }
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“Most Viewed”
Most university undergrads now taught by poorly paid part-timers { }
Drew Carey offers $10K to find culprits in cruel ice bucket challenge prank { Someone in small town Ohio talked a 14 year old with Autism into taking the Ice Bucket Challenge for charity and dumped a bucket of urine and feces over his head, shooting the video on a cell phone. Whattaya think? If they catch these guys should the do the same to them in public? —djo— }
Justin Trudeau may be the next big thing – but Steven Harper’s still Nickelback { Sounds like the mean spirited anti-Liberal headline writer is back at work here. —djo— }
Ride the Rideau cyclist dead after crash on route of charity event { }
Boy, 9, steals Saskatoon city bus, hits 2 parked vehicles { }
-10 photo slide show- Monsoon season floods devastate India, Pakistan { }
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Other:
-New- U.K. promises Scots more power if they reject independence { }
ISIS propaganda material turns up in Pakistan, India { }
-Photos- TIFF 2014: Highlights from Day 3 { }
B.C. Government rejects binding arbitration to settle teachers’ strike { }
How practice could make perfect for doctors’ bedside manner { }
Ebola virus precautions added to back-to-school advice on campus { }
-Point Of View- Youthful optimism in the face of a world gone mad: Michael Enright { }
How ISIS recruited a former B.C. university student to fight in Syria { }
-Must Watch- Fat cat up for adoption { I put his photo up at the top of today’s list. —djo— }
-World- 9/11 museum displays memorablia from bin Laden assassination { -And the Conspiracy community is still convinced that bin Laden was a U.S. agent who regularly went to U.S. military bases for Dialysis treatments, probably died from his kidney disease years ago, might have been played by several different actors – was the ‘goose who laid golden eggs’ for the lying-evil-maniplating-war-mongering-elitist-military-ice-holes who used him as the monster hiding under everybody’s beds in order to squeeze as much money as they could from the U.S. taxpayers to further their evil agenda. -My Point of View?- I don’t believe anybody- & since the Weekly World News ran the headline, “Dinosaurs honked like Buicks”- I don’t think I can be any more disillusioned about Mainstream or commercial news media. Some day I should post a list of what different groups believe are disinformation schemes and outright lies in mainstream media. —djo— }
-Politics- Philippe Couillard tells Stephen Harper he wants Quebec to sign Constitution { I love Quebec. I love French Canadians & feel like I am richer for having been exposed to their culture and personalities. It tickles the cockles of my heart to hear four-year-olds speaking perfect French – even if they speak way too fast for me to pick up more than a quarter of what they say. – Quebec, apparently, never signed the Canadian Constitution. A lot of French Canadians feel like they constantly got, and get, the short end of the stick. Philippe Couillard is the premier of the province of Quebec- He ‘took advantage of a meeting with Stephen Harper’ to re-state his opinion that Quebec should sign the Constitution. He said so at an event to commemorate the 200th birthday of Sir George-Etienne Cartier – the French-Canadian statesman seen by many as the ‘Father of Confederation’. -Confederation is the term they used when the provinces got together to form a single identity as ‘the confederation of colonies’, which became the ‘Canadian Confederation’ on July 1st, 1867.- Wikipedia wants us to know that ‘confederation’ usually refers to an association of sovereign states. —djo— }
-Health- Deadly pathogens found in U.S. government labs { }
-Health- Ebola outbreak: Doctors Without Borders calls ‘lockdown’ a mistake { }
-Arts & Entertainment- Venice Film Festival: Sweden’s Andersson wins Golden Lion { I learned something reading this article – more than one ‘something’. & one of the things I like most about doing this every day- Checking through and writing out the headlines – is that I keep learning things – and do not feel like my brain is turning to dried out seaweed at an accelerating rate – I had to read through most of this article to learn whether this Festival was in Venice, Italy or Venice, California. It is in Italy. I usually shy away from entertainment fluff, because, frankly- I don’t give a flying dang about what actress is wearing whose dress or which cute couple is breaking up and I am realllllly sick of hearing the phrase ‘baby bump’ while the television screen shows women who just spent thousands of dollars to look good in a million dollar dress that makes me want to hear Moon Unit Zappa reciting “Gag me with a spoon” over and over again. —djo— }
-Community- School forces 15-year-old girl to wear ‘shame suit’ after violating dress code { “How far should school administrators be able to go when it comes to enforcing dress codes? -In recent years, high profile student-teacher conflicts over items like visible bra straps and short demin shorts have prompted many Canadian parents to speak out on the issue — and the perceived “shaming” of female students, in particular. -Now, with another school year underway, tales of aggressive dress code enforcement are making waves once again. -The mother of a 15-year-old Florida girl is threatening to file a complaint against her local school board this week, alleging that her daughter was “publicly humiliated” for wearing a skirt that was deemed too short. – Miranda Larkin recently started attending the Oakleaf High School in Orange Park, Fla., after moving to the area from Seattle. – On the third day at her new school, Miranda says she was informed by a teacher that her skirt (which school policy indicates must be “knee-length or longer”) was too short. The teen says that she was unaware of this rule.” — Don’t get me started. Today’s schools are aberrations to begin with. Kids who love to learn are forced into a culture where they make learning as boring and painful as possible. Not only are intelligent, sensitive kids forced into situations that breed bullies and penalize intelligence and sensitivity- they have to deal with idiots for administration types who are there, not to educate, but to whip kids into ‘shape’ to become good little zombie consuming units who never question authority and submit to the bullies who call themselves ‘leaders of their communities’ Gaaaa! —djo— }
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“Local / New Brunswick”
NB Liquor enters the growler game, brewing doubt { A ‘growler’ is a 64 ounce bottle of beer. Small “Craft” brewers were told last year that they could not sell growlers at their breweries any longer unless they had already sold a ridiculously high volume of beer at a provincial liquor store – which might have put many small craft brewers out of business. So now three provincially operated liquor stores in New Brunswick are testing a pilot program to see how well Growlers from small and huge breweries do when sold in their official provincial liquor outlets. – Like maybe – if they can’t make a million dollars on your stuff, then you should give up, go home and strongly consider suicide? grumble grumble- —djo— }
Brian Gallant vows to expand international lobster markets { And Brian Gallant knows how to get his name positively mentioned in the news every day as he runs for premier as the leader of the New Brunswick Liberal Party. —djo— }
“New Brunswick” page:
Atholville anxious for medical marijuana plant to be approved { }
Severe thunderstorm expected to rain down on New Brunswick { This was expected to happen yesterday – Jim W said he saw some interesting clouds, but after a spattering of rain drops that- “felt like they’d been blown way off course from a storm somewhere else- those clouds kind of smiled like they were embarrassed and ran away.” —djo— }
N.B. this week { Link >>—-> http://www.cbc.ca/nb/features/thisweek/ This is an interesting page, with a lot of eye candy and a little bit of substance to go with it. —djo— }
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{ 10:19 am – Why does this feel so much easier and less hurried on a Sunday? 10:45 am Almost ready to push the “Publish” button. ———djo——— }