Archive for August, 2014

Tuesday, August 12, 2014 – CBC News Headlines

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Tuesday, 12 August, 2014.  -( 20°C / 68°F & ‘Mostly Cloudy’ @ 9:30 pm where I’m at )-

{ This is Jim W here today. Doug is having problems with his own computer today. }

{ Again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories or watch the video -if & when there is video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———jimw——— }

 

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“Lead Stories”

Robin Williams committed suicide by hanging: official  { }

-New- Lauren Bacall, screen legend, dead at 89   { }

US sends another 130 military personnel to Iraq   { }

Pot Lobbyist Marc Emery back in Canada after U.S. jail time   { }

Al Sharpton condemns shooting of ‘gentle giant’ black man   { }

Canada offers experimental Ebola vaccine to West Africa   { Related Story’s Headline below }

B.C. Mountie pleads guilty to fabricating evidence in paternity case   { }

 

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“Offbeat”

Tiger selfies curtailed in New York as new law goes into effect   { }

Rare panda triplets born in China   { }

Turkish scientists to study 2-headed dolphin calf   { }

Romance up in the air for love at first flight’s Katie Moreau   { }

 

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“Most Viewed”

Robin Williams death puts Mrs. Doubtfire 2 in jeopardy   { }

Statistics Canada retracts July jobs report because of ‘error’   { }

Canadians spend more on taxes than food, shelter: Fraser Institute   { Did I see Jim A mention yesterday that the explanation for how to arrive at the amount that Canada Revenue believes you owe the Canadian government in income tax reads like a Monty Python Routine? He’s right, it really looks like they double charge both spouses for being ridiculous enough to get married and think they can afford to work, eat, breath and keep a roof over their heads. }

Drone sighting by Jazz pilot leads to Transport Canada probe   { }

Air quality advisory issued for Metro Vancouver, Fraser Valley   { }

Coun. Doug Ford gets defamation notice from Toronto police chief    { }

 

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“Other”

Ebola experimental drugs and vaccines in early days of testing   { Why does it not surprise me that they are shipping untested drugs to Africa? }

Police, citing threats, refuse to ID officer who fatally shot black teen in Missouri   { }

Bombardier moves 3 new new subway cars through Thunder Bay picket line   { }

NDP satellite offices broke House rules, Commons board concludes   { Sounds like a case of slight of hand- “If we can confuse the public into looking at the New Democratic Party suspiciously, maybe they won’t see what we’re trying to pull over their eyes.” }

Obama calls Harper to discuss Iraq crisis   {  }

Facebook’s ‘mandatory’ Messenger app prompts torrent of terrible iTunes reviews   { A facebook friend from the U.S. posted a disgusted reaction to effbook’s mandatory app, “They can force everybody to accept an app that resets all their privacy settings, but they can’t allow the parents of a 15 year old suicide victim access to the girl’s account so they can see if there were any clues as to why she killed herself?” }

Lightning strike scorches playpen with baby in it  { }

Toronto’s ‘Condo King’ says 50% of condos are foreign-owned   { This time next year- will they be claiming that 50% of those condos are owned by space aliens? }

Candy Crush maker’s stock plummets after bitter-tasting report   { }

Physicists celebrate Shrödinger’s 127th birthday with cat video   { So, until most people in the world know who Shrödinger was, is he both alive and dead at the same time inside his box? }

7 charged in illegal big-game meat-trafficking operation   { }

Hacker used Canadian internet provider to rack up online currency, experts say   { A friend told me that an experienced hacker can use any internet provider anywhere to further his or her dirty work. I am reminded of the case in which an 84 year-old married couple were nearly shocked to death when a swat team broke into their home and bedroom because they had evidence that child pornography had originated from their internet account. The elderly couple did not have their security high enough to keep a creep from parking within a block of their home and using their unprotected wifi connection. }

Readers split on U.S. involvement in Iraq conflict   {  }

 

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“Local” / “Ottawa”

Arrest made in Panama homicide of Ottawa’s Ed Moynan   { I don’t know about Panama, but any arrest made in some Central American countries would ring in my ears like a case of the watch captain telling his officers- “Go arrest somebody who looks guilty, shoot him in the back for trying to escape and we’ll call this case solved.” }

Robin Williams death a reminder of mental illness’s scope   { }

Yak farmer from Lanark County in court over trespassing herd   { Trespassing Yaks, you don’t see that every day- }

Jo Oliver says reducing taxes a priority in 2015   { Must be an election year coming, ya think? “Promise them anything but give them-” oh never mind. }

 

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{ I couldn’t find the New Brunswick local news – maybe when Doug returns to his morning posting routine here-  I should post this while it’s still Tuesday (( Hurry back Doug- we need you- )) ———jimw——— }

 

More Bad News? Robin Williams Left Us-

Tuesday, August 12th, 2014

Tuesday, August 12, 2014. Some ridiculous hour of the early morning.

I just heard that Robin Williams has left this plane of existence-  We will miss you, Mork-

– I hope this doesn’t set the tone for everything I add to this endeavor.-

—bonjour

———Jim d’Aerendel

Monday, August 11, 2014 – CBC News Headlines –

Monday, August 11th, 2014

Monday, 11 August, 2014.  -(14°C / 57°F & ‘Mostly Cloudy’ @ 8:45 am where I’m at )-

{ This is Jim here this morning. Doug is having to deal with his boss’ Windows 7 machine, which is experiencing dust clogged system fans and other scarey stuff }

{ Again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories or watch the video -if there is video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———jim——— }

 

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“Lead Stories”

U.S. begins arming Kurdish forces to battle ISIS in Iraq   { }

Vigil for Missouri teen shot by police ends in looting   { There’s a related story below. }

Ukraine rocket attack on prison allows over 100 to escape   { }

NASCAR’s Tony Stewart hits, kills sprint car driver   { }

Israel-Hamas 3-day ceasefire appears to be holding in Gaza   { }

-New- Foreign-aid charities join forces to challenge Revenue Canada audits, rules   { To tell you the truth, after I fell in love with a Canadian and came up here and jumped through hoops to become a permanent resident and then a dual U.S.-Canadian citizen- the formulae they use to compute taxes look an awful lot to me like they double charge both spouses whether they file separately or together- and reading their formula pages in the income tax booklet is like watching a Monty Python routine. }

-Analysis- ‘We’ve lost enough lives’: Are Americans isolationists or just war-weary?   { ‘Isolationist’ George Washington had a vision near the end of his life and warned everybody in politics at the time to avoid the heck out of getting mixed up in foreign matters. Looks like he had the right idea- }

-Photos- Biggest, brightest supermoon of 2014 rose Sunday   { I took a couple photos of last night’s moon, flash went off on one, and the moon was still so bright it still lit up the sky, on another, after I made sure the flash was off, No matter how steady the camera was, it still came out just a little bit blurry. }

 

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“Offbeat”

City fire hydrants earn $24 million in parking tickets since 2008   { “Earn”? This is about Toronto, Ontario. There is a photo with this article that shows a fire hydrant 20 feet back from the road, in the middle of a very wide sidewalk, where people parking their cars probably couldn’t see it. Sounds like entrapment to me. & I don’t like the cheeky tone of the article either. Like they’re making fun of anybody who isn’t hyper vigilant enough to comb the area to see the hydrant, heck, & if there are a lot of people on the sidewalk, there is no way the driver would see that. }

Two dozen riders stranded on top of roller-coaster rescued by crane   { I saw this on television news last night- couldn’t tell then how long the passengers would have to wait to be rescued. }

 

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“Most Viewed”

Jihadist Khaled Sharrouf tweets photo of son holding soldier’s severed head   { In another headline in a different section of this page, they identify the Jihadist tweeting the photo as an Australian }

Emma Paulsen, B.C. dog walker, charged in deaths of 6 dogs   {  }

The longest day in Toronto Blue Jays history   { The Blue Jays tied in the 9th inning and played with that 5 – 5 tie until the 19th inning when a Blue Jays batter, who had gone 0 for 7, got a hit and drove in the winning run. Both teams had run out of pitchers,  one reliever pitched 6 innings. }

 

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“Other”

-Photos- Kids of Canadiens goalie share rare photos from Maurice Richard era   { }

-Analysis- America’s child migrant crisis, a made-in-the-U.S. problem   { U.S. readers: get the link up at the top of the article & follow it to dive into this one. I’m from the ‘states’ and I’m baffled by the intensity of the people arguing against making sure that kids are protected under the law. }

Why Democrats are hammering social issues in U.S. campaigns   { I distinctly remember Ralph Nader running under the Green Party banner in the 2000 (Y2K) election (the first of two that were stolen by the Bush family to put G.W. in the white house-and keep him there fro two terms) with bumper stickers depicting two headed animals- all red, white and blue- donkey head facing left, elephant head facing right. I think Ralph labeled them “Republicrats” & (ex-) Governor Jesse Ventura said in an interview the other night on Coast to Coast am ( <— Link ) that he couldn’t tell the difference between Obama and G. W. Bush as far as what they did while in office, not what they promised to do before they got there. }

‘We did not abandon our son,’ Australia couple says of Down syndrome baby   { }

Silicon Valley North: Vancouver tech surges as U.S. immigration reform idles   { }

Keystone climate impacts could be 4 times higher than estimate, study says   { }

The Fault in Our Stars actors win big at 2014 Teen Choice Awards   { }

Witness to Missouri police shooting speaks   { The witness is a friend of the 18 year old who was fatally shot by a police officer in Ferguson, Missouri }

Frank Maloney, former boxing promoter, having sex change   { I almost left this one out, thinking jeeze, this person deserves privacy- but then I thought about the one person who needs to know that others are struggling with- and coming to terms with- issues like ‘knowing’ you were born into the wrong sex- who just might read this and find some relief. My mother babysat a girl my sister’s age who- as a four year old- used to tell me she remembered when she was a boy. Her date to one of their class reunions was a woman. I was there because my sister’s husband, after coming all the way (250 miles) down to Connecticut to go to the reunion -developed terminal cold feet when the sheer number of people around that area freaked him out. Plus I had a lot of friends in my sister’s class. The girl I used to talk to while coloring in coloring books was wearing something that looked like a cross between a pants suit and a tuxedo. I thought nothing of it until she came over, recognized me and introduced me to her girlfriend. I was thinking, wow, she’s got guts. And I didn’t catch any weird disorders from being near her, didn’t find myself compelled to start thinking about guys as possible dates or love interests or anything- }

 

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“Local” / “New Brunswick”

Super moon boosts tidal bore on Petitcodiac   { A photo shows two guys surfing on the rising tide- }

Const. Doug Larche’s widow thankful for tribute at N.B. marathon.   { I don’t know- do you think it’s disrespectful for the headline writer to shorten “Constable” to “Const.”? -They added a period and saved themselves 3 letters. Other headlines are longer- so it wasn’t a space consideration }

 

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{ There were other articles that have been around since Friday. I did not repeat them. }

{ Wow, Doug does a lot of work to get this done. I was thinking I should let him do the comments when he gets home- There are a lot of things that he seems to be better informed about and more passionate about than I am. ———jim——— }

Sunday, August 10, 2014 – CBC News Headlines –

Sunday, August 10th, 2014

Sunday, 10 August, 2014.  -( 77°F / 25°C & Clear @ 12:00 pm in Ithaca, NY, USA )-

{ Again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories or watch the video -if there is video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———djo——— }

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“Lead Stories”

Palestinians accept Egypt proposal for 72-hour ceasefire   { }

-Developing- ISIS killed 500 Yazidis, some buried alive: Iraq   {Honest journalists believe that main stream and propagandists are trying to set us up for a war: U.S. vs Syria }

-Developing- Ukraine: No ceasefire possible until separatists surrender   { I still don’t know who the real bad guys are here, Conspiracy Watch people believe we’re being conditioned for something, painting Vladimir Putin as the bad guy when he might not be. }

-Developing- Patient in Brampton, Ontario tests negative for Ebola virus   { How many days will they be putting up headlines about Ebola? Even if there is no real news here? }

Iran plane crashes after takeoff, killing 39   { Is somebody trying to scare everybody out of flying? }

-New- Japan tropical storm forces more than 1 million to flee homes   { I probably should bite my tongue and not say anything about the Conspiracy buffs who believe that bad guys are controlling the weather. }

 

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“Offbeat”

Deepak Chopra tries to set Guiness meditation world record in Toronto   { This article calls Deepak Chopra a ‘spiritual guru’. He wants to lead thousands in an on-line meditation to break the world’s record for largest synchronized online meditation. & while Deepak Chopra makes a lot of sense and has a lot of good advice for people -like, “Don’t buy any food in a package that has somebody’s name on it.”- He comes from a culture that would not allow him to call himself a “Guru”. There are incredibly high standards anyone would have to meet to obtain that distinction. }

 

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“Most Viewed”

Iraq conflict: U.S. hits more ISIS targets as Yazidi ‘mass graves’ reported   { }

Power restored after 4.3 magnitude earthquake hits central Alberta   { }

Prison inmates take federal government to court over pay cuts   { }

Red Deer man turns to Kijiji to sell fighter jet   { }

 

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“Other”

Tony Stewart pulls out of race after killing driver   { }

Cyberbullying has ‘hugely disproportionate impact on women and girls’   { }

B.C. approves controlled release of Polley Lake water in mine tailings pond breach   { }

How TMZ’s Harvey Levin changed the rules of celebrity   { TMZ has ‘masculinized’ gossip? TMZ has a 40% male audience. Because they word their headlines to appeal to men? }

Dozens of Australian firefighters to help battle B.C. wildfires   { Another headline says Australia will send 80 firefighters to help battle the wildfires. }

-Photos- Uganda gay pride parade   { What we’ve been hearing from Africa lately is that more and more states over there are criminalizing homosexuality and/or making the penalties for practicing homosexuality worse. }

Roger Ferderer, Jo-Wilfried Tsonga set for Rogers Cup final   { }

Mount Polley mine; Ex-engineers warned tailings pond ‘getting huge’   { }

HealthMap software flagged Ebola 9 days before outbreak announced   { -Yeah, this headline should help you sleep soundly- }

Slumber-starved astronauts pop pills to fall asleep   { Is this a thinly veiled advertisement for big Pharma? }

Premature births may be linked to stress, new Alberta study suggests   { A researcher at the University of Lethbridge in Alberta says that the cause of premature births could be linked back to stress in past generations. They’re trying to explain to themselves why Alberta has the highest pre-term birth rate in Canada }

‘Stop hurting authors’, 900 writers sign letter against Amazon   { ‘Hundreds of authors, including Stephen King, have signed a letter telling Amazon to stick to the corporate backroom as it negotiates for cheaper e-books and leave them out of its dispute with a U.S. publisher.’ }

J.K. Rowling reaches out to Texas girl who lost family in murder rampage   { The 15 year old sole survivor of a rampage that left her parents and 4 siblings dead, quoted Albus Dumbledore at a memorial service and J.K.R. sent the girl a personal letter & a package and all parties who asked ‘what was in the package?’ have been told -that’s none of your business- I think I respect J.K. Rowling a little more because of this. }

 

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“Local” / “New Brunswick”

Saint John marathon honours slain Mountie Doug Larche   { }

Moncton shooting murder plea brings some relief to police   { }

Saint John home robbed in overnight break-in   { }

 

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{ Published @ 12:38 pm – comments and colors added 1:17 pm ———djo——— }

Psychic Warnings ?

Saturday, August 9th, 2014
—Doug copied this from his friend’s blog and uploaded it to his Radio Free Earth News blog-

Alert?

Friday, August 8, 2014.

Somebody whose ‘psychic impressions’ / ‘messages’ I can’t dismiss has received a much stronger than usual impression that ‘something major’ is about to transpire on August 23rd.

Something similar to 9-11-2001, but on a much larger scale.

She saw herself sitting on our sofa, crying her eyes out in compete shock and horror – watching or listening to news reports

London, England – New York City – Ottawa, Canada – & possibly other major western cities had all been ‘hit’ by something, she couldn’t tell whether it was a ‘Natural’ or ‘man-made’ disaster, but no communication at all could come out of these cities.

She said we were okay where we are, but lots of our relatives were in the danger zones and we had no idea whether they were alive or dead.

She said, in her scrambled state, all she could do was hug our dog and wonder whether we should try to go get take out Chinese or Chicken in a bucket.

I didn’t have time to ask her whether part of the problem was that we had lost power and services (electricity? internet? telephone?) or not.

Um, she could be off by a year or more. This could be happening in a parallel dimension- there could be absolutely nothing we can do to avoid this-

Or we can ‘Pray our bums off’ for Angelic / Spiritual Help to avoid this. & Prayers won’t hurt any-

—eek—

—————Jim

Saturday, August 9, 2014 – CBC News Headlines –

Saturday, August 9th, 2014

Saturday, 09 August, 2014.  -( 70°F / 21°C & Clear @ 10:45 am in Ithaca, NY, USA )-

{ Again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories or watch the video -if there is video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———djo——— }

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Lead Stories

-Developing- Ontario man has Ebola-like symptoms on returning from Nigeria

-Developing- 3 bodies found in rubble after strike on Gaza mosque

-Developing- Milos Raonic ousted in Rogers Cup quarter-finals

-Developing- Us bombards ISIS targets, drops aid to Yazidis in N. Iraq

-Breaking- Obama not giving ‘particular timetable’ on strikes on ISIS

How much government accommodation can you expect because of religion or a disability?

Franklin search: Jim Balsillie, warship all part of largest effort yet to find lost ships

 

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Offbeat

10 wacky backyard inventions from China

Charlie and the Chocolate Factory gets a “creepy” new makeover    { Oddly enough, ‘creepy’ is a word I heard myself saying quite a bit in the past week, and I wondered why I suddenly picked that word to describe a multitude of things. }

Thousands of people are watching a fish play Pokemon right now   { Now, this is creepy. }

 

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“Most Viewed”

Stephen Carter, former Redford adviser, believes Albertans ‘won’t be fooled again’

{ Plus several other stories listed above in ‘lead stories’ section }

 

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“Other”

Ambulance delay slammed after B.C. Skidegate band First Nation councillor dies of heart attack

GAZA conflict: Rockets, airstrikes after Gaza war truce collapses

Supermoon Sunday will be biggest moon of 2014   { And I know several people who are looking forward to giving their new telescopes a workout this weekend. }

James Brady death ruled a homicide, 33 years after Washington shooting   { James Brady died this last Monday at the age of 73. His family said he died from a series of health issues. I can’t tell from this article whether the medical examiner believes the health issues resulted from the gunshot wound to the head 33 years ago- or was there something new involved that has been ruled a homicide? John Hinkley Jr, the shooter who tried to assassinate President Ron Reagan a few short months into Reagan’s presidency, has been described as a victim of MK-Ultra mind-washing / mind-control conditioning, and was found not guilty by reason of insanity back in 1981. -Maybe prosecutors back then were afraid he might blab something on the witness stand that would point the finger back to the brain washing?- Also, Ron Reagan’s eventual Alzheimer’s Disease has been described as a result of his being exposed to mycoplasma released in illegal C.I.A. ‘experiments’ in the 70’s in the U.S.A. One reporter said the mycoplasma is an opportunistic bacteria that will attack a person’s most vulnerable organs. And Reagan might never have been infected if he hadn’t been shot in this attack. Alleged C.I.A.  mycoplasma releases occurred in several places around the U.S.A., including very public spaces such as Times Square in New York City, and, the one case that reporters found particularly appalling, was supposed to have happened when agents supposedly released mycoplasma into the air conditioning / ventilation system of a Texas middle school. }

Indonesian girl swept away in 2004 tsunami found alive   { The girl, now 15 years old, was swept away as a 4 year old, and with her brother, hung on to a floating board for quite some time. The then 4 year old girl remembers talking to her brother and then remembers nothing until after she realized that she’d been rescued, but believed her brother was still floating around on the board somewhere. One elderly member of the family who acted as the girl’s foster family, the foster grand mother, has been taken into the home of the girl’s biological family. }

Hundreds of Iraqi women reportedly held captive by ISIS militants

Hawaii largely dodges impact of storm Iselle while awaiting Hurricane Julio   { It was reported on Coast to Coast am before tropical storm Iselle hit, that there were massive power outages all over the first island in the Hawaiian chain to be ‘targeted’ by the storm. }

Canadian dollar tumbles with huge miss in jobs data expectations    { This ‘tumble’ wasn’t that huge, the ‘looney’ dropped to a value of 91.15 cents in terms of the U$ dollar. Economist expected 20,000 new jobs to be created and only counted 200. }

Unemployment dips to 7%, most new jobs are part time   { I haven’t trusted unemployment numbers reported by mainstream media since I learned that these numbers have been ‘fudged’ by the reporting agencies within the government all along. If they report that 7% are unemployed, they mean 7% of the workforce is collecting unemployment. Those who cannot find employment and probably gave up trying are never reported, and if real numbers were reported, the figure would be more like 25%- worse than the so-called ‘Great Depression’. Conspiracy buffs have been calling this economic situation that we are still experiencing now, ‘The Great Deception’, or ‘a part of the Great Deception.’ }

Facebook Mentions celebrity app gets wide release

Mick Jagger urges Scots to vote ‘no’ to independence   { If you were a citizen of Scotland, would you pay any attention to voting advice from Mick Jagger? }

Into the Storm: Film Review

Charlotte Le Bon’s culinary trip in The Hundred-Foot Journey

Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Film Review

Readers at odds over Sask. family farm flap

Thin Gap model prompts ‘skinny-shaming’ debate

‘Push for pizza’ app delivers pizza with one click

 

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“Local” / “New Brunswick”

Justin Bourque pleads guilty to murdering 3 Moncton Mounties   { There is something about this case that didn’t feel right to me from the beginning. The ‘disturbed teenager’ posts hate messages against police officers on facebook, wanders around his neighborhood in broad daylight with several loaded firearms, shoots 5 police officers, killing 3, then calmly walks up to police with his hands up and says it’s over,  and now just calmly sits there while he’s being charged?  

Joceleyne Roy-Vienneau named New Brunswick lieutenant-governor   { She is the francophone vice-president of the Université de Moncton’s Shippagan campus. And she was picked by Prime Minister Stephen Harper? }

Apparent Stanley Cup ring discovered by 7-year-old at Tide Head

Marsh Creek tests show 99% drop in fecal bacteria count

 

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{ I might be back in a couple hours to comment and colorize these entries. ———djo——— }

Friday, August 8, 2014 – CBC News Headlines-

Friday, August 8th, 2014

Friday, 08 August, 2014.  -( 72°F / 22°C & ‘Partly Cloudy’ @ 2:15 pm in Ithaca, NY, USA )-

{ Again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories or watch the video -if there is video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———djo——— }

 

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“Lead Stories”

-Must Watch- Grumpy Cat frowns upon NYC

-Live- U.S. military action against ISIS in Iraq ‘limited in scope’ White House says

-Analysis- Ebola outbreak: it’s not the virus but Africa that’s changed

-New- Remains of Canadian MH17 victim Andrei Anghel identified

-Video- ‘Be rolling with your video camera’: CBC’s Derek Stoffel on Gaza reporting

 

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“Offbeat”

Thousands of people are watching a fish play Pokemon right now

Toddler apprehended by Secret Service at White House

Cessna plane lands on Quebec highway after engine trouble

Artist criticized for mounting iPads on tortoises

 

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“Most Viewed”

Costco crash: Ruth Burger, driver of car, charged with criminal negligence

Tim Bosma killing: Christina Noudga to be released on $100K bail

Jann Arden boycotts radio station for shortening songs

Mount Polley mine spill: Ministe says residents may get lucky break

Gaza rocket launched during CBC interview

Alzheimer’s patients often go ‘back in time’ doctor says

 

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“other”

200 jobs created in July, unemployment dips to 7%

How Justin Trudeau’s memoir is a political ‘rite of passage’

First storm in Hawaii one-two punch brings heavy rains

Tailings pond spill: What happens to effluent over time

‘Brain-like’ chip with programmable neurons made by IBM

‘If you see it, they’ll make more’: Eli Glasner on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

-must watch- Underwater wedding

-At issue- Your mid-summer political questions answered

Magna expects banner year on strengthening auto sales

China to jail British-U.S. couple in corporate corruption case

B.C.’s Tekmira gets FDA approval to fast track Ebola drug

17% of condo owners in Toronto, Vancouver bought for investment

Sunrise propane class-action lawsuit granted $23M settlement

5 tips for watching the 2014 Perseid meteor shower

Russians required to give personal ID for public Wifi access

‘I don’t think it well ever entirely be clened up’: What tailings ponds become over time

CBSA allowed religious travellers to avoid female guards

Chief Ron Giesbrecht won’t resign after $1M payday controversy

 

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“Local” / “New Brunswick”

Alward election ads mau need tweaking after Redford’s downfall

Attempted murder charge laid in Saint John trailer park shooting

Air Canada union takes cut of flight attendants to court

Justin Bourque trial date expected to be set today

 

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{ & I will finishing editing later-  ———djo——— } { Doug got tied up at work and never could finish with comments – jda -}

CBC Headline News – Thursday, August 7, 2014

Thursday, August 7th, 2014

Thursday, August 7th, 2014.  -( 59°F / 15°C & ‘Partly Cloudy’ @ 8:15 am in Ithaca, NY, USA )-

{ Again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories or watch the video -if there is video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———djo——— }

 

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Lead Stories

-Updated- Russia bans food imports from Canada

What’s behind Lake Erie’s algae explosion

-Analysis- The who-you-know ethics around treating Ebola: Kelly Crowe

Ditch the teaspoon when dosing meds to kids, doctors advise parents after errors

 

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Offbeat

Ex-Apple employee Sam Sung auctions off business card for charity

Saskatoon business makes Canada’s largest baseball hat

Cigarette butts can provide green energy, study claims

‘People need to check their facts,’ Don Cherry says of house auction mix-up   { Don Cherry is an extremely well known and quite opinionated man who announces and analyses a lot of hockey games and wears wild and crazy clothing while doing that. }

 

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Most Viewed

Harper government’s legal setbacks suggest strategy of confrontation   { / Harper government steers for a deliberate collision with the courts  — The issue here is ‘Does Stephen Harper and his hand picked team of attack dogs and yes men believe they have a right to force their agenda on Canada via an end run around the Canadian Constitution and the Rights and Privileges of Canadian Citizens?’ (( <— My words, after listening to a few of my favourite Canadians complaining about their Prime Minister. )) A judge struck down a section of a ‘tough on crime’ bill that may have been an attempt to shift the cost of services to victims from government coffers to those convicted of crimes. If the courts were 100% above board and everybody convicted of a crime was actually guilty, I would not have a problem here. Way too many convictions have been overturned by DNA evidence and findings that ‘Expert Witnesses’ were a whole lot less than 100% honest or a whole lot less than 100% correct in the conclusions they had jumped to. One Canadian doctor’s erroneous diagnosis of abuse or neglect in cases of sudden infant deaths had their court system re-investigating hundreds of cases a couple years ago. And Canadians are a lot more honest and ‘nice’ than most other citizens of this world. }

Oscar Pistorius lied repeatedly, prosecutor says in closing argument  /  Oscar Pistorius ‘one of the worst witnesses ever encountered’   { Would it be unethical for a news gathering individual to admit that I don’t trust prosecutors? }

Are sanctions on Russia beginning to bite?   { As reported yesterday, we have reason to believe that we’re only getting half of this story. When a Libertarian reports that he believes that Vladimir Putin has the ethical high ground and is defending his country against a campaign of lies and deceitful propaganda- I’m beginning to wonder what the bleep is going on here. I’m not going to commit to either side being right, myself- I’ll just report what I can. }

Justin Trudeau’s 2011 mosque visit draws fire from Steven Blaney

Elya Munro describes fearful night after being lost playing hide-and-seek   { The nine year old coached her 11-year-old cousin to ‘stay positive’ after they’d been scratched by raspberry bushes and bitten by mosquitos and the 11-year-old seemed to be more scared than the 9-year old (( I had a sense of dread reading the story yesterday. Yes, prayers help.)) }

Roma Pusuma family living in Totonto sanctuary caught in legal bind   { A family of Roma (we used to call them ‘Gypsies’) have been living in a church and claiming sanctuary there for the past 32 months, seeking asylum after they were ordered deported. In what smells to me like a trick by legal authorities, they have been subpoenaed to testify in court at the trial of their former lawyer, who has been accused of misconduct. They are afraid to leave the church. (( Why doesn’t somebody argue to have them appear in court via video? or is this a case of ‘we’re the law, we make the rules, we don’t like you, tough luck-‘? )) }

Dog poisoned in Britania Park dies, inspiring owner’s warning   { A cute as they come shih tzu ate something it found on the ground in an Ottawa park and died the next morning of apparent poisoning. A Vet said, “It’s very important to watch what dogs eat.” }

 

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Local” / “New Brunswick

Codiac RCMP to receive Governor General’s commendation   { Codiac Region RCMP are the ‘Mounties’ who lost 3 of their fellow officers to a ‘rampage’ by a ‘disturbed teen-ager’ a month or two ago. }

Fredericton saves aging York Arena with promise of $3M

Wastewater treatment company seeks to dump 30M litres in N.B.

Jean Léonard Teganya, alleged war criminal, arrested near Canada-U.S. border   { The man ‘-is accused of violating human rights under the Crimes Against Humanity and War Crimes Act for his role in the Rwanda genocide.’ U.S. border patrol caught him in Houlton, Maine which shares a border with Richmond Corner, N.B. -which is close to Woodstock, N.B. }

 

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Other

-Updated-  NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden gets 3-year Russian residence permit

Top 2 Khmer Rouge leaders convicted of war crimes 

Liberia declares Ebola emergency amid ’90 days of fear and suffering’

-Updated-  Mediators race against clock to extend Gaza truce

B.C. mine-waste spill could mean $1M fine for Imperial Metals

-Video-  Canadian couple detained in China ‘being well-treated,’ says son

Alberta premier calls on RCMP to investigate predecessor Alison Redford

-Video- Sand Sculptures honour music   { Portugal has one of the largest Sand Sculpture Festivals in the world, with some ‘works’ over 35 feet tall }

-Video- China quake: 88-year-old woman rescued   { She was found alive after 2 days of being trapped in rubble }

Hollywood’s slow summer eats into Cineplex profit

Chrysler on comeback trail, but doubts linger about Fiat merger   { Share holders of Fiat, the majority owner of Chrysler, voted overwhelmingly in favor of merging the two companies, moving corporate HQ to London [England?] and listing its shares on the New York Stock Exchange. Italian law allows dissenting share holders the right to cash out- Which would mean the corporation might have to shell out more than 500 million Euros- which would scuttle the merger. }

Walgreen stock hammered after it drops tax inversion plan   { Walgreen is in trouble with investors for not sleezing their Headquarters out of the U.S.A. in favor of a country that would allow it to keep more of its profits and/or get away with not paying U.S. taxes on as much as they can get away with. What do you suppose would happen if households all declared themselves to be corporations and moved their financial headquarters to tax shelters overseas? }

First Nations Transparency Act holdouts given 120 days to post financial data  { ‘The federal government says First Nations bands have until the end of November to comply with new transparency rules that came into effect last week or risk losing government funding.’ The government wants Chiefs and tribal councils to let everyone know where their money comes from, where it goes and how much of it comes to them and who gets how much of that. {{ Again, if you believe Walter Burien of   CAFR1.com   Almost no federal, state, or municipal government in the U.S. or any of its allies have told the truth about its finances since the end of World War II. Taxes are less than one third of most government’s income and that’s all they the income they admit to. Governments could stop collecting taxes right now and deliver more and better services, but they will not voluntarily do that. }} Canadian Government officials keep hammering on the Tribal Chief out west who received an $800,000.00 bonus for his part in a land sale. I remember hearing about former Prime Ministers and other government officials caught with their hands in cookie jars more to the tune of Millions of dollars. Turn the bloody microscope on the accusers. }

 

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{ After real life interruptions and research and proofreading, ready to click the ‘Publish’ button at 10:53 am }

Wednesday, August 06, 2014 – CBC News Headlines –

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014

Wednesday, August 6th, 2014.  -( 68°F / 20°C & Hazy @ 10:00 am in Ithaca, NY, USA )-

{ Again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories or watch the video -if there is video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———djo——— }

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Developing

Russian hackers steal 1.2 billion passwords   { Russian Hackers have stolen 1.2 billion user names and passwords in a series of internet heists affecting 420,000 websites, according to a report published Tuesday. The New York Times based its story on the findings of Hold Security, a Milwaukee firm that has a history of uncovering online security breaches }

Tycoon can sue Google over defamatory autocomplete suggestions

‘Capturing that multifaceted woman’: Olivia Wilde’s breastfeeding photo shoot   { There’s a thumbnail with the link of a pleasant looking woman feeding her baby }

Local state of emergency declared after B.C. tailings pond wall collapse   { This story had several links and a bit of history linked with them yesterday }

Updated

Ex-Alberta premier Alison Redford resigns as member of legislature

Rosetta spacecraft makes historic rendez-vous with comet   { ‘9:42 am’ the European Union’s comet-chasing spacecraft reached its destination }

Toronto doctors remove teen’s tumor without radiation or surgery   { They used ultrasound }

 

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Offbeat

Adelle and Ryan MacDonald say ‘I do’ on Gros Morne Mountain   { Gros Morne Mountain is the second highest peak on the island of Newfoundland. The couple and 35 friends and relatives hiked 4.5 hours in 27 degree [ that would be about 81°F ] heat ‘with no air conditioners’ to reach the summit, 800 metres above sea level for the ceremony on Saturday morning. }

Woman crashes into firehouse with python wrapped around her neck   { The New York woman was charged with reckless driving and larceny, accused of stealing the snake from a nearby store before she crashed }

Author slams Kardashians as ‘evil’ after 11-year-old loses $120 to Kim’s iPhone game   { A ‘New York Times best-selling author’ used the words “vile scumbag Kardashian pigs” on Twitter and facebook in an attempt to warn parents that her 11-year-old son had spent $120.00 in 2 days without realizing it. }

 

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Ukraine crisis: Russia could be poised to invade, NATO says   { Yesterday we reported that prophecy expert John Hogue, a frequent guest on Coast to Coast a.m. -radio talk show, had blasted reportage of the Ukraine crisis saying we’re hearing only the half of the story that some manipulative so and so’s want us to hear. He believes that Vladmir Putin is acting a whole lot more reasonably than president Obama and western media are. He also said that there could be a nuclear war in about 3 years that could wipe out nearly all U.S. citizens and residents, and that it would be the fault of U.S. politicians and media whose mind set is stuck believing that the realities that rang true 40 years ago still apply today. I remember stories in the sixties where ill equipped Moroccan horsemen demonstrated their skills on horseback, believing they would have no problem pushing Israelis into the sea. I don’t think those horsemen ever got to Israel to test their theories against really big tanks – or to test their hundred year old rifles against Uzi’s. But I think that’s a decent parallel here.  }

Don Cherry takes to Twitter to vent about house auction mix-up

Australian commuters tip over train to free fellow passenger   { There’s video with this }

2 passenger jets diverted to Halifax airport after emergencies on board   { A United Airlines flight from Newark, New Jersey to Brussels, Belgium with 233 passengers aboard a Boeing 777, was diverted to Halifax after a small fire in the rear of the plane was dealt with quickly, but had filled the plane with smoke. About 2 minutes after the United Airlines jet landed, an Air Canada flight from Montreal, heading for Frankfurt, Germany with 165 passengers aboard a Boeing 767, landed due to a medical emergency. }

Susan Fennell, Brampton mayor, broke spending rules 265 times, audit says

 

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Other

Samsung, Apple agree to drop patent lawsuits outside U.S.

Buddha tattoos get Canadian teacher kicked out of Burma   { Burma [ now known as Myanmar ] is experiencing strife between Buddhists and Muslims. The Canadian, who teaches English in Hong Kong, and his girl friend were kicked out of Myanmar/Burma after a local person photographed the tattoos on his legs and posted them on Facebook. }

Japanese scientist embroiled in stem cell scandal found dead   { A Japanese scientist who co-authored high profile research papers which contained falsified results died Tuesday in an apparent suicide }

Green Party president resigns amid controversy over Gaza comments  { Paul Estrin, president of the Green Party of Canada, had posted in a blog that he supported Israel in its military action against Hamas in Gaza. The Green Party’s official policy is one of “engaged neutrality” that calls for both sides to cease hostilities. [ Canadians are sticklers for not appearing to have conflict of interest issues. Government employees can be fired for posting political banners on their private property during elections. This was meant to keep Politicians from forcing federal employees to campaign for them, but it’s been used in ways that we would call violations of free speech down here in the U.S. }

‘No deal’ without removing Gaza blockade, Palestinian delegation says

Fox drops $76B hostile bid for Time Warner

Canada-EU free trade deal clears major hurdle with agreement on final text

Readers decry Wal-Mart’s ‘puritanical’ attitude toward photos   { Yesterday’s story revealed a photo of a baby, wearing pants or pajamas, who was sitting on the floor with what might have been an empty beer bottle in her hands }

Readers say ‘no, thanks’ to Canadian World Cup bid

 

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Video

Take a tour of the Enola Gay, the U.S. plane that bombed Hiroshima   { The pilot of this aircraft, which dropped the bomb on Hiroshima on August 6th, 1945, was institutionalized due to the trauma he suffered after he flew that mission. }

Bovine trombone serenade   { ‘A farmer performs Lorde’s hit Royals for his cows in Flint Hills, Kansas’ }

 

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Local” / “New Brunswick”

Acadian congress celebrates history across 3 borders

Moncton illegal heavy oil dumb cost city over $54k

Endangered right whales to be tracked using autonomous gliders   { Robotic ‘gliders’ can follow the whales around. }

Eel Ground man dead after car crash   { a 20-year-old man who, according to RCMP officers, ‘was ‘not wearing a seat belt’ died in a car that went into a ditch in the Eel Ground First Nation. The driver and two other passengers survived. }

 

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{ Ready to push the ‘Publish’ button @ 12:14 pm Eastern Time ———djo——— }

Tuesday, August 05, 2014. CBC News Headlines

Tuesday, August 5th, 2014

Tuesday, August 5th, 2014.  -( 76°F / 24°C & Clear @ 10:30 am in Ithaca, NY, USA )-

{ Again, these are not links. If you want to read these stories or watch the video -if there is video- go to CBC dot CA/news. —Thanks. ———djo——— }

 

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“Updated”

Qatar Airways Flight QR23 passenger arrested over alleged hoax bomb threat   { A man was arrested on suspicion of making a hoax bomb threat, following a warning to the pilot of a possible device on the aircraft. }

Son of Canadians accused of stealing China secrets to be questioned   { A Canadian husband and wife who live in Dandong, China are being invesigated for suspected theft of military and intelligence information. Their son sent email to CBC news saying that he had received a call from the State Security Bureau asking him to come in for questioning.  There is a related story, “Chinese cyberattack hits Canada’s National Research Council” I remember this older story hitting the airwaves not long before we started trying to post these daily headlines here.  (( not knowing any real details at the moment, this one feels like the Chinese might have charged random Canadian citizens with spying in retaliation for Canadians charging them with ‘cyber spying’/cyber attacks. Just a feeling at the moment. )) }

Newfoundland mom upset Wal-Mart withheld ‘inappropriate’ baby photos   { A mother in central Newfoundland says she was surprised and upset when a Wal-Mart employee informed her that she couldn’t collect her photos because they were flagged as ‘inappropriate’ by a processing technician.  In the full story, one photo that was withheld shows a shirtless baby with pants or pajamas covering its bum, sitting on a floor holding what might be a beer bottle  in front of her (can’t read the label). Two related stories are posted here, “Minimum Wage Wars: Wal-Mart Canada” & “Wal-Mart employee fired after reporting dog in hot truck“. (( Wal-Mart Canada seems to be a little more careful about doing things that generate bad publicity than Wal-Mart in the USA. Canadians hear the rumours that Wal-Mart supervisors and Managers order employees to punch off the clock and get back to work and tell me, ‘Maybe that’s just one or two supervisors in one or two stores in the states, they couldn’t be like that up here-‘ but then Wal-Mart Canada just lost a huge lawsuit and have been ordered to pay quite a bit for closing down a store in Quebec after its employees voted to become unionized. )) (( &  Canadians might be more vigilant in defending their privacy rights than most U.S. citizens )) }

Firefighter’s family links suicide to PTSD, files for workers’ compensation   { The firefighter was never officially diagnosed with PTSD. This happened in Edmonton, Alberta,where  an Alberta law was passed in 2012 that says first responders diagnosed with PTSD do not have to prove that the condition was job related to get workers’ compensation. His family members believe that an incident he responded to in which ‘a little guy drowned’ at a public swimming pool was a turning point and may have led directly to his suicide. The article also mentions the ‘John Wayne syndrome- those who help people won’t ask for help when they need it themselves.’ }

 

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“Offbeat”

Big Bang Theory stars to get big bucks, $1M an episode for 3 years: reports

Pregnant squirrel trashes Montreal home and gives birth in sewing basket   { Sounds like a future Hollywood movie / Box Office Smash to me. }

Selfie, dubstep, bromance: Scrabble dictionary to get 5,000 new words

$500 charge for negative reviews doled out by New York hotel   { The hotel in Hudson, NY- has a policy of charging guests who post a negative review online after staying there a $500.00 fine (U$) A link to the hotel’s web site is posted inside this article. }

 

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“Most Viewed”

Burlington flood: 2 months worth of rain falls within hours

Girls, 9 and 10, missing from Aird Lake cottage overnight   { They were playing hide and seek. Aird Lake is in Eastern Ontario. — Still missing at noon Eastern Time, after about 16 hours. }

Mount Polley Mine tailings pond breach called environmental disaster   { The accompanying photo looks like a breach in a levee around a HUGE pond with discoloured water and a moonscape inside the pond area. This is in British Columbia, and there is a complete ban on water consumption, swimming or cooking with water from taken here. Google Maps doesn’t know where this is, they want me to click on their suggestions for something in Utah, or a ‘Visit British Columbia’ link. }

Mount Polley Mine tailings pond breach: helicopter flyover

Velella velella turn Tofino, B.C. shore into a sea of blue   { Velella velella are ‘jelly fish like’ creatures- looks like thousands of them washed up on beaches in Tofino, B.C. }

 

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“Other” { <— my distinction }

Temporary Israel-Hamas truce allows for Gaza blockade talks

1 killed and 17 injured in South African Earth Quake   { The magnitude 5.3 quake was centered in Orkney, 170 kilometers southwest of Johannesburg. The man who died was killed when the wall of a disused mining building fell on him. }

730,000 have left Ukraine for Russia to escape fighting, UN says   { And Last night on Coast to Coast am, guest  John Hogue, an expert on Nostradamus and who has a very good record of predicting future events himself , said he believes the Ukrainians might have shot down the Malaysian passenger jet (by accident) but he doesn’t believe the news we’re getting from that area is factual. He said the fighting that disrupted the experts investigation was instigated by Ukrainians. }

Want to join rebel armies in foreign wars? In Canada, there’s little stopping you  { I haven’t read the full story, but- On first impressions = This headline bothers me a bit, after September 11, 2001, I heard a lot of Canadians complaining that, “Blame Canada-” was becoming a phrase they were mocking by repeating it in a sarcastic tone of voice. U.S. citizens and officials have a habit of pointing fingers at ‘outsiders’ rather than trying to own up to or even fix any problems themselves. }

 

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“Local / New Brunswick”  { If you want local news from a different locality, go to the web site and make like you’re in whatever locality you want to read about. }

Millville fire service restored after arson destroyed station

Roch Voisine headlines 2014 Order of New Brunswick class   { Roch Voisine is an Edmunston, N.B. born music star, he wrote the 2014 Canadian Olympic team anthem, Living out my dreams. The Order of New Brunswick inductees ‘represent the best of our province’ says the provincial Premier, David Alward. This year’s inductees include doctors, lawyers, community activists and volunteers. }

Horse racing industry criticizes lack of provincial help  

Tropical storm Bertha to mostly miss Atlantic Canada

 

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{ It’s a busy morning for news. Articles chosen, now proofreading at 12:30 pm }

{ ready to click the ‘Publish’ button at 12:56 pm }

———djo———