Monday, 04 August, 2014. -( 77°F / 25°C W/Scattered Clouds @ 1:30 pm in Ithaca, NY )-

{ 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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“Offbeat”

Whistler man wants Sea-to-Sky to become a musical highway   { There are musical notes painted in the driving lanes of highway shown }

 

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“Developing”

Europe marks 100 years since start of World War I   { There are several stories related to World War One }

Palestinian officials accuse Israel of of breaking ceasefire

Toledo lifts water ban after tests find no toxins

Death toll tops 390 after large earthquake in south China

 

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“Other lead stories: “

What happened after the Arab Spring? An update on 6 big uprisings

Planes can be hacked via inflight WiFi, researcher says   { & there are two related stories stating that Ottawa and the U.S. have lifted restrictions on use of electronic devices aboard passenger flights, starting with last November. Sounds like the bad guys want to keep people off center and scared to death. }

American Idol contestant Michael Johns dead at 35   { The Australian Singer was on American Idol in 2008 and voted off in the 8th round. He released an album in 2009. Cause of death was not released. }

 

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“Most Viewed”

Rescue of cat with head stuck in bird feeder being sabotaged   { An orange and white cat -mostly orange, white belly and forelegs- named Butterscotch, has been running around somewhere in Manitoba for a week with a bird feeder stuck on its head. The cat can see out of one eye and runs away from helpful people who are trying to save it. Rescuers complain that a man in the neighbourhood claps his hands and shines lights to scare the cat away when the rescuers come close. }

California mudslides: Thousands stranded after mountain roads blocked

Canada’s last airworthy Lancaster to leave for U.K. tour.   { Lancaster Bombers were used in World War Two- I got them confused with B-17’s – but no, they’re different. }

 

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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. }

Biologists descent on Grand Lake for BioBlitz   { They want to count slime moulds , snails, frogs, fish and other species. }

Job security a dark cloud over Filipino gathering   { The Filipino Association of N.B. had a gathering of more than 200 Flipinos from across the Maritimes, but their celebrations were marred by concerns about the temporary foreign worker program.  — Some employers have abused the system and held foreign workers in virtual slavery. But the kind of abuse that most people are really angry about is when many employers, some of them big time employers of fast food chains, hire foreign workers on a temporary basis and claim there are no full time jobs for Canadians. Smaller employers say they can’t get Canadians to do the jobs these temporary foreign workers are happy to do. It looks like one faction inside the federal government wants to throw the baby out with the bathwater, more or less. }

Tropical storm Bertha could bring heavy rain to Nova Scotia.  { The southern part of Nova Scotia connects with New Brunswick, I didn’t know that until recently, I thought all of Nova Scotia was two islands close to the mainland. }

 

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{ Today was a quickie after a long night at work, it’s 3:25 pm here and I’m almost ready to hit the “Publish’ button }

———djo———

Sunday, August 3, 2014. -( 72°F / 22°C & Overcast in Ithaca, NT @ 10:30 am )-

{{ I’m late again getting to this, (by my own standards) so let me jump right into it ———djo———}}

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“Developing”

Strong earthquake kills dozens in southwest China  { Yunnan Province, a magnitude 6.3 earthquake struck in a remote, mountainous area of this province, killing at least 150 people. A school and other buildings collapsed (Posted at CBC/news at 8:56 am Eastern Savings Time) }

“Updated”

‘There’s nowhere safe in Gaza’: Strike near UN-run school kills 10, official says

“Lead stories”

Nelson Mandela was ‘completely intolerant of dishonesty,’ says former secretary

From Tony Clement to Homer Simpson: Who #StephenHarper follows on Twitter

 

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“Offbeat”

Carousels and ferris wheels, from New York to Gaza  { This is the only new story under offbeat so far today }

 

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“Most Viewed”

Boonstock festivalgoer dies of suspected drug overdose   { The Boonstock Music Festival relocated from Gibbons, Alberta to Penticton, B.C. for its 10th year. It’s billed as a major music festival and they expect about 8,000 people to show up. }

Ebola outbreak: Kent Brantly, infected U.S. aid worker, walks into Atlanta hospital

Carribbean Carnival parade route stabbing victim in stable condition   { The Caribbean Carnival in Toronto is a HUGE event. People in the parade dance the whole route wearing costumes that often sport twenty feet wingspans and maybe fifteen feet tall headdresses. This is also a good chance for Mayor Rob Ford to get in some cute photo ops with half naked dancers. }

Newborn dies after crash in London, Ont. Costco store killed sister   { 🙁  }

Burlington Skyway crash: Cleanup begins, closure continues

 

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“Other”

Tropical Storm Bertha unleashes heavy rain, wind on Caribbean

August long weekend 2014: What’s open and what’s closed   { One Canadian told me they really needed a Holiday in August so they created one. I think Saskatchewan (( or one of the western provinces )) is calling this Holiday (( Monday, August 4th )) “Terry Fox Day” }

Kwikwetiem band councillor calls for resignation of Chief Ron Giesbrecht   { I don’t know all the details, but I’m tempted to think that this Chief must be doing a good job of people are trying to generate a huge fuss over the fact that he collected some kind of ‘$800,000.00 Bonus’ for playing an important part in an $8,000,000.00 Land sale }

Toxins from Lake Erie algae suspected of fouling Toledo, Ohio tap water

Ottawa looks to ‘protect taxpayer money’ after chief’s $1M pay   { Like I said yesterday, if politicians really wanted to ‘protect taxpayer money’ they would admit that they do not need to collect taxes, that they have defrauded every single taxpayer since world war two, and that they could stop collecting taxes and deliver much better public services if they all of a sudden had an acute attack of honesty. Again, read CAFR1 dot com ( <—– Link, & be prepared to have to read through a lot of stuff there). }

Cree actor Michelle Thrush heads to Arctic with Greenpeace

Veld, Osheaga promise good parties but few female DJs in rotation   { ‘Veld’ is a music festival in Toronto, ‘Osheaga’ is a music festival in Montreal. ‘Montreal DJ Misstress Barbara explains why there are so few women DJs on deck.’ (( I think a fellow editor/writer for this news blog told me his ex-girl friend was DJ-ing to supplement her income around the time Michael Jackson’s “Thriller” was topping the charts )) }

 

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“Must Watch” (( videos on the site ))

CBC News was there: Oka Crisis   { Oka was the site of a land dispute between Police and Mohawks in 1991 }

First World War soldiers’ art   { A rare historical collection of soldiers’ sketches and other art work was reported on last November, & is posted here as a video. “…reveals untold stories from the First World War”  There are currently a lot of reporters talking about the First World War, a couple are calling it another “Hundred Years War” }

 

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“New Brunswick”

Saint John’s 1st cruise ship of the season a ‘relief’ for tourism   { Saint John, New Brunswick often becomes confused for Saint John’s Newfoundland (( Newfoundland and Labrador are lumped together as one province, “N.L.” for short. Although “Newfies” are seen as a whole different subspecies of Canadians ((( “Holy Jumpin-” )))  Donald Sutherland is from St John, N.B.  &  Great Big Sea, the highly popular Celtic/Folk Rock band is from N.L. and its members are more likely to hang out around St John’s than St John. Confused? My job is done here… 😉 }

 

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{ Headlines chosen and a couple explanations in at 11:34 am EDST <— Do we still use that Eastern Daylight Savings Time acronym? }

{ 12:13 pm, ready to hit the “Publish” button  ———djo——— }

Friday, August 2, 2014. -(74°F / 23°C & Clear @ 10:00 am in Ithaca )-

Here are this morning’s headlines from CBC News. :  <— Link { These are not links, if you want to read the stories and/or see any video that might accompany the stories, go to the CBC.ca/news website }

 

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“Off Beat”

 

Bikini-wearing mom calls out body shaming bullies   { A 33-year-old mother of 5 went sunbathing [ doesn’t say where ] for the first time in 13 years when 2 men and 1 woman, pointed, laughed, and pretended to kick her. She posted a photo of herself on facebook. (( For perspective, she was not what I would have called ‘obese’ – I’ve seen much more ‘flab’ on young women wearing ‘middy’ blouses in a local mall.)) ((( & I’m not positive whether this happened in Canada or in the U.S. -But- We need a non lethal ray gun that will freeze bullies in the act of looking grotesque and making complete ‘arses’ of themselves.))) }

Not cool for cats: Buffalo area island dwellers say scram to abandoned felines  { Tonawanda Island in the Niagara River (an 85 acre island) – a marina owner complained that the cats were making a mess of the land ‘and even got into boats’ at his marina – ‘hundreds of abandoned cats’. A woman is ‘trapping the cats & having them spayed or neutered by vets, returning the adults to the island and putting the kittens up for adoption. }

Love at first flight: ‘Katie from Nova Scotia’ sought by Irish Romeo

School fires blogger over post about homophones, citing ‘gay agenda’     { “Timothy Torkidson was recently let go from his position as a social media specialist at the Nomen Global Language Center in Provo, Utah after writing an educational blog post called “Help with Homophones”.” (( Homophones, in case you forgot your grammar, are words that sound alike but mean different things, like flew and flu, red and read, see and sea, mail and male… )) He was fired by a school administrator for allegedly promoting “some kind of gay agenda”. }

 

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“Most viewed”

 

Reputed gang leader Ducarme Joseph fatally shot in Montreal

Missing N.B. man found dead in Alberta, closing 19-year-old case

Tory MP Eve Adams quits after bitter nomination race, cites health   { This has been followed by Canadian News outlets for some time. Eve Adams was accused of using inside influence to win a nomination from the Conservative Party of Canada. Part of the controversy behind her nomination and election stemmed from the involvement of her fiance, a former Conservative Party executive director, who, if I remember right, resigned over that controversy. I think she got the nomination and won the seat. Her ‘riding’ ( district ) was newly created in the Oakville-North Burlington area, west of Toronto, or part of the Toronto area, depending on who you listen to.  Ms Adams claims she is resigning for health reasons after falling in a slippery doorway in Ottawa. The creation of her  riding ( U.S. people would call it a district ) was at least mildly controversial with opposition politicians claiming it was created after careful research to assure the Conservative Party another representative in Parliament. There is a related story entitled, “Conservative nominations raise odds of early 2015 election” I’ll let you go to the CBC web site if you want to dig deeper into this one. }

How Marc Emery turned to marijuana activism   { One link to an interview involving Marc Emery says, “How he went from ‘Boy Wonder’ to become Canada’s “Prince of Pot”. He became an activist in 1968 and worked to help elect Pierre Trudeau to the Prime Minister’s Position (I almost wrote “Prime Ministership”) and he’s spent the past five years in U.S. Prison for trying to get marijuana use legalized. ( I believe he wants to see it legalized in both the U.S. and Canada.) He changed political party affiliations a couple times, Ran as a Libertarian Party candidate for a seat from London, Ontario. And he ran for a seat in British Columbia in 2001 as the Marijuana Party of B.C.’s president and candidate. He also helped form the Freedom Party of Ontario. ((( And I’ve spent way too much time researching this one. ))) }

Israel-Hamas conflict: Paul Hunter’s 7 days in Gaza

Burlington Skyway closed all weekend as engineers assess damage   { My friend in New Brunswick sent me photos of the crash after I posted yesterday that I couldn’t tell where the accident happened, it happened on the bridge (?) or at least in the elevated section of the highway, not on the ground, not someone slamming into a bridge support. }

Huge waves detected in Arctic waters for 1st time

‘Doug Ford is lying,’ Toronto police chief says, threatening lawsuit   { Doug Ford is the Mayor of Toronto’s brother and an elected member of the Toronto City Council. Rob Ford is Toronto’s Mayor. }

 

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“Other”

 

Peter MacKay skipping Canadian Bar Association’s annual conference   { Peter MacKay is the ‘Minister of Justice’ who has gotten in trouble for calling his ex-girlfriend a dog (after she left the Conservative Party to join the Liberals) and, more recently, some people were upset about the wording he used when he sent Holiday messages to Federal Employees (Mothers on Mothers Day and Fathers on Fathers Day). Those who were upset thought he was telling them that Fathers were more important than Mothers, that mothers were good at changing diapers and washing dishes and fathers had the responsibility of seeing that their children were properly educated and brought up right to assume a decent, productive role to contribute to the future of their country and this world. }

When Canada went to war: The story behind our involvement in WWI

China factory blast kills 68 at car parts facility

‘I could have killed him,’ Bill Clinton says of Osama bin Laden in 2001 recording   { In a recording made ‘less than 36 hours before al-Qaeda hijackers would board four airliners for attacks on the World Trade Center  and Pentagon.’ Bill Clinton said he passed on an opportunity to take Osama bin Laden “out” because the attack would have destroyed a small town called Kandahar in Afghanistan and probably killed 300 innocent civilians. [ I better bite my tongue on this one. Pilot friends tell me those hijackers could not have possibly flown those jets with such precision and there is a LOT of evidence that the hijacking was a “slight of hand” cover story meant to lead us away from the real cause of the buildings’ collapse, but have it blamed on ‘terrorists’ so evil men with a manipulative agenda could get people to voluntarily surrender their legal rights & …. ] <—> Don’t get me started. }

Ordinary Russians back Putin, Kremlin’s view of Malaysia Airlines MH17 tragedy

Why Texas Gov. Rick Perry may run again for president

Soccer goal death of Ontario teen adds to calls for tip-proof nets

More time driving increases obesity risk, study suggests

Put down that pop, junior — it could affect your memory

B.C. teachers’ strike: CBC readers slam government $40 a day per child offer

First Nations Transparency Act may do more harm than good: Hayden King

Legendary Ojibwa sniper unsung hero of WWI  { Ojibwa [ “O- jibway” ] is the name of a First Nations Tribe. WWI is that horrible mess created in 1914 that some claim led us down the road of ruin to where we are today… }

Controversial ‘Caucasians’ shirt becomes a hit on native reserves   { See photo of shirt copied and pasted from CBC article }

Pope Francis’s happiness tips resonate with CBC readers   { “Rid yourself of negative things quickly” and achieve “a healthy sense of leisure”. Looks like followers of CBC news on Twitter tweeted in favor of this message. }

Toronto teen gets over ex-boyfriend by photoshopping Beyoncé into their photos

Reggae, eh? Canadian band Magic! breaks No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100

Batman creator’s comic book collection up for auction online

World’s largest crow shark fossil surfaces in Manitoba

Amazon tribe’s 1st contact with modern civilization revealed in video

Tesla stock soars after Elon Musk pledges 100,000 cars a year

Mortgage apathy, Twitter stock soars & ‘Minuum’ taps into a trend: BUSINESS WEEK WRAP

Wind Mobile keen for investor with deep pockets

Cereal sales get soggy as breakfast tastes evolve   { I was happy to see that one huge manufacturer / packager of cereal went away from G.M.O. ingredients recently. I did see that, didn’t I? }

Polar bear wins tug of war with Nunavut man over beluga   { Nobody in their right mind would argue with a polar bear unless they were safely inside some kind of bunker or hovering 20 feet above the animal with a machine gun or grenade launcher. — A First Nations fisherman hooked a beluga whale and a swimming polar bear came along and grabbed the small whale and swam off with it. There is video. My Flash Player crashed so I don’t have to watch this. }

Ottawa looks to ‘protect taxpayer money’ after chief’s $1M pay   { If politicians want to ‘protect taxpayer money’ they should admit that they have been stealing from taxpayers all along, that they could stop collecting taxes and deliver more and better services than they currently claim are supported solely by taxpayer money. Read CAFR1 dot Com  <—- Link. }

 

 

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“New Brunswick / Local”  (( In my research this morning I discovered that more than one page had local news from different Provinces / sections of the country. Maybe I get this feed because I clicked on “New Brunswick” from a menu of areas, provinces and districts and not because of a cookie that might still be active in this browser since I was visiting up there with this laptop in tow. ))

 

2 dogs dead after horrifying off-leash attack in Fredericton

Blueberry growers feel squeezed after N.S. company gets land

N.B. auto insurance rates higher than accident prone N.L.

 

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(( With no comments or research this would have been done at 11:22 am ))

((( Not bad –  I started late, put up more headlines than usual, did not comment on everything and finished here at 12:45 pm )))

(((( Finished proofreading and everything that went with this at 1:11 pm ))))

 

———djo———

Friday, August 1st, 2014. -( 65°F / 18°C & Clear @ 9:15 am in Ithaca, New York )-

 

(( I’m a ‘USAtian’ [US citizen and resident] who likes reading and listening to Canadian (((and British, BBC, and Radio Netherlands— and–))) news to see what the ‘free world’ press is reporting these days and how they’re reporting it. ))

((& I guess I’m pretty much committed to trying to pop these headlines from the CBC up here every morning, or pretty much every morning, until further notice.))

 

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“Offbeat”

 

Plastic surgeon’s ‘fat-shaming’ muffin top billboard vandalized  { Somebody crossed over “Friends don’t let friends Muffin Top” and scrawled/painted “You’re Beautiful!” in purple paint and drew squiggles over what might be the name of the Plastic Surgeons firm. }

 

Should Costco be selling Christmas goods in July?   { “Marketing professor links early Christmas shopping to American ownership of big box stores”  In Canada, if you opened two coffee shops fairly close to each other, served identical products with the same ingredients in both and called one “Great American Donut Shop” and the other “Canada’s Best Donuts & Coffee”, my bet is the ‘Great American-‘ branded place would go bankrupt in no time flat. }

 

5 vintage fire trucks up for sale in Calgary

 

Oyster shucking world record attempted at festival

 

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“New”

 

Ottawa man faces nearly 200 international cyberbullying charges { A 42 year old man faces charges including identity fraud, defamation and criminal harassment which he allegedly aimed at 38 people in Canada, the U.S. and U.K }

 

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“Most Viewed”

 

Burlington Skyway crash: What you need to know   { The Skyway is an elevated stretch of a limited access highway above Burlington, Ontario. It’s a lot like the turnpike in New Jersey. A “Large Truck” crashed into and damaged the skyway. If you go to the web site you might find out whether the truck was on the Skyway or hit one of the supports. }

 

Burlington Skyway crash: Driver charged with impaired driving

 

Mountie who played ‘Mr Big’  upset with Nelson Hart decision   { The Canadian Supreme Court put limits on a practice that would be seen as entrapment down here in the U.S. The case they heard involved a man who allegedly murdered his two daughters and the photos of the two cute little girls were all over media articles. Apparently, the mounty (“RCMP Officer”)  who acted the part of the crime boss (and got the alleged perpetrator to brag about his alleged crime in order for the perpetrator to secure a lucrative position inside the fictitious crime family) believed he had done what needed to be done to protect law abiding citizens from criminals and other monsters. }

 

Why Republicans suing Obama is a good thing for Democrats   { “Democrats believe their base is energized by lawsuit and impeachment threat” —It’s fun to see what Canadians really think about U.S. politics. I’m surprised they let the media get away with calling citizens of the U.S. “Americans”, Canada is part of America, ya know- Canadian weather maps acknowledge the fact that there might be something besides a plain grey nothingness south of their borders. Are we really too smug to realize we’re making ‘arses’ of ourselves? }

 

B.C. chief Ron Giesbrecht’s $1M pay ‘very troubling’, minister’s office says   { The Chief of the Kwikwetiem First Nation (we call them ‘Native Americans’ does anybody ask them what they call themselves?) was paid “$914,219.” last year. The ‘very troubling’ statement came from the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs and Northern Development’s office. This is a cabinet level appointment (We call them Secretaries of whatever, Canadians call them Ministers of whatever.) The current Prime Minister and just about all of his appointees have the same party line and philosophy that believes it is perfectly correct to seize the property of a laid off worker who can’t pay his taxes (& whose 25 years with a company ((that closed down their Canadian operation and moved to some country where unions don’t stand a chance and virtual slavery in ‘employment’ is encouraged))– left him without a job and without a prayer for any kind of compensation, sometimes even without a pension ((although Canadians can get an ‘Old Age Pension’, supplemented income— for now anyway— unless the Conservatives get their way))- ), but they won’t touch corporations who thumb their noses at regulations and owe thousands of times more money in unpaid taxes and fees. }

 

Gaza conflict: Israeli soldier reportedly captured as ceasefire unravels

 

Crystal Palace closure leaves some tourists ‘pretty mad’   { The Crystal Palace Amusement Park is in Dieppe, New Brunswick. The “Cadillac Fairview Corporation” wants to open one of its “Bass Pro Shops” either on the site of the Amusement Park or beside it. The Amusement Park is scheduled to close down on September 1st. The Ramada Inn Crystal Palace Hotel and Convention Centre and the McGinnis Landing Restaurant are scheduled to close down on October 31st. The rides from the Amusement Park “have been aquired by the Maritime Fun group of companies, which includes Magic Mountain Waterpark and will soon have a new Moncton (NB) home.” (((—Sounds like it’s greedy bad guys vs innocent kids who want to go on having fun and guess who wins? But in all honesty, I do not know the whole story behind this. ))) }

 

Perseid meteor shower: Watch now to beat supermoon’s brightness  { Radio Station WPKN FM in Bridgeport, Connecticut (<— Link ) has had a volunteer programmer (the uninformed would probably call him a ‘deejay’) who has for years has dedicated part of his Friday evening program to a a segment he calls “The Skies Of Bridgeport” – When a friend who was originally from the Bridgeport area ‘turned me on’ to this program I learned how to pronouce “Perseid” properly (( persie-id )) & it’s nice to know a ‘supermoon’ event is coming. 🙂 }

 

Why Argentina’s default feels like American bullying: Don Pittis    { This article has the subtitle: “Why did courts side with hedge funds that bought up bonds supposedly restructured in 2001?” —I believe I heard something on Coast to Coast am last night that sounded like one extraordinary ‘Psychic’ believes that the ‘banksters’ are about to be blindsided out of their perceived victorious grip on the world’s resources. }

 

 

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“Other” / “More Headlines”

 

Canada Post thefts halt Lens Rentals Canada service   { The ‘current government’ ((regime?)) in Canada wants to dismantle Canada Post (their postal service) the same way the conservative Republicans in the US would like to dismantle the US Postal Service and sell off the rights to deliver mail and parcels to ‘Private Business Interests’. [ Remember that the definition of a Fascist Government is one that is in bed with Corporate Powers ((a.k.a. : “Banksters”)) ]  So I’m a bit suspicious here…. Lens Rentals Canada is a company that rents high-end camera lenses and other equipment to photographers across the country. Several of its packages that had been mailed through the Canada Post were apparently stolen out of a Canada Post facility in Mississauga, Ontario, ((In the western reaches of the ‘Greater Toronto Area’)). Lens Rental Canada has stopped taking orders and is shipping stuff that has already been ordered through Purolator, which is ‘majority owned by Canada Post’ but does not share any aspects of the Canada Post delivery network. }

 

HitchBOT takes a ‘botnap’ in Toronto during cross-Canada trek   { “HitchBot” is a cutesy creation that looks like a cross between the robot on “Lost in Space” and a muppet. A subtitle in the article says, “Experiment looks at the interaction between people and technology”  Farther down inside the article we read: “A talking robot hithiking its way across Canada is taking a rest in Toronto.” You can follow this experiment through twitter (( @hitchBOT )) }

 

Sanctions against Russia in phase 3, but is Vladimir Putin listening?  

 

Pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine discovering pros and cons of social media in war

 

Uganda anti-gay law invalidated by constitutional court

 

“Exclusive” \ Canada to clinch trade deal with EU in September

 

‘A keen patriotic desire’: Why Canadian media embraced censorship during WWI  {  “Ideas”, a long running conversational and interview program on CBC radio one, which airs at 9 pm Eastern Time weekdays recently aired a series about the rise of propaganda and censorship and traced both back to World War One efforts to control the news that was reaching the public at large by using the media as a propaganda agency/arm of the government.

 

American aid worker with Ebola to be brought to U.S. for treatment  

 

(( & There is a slide show: )) = “Taiwan city rocked by gas explosions“

 

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“Must Watch”  ((Videos waiting for web site visitor activation))

 

Dog stuck in wall   { “Firefighters, police and the Arizona Human Society work to free ‘Chip’ the dog” — Looks like a two tone brown, six month old puppy (my guess) got his head stuck through a ventilation type decorative cement block in an outside wall of mostly solid cement blocks. It has a happy looking ending. }

 

Double wingsuit jump  

 

Bavarian crop circle   { An aerial shot of a 75 meter geometric pattern that appeared in a farmer’s field next to the largest interplanetary monitoring station in Germany. }

 

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“Local”

 

Moncton puts final touches on FIFA U20 Women’s World Cup

 

Soldiers with PTSD waiting up to 6 months for help  { I do believe I know Viet Nam veterans down here who would have loved to wait only 6 months for help with issues they came home with. But- maybe it’s hopeful that somebody somewhere is taking PTSD and the nightmares of returning Armed Forces people seriously. There has been an epidemic of suicides among returning soldiers in Canada as well as the USA. In Canada, many veterans have allegedly been separated from service just before they would become eligible for extended years of benefits. }

 

2 in hospital after domestic trailer park dispute  

 

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((( I had one catestrophic systems crash and still finished earlier than yesterday- it is now 11:57 am in Ithaca. )))