Prime Minister Mark Carney has lead Canadian through the storm of discontent and the country is more united and strong than ever. I congratulate all Canadians today to bring about change that will ensue a future for their children and grandchildren. It must feel great to be a Canadian today.
The Revolt and The Revolting
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Tuesday, October 20, 2026
Monday, October 19, 2026
France treats all it's people as citizens.
President Trump and Vice President Vance (click here) are placing the blame on immigration for the riots in France that grew violent over the weekend.
“The migrants have taken over France,” Trump wrote Monday morning on Truth Social. “They must CLOSE THE BORDERS, FAST!”....
September 10, 2024
It was a topic that seemed destined for a full-throated argument (click here) during Tuesday night’s debate: race.
Moderator David Muir asked Donald Trump about his controversial comments about Vice President Kamala Harris in July, when he said at a National Assn. of Black Journalists convention that he did not “know she was Black until a number of years ago, when she happened to turn Black. ... So I don’t know, is she Indian or is she Black?”
The remarks drew outrage at the time, and in response to hearing them repeated by Muir, Trump said, “I don’t care what she is. ... Whatever she wants to be is OK with me.” Yet he raised the issue again, saying that he had read that she was not Black and then, later, that she was Black....
What is the difference between Trump’s administration and a law abiding citizen?
Of course, money.
But.
There is more. Why reward Republicans with continued power over the people of this country when they obviously are not interested in law abiding citizens?
A corrupted politician has to first be corruptible.
Texas Paul, “They aren’t like us.”
I probably told this story before. We lived in an apartment in Manville, New Jersey. My father came from a family where his father became a councilman for his district in Olyphant, Pennsylvania after my father bought the house on East Scott Street. My parents became involved with the local Democratic Party. My father would eventually be asked to serve on the zoning board for the city.
As time went by and the city was developing a request came before the zoning board to allow a piece of land next to the railroad tracks with frontage on Main Street to be zoned commercial rather than railroad right of way. The land was in an ackwsrd place in that Main Street took a turn downhill and under the railroad underpass.
After a second hearing where the architectural plans were presented there would be a vote at the next meeting . My father had no intention except to do what was right, not necessarily profitable. He understood safety and traffic patterns and checked with the city’s attorney about the right of way. It was a maintenance right of way with responsibility to maintain the under pass of Main Street.
As my father arrived to the next meeting he was approached by two people for those that wanted to purchase the property. They asked what his vote would be and he said, no. He explained why and how the plans presented lacked real world issues. One of the people offered him a house his company was building. He said he understood the family lived in an apartment. He asked my father to delay the vote until he could make arrangements for the title to the house and property. There was no other witness except the other person affiliated with the person presenting the bribe.
According to what I understand my father smiled, shook his hand for being so bold, and stated, “I am going into the meeting. I have already discussed the vote tonight with other members of the zoning board. We researched the possibility together. I already know how this is going to go and there was a possibility you could try to meet our expectations with changes to your plans. Now, however, I have no intention of ever allowing any construction on that property and if any other member of the board has changed their minds I will demand an investigation as to why.” He turned and walked into the building that housed the city government and police station. The only building in town with a big antenna on the roof.
A person involved with governance has to be truthful and loyal to their oath. It is called morality and ethics. It is invisible and politicians lie because it is.
Oh, the happy ending.
My parents would eventually purchase a home of their choice about a block away from the elementary school; 103 Onka Street, Manville, New Jersey. My father thought as long as he had an unattached garage it was perfect. They purchased it with the help of the GI Bill.
Sunday, October 18, 2026
President Zelensky is an American hero.
Russia is AGAIN interfering with USA elections. The American people should be grateful for the Ukrainian democracy and the incredibly brave people President Zelensky leads. The actions of the Ukrainian military cannot be questioned. They need to support of the Free World in providing whatever munitions they want to purchase.
It REALLY had to be done…
All of a sudden, social media got a LOT more friendly and traffic to right-wing sites dropped DRAMATICALLY after Ukraine blew up the Yandex data centers that powers Russia’s internet.
It turns out all of the bots that push disinformation and hate on social media depend on Russian internet to function – and they’re all silent now.
Speaking at the Warsaw Security Forum, the President of Ukraine took a victory lap and a shot across the bow at Trump and Elon Musk, who suddenly have found their social media posts are MUCH less popular than they were before.
“When we started responding to Russia’s operation against our data centers, and when our strikes reached Yandex’s data centers, it suddenly became a little easier to breathe on many social media platforms. A lot of people noticed it. There was less hate, less division, and fewer provocations.”
“Because there were fewer bots. And it’s pretty clear where those bots were coming from – if they disappeared when Yandex went offline. This proves, again and again, that Europe is not the source of the problems. Europe is not the one making everything more difficult.”
“Most importantly, we need people in America, every morning, when the day in Europe is already moving toward evening, to really see what is happening. To see the truth.”
The best part? Yandex has announced they won’t be able to repair the centers until 2028 due to chip shortages.
Ukraine has done a massive favor to the entire world by blowing up those data centers. Without the millions of bots pushing right-wing propaganda and hate speech left and right, maybe some kind of decency can be restored to our social media sites – and the flow of MAGA lies will come to a halt.
Thank you, President Zelensky! Slava Ukraine!
President Zelensky had to rip the bandage off sometime.
No IDF to protect the foreign dignitaries , no investigation, and no arrests.
By Feliz Solomon
Masked Israeli settlers (click here) attacked a group of European diplomats in the West Bank on Saturday, part of a pattern of escalating violence in the occupied territory that is straining Israel’s relations with the West.
Israel’s military and Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar condemned the attack in Taybeh, a predominantly Christian village that has frequently been targeted by settlers, in statements that blamed Israeli rioters. Israeli authorities said a police investigation is under way....
Saturday, October 17, 2026
The demonstrators in France are correct.
These are the people being killed by Putin. People at a flea market.
By Cyril Widdershoven
NABEP (click here) is deploying 11 workover rigs and two drilling rigs to accelerate Venezuela's oil production recovery.
Production has surged to 200,000 bpd, according to NABEP, with independent Rystad Energy estimates supporting the latest output figure.
NABEP targets over 1 million bpd, with a proposed $100 billion investment program aimed at reviving Venezuela's vast oil reserves....
Donald Trump blocked numerous sanctions (click here) on Russia two days before they were due to take effect, as a row with his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky deepens.
The sanctions were passed by the Congress and signed into law the president in September.
But Trump issued an executive order Friday night saying that suspending some was in the US national interest, prompting a backlash from US lawmakers. Zelensky said it was unfortunate the US has decided to "completely disregard" the sanctions.
Relations between Washington and Kyiv frayed after the US struck a controversial deal to import Russian diesel last week. Ukraine has accused the Trump administration of withdrawing key military support.
Trump and Zelensky have exchanged sharp words about one another. Ukraine's president declared it was nice to be among "real leaders" while addressing an EU summit, after Trump said Zelensky was "more difficult to deal with" than Russian President Vladimir Putin.
How is a flu vaccine developed?
The developers of the flu vaccine use past virus to determine the composition of today's virus.
The flu vaccine isn't just thunk up and manufactured for the purpose of allowing danger to those that need it the most. Past vaccine are combined with some statistical analysis to combine the virus RNA to provide coverage stimulation of the healthy immune system to bring about antibodies that will be needed when and if anyone is exposed to this year's virus.
Introduction to flu virus (click here)
There is always a chance the virus will manifest in a way that is uncharacteristic to the RNA used in the vaccine. Evidently, this year is one of those years. There are virus known to be dangerous like the avian flu, or the swine flu so there is plenty of proof the flu virus is not static. It changes.
The 1918 influenza pandemic (click here) was the most severe pandemic in recent history. It was caused by an H1N1 virus with genes of avian origin. Although there is not universal consensus regarding where the virus originated, it spread worldwide during 1918-1919.It is estimated that about 500 million people or one-third of the world’s population became infected with this virus....
National Flu Activity Map (click here)
If a person is high risk for adverse health contracting any virus or bacteria, there are always masks to wear.
But, this leads into a bigger issue, it is the fact the Trump Administration has cancelled the vaccines for bird flu. Chickens and turkeys and the like.
To introduce my concern is this article from the lands down under.
17 May 2025...Virus Ecologist Dr Michelle Wille (click here) said the impacts on the animals before death are shocking.
“It’s really targeting the brains of these animals,” she said.
“Animals are having neurological [symptoms], and that’s not just the marine mammals like the elephant seals, that’s the birds too,” she explained....
Imagine that. History being important. And, in all places Washington, DC.
By Jonathan J. Cooper
President Donald Trump’s (click here) plan to paint a 19th-century historic landmark building next to the White House would diminish the historic character of the White House complex, the Trump administration concluded in a draft environmental assessment published Friday.
Trump has suggested the massive Eisenhower Executive Office Building be painted as part of his push to remake and beautify the nation’s capital. The plan, estimated to cost at least $7.5 million, has alarmed preservationists, architects, historians and others who argue that granite is not meant to be painted and that paint would trap moisture and degrade the stone.
Trump last year said the building’s gray exterior is a “really bad color.”
The building’s architect, Alfred B. Mullet, hand-selected the construction materials, which “are central to the building’s historic character and original design intent,” the environmental assessment concluded....
We can use the money more productively than this.
A press secretary has to know what to do when entering that room.
There are propaganda outlets that like to call themselves "infotainmnet" with little interest in the truth so much as politics. Politics is their power base.
Regardless of whether the journalists are there to actually engage the truth or fantasy they are bright people. If a press secretary tries to feel her way through this crowd, it will not go well.
The appointment of Zacharia is unfortunate, but, it is not out of line with other Trump choices. He has allowed people to have full exposure to the government without first securing the country. Trump, in his insane pursuit of exonerating himself of any wrong doing in the past has caused a great deal of damage to the country and the freedom of the press. Placing an unqualified Press Secretary at the podium is as good as propaganda which robs the American people of their government. Such lack of expertise in the Press Secretary is a facade that allows deception and hidden agendas.
The press has every right to demand a Press Secretary that knows the job and delivers information vital to the country.
Journalists are not stenographers regardless of the fact Trump would rather it that way. Journalists are the front lines.
Don't let them get away with it. Fine tune the law to make it escape proof for the time they resided there.
By Matt Durot
California voters are set to determine the fate of California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax (click here) in November. But some of the state’s wealthiest people aren’t taking any chances and have already moved out of state, starting with its two wealthiest people, Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin. According to their representatives, Page (estimated fortune: $288 billion) and Brin ($265 billion) are now residents of Florida and Nevada, respectively. Though Forbes was unable to find updated voter registrations or declarations of domicile documenting their moves and their spokespeople declined to provide any proof, Brin and Page both recently bought houses out of state as they made their frustration with the tax known....
The hysteria is Islamophobia.
JCRC stands for the Jewish Community Relations Council. It represents a network of locally based Jewish public affairs and advocacy organizations across the United States. Operating as the public policy and community relations arm of the organized Jewish community, each local JCRC acts as a unified voice to engage with broader civic, political, and faith-based groups.
Core Mission & Focus Areas
While individual councils focus on their respective regions, most JCRCs operate across four core pillars:Combatting Antisemitism: Partnering with civic leaders and educators to address bias, hate crimes, and anti-Jewish sentiment in public, academic, and digital spaces.
Government Relations & Advocacy: Lobbying local, state, and federal lawmakers to influence public policy, secure community security funding, and champion social justice initiatives.
Intergroup & Interfaith Relations: Building bridges with other cultural, racial, and religious communities (such as Black, Hindu, Muslim, and Christian organizations) to foster dialogue and collaborative action.
Israel Engagement: Advocating for a safe and secure Israel, and organizing educational seminars or goodwill missions for government and community leaders.
Friday, October 16, 2026
Trump pulled the plug on "Starshield" while Bessent was writing the permit for Russia.
By Lim Hui Jie
SpaceX founder and CEO Elon Musk (click here) said Wednesday that the U.S. government and President Donald Trump are responsible for any curbs on Ukraine's military-grade Starlink network.
Writing on X, Musk said that "Starshield systems are owned and controlled by the U.S. government. Any limits on speed or usage are decided by the US military and ultimately POTUS."...
The USA government executive branch cannot unilaterally end legislation.
The operative legal instrument behind the diesel deal is General License No. 135 (illegal permit click here), which the Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) issued on Oct. 9, shortly after Trump’s Truth Social post. It exempts “all transactions … related to the sale, delivery, offloading, or importation, including importation into the United States[,]” from two long-standing sets of Russia-related U.S. economic sanctions: the Russian Harmful Foreign Activities Sanctions Regulations codified at 31 C.F.R. part 587, which were promulgated around the 2022 invasion of Ukraine; and the Ukraine-/Russia-Related Sanctions Regulations codified at 31 C.F.R. part 589, which were promulgated following Russia’s 2014 occupation of Crimea. Both are the products of executive orders issued by Trump and his White House predecessors, using the authority the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) provides to the president....
The emergency order Trump rolled out August 26, 2026 had to do with increasing the domestic production of infrastructure responsible for producing electricity. If Bessent is using this as an excuse to produce a permit than it is very illegal, because the executive order specifically attacks any and all equipment imported from foreign countries that can contain, basically spy capacity. So, the idea Trump is actually importing Russian oil is contrary to his own policies.
Trump cannot undo legislation that prohibits business with our enemies. Someone needs to brief Donald about the FACT Russia is the enemy of the USA. Russia was warned in 2014 if it continued to plague Ukraine with incursions and invasions there would be consequences. THAT IS POLICY. It is policy that removed Russia from the G8. There are treaties Bessent is in violation of in issuing permits to USA enemies. He cannot simply take orders unilaterally from Trump and be his "yes, man" no matter how much he desires it.
Executive Order 14421 (click here)Whereas, following calls from the United States Government to increase defense spending among European Allies, the Hague Summit is expected to revise NATO Allies’ defense spending pledge from 2 percent of each country's gross domestic product that was agreed to through the 2014 Wales Summit Declaration, to a reported target of 5 percent of each country's gross domestic product, which includes a commitment to spend 1.5 percent of each country's gross domestic product on investments in defense-related infrastructure and capabilities;
Whereas Article 10 of the North Atlantic Treaty, done at Washington April 4, 1949—
(1) establishes NATO’s open-door policy; and
(2) permits the admission of any European country whose government is willing and able to contribute to the security of the North Atlantic area and assume the requirements and responsibilities of membership;...
Nothing new, except the vehicle involved.
The technology is not new (click here). The only difference between this and an oil rig or any other drilling ship is the weight. There is no genius here. Just, sensationalism. Just more of the Musk Circus.
Musk is always conducting some sort of outrageous maneuver that hasn't been done before, like destroying the American government.
WITH OUR TAX DOLLARS.
October 16, 2026By Brian Brant
Ashley St. Clair (click here) is opening up in a new documentary about how she entered Elon Musk’s orbit — and the child custody battle that followed after she gave birth to their son.
“It’s very difficult to see the architecture that’s Elon’s world when you’re dropped in,” St. Clair, a 28-year-old former conservative influencer, says in Alex Gibney’s Musk, which was released in theaters nationwide on Friday, Oct. 16.
“You see just enough that you think you’re seeing the whole picture,” St. Clair says, “and you don’t ask any other questions.”
Musk’s ex is one of the more prominent voices featured in the roughly four-hour documentary....
It’s now been half a decade (click here) since SpaceX turned heads around the world with its decision to launch Elon Musk’s personal Tesla roadster into outer space, sending the car on an endless journey into the cosmic wilderness where it’s expected to remain for millennia to come.
As of Monday, February 6, the cherry-colored sports car has officially been in space for exactly five years.
At the time of its anniversary, data estimates show that it had completed about three and one quarter loops around the sun and was positioned about 203 million miles (327 million kilometers) from Earth, according to the tracking website whereisroadster.com.
The roadster has logged more than 2.5 billion miles in space (4 billion kilometers), mostly through a barren vacuum. Though, in 2020, the vehicle made its first close approach to Mars, passing within 5 million miles of the planet, or about 20 times the distance between the Earth and the moon....
Trump's rantings and bozo orders only distract from the White Supremacist recruitment of our young sons.
By Clayton Franke, Dallas Finn Calvert, Nicole Vulcan and Peter Madsen
Police responded to an active shooter at Silver Rail Elementary (click here) in southeast Bend, according to an alert police sent out Thursday afternoon.
Five people are dead, including three children, a teacher and the 16-year-old male shooter, according to Mike Krantz, Bend Police chief, who spoke at a 5:30 pm press conference Thursday at Bend City Hall. The three children killed were ages 5, 8 and 11.
Crisis counselors will be available to the public Deschutes Central Library on Friday, beginning at 9 am....







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