An older guy retired from mil aviation maintenance to take my family trans-ocean sailing. Recently airBnB’ing in Mexico with an eye to settle somewhere not too hot, not far from the beach.
“And it’s whispered that soon if we all call the tune Then the piper will lead us to reason And a new day will dawn for those who stand long And the forests will echo with laughter”
In keeping with their embrace and transformation of The Blues, Led Zeppelin lyrics are hopeful in the face of sadness.
I am looking forward to the anxious and exciting frisson of waiting for Monday, when the Edmonton Oilers will lift “the hardest trophy to win in professional sports”, the coveted Stanley Cup, to trophy of the NHL! Meanwhile, the hopes of me and my fellow Canucks may well be dashed before the weekend barely gets started.
Well said. He definitely gave Canada a good name. He truly seemed to give every role his best effort. He will be remembered fondly.
But we ARE under siege by immigrant cultures. Islamic values that are displayed every day in every city in Canada are not compatible with the Western Christian values I was raised on. I don’t have to be a genius to recognize that multiculturalism means my culture becomes less impactful and important in Canada, while immigrant cultures become moreso. I don’t hate the people for that. Nor do I have a solution for the erosion of, essentially, western white Judao-Christian values. Recognizing that things change and accepting that those changes are not all bad is my personal solution.
I have long known that plastic “recycling” in less-developed countries meant bury or burn. Now it is becoming apparent that the same applies to developed countries too. Six percent actually recycled is worse than a joke, due recyclers’ contribution to micro plastic pollution. Waste-to-energy is the only way we’ll ever get a handle on the problem. Hopefully the dioxin-like byproducts will kill fewer of us than micro plastics themselves.
The article says “Chinese forces seized two Philippine rubber boats that were delivering food and other supplies to a military outpost”. Maybe the pictured boat is the “military outpost”, but nobody who sees it wants to board it.
I say “Yes”. There has to be oversight of the security apparatus, someone who can say “No, that is NOT a reasonable security classification.” Otherwise, only platitudes will come out of that black box of intelligence. Remember, they work for the elected government, not the other way round. Having said that, I am certain that SOME secrets are never disclosed to the higher ups.
This report is chilling as it reasonably describes a number of disruptive events with a high probability of occurring that likely cause fundamental and detrimental changes to our way of life in Canada. The scary headline “civil war in America” is really the least of a multitude of bad things very likely coming our way.
I can well imagine that is difficult to be passionate about some installation’s heating and cooling system. But problem solving IS something that many people are passionate about. Good distinction!
Kinda youngish Boomer; 67 y.o.