Arrests surpass 100 at B.C. old-growth logging protests: RCMP | Globalnews.ca

Police say 55 people were arrested Tuesday as they enforced a British Columbia court injunction ordering the removal of blockades aimed at preventing old-growth logging on southwestern Vancouver Island.

The RCMP say the protesters who gathered along a forest service road west of Lake Cowichan were given a chance to leave or face arrest, and nine of those taken into custody had been arrested in previous days.

Source: Arrests surpass 100 at B.C. old-growth logging protests: RCMP | Globalnews.ca

Departure

Unlocking The Hidden Me

… And the time comes when you have to depart

Scintillating chords pervades your heart

Pain drills in like a piercing dart

To bottle up your Effervescent tears is truly an art

Hues of yesteryears comes alive

How ecstatically we all used to thrive

Not foreknown about ensuing lives

Living in that very moment used to be our drive

How life leaves us into a labyrinth, I wonder

Priorities change and our yearnings surrender

Into the alleys, in a cavern and we wander

But every second, life does smoulder

Time elapses, so does our age

But those fire flies remain encased in our rib cage

Effulgence of togetherness often flares from those cherished pages

As we perpetually stow away in our life’s carriage.

© Samreen Asad 2021

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Thousands of YouTube comments on Sky News Australia video celebrate BLM activist being shot in head | Sky News Australia | The Guardian (Me: Google and Sky News ok with racism or just focussed on profits first rather than human rights?)

YouTube, owned by Google, told Guardian Australia it was reviewing the video and any comments against its community guidelines. It said “uploaders”, in this case Sky News, had the ability to delete or disable comments. Source: Thousands of YouTube comments on Sky News Australia video celebrate BLM activist being shot in head | Sky News Australia | The Guardian

A Few Snarky Snippets

Filosofa's Word

Once again, the urge to be snarky is upon me … well, in truth I can’t remember the last time I didn’t feel the urge to be snarky!  There is just so much wrong these days … it’s either let it out, else it will explode and pieces of me will be scattered for miles!


Persona non grata – even by Republicans!

I hear that Mike Lindell, that infamous pillow dude who was a chief boot-licker of the former guy, isn’t doing so well these days.  First, back in February he was sued by Dominion Voting Systems for $1.3 billion in a defamation suit accusing him of repeatedly and falsely saying that Dominion’s voting machines had stolen the election for Biden.

Then there’s his company, MyPillow, that has got to be suffering, considering that numerous stores have stopped carrying his product as a result of his political views, though most…

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Rutas de un viajero: Capítulo II. Un paseo a Tzintzuntzan colonial

Santiago Galicia Rojon Serrallonga

SANTIAGO GALICIA ROJON SERRALLONGA

Fotografía: Lázaro Alejandre Gutiérrez

Derechos reservados conforme a la ley/ Copyright

Ya marchitas por los días, por el sol, por el viento, cual dulces y melancólicas ancianas que solo esperan el ocaso de la existencia, las flores blancas y amarillas, todavía envueltas en los perfumes del ambiente campirano, yacen sobre las tumbas solitarias y tristes, empeñadas en adornar, en sus horas postreras, las moradas de los muertos, gente que rió y lloró, niños que jugaron, adolescentes que tuvieron ilusiones, jóvenes que soñaron y se enamoraron, adultos que protagonizaron sus historias, ancianos que contaron los minutos, los meses, los años, entre los que hilvanaron sus añoranzas y sus viejos relatos.

En un lado y en otro, en los dos cementerios que, con su enigma y policromía, dan la bienvenida al viajero, a quien llega al poblado de adobe y teja -Tzintzuntzan-, se distinguen las flores que cubren…

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73 Children Killed by Myanmar Junta Forces Since Coup

At least 73 children were killed by regime forces across Myanmar from Feb. 15 to May. 15, according to the Ministry of Human Rights of the National Unity Government (NUG).

Several children were shot while playing near or inside their homes as soldiers and police raided residential areas while shooting at random. Others died during protests.

Among the fatalities were Khin Myo Chit, 6 years and 3 months old, who was shot dead while she sat frightened on her dad’s lap as regime forces broke into her house, 11-year old Aye Myat Thu, who was shot in the head while playing in front of her home, and 13-year-old Sai Wai Yan who was shot in the back of the head while trying to run away from junta forces.

Source: 73 Children Killed by Myanmar Junta Forces Since Coup

Ordnance P-47 Thunderbolt in the Pacific

Pacific Paratrooper

WWII painting, P-47 Thunderbolt

The P-47 Thunderbolt was not generally welcomed in the Pacific theatre. It was seen as too clumsy to compete with the very agile Japanese fighters and it did not have the range for operations over the vast expanses of the Pacific. Worse, the P-47 was best at the high altitudes at which American bombers operated over Europe.  However, in Japan most combat occurred below 20,000 feet, where the P-47 was at its least maneuverable.

Despite these problems, General George C. Kenney, commander of the 5th Air Force in the SW Pacific, was determined to acquire as many aircraft as possible for his command.  The Lockheed P-38 Lighting was popular with American pilots in the Pacific, but not available in sufficient numbers.

The U.S. Navy escort carrier USS Barnes (ACV-20) underway in the Pacific Ocean on 1 July 1943, transporting U.S. Army Air Forces Lockheed P-38 Lightning…

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Triunghi amoros

Google translation of introduction: In Spain I spent a lot of time, either in the heart of the land, or on the shores of the Mediterranean or the ocean. Never on a river.

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Delta Ebrului, 2016

Îmi plac deltele.

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În Spania am petrecut mult timp, fie în inima uscatului, fie pe țărmul Mediteranei sau oceanului. Niciodată la un fluviu.

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Descopăr Ebrul acum, iernatic și misterios. Și reprezentativ pentru denumirile geografice, pentru că din numele său derivă adjectivul ,,iberic’’.

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Delta Ebrului pare, simbolic, departe de lume, dar este la numai 80 de kilometri de Tarragona.

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Cerul pare atât de jos, parcă s-ar hârjoni cu apa și pământul.

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Dintr-o dată, atât de mult cer ne provoacă să visăm cu nesaț. Pești, păsări și tauri se intersectează pe traseele celor trei elemente îndrăgostite. Sinergia lor este darnică. Mă înfrupt din ea și-mi fac rezerve pentru (sporadice) clipe sedentare.

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Găsesc că întinderea acvatică e generoasă cu orice călător în căutare de inspirație. Brăzdată de canale îmbietoare, te invită să pătrunzi în intimitatea viețuitoarelor.

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Lagune și întinderi de nisip unde se lăfăie nepăsătoare păsărimea acvatică. Spațiu de tranzit…

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Language Learning, Local Education, and 4 Inexpensive Ideas

Educating for Future Democracy Collaborative

Spanish has always been my favorite language, especially after moving to the bilingual South West. Technically, I was hired for my experience in Unix which led to my MAT in mathematics, but on the ground, my love of learning languages proved to be more important in the classroom. As an adult education instructor at the […]

Language Learning, Local Education, and 4 Inexpensive Ideas

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