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1 January 1945

Pacific Paratrooper

5th Air Force strafing Clark Air Field, 1945

Ringing in the new year 1945 with fireworks had a far different meaning in the Pacific and CBI Theaters than we’re used to. It began with ______

In the Philippines – bombings of Clark Field on Luzon and Sasa on the island of Mindanao. Wasile Bay enemy bivouac areas felt the bombardments from overhead B-24’s and B-25’s. Manila saw the fighter-bombers as shipyards and other airfields and ammunition dumps were blown. US Air Force planes sank the Japanese ship No. 7,Taiko Maruand No. 3,Taiwan Maru, off Masinloc, P.I.

Philippine Islands

Also in the Philippines – the USSStingraydelivered 35 tons of supplies to Filipino forces on the north coast of Tawi Tawi. HMSStaesmansank four small Japanese vessels with gunfire northeast of Sumatra.

In the Netherland East Indies – the IJNKyyokku Maruwas sunk by…

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RCMP Invasion expected on Wet’suwet’en territory

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Readers of my blogs know what an influence the struggles of the Wet’suwet’en peoples have had on my life. It was at a vigil for the Wet’suwet’en in February, 2020, that I met Ronnie James and became involved in Des Moines Mutual Aid. Links to articles about the Wet’suwet’en can be found below.

I am deeply saddened to hear that another invasion of the Wet’suwet’en territory is expected.

Statement from Gidim’ten Checkpoint: 

For the fourth time in four years, we have received information that dozens of militarized RCMP are en route to Wet’suwet’en territory, to facilitate construction of the Coastal GasLink pipeline and to steal our unceded lands at gunpoint. We continue to hold the drill pad site, where Coastal Gaslink plans to tunnel beneath our pristine and sacred headwaters.

RCMP have booked up local hotels for the next month. We have also received word from the Union of BC…

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« La Magia de la Amazonia » and « Amazon Rainforest Magic » et « La Magie de l’Amazonie » ESPAÑOL – ENGLISH – FRANÇAIS – Libros de aventuras fantásticas para niños – Cuentos de la vida de los Yanomami en la selva amazónica – para edades de 8 a 12 — Barbara Crane Navarro

Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy (Volume 1) For more Volume 1 details – in the USA, please click here: https://goo.GL/VmexDS For first volume details in the UK: Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Namowë, a Yanomami boy: Volume 1 Amazon Rainforest Magic: The adventures of Meromi, a Yanomami girl (Volume 2) […] […] […] […]

« La Magia de la Amazonia » and « Amazon Rainforest Magic » et « La Magie de l’Amazonie » ESPAÑOL – ENGLISH – FRANÇAIS – Libros de aventuras fantásticas para niños – Cuentos de la vida de los Yanomami en la selva amazónica – para edades de 8 a 12 — Barbara Crane Navarro

Denial, Deviation, Deception: The Hoax of Climate Inactivists… — The Human Exploring Society — Barbara Crane Navarro

The global scientific community has long led the world in public health research, environmental sciences, and other issues that impact quality of life. Scientists have produced in-depth studies on the dangers of pesticides, tobacco smoke, acid rain and global warming. At the same time, a small but powerful group of people, guided by personal interests, […] […]

Denial, Deviation, Deception: The Hoax of Climate Inactivists… — The Human Exploring Society — Barbara Crane Navarro

‘Don’t look up’ – A piercing commentary on our malfunctioning society — Under a Banyan tree — Barbara Crane Navarro

I wish I didn’t feel so vindicated seeing the recent Netflix movie, ‘Don’t look up’. It would have been a lot better to live in a society that isn’t so accurately portrayed in the film. Critics arguing that civilization is not that stupid, greedy or inured to ignore a comet heading towards the earth completely […] […]

‘Don’t look up’ – A piercing commentary on our malfunctioning society — Under a Banyan tree — Barbara Crane Navarro

A book review I just have to post: Why is this not immediately obvious?

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Ok, Jill, you win: another rant, this time from some notes I just found while looking for some old poetry that I archived. This book review is sadly still relevant, in terms of our society needing to talk to each other, and have empathy for one another:

Poverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and DeprivationPoverty and Famines: An Essay on Entitlement and Deprivation by Amartya Sen
My rating: 4 of 5 stars

Once again, a book for which I was sure that I’d written a review, probably because I cited it so often during my PhD work which eventually became my MPhil thesis.

I found these notes from 2008, and am posting them with just a tiny bit of clean up:

As I look back over Senn’s 1981 ‘Poverty and Famines’ after yet another argument, back in 2008, with my nice Thai office mate on why America is not in fact the Land of Opportunity if you…

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