best of 2020

Where to begin

• zoonotic diseases
• lethal foreign policy - Qasem Soleimani (Jan), Mohsen Fakhrizadeh (Nov)
• UIA Flight PS752 - see above
  
• Wortman massacre - Portapique & Colchester County Nova Scotia (Apr)
• morale-crushing Snowbirds crash - Kamloops BC (May)
• Canadian military report - dire conditions in Ontario seniors homes (May)
• wildfires - Australia, California/Oregon/Washington
  
• Beirut economic collapse & explosion (Aug)

It's Only August - albawawa.com

• US embassy, Jerusalem - Trump "moved the capital of Israel to Jerusalem" for "the evangelicals," lagging 4yrs behind John Baird (Oct)
• Israeli government collapse, again (Dec)
• new strain covid-19
• Alberta government's shoddy "reports" for health, curriculum, post-secondary, municipal spending, Allan inquiry,...)
  

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Ad in Vancouver Sun, Mar 10 2012

front porch strategies - foreign radicals!

Very interesting.

Link.

Promotional video. "The team at Front Porch Strategies provides a great product, and work hard to make sure my campaign is targetting the right voters." - John Boehner, Speaker of the U.S. House

Wrzesnewskyj, CSIS, china, ignatieff and wheat

CSIS director Richard Fadden and foreign interference (June 2, 2011).

Wrzesnewskyj at Future Bakery

He had compiled a list of people who would testify before the committee, along with evidence—including a sworn affidavit from a former Chinese consular official in Australia—that substantiated Fadden’s claims that some mayors and provincial ministers may be under Chinese influence. ("Former MP Says Ignatieff Quashed Chinese Influence Questions," Sept. 29, 2011)

Who's Gary Mar?

Alison Redford is much better.

These jerks just ride back in from the lobby farm and think their bed's still made.

Alberta's lobbying pitch was not merely being sold in Washington though. Wherever a clean energy law targeting the oil sands was proposed in states across America, the province's former U.S. representative, Gary Mar, intervened.

He did so with the help of Canadian consulates across the country. Those satellites of northern influence helped him gain access to state legislatures and their representatives, Frazer says.

Mar -- who's now running for Alberta premier -- spoke out against clean energy laws in Wisconsin, Maryland, Pennsylvania and at least nine other states.

Nice.