The story in Ottawa today a rally this morning at Canada's War Memorial a motorcycle procession in the city and a rally on Parliament Hill in the afternoon.
Veterans for Freedom involved in this morning's rally, the "Rolling Thunder"motorcycle procession associated with that group.
This afternoon's rally associated with a group called "Freedom Fighters Canada".
Police this morning surrounded a small group of 'counter protesters' gathered at a distance from the War Memorial.
Well there you have it top songs from 40 years ago this week remembering May 1st, 1982 during this post I was out in the fantasy world the not real world in my own way on that day like Charlene sings in that last song.
But I am glad to be with you.
Welcome to Your Weekend.
Another attempt here at media excellence.
Here we detonate nuclear truth weapons every week...
That COVID tagline featured at the end of our daily posts and highlighted in the Weekend Unplugged posts is now altered a bit.
DAY 775 OF THE DICTATORSHIP OF COVID-19, DAY 775 OF AMERICA AND WORLD HELD HOSTAGE TO COVID SHOTS AND RUNAWAY INFLATION
TRUMP SPENT TRILLIONS ON COVID BUT HAS ENVISIONED GETTING THAT MONEY AND MORE BACK
The Democrats, The Republicans and President Donald Trump all cut a deal in March of 2020 to spend trillions related to COVID and now we are beginning to pay the price.
Inflation breaking out.
Trump spent trillions and now we are paying but he was not alone in this.
What I can say in Mr. Trump's favor is that he envisions getting the money back and more.
Two things:
1. Donald Trump holds China responsible for COVID
2. Donald Trump has called for China to pay 60 trillion dollars in reparations.
If you're angry with Trump over the COVID spending that's something to consider.
I BELIEVE THAT PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS THE 'RINO VACCINE'.
THERE ARE SIDE EFFECTS BUT TRUMP IS THE 'EMERGENCY TREATMENT' THE POLITICAL SYSTEM NEEDS AT THIS POINT
AND JUST LIKE THE COVID SHOTS YOU GET THE RINO VIRUS AFTERWARDS BECAUSE PEOPLE TRUMP SUPPORTS COME OUT AS RINOS AFTER THE ELECTIONS SOMETIMES THEY ARE RINO'S TO BEGIN WITH.
HE HAS MADE ENDORSEMENTS IN REPUBLICAN PRIMARIES I'M NOT CHEERING THEM ALL ON BUT I'M NOT GOING TO DISS THEM EITHER.
TRUMP IS THE ONLY FORCE OUT THERE SHAKING UP THE REPUBLICAN PARTY RIGHT NOW MARK MY WORDS.
WHEN IT COMES TO TRANSGENDERISM THE REPUBLICANS FOLLOW THE OLD PLAYBOOK OF MANUFACTURED 'WEDGE ISSUES'
So Ron DeSantis signs a law saying you can't talk sexual subjects with five, six, seven and eight year olds in school he signs off on something that a majority of people agree with.
That's what Karl Rove advised, Frank Luntz focus grouped politicians do. They embrace issues with a majority of public opinion behind them to win elections.
Now you know why all these Republicans go for the laws that keep transgenders out of youth sports.
Those "soccer moms" out there and sports parents in general don't want their daughters to become also rans in youth sports because others with a male appendage show up and outperform them.
The Republicans offend the LGBTQ activists from positions that enjoy a majority of public opinion behind them in the Karl Rove tradition of creating emotional "wedge issues" for election years.
If you think the Republicans are running "Conservative" on LGBTQ and transgenderism you are mistaken don't be astroturfed (gaslit) by the media on the Right and Left out there the GOP runs in the middle and it's being considered Conservative by the media who program you and arouse you to the false narrative-conclusion.
I've watched the moral decline over the years and the challenge for the LGBTQ activists now is how can they turn this around to get the ball moving further down the road they want to go.
Without the "Trump Factor" in the GOP the Karl Rove Republicans now playing this moderate positioning on LGBTQ issues will eventually be outflanked and be falling back in the years to come to a more liberal position.
ALL THESE PRIMARIES AND ITS SAD TO SEE ANTI-TRUMPERS AND COVID TYRANTS LEADING IN GOVERNOR'S RACES IN THE GOP STATES
Heck that Election Fraud Denier Brian Kemp leads polling for Governor of Georgia My Buttocks!
Kemp signing tax cuts, constitutional carry and the list goes on all because of Donald Trump and nothing else.
In Ohio that Republican Governor COVID tyrant with his lockdowns and overnight curfew. Mike Dewine used a special Lottery drawing for the vaccinated as an incentive for folks to get the "Dead Baby Jabs".
And there's the rub Mike Dewine known in the National Right To Life language as "Pro-Life Champion" over the years pushing abortion-linked vaccines.
AS AN ASIDE HERE I ONLY SEE THREE SUPREME COURT JUSTICES FIRMLY IN THE CAMP OF THOSE WHO OBJECT TO FORCED COVID VACCINATION IN THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT AND THE MILITARY IN THE MEDICAL INDUSTRY ETC.
SAMUEL ALITO, NEIL GORSUCH AND CLARENCE THOMAS.
YEAH! THE VAX ISN'T GOING AWAY IT IS COMING BACK.
THIS WEEK PFIZER APPLIED TO THE FDA FOR THIRD SHOT 'BOOSTER' APPROVAL FOR 5 TO 11 YEARS OLD HERE IN THE USA.
(WARNING: THE FOLLOWING MAY BE DISTURBING)
Last week the post ended with Vladimir Putin at Easter Mass in Moscow.
I wonder does Vladimir Putin make you angry make you mad?
My experience is that my raging anger has led to me to have murder in my heart and lust in my heart both items violations of the Higher Power's "Top Ten List".
If you end up being jerked around by Vladimir Putin will you end up being jerked around by yourself?
"SOMEBODY TO LOVE"-JEFFERSON AIRPLANE (LIVE-WOODSTOCK-1969)
"LIGHT MY FIRE"-THE DOORS
"DON'T LET THE GOOD TIMES FOOL YOU"-MELBA MONTGOMERY
There's a song I heard and enjoyed back in the mid-1970's I was a country music fan Melba Montgomery did a Number One Hit before this "No Charge" and this was the follow up that only got to Number 21 on the country charts.
Good Song.
But I just don't think the audience was ready to embrace this song and its utterly true meaning and application.
I certainly was not ready to live my life by the words in that song and I was listening to the radio preachers and getting the "Old Time Religion" drilled into me back then in 1975.
(WARNING: DISTURBING MATERIAL, CONTENT)
How Low Can You Go?
When I went to the university some 40 years ago I majored in media and movies are media. I loved looking at the books in the library and in the film-movies section whoa plenty of pictures of women without clothes.
And there were the Swedish film catalogs from the 1960's whoa and from the Netherlands a 1970's film catalog and yes that Dutch film catalog reinforced the notion of how utterly pornographic The Netherlands was becoming.
You could see porn over the air on Dutch TV in the 1970's my mother once worked for the State Department and her friend came back from The Hague after service at the embassy saying you could watch it on TV in your living room back then no shame nothing left to the imagination.
And here we are some 50 years later in The Netherlands the next story will shock you first for its nature and second many of you will be extremely angry about the sentence handed out considering it way too light. So watch out...
The world has been bathed in porn and it brings out lust and anger from its religiously zealous opponents who end up being big time hypocrites with their own lust and anger.
And that's my own personal experience for starters.
Porn reminds me that only the Higher Power can deal with it and brings me to my knees.
And the Higher Power has spoken to me over the years I have come to understand sexual acting out follows disturbance in my life and in my mind including incitement of anger and hatred towards individuals or groups of people.
THAT BRING'S US TO A BRITISH PARLIAMENT UPDATE AND HERE IS THE THEME FROM A BRITISH GROUP 50 YEARS AGO SWEET LIVE WITH 'LITTLE WILLY'...
"Willy" is British slang for "Johnson" not Boris we're talking the symbol of manhood here and it's something to see Liz Truss Conservative British Foreign Minister saying this week Russian troops need to be kicked out of Ukraine.
She's into 'beating' the Russians in Ukraine but it turns out there's been a Conservative MP called out for looking at porn in the House of Commons and when one looks at porn there's another kind of 'beating' going on.
(Update) Neil Parish flagged as the offender turning himself in for investigation suspended from the parliamentary Tories with an investigation launched. Mr. Parish resigned on Saturday from Parliament.
Anyone out there angry with Vladimir Putin, angry with Russia and Russians today?
My experience is that anger can lead me to fornication in my thoughts, my words and my deeds.
I need "the Lord" and find "the Lord" when I take the right actions right now.
My life has indeed been one of hypocrisy of going my own way...
"KEEP ME RUNNING"-RANDY STONEHILL (LIVE-1975)
"CHARIOTS OF FIRE"-VANGELIS
That song Number 2 40 years ago on the May 1st American Top 40 countdown.
The theme music from the Academy Award winning film "Chariots of Fire" recounting the story of the British Olympic runners of 1924 a very patriotic British pride film among other things.
Britain suffered a major setback in World War I and don't forget the civil war and loss of most of Ireland in its aftermath World War I set the UK and the World on the pathway to where we are right here and now.
The 1924 British Olympians offered a much needed boost to a very battered country.
BLAST FROM THE PAST-BRITISH AIR ATTACK ON ARGENTINE FORCES IN THE FALKLAND ISLANDS MAY 1, 1982
This week I am recalling 40 years ago May 1, 1982 I was News Director of the student news staff for a full power FM radio station of a major university in a major city.
The station having its fundraiser that Saturday morning at a remote location on campus. I was asked to hang out at master control I had the FCC license to take the transmitter readings and so on.
But the AP machine was clanging just after 6 am breaking news and here are the visuals of some of what happened that morning as reported by Argentina's Channel 7 in Buenos Aires the official government channel...VIDEO LINK (TOTAL VIDEO 27 MINUTES)
I would have a long 12 hour day that day later moving to the remote location for the broadcast answering the phones for the donations, requests etc. etc.
The DJ's and Public Affairs people of the station extremely "Left-Wing" or "Woke" as we call it nowadays" and virtually 100 percent "People of Color".
Plenty of calls coming in from guys in prison doing time for crime many of them figuring "The Man" had sent them there as in "The White Man".
I was a "Stranger In A Strange Land" that day.
The News Department 95 percent white and one-third Jewish the Lefties cool to a group with that composition and some negative feeling among the news people I worked with towards them.
I spent 12 hours helping out that day finding myself hungry, angry, lonely and tired at the end of it.
I went got a bite to eat and then emerging from the dining area I encountered well I encountered a woman who was a friend of mine a supporter a mentor a woman on a pathway to a closer relationship with the God Of Her Understanding.
We were both in the religious subculture of the campus and the girls there engaged in socialization tactics with boys like me I was a "boy" six years old inside physically 20 some on the outside but inside a child living in the fantasy world not the real one yet.
It was horribly difficult for males to socialize with females in our subculture well I guess because guys like me were sick living in fantasy infatuation and lust the girls that wanted me to take them out on dates didn't know how dirty and sick my mind was.
Men and women lived in close quarters some dorms classified at "co-ed" females and males mixed on the same floors. There was a lot to see in a voyeuristic way windows everywhere for outside viewing a lot to see walking the hallways like I did.
So I encountered this woman who had given me the card introducing herself as my "sister" who had shared her experience in the Faith, the Scripture, prayed with me. I felt like asking this woman out on dates on a few occasions. And we did socialize to my benefit as I recall all this today.
This woman could be challenging pushing me in front of her in dark places at night in the big city prodding me to be her 'protector' being an example of what was right. She prodded me to ask other girls in the religious subculture to go on dates.
This woman also connected me with a Pro-Life newsletter that I began to write articles for among other things.
Well this woman says to me:
"I'm lonely"
and I respond by saying:
"I'm lonely too"
More to this story later...
There was something called Contemporary Christian Music around in 1982 and I was into it listening to it here are some of the top songs from the year 1982 in that genre...
"SING YOUR PRAISE TO THE LORD"-AMY GRANT
"THE COLORING SONG"-PETRA
"NOBOBY KNOWS ME LIKE YOU"-BENNY HESTER"
A sampling of some top songs in Contemporary Christian Music in 1982 this was before commercialism really kicked in and the cookie-cutter universal songs that crossed music formats emerged.
Back to the story of May 1st, 1982 and I was telling you about a woman who was influencing my life and what happened that evening...
So I went back to my place got my bag together to study for finals which were coming up next week the end of the semester the end of my senior year my graduation pending.
I went back to her place and entered her room she had changed clothes she wore running shorts instead of blue jeans my mind raced seeing her sitting on the bed like that. 1982 style shorts shorter than nowadays.
I had seen plenty of girls during my travels in the residence halls one night I turned around and left right away seeing another friend in her pajamas.
The weather was hot no air conditioning in the room heck but that notion of Mae West from a bygone era "Let me slip into something more comfortable" these were the kind of clothes many girls slept in that's what I was confronted with.
Well we got to sit down at the table that lined the wall near the window and each of us studying for our final exams. A visitor came by to break up things for a few minutes.
After some two hours or so it was around 9 pm I had pulled out my device (transistor radio) and earplug listened to CBS News on the hour with Bob Schieffer in Buenos Aires traveling with Secretary of State Alexander Haig talking with the UK and Argentina.
The moment seemed right to break away return to my place.
And I parted arms reaching out from both of us to hug each other. That was a common form of socializing among us in the religious subculture.
I had a rough two hours reviewing my shame and guilt at times instead of studying for my finals.
I was considering my lustful thoughts my wrong actions my David and Bathsheba voyeuristic encounters of my years on the campus.
At one point I noted the situation without admitting my guilt to her in our occasional conversation.
It would take me decades to admit the truth about myself seek help take the direction of others.
As for my dear female friend she was already taking that path through her involvement in a church taking the plunge of baptism, accepting the shepherding of elders in the church she joined.
It was a good church that had sound doctrine not polluted by the kind of emotion and politics that other churches were poisoned with IMHO.
She would move off the campus find a job live with other women to protect her from potentially bad situations.
Bad situations that could emerge in encounters with men.
I went to this woman's wedding. She and her husband went on to other things I will not discuss them they are that sensitive but yeah I was able to watch some really bold ministry from that couple.
Amen.
BLAST FROM THE PAST: KTVU-TV NEWS SAN FRANCISCO MAY 1, 1982
Here is the news from Saturday night May 1st, 1982 The Falklands War, President Reagan at the World's Fair in Knoxville, Tennessee and more most of the news program split into these three videos...
PETER HITCHENS WITH A COLUMN THIS WEEKEND FRESH AIR AS ALWAYS...
SPECIAL NOTE: HITCHENS IS BEING PREVENTED DURING THE UKRAINE CONFLICT FROM WRITING BY THE BRITISH DEFENSE MINISTRY. WE DON'T NOTE EXACTLY WHAT HE'S BEING BANNED FROM WRITING ABOUT.
Some excerpts...
"But 50 years of Cultural Revolution have made the BBC far more narrow-minded than the most bigoted prude of the 1950's. That's why the day will soon come when I shall stop listening to it or watching it at all."
"The Nixon era was one of the most thrilling periods of modern history. Daniel Ellsberg, the Julian Assange of his day, leaked the Pentagon Papers which showed that the US government had lied its head off about the Vietnam War and also knew it couldn't win it.
Compare and contrast: major newspapers published his leaks and a proper judge threw out the case against Ellsberg, so that he became a national hero. Whereas, in modern Britain, Assange is in grave danger (unless you protest) of being sent off to rot in some concrete dungeon in the USA, and most journalists (to their shame) don't care a hoot"
"During more than 40 years of active journalism, including a stint as a defence reporter, I have never once been prevented from writing anything by so-called "D" notices (nowadays they are officially called DSMA Notices, if you care) until now. I used to scoff when people told me that such things were common, or that I was constrained in reporting by them. Now I cannot."
"I never really believed there was a nuclear danger in the Cold War, which I lived through. Now I think there is one."...
(MAINSTREAM MEDIA SOURCES LIKE BFM-TV, FRANCE 24 ETC. USED IN CONNECTION WITH THIS POST)
YELLOW VESTS MARCH IN PARIS SATURDAY 4/30/2022
This week French voters expressed their dissatisfaction with the final round results of their Presidential election.
Even though many gave Macron a win over Marine Le Pen, others did not vote or spoiled their ballots.
55 percent of those polled this week saying Macron's re-election to a second and final term under France's constitution was a bad thing for the country.
61 percent of those polled indicating they want a legislature that is opposed to Macron.
Politicians like Jean-Luc Melenchon of the Left and Eric Zemmour of the right maneuvering to get as many seats in the National Assembly as they can in the two round voting process that's set for June 12th and 19th.
A huge number of protests planned for tomorrow in France on May Day a traditional day of protest for trade unions and the Left.
In Paris today the protest continues for Week 181....
Protesters making the point today that the vaccine passports-health passports in France are enshrined in law and they can be brought back at any time the government deems then necessary.
The protest urging abolition of the law establishing health-vaccine passports in France.
The political show continues in France focusing on the next round of elections in June and May Day will bring out the left-wing protesters tomorrow expressing disagreement with Macron but without unity on voting for candidates of other parties on the "Left" in the second round legislative vote of June 19th.
That is the story of France and the Yellow Vests for this week.
FOUR CANADIAN MILITARY CADETS NEAR GRADUATION DIED FOLLOWING AN EARLY MORNING INCIDENT.
THE VEHICLE THEY WERE IN WENT INTO THE WATER AT AROUND 2 AM THIS MORNING ON THE CAMPUS OF THE ROYAL MILITARY COLLEGE IN KINGSTON, ONTARIO...CTV NEWS CANADA
Ghislaine Maxwell loses a bid for dismissal of her conviction on three charges including sex trafficking.
The written ruling coming down today from US District Judge Alison Nathan in New York...REUTERS-RADIO NEW ZEALAND
IN ISRAEL A SECURITY GUARD IN THE COMMUNITY OF ARIEL SHOT DEAD TONIGHT...TIMES OF ISRAEL
In Canada members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police left their jobs after being asked by the Canadian Security Intelligence Service to make an arrest without a reason.
The RCMP is part of groups called Integrated National Security Enforcement Teams that collaborate with Canada's spy agency to deal with cases involving "security, extremism and terrorism".
The case where the RCMP officers quit their jobs was one of "catch and release" a pre-emptive arrest to prevent the subject arrested from doing something considered a threat to security...
CHINA'S DEFENSE MINISTER VISTING KAZAKHSTAN IN CENTRAL ASIA THIS WEEK.
THERE WAS A COUP ATTEMPT WITH JIHADIST OVERTONES THERE BACK IN JANUARY.
DEFENSE MINISTER WEI FENGHE SAYING CHINA STRONGLY OPPOSES ANY 'COLOR REVOLUTION' IN KAZAKHSTAN.
KAZAKHSTAN BORDERS CHINA.
A CANADAIAN THINK TANK RECENTLY REPORTED THAT ISLAMIC STATE JIHADISTS MAY BE TRYING TO GAIN A FOOTHOLD IN CENTRAL ASIA AND SPREAD THEIR ACTIVITY INTO NEIGHBORING RUSSIA AND CHINA...GLOBAL TIMES CHINA
IN INDIA HUNDREDS OF PASSENGER TRAINS CANCELLED TO TRANSPORT COAL TO POWER STATIONS.
INTENSE HEAT LEADING TO POWER OUTAGES WITH POWER STATIONS RUNNING SHORT ON STOCKS OF COAL...ANADOLU AGENCY TURKEY
In Sri Lanka the island nation off the coast of India the country's economic crisis leading the finance minister to say a tax increase is needed to pay for essential goods.
The country's value added tax reduced in 2019 now it must be raised again according to Finance Minister Ali Sabry...BBC NEWS
Tennis star Boris Becker ordered jailed for two and half years by a judge in London.
Becker found guilty of violating terms of a bankruptcy agreement...LUXEMBOURG TIMES
That's the way it really is Friday April 29th, 2022 Day 764 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 764 of America and the World held hostage to COVID shots and runaway inflation.
(Updated) In Ottawa the local police will be reinforced by other police agencies including the Royal Canadian Mounted Police this weekend.
The police intend to create a no-go zone around Parliament Hill.
They intend to crack down on a planned "Rolling Thunder" motorcycle demonstration in the city between Friday evening and Sunday morning.
A local group of 'counter protesters' also reported gearing up for the weekend...(Ottawa Citizen)
IN NEW ZEALAND A GROUP CALLED 'VACCINES PLUS NZ' COMPRISED OF DOCTORS AND SCIENTISTS WANT MASKING IN NEW ZEALAND'S SCHOOLS IN THE COMING MONTHS WHEN WINTER COMES TO THE SOUTHERN HEMISPHERE...TV ONE NEW ZEALAND
Joe Biden visiting South Korea and Japan next month. His visit to South Korea will be May 20-22...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA...
In Japan Biden will be involved in the Quad summit involving leaders of Australia, India and Japan. The White House speaking of the trip advancing the agenda of a:
"free and open Indo-Pacific and to U.S. treaty alliances"...
In North Africa Algeria threatening to cut off natural gas supplies to Spain. That's because Spain is talking about passing natural gas onto Morocco, Algeria's neighbor.
IRAN IS PRODUCING CENTRIFUGE PARTS AT ITS NATANZ NUCLEAR FACILITY. THAT WORD FROM THE HEAD OF THE INTERNATIONAL ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY....TIMES OF ISRAEL
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
BIDEN WANTS MASSIVE AID PACKAGE FOR UKRAINE
BRITISH FOREIGN MINISTER WANTS RUSSIAN TROOPS REMOVED FROM UKRAINE
Joe Biden asking Congress to approve 33 billion dollars in aid to Ukraine, most of it military...
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss says that Russian forces must be pushed out of all of Ukraine...BBC NEWS
In other news...
The British Parliament rocked by allegations that a Conservative Party MP is watching porn in the chamber of the House of Commons and in committee hearings.
In addition the female deputy leader of the opposition Labor Party accused of crossing her legs to distract Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
Also it's reported that some 56 MP's including three cabinet ministers are being probed for sexual misconduct...FREE REPUBLIC POST AND DISCUSSION...
GREECE IS ACCUSING TURKEY OF AIRSPACE VIOLATIONS IN THE AEGEAN SEA.
TURKEY HAS RESPONDED ACCUSING THE GREEKS OF DOING THE SAME...REUTERS...GREEK REPORTER
TURKISH PRESIDENT RECEP TAYYIP ERDOGAN VISITING SAUDI ARABIA.
HIS TRIP DESIGNED TO RESTORE RELATIONS AT A TIME WHEN TURKEY'S ECONOMY WHICH HAS BEEN STUGGLING WITH INFLATION ITS CURRENCY LOSING MUCH OF ITS VALUE AGAINST THE US DOLLAR...THE NATIONAL UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
That's the way it really is Thursday April 28th, 2022 Day 773 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 773 of America and the World held hostage to COVID shots and runaway inflation.
Police in Ottawa threatening the "Rolling Thunder Ottawa" motorcycle protest set for Friday and Saturday in Canada's capital city.
They say the motorcycles will not be allowed on Parliament Hill and they intend to "enforce" the event...CTV NEWS CANADA
Severe liver disease cases detected in children around the world.
The hepatitis outbreak in the United States, the United Kingdom, Canada and a host of other nations including Spain and Israel.
Various possibilities of a cause for the outbreak being considered including COVID and COVID lockdowns...CBC NEWS CANADA
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador trying to find agreement with Mexican business on a price control regime in the face of massive inflation pressure...BNN BLOOMBERG
(UPDATE)...A BIG JUMP IN CONSUMER PRICES IN AUSTRALIA NOW CONFIRMED UP 5.1 PERCENT IN THE LAST YEAR WITH PRODUCTS RISING EVEN HIGHER FACTORED OUT...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
A PRISONER EXCHANGE BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND RUSSIA.
In Myanmar a military court sentencing the former civilian leader Nobel Peace Prize laureate Aung San Suu Kyi to five years in prison.
The court says she is guilty of corruption. More such cases against her are pending with the court...ASSOCIATED PRESS-TIMES OF ISRAEL
11 killed and 15 others injured when a moving "temple chariot" came in contact with high-tension power line in southern India.
The accident occurred during a religious procession...BBC NEWS
CHINESE DEFENSE MINISTER WEI FENGHE VISITING IRAN.
HE MET TOP IRANIAN OFFICIALS INCLUDING PRESIDENT EBRAHIM RAISI.
THE IRANIAN ARMED FORCES CHIEF OF STAFF SAYS CHINA AGREED TO EXPAND ITS MILITARY COOPERATION WITH IRAN IN REGARDS TO MATTERS LIKE JOINT MILITARY DRILLS AND TRAINING...AL ARABIYA SAUDI ARABIA
SYRIA SAYS FOUR SOLDIERS WERE KILLED AND THREE WOUNDED IN AN ISRAEL STRIKE EARLY THIS MORNING NEAR DAMASCUS.
THE ATTACK EARLIER DESCRIBED AS AN AIRSTRIKE NOW SAID TO HAVE BEEN ONE INVOLVING SURFACE TO SURFACE MISSILES...TIMES OF ISRAEL
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
RUSSIAN AIR DEFENSES OPERATING IN BEOGRAD REGION OF RUSSIA
PUTIN VOWS 'QUICK' RESPONSE TO FOREIGN INTERVENTION IN UKRAINE
Tonight Russian air defenses operating in the Beograd region near Ukraine. Explosions reported in the region and a fire at a munitions depot...TASS RUSSIA
Russian President Vladimir Putin vowing an immediate response to any interference in Ukraine.
Putin says Russia will not be boasting about its "tools" but will give an "instant" and "quick" response using means that other nations do not yet possess...TASS RUSSIA
In other news....
Bitcoin adopted as legal currency in the Central African Republic....TASS RUSSIA
PENNSYLVANIA POLITICS: THREE REPUBLICANS CLOSE IN SENATE PRIMARY
In the race for the US Senate seat of the retiring Republican Pat Toomey there is new polling reported by WHTM-TV and done by Monmouth University.
In the Republican Primary Dr. Mehmet Oz with 22 percent support, David McCormick 19 percent and Kathy Barnette 18 percent.
Polling done among Democrats showing Lt. Governor John Fetterman maintaining a significant lead over his opponents.
The primary Tuesday May 17th.
FRENCH POLITICS: 55 PERCENT SEE MACRON RE-ELECTION AS BAD THING
(UPDATED)
55 PERCENT OF THOSE POLLED SAY THE RE-ELECTION OF EMMANUEL MACRON AS PRESIDENT WAS 'A BAD THING FOR FRANCE'.
THERE WERE MANY ABSTENTIONS FROM VOTING AND SPOILED OR BLANK BALLOTS IN THE FINAL ROUND VOTE LAST SUNDAY THAT SAW MACRON DEFEAT CHALLENGER MARINE LE PEN WHO WAS CATEGORIZED AS A 'FAR-RIGHT' CANDIDATE.
ALSO POLLING SHOWING 61 PERCENT OF FRENCH VOTERS WANTING A LEGISLATURE OPPOSED TO PRESIDENT EMMANUEL MACRON FOLLOWING THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION.
THAT'S UP FROM 47 PERCENT FIVE YEARS AGO WHEN EMMANUEL MACRON WON HIS FIRST TERM AND LATER WON A LEGISLATIVE MAJORITY.
FRENCH VOTERS GOING TO THE POLLS IN JUNE FOR TWO ROUNDS OF VOTING FOR THE 577 SEATS IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY...(BFM-TV France)
An Israeli manufacturer of candy and gum with a major recall of its products across the board.
Strauss Group recalling a wide range of its products over fears of salmonella...TIMES OF ISRAEL
That's the way it really is Wednesday April 27th, 2022 Day 772 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 772 of America and the World held hostage to COVID shots.
Georgia Republican Governor Brian Kemp signing a one billion dollar tax cut bill just weeks before the primary election where he's being challenged by former US Senator David Perdue backed by President Trump.
Kemp modifying the income tax in Georgia to make it flat.
Kemp signed the bill in Senator Perdue's home county...WSB-TV ATLANTA
A big down day on Wall Street.
The NASDAQ dropping 514.11 points or 3.95 percent of its value.
The Down Jones Industrial Average off 809.28 points or 2.38 percent in value...
The Reserve Bank in Australia is expected to respond to inflation with a big interest rate hike.
But Australia is in the middle of an election campaign right now ahead of voting on May 21st.
So the central bank interest hike is anticipated in June with one leading economist expecting an extra big one...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
A SUICIDE BOMBING IN KARACHI, PAKISTAN TODAY KILLED THREE CHINESE NATIONALS AND A PAKISTANI DRIVER.
THE SUICIDE BOMBER A WOMAN THE CHINESE CITIZENS IN PAKISTAN AS LANGUAGE TEACHERS...BBC NEWS
ISRAELI OFFICIALS REPORTED SAYING THE US IS CLOSE TO GIVING UP ON NUCLEAR TALKS WITH IRAN...AFP-TIMES OF ISRAEL
NORTH KOREAN RULER KIM JONG-UN SAYS HIS COUNTRY WILL CONTINUE TO DEVELOP AND STRENGTHEN ITS NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES.
NORTH KOREA'S NEWS AGENCY QUOTING KIM AS SAYING NUCLEAR CAPABILITIES WILL BE DEVELOPED AT THE 'FASTEST POSSIBLE SPEED'...YONHAP NEWS AGENCY SOUTH KOREA
RUSSIA-UKRAINE DRAMA
ATTACKS IN NATION BORDERING UKRAINE WITH LARGE ETHNIC RUSSIAN POPULATION
Russia suspending natural gas supplies to Bulgaria and Poland over their refusal to pay for supplies in Russian currency...THE NATIONAL-UNITED ARAB EMIRATES
A major conference of 40 plus nations led by the US in Germany today to coordinate additional military support for Ukraine....
UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres in Moscow today for talks....
There have been attacks in the nation of Moldova which borders Ukraine and has a large ethnic Russian minority.
The attacks in the Transdniestria region which has a large Russian population...REUTERS...TASS RUSSIA
In other news.....
SRI LANKA, THE ISLAND NATION OFF THE COAST OF INDIA, TALKING WITH CHINA ABOUT REFINANCING ITS DEBT IN THE MIDST OF ITS WORST FINANCIAL CRISIS IN DECADES...REUTERS
Unvaccinated Serbian tennis star Novak Djokovic will be allowed to play at Wimbledon.
Unlike the Australian Open tournament earlier this year, there will be no vaccination requirement for participating in the Wimbledon tournament...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
Finally tonight, the death of Canadian singer Susan Jacks remembered for the 1969 hit "Which Way You Goin Billy" by The Poppy Family. She died as the age of 73 awaiting a second kidney transplant ...CBC NEWS CANADA...
That's the way it really is Tuesday April 26th, 2022 Day 771 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 771 of America and the World held hostage to COVID shots.
A federal judge granting a temporary order blocking Biden Administration plans to end Title 42 on May 23rd.
The federal court will hold a hearing on the immigration policy on May 13th...FOX NEWS
In Turkey today a leading critic of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan sentenced to life in prison accused of involvement in a coup plot.
Seven others given 18 year sentences.
Western diplomats in the courtroom for the sentencing with human rights advocates condemning the sentences....AFP FRANCE-TIMES OF ISRAEL
THE US SUPREME COURT ALLOWING FOR THE MOMENT THE ADMISSIONS POLICY AT VIRGINIA HIGH SCHOOL NEAR WASHINGTON DC TO CONTINUE.
PARENTS WANTED THE POLICY TO END WHILE AN APPEALS PROCESS IS UNDERWAY ARGUING IT IS DISCRIMINATORY AGAINST ASIAN-AMERICAN STUDENTS.
THREE JUSTICES (SAMUEL ALITO, NEIL GORSUCH AND CLARENCE THOMAS) DISSENTING FROM THIS DECISION...CNN
AT THE US SUPREME COURT ARGUMENTS IN THE RELIGIOUS FREEDOM CASE INVOLVING A FORMER HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL COACH.
MEDIA REPORTS SAY MANY OF THE 'CONSERVATIVE' JUSTICES WERE SYMPATHETIC TO THE CASE BROUGHT ON BEHALF OF PLANTIFF JOSEPH KENNEDY...(NEWS AGENCIES)
THE US COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL RELGIOUS FREEDOM SAYS THE STATE OF RELIGIOUS FREEDOM IS WORSENING IN INDIA.
AN ANNUAL REPORT RELEASED TODAY PUTTING INDIA ON A LIST OF NATIONS OF CONCERN FOR THE THIRD STRAIGHT YEAR.
THE REPORT SAYS GOVERNMENT POLICIES ARE HAVING NEGATIVE CONSEQUENCES FOR CHRISTIANS, MUSLIMS SIKHS, DALITS AND OTHER RELIGIOUS MINORITIES...AL JAZEERA QATAR
FRENCH POLITICS A WIN BUT NOT A WIN FOR EMMANUEL MACRON WITH ONE-THIRD OF FRENCH VOTERS NOT VOTING OR NOT MARKING THEIR BALLOTS FOR THE TWO CANDIDATES FOR PRESIDENT.
MARINE LE PEN WITH HER BEST PERFORMANCE YET AND THE LEGISLATIVE ELECTIONS IN JUNE.
MACRON'S CURRENT MAJORITY IN THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY THREATENED THE GOVERNMENT ALREADY ANNOUNCING A CAP ON FUEL AND ELECTRICITY PRICES WILL REMAIN INTACT TILL THE END OF THE YEAR...BBC NEWS....
MARINE LE PEN TODAY ANNOUNCING HER RUN FOR RE-ELECTION IN THE 11TH DISTRICT OF THE PAS-DE-CALAIS DEPARTMENT WHERE SHE WAS ELECTED A MEMBER OF THE NATIONAL ASSEMBLY IN 2017...(BFM-TV France)
Two people were killed and a third wounded by police in Paris last night when their car was alleged to have made a run at police officers.
The car was going the wrong way when police attempted to stop it leading to the incident...(BFM-TV France)...ISRAEL NATIONAL NEWS
In Australia and New Zealand today is ANZAC Day honoring military service in both countries.
In the midst of Australia's General Election campaign Defense Minister Peter Dutton today spoke of China and Russia in harsh terms.
Dutton directly compared Russan President Vladimir Putin to Adolf Hitler and said that China was on the pathway Germany took in the 1930's before World War II...ABC NEWS AUSTRALIA
That's the way it really is Monday April 25th, 2022 Day 770 of the Dictatorship of COVID-19, Day 770 of America and the World held hostage to COVID shots.
The drama of the final round of voting for President in France interrupted by an attack on a priest in Nice this Sunday. Both the priest and a nun wounded politicians and police in the area quick to talk mental illness over any notion of a terrorist attack.
What they will say after the voting remains to be seen.
One fear of the media is that voter turnout will be low with the leftist voters staying home and narrowing the margin between incumbent Emmanuel Macron and challenger Marine Le Pen.
Le Pen's hopes pinned on a maximum mobilization of anti-Macron voters fearful of losing pension benefits and being burdened with taxes on fuel and other necessities in the face of inflation and replacement of cheaper Russian energy supplies with more expensive American energy.
Macron's government even private energy suppliers lowering prices deliberately for April during the two rounds of voting.
Le Pen warning about globalization and France losing its identity and sovereignty to a global system plus the austerity plans of Macron like "pension reform' which Macron soft-pedaled hoping to nullify the leftist voters hostility to him over his ultimate intentions.
The banker turned politician Macron has his plans which he hopes to implement sooner or later but the raging inflation pending is likely to delay it.
AT 530 PM THE MEDIA HEADLINE TWO AND A HALF HOURS BEFORE THE POLLS CLOSE IS THAT ABSTENTION FROM VOTING IS ESTIMATED AT 28 PERCENT A LEVEL NOT SEEN SINCE 1969.
To make sure Le Pen is stopped it is widely believed that voting participation should be as high as possible we will soon see the accuracy of that theory.
THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA VERY WORRIED ABOUT INTERNET POSTINGS WITH INFORMATION THAT IN THEIR OPINION MAY BE FALSE PRIOR TO THE POLLS CLOSING AT 8 PM LOCAL TIME TONIGHT.
THE MSM FEARFUL OF INFORMATION FROM BELGIAN SOURCES FOR EXAMPLE AND ONE SUCH REPORT POINTS TO A 55-45 PERCENT EMMANUEL MACRON WIN IN AN INITIAL EXIT POLL ESTIMATE.
(2 PM EASTERN US TIME, 8 PM IN FRANCE POLLS CLOSED)
57.60 percent Macron 42.40 percent Le Pen the first estimate tonight....
Five years ago Le Pen finished with 33.90 percent of the vote tonight she appears to have achieved her highest total ever in a Presidential election...
Marine Le Pen has come out 10 minutes after polls closed to offer a concession speech.
There will be legislative elections in France in June the next test for Emmanuel Macron who now enjoys a majority in the National Assembly but there is no guarantee of what economic conditions will be like in June making for a moment where he may be a political loser.
Le Pen speaking tonight indicating a victory in the large number of votes she received in spite of the massive mistrust in the country.
"The result is the testimony of a great mistrust of the French people towards them"
That apparently a reference to the ruling dominant political forces of the "mainstream" in France.
A smiling Marine Le Pen also said during her speech that she harbors no "resentment" in the election outcome.
LE PEN DID WIN THE VOTE IN FRENCH OVERSEAS TERRITORIES IN THE CARRIBEAN WITH SOME ASTOUNDING RESULTS.
SHE LOST FRENCH GUYANA, GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE IN 2017 BY WIDE MARGINS BUT WON ALL THREE TERRITORIES THIS TIME AROUND WITH WIDE MARGINS IN HER FAVOR.
LE PEN 60.7 PERCENT TO 39.3 IN FRENCH GUYANA OVER MACRON 2022 COMPARED TO HER LOSS TO MACRON 35.11 TO 64.89 PERCENT IN 2017.
LE PEN 69.6 PERCENT TO 30.4 PERCENT OVER MACRON 2022 IN GUADELOUPE COMPARED TO HER 24.87 TO 75.13 PERCENT LOSS TO MACRON IN 2017.
LE PEN 60.87 PERCENT TO 39.13 PERCENT OVER MACRON 2022 IN MARTINIQUE COMPARED TO HER 22.45 TO 77.55 PERCRNT LOSS TO MACRON IN 2017.
THOSE TERRITORIES SEVERELY IMPACTED BY COVID WITH TOURISM SHUT DOWN STRONG OPPOSITION IN GUADELOUPE AND MARTINIQUE TO VACCINE PASSPORTS, MANDATES IN RELATION TO COVID.
(430 PM EASTERN US TIME, 1030 PM IN FRANCE)
In France tonight the talk is of blank ballots and spoiled ballots mixed in with the valid ones.
Many politicians proclaiming a "victory" for Macron and a "victory" over the "far-right" tonight.
Emmanuel Macron made his victory speech outdoors on the Champ de Mars with the Eiffel Tower as a backdrop.
No doubt with the legislative elections in mind, Macron spoke about the environment and 'gender equality' tailoring his message for the Left votes he will need to succeed in June.
Early congratulations to Macron on his victory came from Canada's Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
(530 PM EASTERN US TIME, 1130 PM IN FRANCE)
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz one of those to offer early congratulations to Emmanuel Macron tonight.
The niece of Marine Le Pen, Marion Marechal, and some other luminaries on the 'Right' in French politics looking to create some new force in French politics.
Marechal broke with her aunt in supporting cable tv host-pundit Eric Zemmour in the first round. Zemmour, by the way, did have a 40 minute phone conversation with President Donald Trump while he was campaigning in the first round vote.
Tonight Marechal and others made their pitch for a some new party of "patriots" for the legislative elections in June.
86 PERCENT OF THE VOTE NOW COUNTED
EMMANUEL MACRON 55.72 PERCENT
MARINE LE PEN 44.28 PERCENT
(1145 PM EASTERN US TIME, 545 AM MONDAY IN FRANCE)
We now have a finalized vote count it is 58.54 percent for Macron and 41.46 percent for Le Pen.
Tonight's result the highest ever vote percentage for Marine Le Pen who won 3 of France's 13 regions and 7 of its 10 overseas territories.
In 2017 she won none of the regions and none of the overseas territories.
US President Joe Biden tweeting congratulations to Macron tonight saying he looks forward to cooperating with Macron on:
"supporting Ukraine, defending democracy, and countering climate change"