tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post5880478583852338016..comments2024-03-28T19:18:40.387-04:00Comments on Northern Reflections: Missing The Alarm BellsOwen Grayhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-8423723085658317542019-11-27T17:06:18.171-05:002019-11-27T17:06:18.171-05:00It's quite clear that Kenney is ambitious, Lul...It's quite clear that Kenney is ambitious, Lulymay. ME is in there somewhere.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-27141579069514320372019-11-27T15:55:54.075-05:002019-11-27T15:55:54.075-05:00I would add "self centred" as well, Owen...I would add "self centred" as well, Owen, to Jason Kenney's well known "qualities".<br /><br />I'm absolutely certain that every night before he goes beddy-bye, he hums to himself: "And I say a little prayer for ME"Lulymaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-9631856967504929412019-11-27T14:44:37.599-05:002019-11-27T14:44:37.599-05:00Kenney's two most notable qualities are almost...Kenney's two most notable qualities are almost always on display, RG -- grievance and contempt.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-75343524913850735662019-11-27T14:12:58.931-05:002019-11-27T14:12:58.931-05:00Owen, that look of smarmy arrogance on Kenny's...Owen, that look of smarmy arrogance on Kenny's face is very telling. He is more or less saying, Im not going to shake your hand. RGAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-8418733820890294622019-11-27T13:28:15.939-05:002019-11-27T13:28:15.939-05:00We live in hope, sal. But, increasingly, hope is i...We live in hope, sal. But, increasingly, hope is in short supply.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-39844885287796249572019-11-27T13:26:13.680-05:002019-11-27T13:26:13.680-05:00Lots of us believe that it's acceptable to mak...Lots of us believe that it's acceptable to make the minimum payment on the credit card, Rural. The result is that we merely spin our wheels and never deal with the problem.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-42301764386582198382019-11-27T12:52:05.398-05:002019-11-27T12:52:05.398-05:00.. we are North Americans..
in terms of climate, ..... we are North Americans.. <br />in terms of climate, realistically no borders<br />Caribbean to the south - Artic Ocean north<br />Pacific west - Atlantic east<br />Lot's in between.. lots n lots<br /><br />Texas floods, Alberta wildfire, king tides<br />migrating and dying sea life<br />California drought plus wild fires<br />Maritime fisheries dead or migrating<br />the permafrost thawing, catching fire<br />prairie wet spring, late planting<br />early snows pre corn harvest<br />leaking pipelines, disastrous governments<br />and sold out mainstream media<br />the magic elexir of 'evergrowing economy'<br />via travelling political party medicine shows<br /><br />Where and when is 'the awakening' ??<br />(forget the rapture, prayers n thoughts, elexirs)<br />get smart, get lean n mean..<br />Get real, Be real.. Walk In Beauty ..<br />the salamanderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06853337802990122289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-69558275830553031512019-11-27T11:50:24.889-05:002019-11-27T11:50:24.889-05:00The problem is of course that the price to be paid...The problem is of course that the price to be paid later may be, almost certainly will be, beyond the worlds population ability to pay. When paying off a debt it is necessary to pay more than the interest being charged I always thought Owen…....Ruralhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11814103548500393628noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-84667243561134791292019-11-27T10:32:31.524-05:002019-11-27T10:32:31.524-05:00I heard the same report you did, Mound. The econom...I heard the same report you did, Mound. The economist who looked at the various mechanisms to deal with the problem said that such a tax would be the best -- and least costly --alternative. It's either pay me now -- or pay me more -- later.Owen Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06464860078574618579noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35117130.post-44736941751293484652019-11-27T10:13:14.715-05:002019-11-27T10:13:14.715-05:00These crises are global but the onset and severity...These crises are global but the onset and severity of the impacts are not. Global warming is, by definition, global. Ocean heating and acidification are also global issues. The weight of overpopulation affects the entire planet through our global economy. And so it goes.<br /><br />Yet the impacts aren't received equally. If they were we would probably be far more collaborative. Because they're not, we aren't. We know that global warming will hammer the equatorial and tropical regions first. It's already occurring but some say it will enter a new dimension in those areas in just a few years. The more temperate regions in which the advanced nations are mainly situated will have a few decades before they're similarly afflicted. In this way, their sense of urgency is not ours. Their necks are stretched on the headsman's block right now. <br /><br />I heard on CBC this morning a report that Canada must raise carbon taxes above $200 per tonne (GHG) within ten years. Can you imagine a worse political football? I don't think we trust our political leadership enough these days to tolerate such bitter pills. The Mound of Soundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09023839743772372922noreply@blogger.com