Month: February 2021

Why are we turning the beautiful, democratic, Lebanon into Syria or Iran?

Indeed, a member of the so-called “Free Patriotic Party” (what is free about it? And what is patriotic?) is calling for the priest who recited a prayer for the dead for Mr. Slim to apologize. Can you imagine?

He is even trying to turn the story into an insult to Christian rituals. How stupid and low can you go in life, Bambi wonders… without having ever heard of the name of this Lebanese politician in her life before?

Another Muslim (Shia) clergyman was paralyzed by fear to the point of apologizing for having participated in the beautiful, multifaith, funeral prayer of Mr. Lokman Slim.

He claimed he did not know to which house he was heading to say a prayer for the dead and whose body he was praying over. He said he was surprised by the cameras (of journalists).

He repeated his loyalty (to Hezbollah), asking people to stop talking about the story. “God forgive those who are talking about me. I made a mistake”

Isn’t it sad to see a spiritual man apologizing for praying on the dead body of another human being (who happened to be from his own community on top of that)?

Where is Lebanon heading? Are the masters of these people trustworthy when it comes to nuclear deals, Mr. Biden et al.?

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210211-lebanon-multi-faith-service-for-slain-activist-sparks-row

Pro-Hezbollah Shia Cleric Apologizes For Praying For Lokman Slim

FPM Member Wants A Priest To Apologize For Praying At Lokman Slim’s Funeral

Mmm, should Bambi be concerned for her fellow wild animals who suffer from systemic racism, it seems?

Well after reading the two articles further below, she is more concerned about humans who suffer from systemic stupidity?

Can we please leave the animals out of our silly ideologies?

Thank you.

https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/systemic-racism-affects-wildlife-too-a-q-and-a-with-an-urban-ecologist

https://www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/news-columns-blogs/matt-driscoll/article244966965.html

A CBC article, by Mr. Alexandra Panetta, entitled “Trudeau’s criticism of Trump cited at U.S. impeachment trial” informs us of the following:

“What we witnessed was an assault on democracy by violent rioters, incited by the current president and other politicians,” Trudeau said last month during an address outside of his residence at Rideau Cottage“:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/trudeau-trump-impeachment-capitol-1.5910857

Mmm, Mr. Trudeau is an expert of American internal politics now? His criticism is cited at US impeachment trial, which takes place long after/even if Mr. Trump finished his mandate. By the way, why doesn’t this US impeachment trial have a stronger (internal) expert than our own Mr. Justin Trudeau :)?

To conclude this post, it would be nice if Mr. Trudeau re-focuses his attention strictly on being our Prime Minister, especially during this pandemic crisis. Canadians need all his energy to secure more vaccines to protect them… and to deal with all the Covid-19 economic challenges. Thank you!

Thank you Mr. Slim… May you rest in peace now.

Bambi’s heart goes to your family and to all those who believe in freedom of expression, despite the intimidation and terror.

Mr. Biden’s heart seems to be torn between two lovers, China and Iran ?.

Seriously, it is often hard to read politicians or to follow them, even when they seem familiar or friendlier.

They can dance in weird ways sometimes, with one step in one direction and the other in another direction.   

They may say all the beautiful sentences in the world, but their actions do not seem to match their words.  

Why is Bambi saying so?

Because Mr. Biden pledged to ‘meet the China challenge and ensure the American people win’. Beautifully articulated goal.

https://www.ft.com/content/dedda549-4279-4931-aec3-03167bb6beae

It would have been even more beautifully meaningful had it not been contradicted by the following news: Mr. Biden withdrew his predecessor’s rule on schools’ disclosure of ties to China (https://www.reginfo.gov/public/do/eoDetails?rrid=131811).

Bambi does not understand the internal politics of our neighbour, but he seems to have proceeded with this decision without consulting Congress. He must have his reasons to be in a rush… Perhaps he does not see the potential danger of ideologies infiltrating his own country, along with true science and artistic exchanges.

How could you be that naive when you are a seasoned politician? Is this possible? Even the province of NB struggled with the similar issue (https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/new-brunswick/confucius-institute-programs-china-school-1.5259963).

Another possibility may be that it is a sign that the USA cannot be the winner of the Chinese-American battle (… of ideas, at least). Could it be?

Although Bambi may be wrong, she finds this both odd and worrisome. Indeed, she knows from a second life elsewhere that wars begin with ideas/ideologies… and the rest can become even uglier.

https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/news/biden-trump-rule-schools-disclosing-chinese-state-run-confucius-institutes

Ms. Loujain Al-Hathlout, a women’s rights activist has been released from jail after three years (as per France 24, Naharnet, and international media):

https://www.france24.com/en/live-news/20210210-prominent-saudi-activist-loujain-al-hathloul-released-from-jail-after-nearly-3-years

Bravo Saudi Arabia for this move!

Bambi hopes Mr. Raif Badawi will be next!

Since this post is about Saudi Arabia, Bambi wonders how Mr. Biden et al. call the latest Huthi attack on Saudi airport? Or the term terrorist does not apply to allies (ie., Iran and their proxy organizations in the Middle East)?

http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/279307-huthi-attack-on-saudi-airport-leaves-plane-on-fire

For earlier posts on the topic, you may wish to read:

The Houthis no longer on the US terrorist list: Did Mr. Biden lose his mind?

You know that Iran is pleased with the USA when Ms. Kamala Harris’ book is published in Tehran in Farsi

Many Canadian MPs have asked for the relocation of the 2022 Winter Olympics to denounce how China mistreats its Uighur Muslim minority. An open letter has even circulated. The latter has been signed by Mr. Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe (Bloc Québécois), Mr. Nathaniel Erskine-Smith (Liberal Party), Ms. Kelly Block (Conservative Party), Ms. Jenny Kwan (NDP), and Ms. Elizabeth May (Green Party). Thank you.

Below, you can see the virtual press conference on this topic by Ms. Annamie Paul, Leader of the Green Party of Canada. To conclude this post on a friendly note, Bambi has always associated the name of Ms. Annamie with the French word “une amie” (a friend) to remember it. Today, the latter has shown that she is a friend to humanity.

Bambi fell in love with Mr. Berberyan’s moving song in which he expresses his love for his motherland, Lebanon. She is sharing it with you in a video where you can see the beauty of his tiny officially bankrupt yet always beautiful Mediterranean country.

Thanks to Mr. Anthony Rahayel for posting Mr. Berberyan’s song. Mind you, the last time Bambi watched Mr. Rahayel’s posts, they were highly disturbing videos streamed live immediately following the Beirut port surrealistic explosions of August 4th, 2020.

Even if the latter tragedy remains unaccountable (imagine!), and despite Lebanon’s other complex challenges, today’s post is about patriotic love, beauty, good memories, peace, and hope for brighter days for Lebanon!

To conclude this post on a lighter note, those who know Bambi closely may think that this man is related to her… Mmm, perhaps he would minus the last two letters of his family name :).

The list presented below could literally go on and on.

Indeed, for fun, just google “systemic racism” (or even just racism) and see the number of hits you will get. For fun, Bambi tried it yesterday eve. Although the number of hits is incredibly high, it remains much lower than the latest obsession (pre-pandemic, at least), which was “climate change“.

Bambi may be wrong but she believes that we will keep hearing about this systemic racism for a long time. However, unlike climate change, wokeism (as a radical ideology or obsession) has the potential to have a more negative impact on societies, especially in the long-term. Indeed, politicians who flirt with wokeism (or other radical ideologies?) are playing a dangerous divisive game. It can backfire on all of us one day, as Bambi had seen in other places in a second life. Trust her, if we are not lucid enough, tensions, and even a strife, can occur one day (no country is immune).

To come back to the racist list below, you will see that it even includes kids who thus need to be raised as “anti-racist” (as per the CBC News video at the end of this post).

The underlying idea of all these media articles is that Canada is deeply racist and we are the most racist citizens on the face of the earth. This is why, as shown below, some entities (i.e., Ville de Montréal) have recently created anti-racism, high-paid, governmental positions to find more (systemic) racism.

Bambi will stop her blahblahblah here to share some examples from her online list (to this, you can of course add all the pamphlets or posters that you see in real life). Before doing so, if she may, she will conclude this post with a question to our federal leaders, especially Mr. Trudeau in the top position. She recalls having already raised the question a while ago on the same blog: “If Canada is that racist, don’t you think that we need to either slow down on immigration processes, which are increasingly too slow, even if ambitious (https://pm.gc.ca/en/mandate-letters/2021/01/15/minister-immigration-refugees-and-citizenship-supplementary-mandate) OR… at least be honest with future newcomers to spare them a devastating cultural shock related to racial injustice upon their arrival :)?

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An extract for the online list in question (not in alphabetical order):

Basketball:

Hoops with a cause: Combating systemic racism in basketball coaching

Technology:

https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/canadian-tech-orgs-form-anti-racism-coalition-to-bring-diversity-to-innovation-1.1458050

BIPOC students face disadvantages with exam monitoring software at the University of Toronto

Medicine/Healthcare:

https://www.cmaj.ca/content/193/2/E55

https://www.dal.ca/news/2021/02/04/racism-and-covid-19.html

Banks/Banking sector:

https://www.ctvnews.ca/business/ottawa-should-require-banks-to-share-race-related-data-on-services-business-groups-1.5298451

Justice system:

https://www.thestar.com/politics/federal/2021/02/03/tackle-systemic-discrimination-in-canadian-courts-justin-trudeau-tells-justice-minister.html

Construction:

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/afro-canadian-construction-association-officially-launches-for-black-history-month-1.5894555

Environments/air/pollution:

https://www.halifaxtoday.ca/local-news/dalhousie-professor-asks-public-to-support-federal-bill-addressing-environmental-racism-2902737

School/college/university campus:

https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/01/when-antiracist-manifestos-become-antiracist-wrecking-balls/617841/

Entire provinces (i.e., Québec!):

Green Party leader says she tried to convince Legault to acknowledge systemic racism in Quebec

Cities:

https://montreal.ctvnews.ca/bochra-manai-named-montreal-s-first-ever-commissioner-for-the-fight-against-racism-1.5265539

Even kids…

In the BBC, we can read an article entitled: “Mark Carney: Climate crisis deaths ‘will be worse than Covid‘”:

https://www.bbc.com/news/business-55944570

Mmm, are you China’s agent or lawyer now :)? Because this is what you seem to be telling us through the text of journalist Sharanjit Leyl:

“Although China continues to build coal-fired power plants, and draws about 70% of its power from fossil fuel, the country is a crucial part of the solution.

“There clearly are issues in terms of coal in China, and the sooner China moves on that, the better for them and for the world.

“But China also produces 60% of the global solar photovoltaic panels. It is also the largest producer of electric vehicles. So China has many sides to this.“

The US has the “largest and most sophisticated financial sector” along with the “engineering and technological expertise” to get to net zero emissions, he said.

Part of his role at the UN is to tap into this financial sector.

It is the “power of money” that will ultimately play the biggest role in combating climate change, he said.

“We’re getting the system in a position where, whether it’s a bank, or somebody who’s investing a small amount of savings in the market, or your pension, they can choose [how it is invested].

“They have the information and they can choose to be part of the solution, transitioning to net zero, or be part of the problem.”

So, Bambi will summarize your words with sarcasm: Climate change will kill us more than the coronavirus. Money redistribution is the solution. China is holy. The US will pay for the world’s sins.

Oh, the article did not mention Mr. Trump, perhaps the larger interview mentioned in the article would? Clearly, he was an obstacle to all this climate change saga and its proposed solution (i.e., Paris accord). He has been eliminated now. You have carte blanche to suck money out of the USA (with the agreement of the new US administration). So, why the need to still scare people like that?