Bambi's Thoughts
Bambi would like to thank her friend for sharing this article in the National Post:
Good luck to the courageous Cubans who are daring to demonstrate to ask for more freedom. It is about time after all these years, isn’t it?!
In Canada, both citizens and deer are concerned about freedom… Just think of all the censorship stories, here and there, and… think of Bill 36.
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Earlier posts…
Bambi loves this joyful version of “Douce France” by the late Mr. Rachid Taha. “Bon 14 Juillet” to all Bambi’s friends (especially Nina) and… Happy Birthday to you Amale :)) with much love from the East Coast!
The families of the victims of the surrealistic Beirut port explosion are still on the streets, day after day. They are now rotating their demonstration in front of the houses of all the Lebanese politicians. They are showing their solidarity with Judge Bitar who is their last hope for justice. They refuse to see him removed by the political authorities like his predecessor, Judge Sawan.
The people of Lebanon want their judicial system to be independent.
They want the truth about the surrealistic Beirut port explosion, ideally before its first anniversary on August 4, 2021. Is this too much to ask for in life? Didn’t the President of Lebanon, Mr Aoun, promise a 4-day-investigation last August following the tragedy that destroyed half of the Lebanese capital?
Thank you to all these lawyers who kindly travelled to Lebanon from Europe and Arab countries, to give a strong message of support to Judge Bitar.
To conclude this post, led by France, the European Union will sanction the Lebanese leaders by the end of July. Will this move succeed in re-wiring their brains to reconnect with their empathy for their own population, which is suffering in front of their eyes? Is there hope for humanity to triumph over indifference or… criminality? Will “the wind of hope” [“Vent d’espoir…] blow across Beirut, as per the beautiful song by Mr. Anthony Ojeil? It is about time!
The beautiful baby in the picture is not even one year old. Yes, she is 10-month-old and her name is Jouri (El-Sayyed). She is in heaven now… instead of being with her mom and dad… in the hell that Lebanon is turning into day after day.
From what Bambi understood from the media, she seems to have died because of lack of medication at the hospital where her parents rushed her to due to high fever. It seems that when they ran to search for the needed drug at nearby pharmacies, the latter were all closed due to an open strike in the country:
http://www.naharnet.com/stories/en/282578-lebanon-to-probe-sick-baby-s-death-amid-healthcare-crisis
However, the statement of the hospital seems to indicate that baby Jouri died as she was discharged to another hospital against the advice or without the approval of her caring team (Arabic content):
http://nna-leb.gov.lb/ar/show-news/553992/
The Lebanese caretaker Minister of Health ordered an investigation.
How sad… and what a worrisome tragedy.
Indeed, Lebanon (including its hospitals and residents) are lacking fuel, power, medicine, etc. Just to give you an idea, the last time Bambi checked on her loved ones in Beirut, her aunt did not have water for four days in a row. Bambi’s parents were luckier, no water for only 24 hours. However, they only saw the power 2 hours in the past 24 hours.
To conclude this post on a sad yet heartfelt note, Bambi sends her love to Jouri’s parents. There is no word that can ever comfort their hearts. May their daughter’s soul fly in peace…. “vole, vole” to use the moving French words of Céline Dion (song originally written for her niece who died of cystic fibrosis).
As for the residents of Lebanon, love and solidarity to all of you too!
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Here are some of the media news covering this story:
https://www.cnn.com/2021/06/29/americas/canada-church-fires-indigenous-land/index.html
https://www.journaldemontreal.com/2021/07/07/au-canada-on-brule-des-eglises-impunement
The title of this post says it all… Islamism is a form of (religious) highly authoritarian governance. It is disturbing to see Canada beating it when it comes to tolerance of arson of places of worship.
Why are we allowing this to happen and how will this bring justice, healing, and love? How will it repair the past? How will it make the future a better place?
All the media (and intellectual elite) bashing Québec for its Bill 21 on secularism, where are they now to defend our churches? Don’t the latter matter too (like other places of worship)?
Ironically, the arson of churches is once again sadly punishing Indigenous people themselves as well as newer immigrants (who are perhaps the most observant) and older immigrants/Canadian fellows.
And what is the answer of our Prime Minister to a question by a journalist about this? Check the shockingly sad video below… If Mr. Trudeau comes to campaign at her end of the country and meet deer/citizens, Bambi has a “burning” question for him in mind about compensation to the victims of residential schools. If she asks him this question, will his body-guard (our RCMP) manhandle her like they did to Ms. Drea Humphrey?!
Isn’t this treatment of journalists who dare to ask direct questions a form of intellectual/political neo-colonialism? Bambi is Just asking…
To conclude this post, thank you Ms. Humphrey. Hope you are OK and you will be/remain safe while reporting (to us). Keep up your courageous work.
According to Reuters, as cited by Euronews and the Globe and Mail as well as many Lebanese and international media, a “Lebanese minister denies request to quiz security chief over Beirut blast“:
https://www.euronews.com/2021/07/09/us-lebanon-crisis
At the end of this post, and as a reminder, you can see the latest post by Bambi on this topic about the “courageous” decisions taken by Judge Bitar.
This explosion was very ODD, to say the least.
What makes it particularly odd is that the Hezbollah usually jumps on every opportunity to blame Israel. This time it did not, if Bambi is not mistaken. How come? Does this silence mean anything or is Bambi reading too much into it?
Could the criminality be just the outcome of years of negligence, due to mere corruption, and no military act triggered the tragedy?
One hypothesis that circulated in the minds of some survivors of the Beirut port blast is that Israel may have perhaps targeted the port to destroy weapons belonging to the Hezbollah, perhaps/likely not knowing that about 2750 tonnes of ammonium nitrate were improperly stored there. Some thought so because they reported hearing what seemed to be Israeli (military) airplanes. Perhaps it was just a coincidence that these airplanes were flying in the sky at that time. After all, they regularly fly over Lebanon. Plus, a correlation does not mean causation in life. Could it be?
Regardless, why was Beirut half-destroyed at 6:09 PM of this doomed August 4, 2020? We come back to the same question that remains unanswered almost a year following this surrealistic blast.
Can someone explain what exactly happened at their port to Beirut residents, and especially to the families of the 206+ victims (adults and toddlers), to the 6000+ injured (MANY lost their eyes, including kids), to the 300,000+ homeless, and to everyone touched by this unacceptable human-made tragedy?
Can anyone tell the truth to Bambi’s parents who miraculously survived their destroyed apartment, to her niece and brother-in-law who got injured, and especially to her childhood friend Maya who is still being treated for her injuries!?
Maya as well as Leila, you were right in being a bit skeptical, despite the hope Judge Bittar offered to the Lebanese people a few days ago. Bambi was skeptical too, deep inside, yet she wanted/still wants to believe that justice can finally prevail in Lebanon… and in the entire world.
Enough of impunity to negligent criminality! Enough of corruption and destruction!
To conclude this post on a musical yet strong note, again here is a song by Rai Singer Cheb Khaled about the surrealistic Beirut port explosion…
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Yesterday (yes it is already past midnight!), we learned that Ms. Jody Wilson Raybould decided not to run in the next federal elections. She also shared with her Constituents that this decision was not quick or easy to make.
Most alarmingly yet not surprisingly, she wrote in her letter that the Parliament has become too “toxic and ineffective” in addition to being too “partisan“. She also wrote that too much power has become centralized inside the office of our Prime Minister.
Clearly, Ms. Wilson-Raybould’s decision to leave federal politics is a BIG loss to Canada :(!
Indeed, she has been a (rare) decent and (truly) independent mind/voice since Day 1. However, sadly, there was no room for such a brilliant woman of integrity in our government (with the SNC Lavalin saga). Despite this, she succeeded in getting re-elected, as an independent lawmaker.
Over the past years, she kept serving with both integrity and transparency.
Over her career in law and service, she has inspired many citizens, including many younger women (hopefully also particularly from Indigeneous communities!)!
Thank you Ms. Wilson-Raybould for remaining faithful to your values of integrity… and best wishes in your future endeavours in life!
To conclude this post on a musical note, if she may, Bambi would like to honour you by symbolically offering you two eternal songs (that do not need any introduction or description). Merci/Thank you for all!
Thank you Mr. Mark MacKinnon, one of our senior Canadian journalists, now reporting about Lebanon from out of Beirut.
Thanks for telling the world about the tragedy of this country….
In an article entitled “Ottawa plans to teach non-racialized Canadians about systemic racism in new campaign“, we can read that “the federal government plans to launch a national ad campaign aimed at making more white Canadians knowledgeable about systemic racism” (https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ottawa-plans-to-teach-non-racialized-canadians-about-systemic-racism-in-new-campaign-1.5500329).
Can’t Mr. Trudeau et al. leave us alone, please?
Enough of playing with fire (or racism) and enough of ideologies.
We just want to be Canadians, period. Is this still possible in Canada?
By the way, the term “racialized” is insulting. Enough, please.
Before starting their electoral campaign, again here re some tips to our lawmakers, as per one of Bambi’s earlier posts, which includes lessons from the Lebanese tragedy. These lessons are listed below verbatim in a form of “What-not-to-do-in-governance-in-order-to-avoid-Lebanonizing-one’s country“:
“… If Bambi may, here are some possible lessons, from out of Beirut, to our world leaders:
Do not let corruption AND incompetence rule your country… for too long.
Do not pit people against each other.
Remain united… in loving/serving your country.
Put your country before any ideology, regardless of the latter.
Put your country before your personal and/or tribal interests.
Put your country before other countries’ interests.
Learn to forgive (others… and yourself. Yes, it is possible even after a bloody civil war with over 18 massacres; https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_massacres_in_Lebanon).
Learn to live and LET your citizens live… in dignity and freedom.
Have a clear vision of the future.
To conclude, perhaps most importantly, always love, and… re-love your country (as much as needed throughout history!).“
Thank you!
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Here is the earlier post mentioned above:
