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“:
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!
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.
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.
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):
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)?
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):
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?
Bambi would like to thank her friend Mary for sharing this inspiring short interview with Ms. Slim. She is the mother of the brutally assassinated Mr. Lokman Slim. What a dignified mother. They broke her heart yet not her soul. Like her son, she is a free thinker, a writer, and a researcher (the journalist referred to her as “an encyclopedia“). Bambi searched the net and found what she believes to be his article in An Anhar. He signed it as follows: “We are all your children, Ms. Slim“.
Bambi did not know this distinguished woman before. She salutes her sorrow as well as her wise yet sharp words. Below, she will allow herself a free translation into English (the interview was conducted in Arabic). Before doing so, Bambi would like to cite Mr. Gibran Khalil Gibran who wrote: “Your Lebanon is not my Lebanon“… his words about his birth country are sadly still very relevant, perhaps today more than ever. Indeed, the Lebanon of the Slims is clearly not the Lebanon of those who ordered his killing or those who executed it, to use his mother’s words.
This being said, here are the words of Ms. Slim verbatim:
“… I say that they slaughtered me because Lokman, in addition to being my son, was my friend and my partner in thinking, reading, and debating… and what did they gain? They lost an energy that existed for Lebanon. I am not just talking about a source of energy for me. I am talking about Lokman as a man of knowledge, a man who reads, who writes, and analyzes.I am selfish. I am his mother. I need him. He is my son, but if they think of their country, they do not get rid of such sources of energy [= human capital]. What did they gain? They spent on him 5 or 6 bullets? Many thanks. Many thanks for their generosity!“
The journalist then asks her if she has a message to share. She replied: “What shall I say? Here, we have been raised that education is the most important thing, same for the thoughts, and for the good manners. And then when the world may contradict us, we retire home, we read, write, and analyze. There is no need to expose ourselves. Life is tough, but people should not become criminals. I am not just talking about those who executed the crime. I blame more those who ordered/incited it. There is someone who incited and those who incite are to be blamed more than those who committed the crime. Those who execute crimes are usually like a machine. They just deliver. It is like a kitchen’s mixer. I may program it to make it work. It works, but who is the responsible? The cook making it work, the cook inciting it. I can only say that he is the responsible only. That’s all I can say.”
The journalist asked Ms. Slim if she is accusing anyone or leaving the matter to the justice system. She replied: Of course, I am leaving this to the justice systemand this afternoon my son Hady is arriving [to Beirut] and he is a lawyer who teaches in France.He is the one to look at all the laws or the investigation, etc. However, what matters is to find a solution because, if I recall, when Mr. Kamel Mrouwa was assassinated, my husband was his lawyer and that story remained unaccountable. Me, I refuse that they do the same with the case of the murder of Lokman. This I refuse it!”
To conclude this post, bless your broken (“slaughtered“, to use your own term) heart, Ms. Slim. May your son rest in peace. Thank you for having raised your beautiful family with such wonderful values, with courage/dignity, and with the most precious gift in the world: Being/remaining free thinkers (despite the pressures, threats, and criminality). May your final words be heard: May impunity finally ends in Lebanon!
