Cusp of Peace?

Good Wednesday morning beloved sentients. Don’t know what to make of this, but Suliaman Ahmed’s X account is reporting a few moments ago that a peace deal between Iran and the US is almost a done deal. ******** BREAKING: THE FINAL DRAFT OF THE REPORTED US-IRAN AGREEMENT THAT HAS BEEN REACHED AND EXPECTED TO BE […]

Global Choice – Sanity or Insanity

Good Wednesday morning beloved sentients. We’re back on the Malahat and it is a bright but cool Spring morning. Going to do some gardening later on today. Put in two tomato plants that I brought from the mainland. But, first, let’s see how far I can post today without the WPCSIS gremlin[s] who are now […]

Cuba Crisis Update

FILE PHOTO: Cuba’s former President Raul Castro watches a May Day rally in Havana, Cuba May 1, 2025. REUTERS/Norlys Perez/File Photo HERE WE GO AGAIN! As a prelude to conquering Cuba, US plans to indict 94-year-old Raul Castro | SOTN: Alternative News, Analysis & Commentary By Jana Winter May 14 (Reuters) – The United States […]

Global Perception

Israel is globally perceived more negatively than any other country in the world, ….followed by North Korea. Negative perceptions of the US have also exploded placing it near the bottom of global perception according to the 2026 Democracy Perception Index. https://allianceofdemocracies.org/democracy-perception-index This hasn’t helped Good Sunday morning beloved sentients. The war is about to restart–perhaps […]

“Never Mess It Up” – Xi

‘Never mess it up’: What Xi and Trump said on day one of Beijing talks | Business and Economy News | Al Jazeera NOTE on above photo, Trump during an interview with Hannity made a remark about Xi’s appearance. Back in the day my mother used to say “Personal remarks are NEVER in good taste.” […]

Web of War

Good Wednesday morning beloved sentients. Yesterday was a travel day and now we’re safely ensconced in our little suite in the lower mainland. I have to admit my prediction in my last post that Trump would TACO out of his trip to China was wrong. He’s there now. I guess I thought the pressure of […]

(Psycho)Path to War – Day 73

Will Trump visit China this week? Illustration courtesy Sonar21 Good Monday morning beloved sentients. Well, as my mother used to say…”It’s time to either fish or cut bait.” Or, to use a cruder metaphor: “It’s time to either sh!t or get off the pot.” Trump has been dallying for weeks now with his “ceasefire” while […]

The Set-Up

Good Sunday morning beloved sentients. Today is Mother’s Day and I wish all the mothers of the world a happy one as I await hearing from all my chicks. I have three children. My eldest, a daughter, is a doctor and according to her brief e-mail to me this morning she’s in the Amsterdam airport […]

Snap Back Mechanism

Good Saturday morning beloved sentients. WordPress really pulled a number on my post about “Driving the Malahat” yesterday. I published it and just went in to make a few editorial changes and half of it suddenly disappeared. LOL I post all kinds of inflammatory stuff about Trump and his wars but “Driving the Malahat” needs […]

Driving the Malahat

Good afternoon beloved sentients. Today I have a bonus feature for you about driving the most dangerous highway in Canada–the Malahat Highway on Vancouver Island. Just this morning there was another serious accident on the Malihat also known as Highway 1. Impaired driving suspected in serious morning crash on Highway 1 near Langford There are […]