The US is currently behind Kiev Ukraine's push into the east of the country surrounding the Lugansk and Donetsk regions. All of this is in response to the Russian energy supply to Europe via Nord Stream II which is scheduled to be completed this year (5% left to go). Russia is seeing a lot more sanctions because of it and also a lot of air and sea interference by Poland.
Poland has become a very expensive US Hub for Natural Gas; currently shipped to them by a pipeline of ocean tankers from the US which is supposed to supply Europe at 3 times the price of Russian Gas.
If and when Nord Stream II comes online, US controlled Ukraine will lose their hold on the old Russian energy transit corridor across Ukraine into Europe. Biden had also intended to frack the hell out of Ukraine as well, to supply Europe with gas. No doubt Poland is also involved with this plan. Therefore, the closer we get to the completion of Nord Stream II, the closer we are to war.
Fascist Ukraine is building up their forces in the Lugansk & Donetsk region at a ratio of 3 or 4 to 1, in preparation for what can only be seen as a blitzkrieg victory over the eastern states while Russia has vowed to protect these regions.
Eastern Europe is now a tinderbox waiting for a match so I hope everyone in the Donbass region are ready including Russia. I expect an incident will happen by Ukraine in the Donbas soon, and when that happens, there will be an additional attack on the Russia to Germany Nord Stream II gas pipeline...any such attack would be considered an attack on Russia and then we move to very unstable times.
About this Poem:In August 2020, I wrote about theUnregulated trade with Chinaand the devastation it has wrecked on the North American environment. The Emerald Ash Borer being one of those Asian infestations and forest destroyers. In the spring of 2021, our city began cutting all the infected Ash Trees down and I have to say it is really devastating and depressing to see, especially when seeing the displaced animals and birds that made the trees their homes. The destruction of our Ash trees and forests is a direct result of allowing trade with countries like China that have no concern for the environment. The huge amount of trade being conducted with China needs to end.
I truly love nature and abhor what consumer growth economics has done to our environment. We need to do more to save our forests, trees and wildlife...we need to stop being consumers of trinkets and things while also ending our pre-occupation with disposable things.
About this Poem:William Butler Yeats (13 June 1865 – 28 January 1939) was an Irish poet, dramatist, prose writer and considered one of the foremost figures of 20th-century literature…that maybe so, however I believe he was more pretentious, selfish and elitist.
In the earlier part of his life, Yeats was a member of the Irish Republican Brotherhood, but due to the escalating tension of the political scene, Yeats distanced himself from the core political activism in the midst of the Easter Rising in 1916, even holding back his poetry inspired by those events until 1920. In my mind, had he been a real nationalist revolutionary, he would have stood with fire in his words at precisely the time his words were needed…I find he was pretentious and uncaring about the people of Ireland and more concerned with his economic standing. He was a coward, remained silent and only shared his views when it was economically viable for his bourgeois lifestyle.
In the 1930s Yeats was fascinated with the authoritarian, anti-democratic, fascist nationalist movements of Europe, and he composed several marching songs for the Blueshirts, although they were never used. He was a fierce opponent of individualism and political liberalism and saw the fascist movements as a triumph of public order and the needs of the national collective over petty individualism.
He was an elitist who abhorred the idea of mob-rule, and saw democracy as a threat to good governance and public order. After the Blueshirt movement began to falter in Ireland, he distanced himself somewhat from his previous views, but maintained a preference for authoritarian and nationalist leadership. He was in essence a traitor to the Irish people.
There’s nothing wrong with Nationalism, however a fake nationalism that hides behind cowardice scores zero points with me. Especially where Ireland never really gained its full and true independence. Monetary and economic subservience and the loss of the north are proof of a failed independence.
As a poet, I could never turn my back and be silent in my nations most critical hour as Yeats was.
External peer review of the RTPCR testto detect SARS-CoV-2 reveals 10 major scientific flaws at the molecular and methodological level: consequences for false positive results.
About this poem:This poem was written to a photo prompt in a poetry contest that asked us to pen to the picture…With all the draconian lockdown, closures, curfews and mask laws being used, the government and media are destroying everyone’s lives but especially our children’s lives. I have a teenage daughter who is supposed to graduate high school this year but there will be no graduation, no parties, no celebrations whatsoever because they have been cancelled and outlawed. Half my child’s schooling is done online, the other half is conducted at school in bubbles where they are not allowed to mingle with other kids! They have to wear 2 government provided disposable masks all day long; which the manufacturer and government shareholders recently recalled due to an overuse of chemicals in the masks! Even with the lower concentration of chemicals in the masks, they will cause respiratory and rash problems.
Our children’s sports and activities have been taken away; they’re not allowed to do anything together including visiting each other’s homes or experience life. I see depression and anxiety becoming a huge factor in our children daily! I’m seeing it happen all around me! Colleges and Universities empty and all being conducted online…that’s not an education! They need to mingle with their peers and live their lives!
Our children’s lives are being ruined not just by the government and their corporate sponsors but by media who propagate the BS and by an apathetic and fearful population that would rather believe what they are told than to use common sense and investigate for themselves. The fear of covid-19 is really stupid and unnecessary because the corona virus is simply a FLU that is no stronger than the annual influenza that circles the world annually. The only pandemic we have in the world today is how many people are stupid enough to believe their governments and mainstream media…so many people are being led down a path of utter insanity that it’s frightening to ponder what it all leads to!
External peer review of the RTPCR testto detect SARS-CoV-2 reveals 10 major scientific flaws at the molecular and methodological level: consequences for false positive results.
Background:In World War II, my father was an N.C.O. (Non-Commissioned Officer) in the Cameron Highlanders. After 90% of the Cameron’s were wiped out by German machine guns at ST. ANDRE-sur-ORNE July 21st, 1945 due to the hubris and recklessness of a silver spooned commander. My father who survived, was re-commissioned into the Black Watch; his choice.
My father never talked about the war and would evade any question we had asked him when he was alive. However, years later, after he passed away, my mother gave me a box of his things which included what was left of his possessions from the great depression and world war II era. Sifting through the things he treasured, I found out a lot more about a man who did so much for so many and never once took credit or boasted.
My father sent all his soldiers pay home to help take care of his mother, father and siblings. Of nine children, 5 boys served in the Canadian Army, Navy and Airforce. Three girls and youngest boy (2yrs old) stayed behind.
Just before my father was to depart for the European war theater, he received a telegram from his father on March 17th, 1945 (St. Patrick’s Day) telling him to come home, that his mother had died. (51 years old) His mother’s funeral would be the last time he saw his father, for on July 10th, 1945, his father passed away at the age of 58 years.
During the war, he was paid $1.60 a day, and continued to send all of that pay home to support what remained of his family.
He could not go home for his father’s funeral nor go on leave because he was already deployed in the liberation of France, Belgium and Holland.
When the war ended, my father went to see the parents of his friends and comrades who died during the war, to help them bring closure to their deaths…a very noble gesture and respect that was part of his character.
About this Poem:My mother had Alzheimers in later life and hated living in an old age care facility. It was a very lonely place for her. She loved it when I visited and took her for a drive, anything to get away from the assisted living place where she stayed.
I went there three or four days a week between July 2015 until her death in January 2016. During that time, I got to meet a number of the residents there and from the summer to the fall we’d converse pleasantries and small talk. Their eyes lit up when a familiar visitor walked in, and you could just feel the atmosphere change for the better. They were so hungry for someone to talk to, but as autumn progressed and the annual flu shots were administered, a number of them passed away shortly afterwards. In fact, my own mother had a persistent cold and runny nose after receiving the mandatory flu shot from the care home. She died suddenly at the age of 90, on January 22nd, 2016 and left me with my sorrows to write about and so this poem is for her, my mother "Olive Brennan"
When the so-called pandemic swept through 2020, ninety to ninety five percent of all claimed deaths from COVID-19 came from elderly care homes. The annual Influenza which is categorized as “Influenza A” or “Influenza B” circles the world every year and claims lives in relatively the same numbers every year including 2020 when COVID-19 made its name.
This poem is dedicated to all the elderly who have been held hostage since March 2020 who are not allowed to be with their families. Old age was not meant to be spent in isolation alone, and it is inhumane to allow such a horrific tragedy to continue.
Incidentally, the word “Tammy” refers to Theresa Tam the Hong Kong native that holds the position as the 3rd chief public health officer in the Canadian government. She’s sick in her mind and sick in her soul for pushing the never-ending insane lockdown and mask policies in Canada. It’s time to bring those accountable who spread the covid lies and fearmongering to court and charge them with mass murder. Theresa Tam should be first on that list.
Also:Nurse Willard is a character reference to the 1971 horror movie “Willard”
