Friday, April 20, 2018

Artists You Should Hear: April Edition - ReverbNation


www.reverbnation.com

Canada is not a country

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Protestors demonstrate against the expansion of Kinder Morgan's Trans Mountain pipeline project in Burnaby, B.C. on March 10, 2018. (JASON REDMOND/AFP/Getty Images) 

I want to fly up to northern Manitoba next month to visit my parents. It’s not a long flight; I live in the province next door and with a connection in Winnipeg I can do the trip in an afternoon.

It is expensive though. For the same amount of money I could fly to Peru and back three times and still have change left over for some inflight duty free. I could fly to any state in America, any country in Europe, a dozen cities in Africa, and almost every country in Asia (North Korea and Timor Leste excepted).

I normally just wince and buy the ticket, knowing that this is just the way it is in Canada. But this time I stopped and considered how odd it is that I live in country where it is easier, cheaper and often faster to travel overseas than it is to do so domestically. And once I started pulling on that thread, several other things started to unravel...http://www.macleans.ca/opinion/canada-is-not-a-country/
 

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Thursday, April 19, 2018

"Riders On The Storm" by The Doors


Dan Martin

They're walking right up to people! - Extraordinary Situation Underway

Last night, into early morning, I took over fifty phone calls, texts and Facebook messages. Most were about weak and dying warblers, robins and woodcocks. Please understand this is an extraordinary situation. More snow and cold temperatures are predicted for Wednesday and Thursday. The birds require your help. YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE! We are in desperate need of volunteer drivers for this event specifically. Please call 715-623-4015 or leave a message on Facebook if you can help us. Birds are coming from Marshfield, Stevens Point, Pittsville, Adams Friendship, Wausau, Shawano, Marion and all of the surrounding areas.

This is not a normal spring. The birds can deal with some snow and cold, but not deep snow (30 plus inches) and sustained cold. They have slipped into hypothermia, unable to maintain their own body temperature or keep themselves warm any longer. Birds that eat insects cannot find natural food. They are starving...http://www.raptoreducationgroup.org/blog/2018/4/17/alert-bird-emergency

Hands-on way of doing things by PM Trudeau


http://debatepost.com/2018/04/18/trudeau-and-sadiq-khan-get-very-touchy-with-each-other/


THE BOOK OF GIANTS (pdf)

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Book_of_Giants.pdf

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White giraffes spotted in Kenya!