04-09-2016: passed out right when i was about to start the day (short day...)

tracks worked on in this vlog:
https://jasonparent.bandcamp.com/album/period-1

things are not always as they seem...

http://aptn.ca/news/2016/08/29/hearings-into-energy-east-pipeline-shut-down-in-montreal-mohawk-leaders-will-have-to-wait-another-day/

to be clear: i actually agree that the only way to shut the pipelines down is going to be through physical confrontation and i support that. these hearings are just not the place for it, and the scenario is consequently very fishy.

i hope that trudeau listens to indigenous groups, environmentalists (including james hansen) and the people that voted for his party.

...and i hope he doesn't listen to rona ambrose. at all.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ambrose-hopes-trudeau-listens-to-china-on-pipelines-lng-1.3057576

proportional representation at work....

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/german-anti-immigrant-party-beats-merkels-party-in-her-home-state/article31704863/

a couple of years ago, there was a fiasco around an "art collective" (it's questionable....) called pussy riot doing a performance piece outside a church in russia. this was misreported in the news as a crackdown by putin. in fact, the members did go to jail for some time. in order to understand what actually happened with pussy riot, you should consult this story, as it appears to at least be being reported correctly.

pussy riot was never charged with pissing off putin. they were charged with the exact same thing - being offensive to the church.

the point is that, while you should be concerned about freedom of expression in russia, you need to look at the real culprit, here, which is the increasing level of power being concentrated in the hands of the orthodox church.

the church is out of control. but, the scary part is that it actually has public support.