NEWS NOTES: UKRAINE CRISIS THE UKRAINIAN MILITARY SHOULD TAKE SOME LESSONS FROM THE FIRST WORLD WAR. INCESSANT BOMBING TERRORIZED AND DEMORALIZED BOTH GERMAN AND WESTERN TROOPS. THEY SHOULD BE USING THE HOWITZERS TO BOMBARD RUSSIAN POSITIONS CONSTANTLY - DAY AND NIGHT.

NEWS NOTES: GAS PRICES WHY IS GAS $4 / GAL IN BUFFALO AND $10/GAL IN TORONTO? SO MUCH FOR NAFTA. IF WE ARE IN A "FREE TRADE" ZONE ALL PRICES SHOULD BE THE SAME. CANADA ALWYS GETS SCREWED IN THESE DEALS. MORE OIL COMPANY SLIGHT-OF-HAND.

NEWS NOTES: GAS PRICES WHATEVER HAPPENED TO RICH CORPORATIONS SHARING THE PAIN DURING THE PANDEMIC & UKRAINE CRISIS? OIL COMPANIES SHOULD BE STEPPING UP AND HOLDING THE PRICE OF CRUDE DOWN RATHER THAN PICKING UP SOME QUICK PROFITS. A $0.30 CENT DROP IN GAS PRICES WOULD BE GREAT.

NEWS NOTES: IKRAINE CRISIS WHEREARE THE SURFACE-TO-AIR, ANTI-TANK MISSILES A *& HOWITZERS RE THAT THE U.S., CANADA AND THE EU HAVE DONATED TO UKRAINE? WITH RUSSIAN CONVOY SOME EXTY KM LONG STALLED THOSE ROCKETS SHOULD BE RAINING DOWN ON THE RUSKIES. WHAT'S THE HOLD-UP?

NEWS NOTES: UKRAINE CRISIS I WEEP FOR THE CHILDREN OF THE UKRAINE - PARTICULARLY ANY WITH MENTAL HANDICAPS OR DISORDERS OR OTHE RINFIRMITIES. THEY DO NOT DESERVE THIS UNPROVOKED WAR. THEY DO NOT UNDERSTAND WAR. PUTIN MUST BE PUT ON TRIAL FOR WAR CRIMES. HE IS AN AMORAL THUG.

NEWS NOTES: UKRAINE AM I THE ONLY ONE WHO IS GOBSMACKED THAT WESTERN BANKS (U.S. & iNT'L) ARE FUNDING RUSSIA'S SOVEREIGN AND MILITARY DEBT? THIS EFFECTIVELY MEANS THAT WE HAVE CREEATED THE UKRAINE CRISIS? NO ONE IN THE WEST SHOULD BE LOANING RUSSIA A NICKEL. MONEY TALKS.

NEWS NOTES: UKRAINE WHERE ARE ALL OF THE WORLD'S RELGIOUS LEADERS WHO SHOULD BE DECRYING THE ACTIONS OF VLADIMIR PUTIN AND THE RUSSIAN FORCES. THIS IS A FAILURE OF MORAL LEADERSHIP AS THEY STAND BY AND WATCH AS THE WORLD HEADS OTWARDS A NUCLEAR WAR. COMPLETE INSANITY.

IN MEMORIAM iT IS WITH DEEP REGRETTHAT WE ANNOUNCE THE PASSING OF OUR LOVABLE, INTELLIGENT & DEDICATED BORDER COLLIE (SOCKS). HE WAS A COMMITTED AND LOYAL FRIEND. HE LOVED HIS PLAIN TIMBITS. WE MISS HIM DESPERATELY. BARK ON SOCKS!!! ENJOY YOUR ASTRAL JOURNEY. THE BAHLIEDAFAMILY.

NEWS NOTES: UKRAINE INSANITY!! INSANITY!! INSANITY!! vLADIMIR PUTIN IS PREPARED TO DESTROY THE WORLD IN A NUCLEAR HOLOCAUST TO SATISFY HIS BRUISED EGO. ONE PERSON WILL BE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE END OF THE WORLD. NO COUNTRY IS WORTH THIS.

NEWS NOTES: UKRAINE WEHN THE WEST SAYS TOUGH SANCTIONS ARE THEY REALLY TOUGH? WILL THE BANKS IN ENGLAND CONFISCATE OLIGARCHS BILLIONS OR JUST "FREEZE" THEM UNTIL THINGS IMPROVE. WHY ARE WESTERN BANKS DOING BUSINESS WITH RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS ANYWAY? THERE IS A BIG DIFFERENCE.

NEWS NOTES: UKRAINE IN MY HUMBLE OPINION UKRAINE SHOULD STAND-DOWN AND LIVE TO FIGHT ANOTHER DAY. RISSIA'S ARMY HAS OVERWHELMING STRENGTH. WHY WASTE LIVES ON A WAR THEY CANNOT WIN. GO UNDERGROUND, SABOTAGE ETC. UKRAINE LIVES!!

NEWS NOTES: TRUCKER'S BLOCKADE(S) r.c.m.p. & police forces should be recording every truck licence plate, driver's licence #, names, residence locations etc. of every trucker in this blockade - particularly the country of residence. 98% of truckers are working. STOP THE BLOCKADE.

NEWS NOTES: COMPUTER SCREENS I am totally fed up with computer screens that a) present text in 8pt or 10 pt so that it is unreadable b) use Calibri or some other wispy font that I cannot see and C) have no way for a visually imparied person like myself to make any adjustments.

NEWS NOTES: UKRAINE It seems to me to be highly i bigoted that the Trudeau government is providing miniscule support sefusing to send offensive weapons to the Ukraine while they had no problem approving a $10B dollar weapons contract with Saudi Arabia inked by Stephen Harper.

NEWS NOTES: HOMELESSNESS The homeless problem would be solved if religious organziations lived their values. There are mosques, churches and synagogues on nearly every street corner providing the homeless with plenty of local selection. Volunteers and city staff could operate.

NEWS NOTES: HOMELESSNESS I wonder why the churches, synagugues and mosques do not open up their unused basements for the homeless. These facilities are gnerally empty with kitchen and washroom facilites and empty space. Twenty to thirty sleeping cots could easily be deployed.

It seems highly ironic that while the Canadian government is trumpeting their climate change plan which includes banning clear-cut logging to preserve trees that we cut down hundreds of millions of perfectly healthy Christmas trees worldwide. It is time to abandon this practice.

NEWS NOTES Q & A: CAPITALISM Part of unlimited profits is keeping wages as low as possible. Rather than being partners in society, businesses are in an adversarial relationship with workers. Workers and the private sector are at odds when they should be working together.

NEWS NOTES: q & A: CAPITALISM "Free" enterprise is extremely expensive. Tht is because no one has ever defined what a "reasonable" or "fair" profit actrually is. We know the value of everything else in society execpt profit. We need "fair" enterprise not "free" enterprise.

NEWS NOTES: Q & A: WAR War torments our world. Yet we seem powerless to stop it. The solution is very simple - comprehensive arms control treaties for ALL weapons of any kind. Countries with conflicts should be banned from being sold any further munitions. No bullets - no war.