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  1. In 1985, these fantastic artists gathered together to sing…
    There comes a time
    When we heed a certain call
    When the world must come together as one
    There are people dying
    Oh, and it’s time to lend a hand to life
    The greatest gift of all
    We can’t go on
    Pretending day-by-day
    That someone, somewhere soon make a change
    We’re all a part of God’s great big family
    And the truth, you know, love is all we need
    We are the world
    We are the children
    We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving
    There’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
    Oh, send them your heart
    So they know that someone cares
    And their lives will be stronger and free
    As God has shown us by turning stones to bread
    And so we all must lend a helping hand
    We are the world
    We are the children
    We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving
    Oh, there’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
    When you’re down and out, there seems no hope at all
    But if you just believe there’s no way we can fall
    Well, well, well, well let us realize
    Oh, that a change can only come
    When we stand together as one, yeah, yeah, yeah
    We are the world
    We are the children
    We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving
    There’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
    We are the world
    We are the children
    We are the ones who make a brighter day, so let’s start giving
    There’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and mee
    We are the world (are the world)
    We are the children (are the children)
    We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day, so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving)
    There is a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
    Oh, let me hear you!
    We are the world (we are the world)
    We are the children (said we are the children)
    We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day so let start giving (so let’s start giving)
    There’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me, come on now, let me hear you
    We are the world (we are the world)
    We are the children (we are the children)
    We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving)
    There’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me, yeah
    We are the world (we are the world)
    We are the children (we are the children)
    We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving)
    There’s a choice we’re making
    And we’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
    We are the world (are the world)
    We are the children (are the children)
    We are the ones who’ll make a brighter day so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving)
    There’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me
    We are the world, we are the world (are the world)
    We are the children, yes sir (are the children)
    We are the ones that make a brighter day so let’s start giving (so let’s start giving)
    There’s a choice we’re making
    We’re saving our own lives
    It’s true we’ll make a better day, just you and me, ooh-hoo!
    We are the world (dear God) (are the world)
    We are the children (are the children)
    We are the ones that make a brighter day so let’s start giving (all right, can you hear what I’m saying?)
    There’s a choice we’re making, we’re saving our own lives

    Songwriters: Lionel Richie / Michael Jackson

    We’ve certainly winged off the WRONG DIRECTION since these fantastic artists wanted to help change the world of hunger…
    What changed?
    Hunger for money and profits while politicians changed to be our parents.

    1. One of the reasons deep down in my heart and soul, I identify as an American.

      The country did take a turn for the worse, but at least there, there’s push back against the agenda. You still have state governors preserving the notion of freedom, unlike here in Kanuckistan, pretty much every government, and every political party has been corrupted in one fashion or another, and the people here are sheep, and don’t seem to know what’s coming, or do know, but not only do they not care, but they’re actually looking forward to the change!

      If I was able, I’d move to one of the U.S. Red states, but at least for now, I’ll settle for the prairies where my impression is that the people are not nearly as insane as the folks around here are in Ottawa.

      1. I feel exactly the same. Canadians are very easily manipulated and the Liberal government and the media take advantage of this. I too woukd like to move to a saner part of the country — Alberta or Sask.

        1. Main reason for this is that a much higher % of the population in kanuckistan rely on gubmint tit suckling for a living. The only viable industry is oil and gas and this is how most get their ‘fair share’ of this wealth. This has produced a vast population of weaklings as there is little push back on the gubmint agenda.

        2. When we retired, we left BC for small-town SK, where housing is much more affordable and the streets are quiet and the people still have some common sense. The big cities of SK? Not so much. I think universities warp their thinking.

      2. fc:

        YES. I have no desire, or the energy to move, but I often make this point to my wife: that in the US there is REAL competition in governance. Not so in Canuckistan with the possible but doubtful exception of Sask and AB.

      3. fc, my husband and I feel the same. We just returned from a weekend in the USA and the pushback is palpable: you can see it and hear it just about everywhere, and in the bluest of blue states as well! I often wonder if something is actually brewing or if Americans have become as complacent as Canadians.

    2. I never DID like this as I had already seen that Africa was “less than special”. Since I was 10 (1962) and the great decolonization of Africa had begun, any thinking person (which I was at age 10) just knew that the future was not going to go well for Africa. People like to blame the European nations for ignoring tribal boundaries as the primary cause for the dysfunctional continent which Africa is today. Even when the inhabitants of the various nations of Africa emigrate to Canada or “more white” countries, they still carry their grievances and hence the riots at the Eriteran (sp?) festival in Toronto this past weekend.
      Sadly, the more I read about black people and their behaviours, the more I want to stay away from them.

  2. Love you too, Kate! You keep me laughing!!!

    Does it make you feel any better than I’m going to have to endure 29°C here in Skopje, Macedonia today?!?

    1. Henceforth all SDA contributors must get a note signed by Kate and all the readers before they are allowed to take time off.

    1. Just the opening sentence in that article is fantastic.

      “Remember how Russia supposedly elected Trump using only the television ad budget of a failed congressional race in Amish country?”

  3. Japanese PM beclowns himself
    “The widening division within the international community over approaches to nuclear disarmament, Russia’s nuclear threat, and other concerns now make that road all the more difficult. But it is precisely because of these circumstances that it is imperative for us to reinvigorate international momentum once more towards the realization of a “world without nuclear weapons.”
    Not a single mention of what country used the bomb on Hiroshima, but yeah Russia is the problem.
    He should do the honorable thing. I’ll lend him a sword if he can’t find one.

    https://japan.kantei.go.jp/101_kishida/statement/202308/06hiroshima.html#:~:text=As%20prime%20minister%2C%20I%20reverently,weapons%20must%20never%20be%20repeated.

  4. Some backbench Liberal MPs ‘livid’ with Trudeau’s cabinet shuffle, say PMO ‘couldn’t have done a better job at undermining caucus morale’
    https://www.hilltimes.com/story/2023/08/07/im-so-pissed-off-some-backbench-liberal-mps-livid-with-trudeaus-cabinet-shuffle-saying-pmo-couldnt-have-done-a-better-job-at-undermining-caucus-mor/394422/

    I don’t think the Cabinet shuffle has much to do with politics, but mostly in making sure the new Ministers, get the Minister top up for their Federal MP’s pensions, should the Liberals lose the next election.

      1. joe – this national post article says that in the next Canadian, if “the Conservatives are the single most numerous party in the House of Commons, but short of a working majority in their own right… the Governor General will consult the prime minister, which at that moment will still be Justin Trudeau, and will ask if he thinks he can continue to govern. His answer would depend on whether he continues to enjoy ironclad assurances from the New Democratic Party, and whether they have enough seats between them to make a functioning ministry”.

        https://nationalpost.com/opinion/in-canada-winning-the-election-isnt-everything

    1. If you print money every year as a function of your existing money supply, your currency will devalue exponentially regardless of the rate at which you print. Many people don’t realize this.

      If you print at 1% it takes over 400 hundred years before your currency is devalued by 100 times. At 2% it takes less than 250 years. At 3% it’s only 77 years. At 5% it’s under 50 years.

      The US printed 22% of its currency in circulation in 2020 alone. Since 2020 the US has printed almost 80% of its total currency now in circulation. These are dying days of the Roman Empire printing.

      https://www.amarketology.com/how-the-us-government-caused-inflation-by-printing-record-amounts-of-money-in-2020-and-2021

      It’s not just higher interest rates driving governments into debt default. Their money has become worthless.

    1. Reader – True but the article almost seems to praise Biden’s interventionist and ironically named inflation reduction act.. The downside is already evident in the downgrading of the US credit rating.

  5. Help needed, Recently I came across a report on research about the dangers of the vaccine for pregnant women. The article cited two studies– one was Japan, I think, the other may have been from Norway. I want to cite this in a letter to my MP, but cannot now find the reference. Does this ring s bell for anyone. Your help is much appreciated. Anything about issues with the vaccine in pregnancy would be relevant.

      1. Thank you very much. Health Canada is still recommending these for pregnant women. I think it is concerning.

  6. Money laundering from China into Canada increasingly used banks and homes after COVID-19: FINTRAC
    https://www.thebureau.news/p/money-laundering-from-china-into

    .
    … Fintrac’s findings raise concerns that Canada’s housing market is being used widely and increasingly in these schemes, and prompt questions about how this criminal activity is impacting prices in the nation’s already overheated real estate…

  7. Canadians do not need lectures on tolerance from their politicians
    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/chris-selley-canadians-dont-need-tolerance-lectures

    Funny, these huge posters are in most of the bus shelters in Toronto, but they don’t have any for showing accommodation for disabled people, the elderly, or for people of other religions.

    And if you go to the Toronto Police Services Most Wanted page,
    https://www.tps.ca/organizational-chart/specialized-operations-command/detective-operations/investigative-services/homicide/most-wanted/
    are we supposed to be embracing those people too?

  8. “Sigh.” Kate, I wish you would maintain this post to the usual high standards we’ve come to expect from Robert.

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