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     AMAZON - DID YOU KNOW? Jeff Bezos, CEO of Amazon is the richest man in the world and in July 2021 it was reported that he became the first trillionaire in the world! If you want to visualize how much money that is- think about how long it would take to dig a million holes  2000 times and fill each one with a million dollars!  Not only did he not pay any taxes, whatsoever, last year, (2019) but through a series of tax loop holes with complete disregard for the survival of the American economy , this self- serving CEO readily collected  129 million dollars back from the US government. His employees make a measly $ 28, 465 per year!    He has been described as a “cold blooded corporate titan”.   Every time you buy from Amazon you are contributing to the demise of the local businesses in your town. For every  single job  Amazon creates, 2  jobs , often much better, are lost in your local community. Bez...

W HALES AND GHG EMISSIONS Most people on Earth are completely ignorant of the fact that whales actually help reduce global overheating! How is this possible? 50% of the world’s carbon is actually stored in coastal ecosystems.   The oceans actually suck up 25% of the carbon we produce    and 25 % is absorbed by land plants and trees. When most marine animals pop the excrement sinks to the bottom of the oceans. But, that is not the case with whales.   Whales’ poop does not sink to the bottom. It’s like a slurry floating at the surface and when it was analyzed it was found to contain high levels of iron and nitrogen. This nitrogen helps feed phytoplankton which bloom profusely as it   floats on the   ocean’s surface. When phytoplankton photosynthesizes they remove carbon dioxide   from the atmosphere which is   a huge contributor to global overheating. The whale poop-phytoplankton- carbon-reduction relationship  is perfect c...

 R ESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS AND THE CATHOLIC CHURCH In 1894 attending residential schools for all Indigenous children was made compulsory. This school operated for over 100 years until 1996.    The purpose of the schools was to remove the Indigenous children from the influence of their own special culture and assimilate them into the dominant Canadian culture. The majority of residential schools were operated by the Catholic Church. One would have expected to carry out the Government’s mandate that the teaching of Christ would have guided all actions in teaching Indigenous children, such as, readily demonstrating love, kindness, understanding, consideration, fairness, and justice.  “Let the little children come to me and not hinder them, the kingdom of God belongs to such as these.” And Jesus took the children in his arms, placed his hands on them, and blessed them. As well, would one not more readily embrace a different culture, if the representatives of the dominant cult...