Thus, now, it truly begins!
Third post - is the charm!
Enjoy!
WARS AND RUMORS OF WARS
In-between the addresses and virulent rhetoric belched out by both the American and the Iranian presidents, there was one voice of wisdom: the Portuguese's. Antonio Guterres, elected into position at the United Nations some time ago, finally showed his worth and true colors - and it is a beautiful sight indeed, amidst all the unsightliness now spreading like a plague throughout world politics. Mr. Guterres warned not to speak too harshly, to avoid an escalation of regrettable utterances as well as possible accompanying actions. Has the world listened to his plea? Iran, North Korea, the United States, Russia, Japan, China, Israel, the entire middle-east (as usual) and the rest of the civilized world will decide of this - why are we just a tad nervous about their eventual joint decision?
Guterres showed guts that Kofi Annan,
his predecessor, simply never had -
in spite of all his good intentions...
ROYAL RENDEZ-VOUS
The Queen of England grants an audience to her newly-appointed representative, former astronaut Julie Payette. Julie has certain traits and backstories that may remind the Queen of Sarah Ferguson (remember her?) and Lady Di herself. There might even be a thing or two in common with Carmilla as well (whatever happened to her? We kind of lost sight of here, over time... She has still managed to do considerably better than all the other royal families of Europe combined...!) And what of Michaelle Jean...! Can the Queen live through another one of those usurpations, so-called representations in an archaic system that reeks of feudalism and perpetually relegates Canada back to its status of a mere ''colony of the British Empire''...?
She most certainly can!
The meetings are frequent for the Queen, of course;
this one with Julie wasn't as warm,
strangely enough,
as the one Q.E. II had with
the Portuguese president...!
Maybe the crown can revert back to Portugal now...?
FRONT-PAGE WORTHY:
how in the world does Justin Trudeau have time to go on so many gay parades... chit-chat with Melinda Gates (about gender equality, feminism, women)... AND follow-up the disastrous appearance of one Donald Trump at the U.N. with a very... inconsequential one?
A question all of Canada has been begging to ask, is this: who is running the country in his absence?!?
Most likely answer: a joint partnership of his beloved Sophie - and Mélanie Joly!
Province in Canada to be far more severe with cases of distracted driving
The Province of Ontario will raise the fines to the five-digit level, dish out sentences that revoke driving licences for up to five years and also mete out imprisonment of up to two years. Another former astronaut associated with the Justin Trudeau Liberal party and government - the minister of Transport no less, Marc Garneau - expressed his hope to see all of the provinces and territories that make up Canada come to adopt the exact same stern position Ontario is coming forth with. The ridicule that the current system in place has come under has made come to light the many times justice was simply not served. One case made it all explode, at last: that of a killed pedestrian and the driver pleading guilty through his lawyer, omitting to even dignify the court with his presence for the proceedings and getting away with a fine of 500$ to pay. The family of the victim felt betrayed by the judicial system there; and there were plenty more like that. Not anymore, says Ontario.
Why does one have the nagging feeling that
some reckless drivers will simply continue
to do as they've always done anyway...?
NATURE OUT OF CONTROL
Tropical storms and hurricanes quickly maturing and increasing in intensity one after the other; Harvey, Irma, Jose, Katia, Maria...
Volcanoes erupting, floods and landslides more frequent; just the weather patterns being all out of whack could be sufficient cause for concern - but it has gotten to be much worse than that...
A devastating earthquake in Mexico -a second one in less than a month, in fact- on the very day of commemoration of the most destructive and calamitous earthquake history ever recorded there. One bewildered news anchor asked, upon adding to all this the news story of a groundhog of 13 years of age finally dying somewhere in Ontario (where they also honor that tradition of Groundhog Day...) - ''is this the end of the world?''
No - it is not! Carry on...
No, this not like ''Ramblings In Brief''
But it sure wouldn't like a traditional journal either
if Luminous (\ô/) Luciano was
the editor of some daily thing...
somewhere out there!
No - it would certainly not be!
Rife with luminous connections it would be;
and read like a constant editorial, too!
Cannot help it: it's my pundit style...
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