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Monday, July 27, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: A GROTESQUE PIECE OF PROPAGANDA - COMPARING TRUMP'S PRINCELY LIFE DURING VIETNAM WAR TO JOHN MCCAIN'S BROKEN BONES - TRUE POLITICAL TRASH

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE NATIONAL POST This piece is uninformed trash. It tries to make a contrast in lives and character t...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: TRUMP AND THE REPUBLICANS - FUN TO WATCH - JEB BUSH AS EXCITING AS WARM OVALTINE

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COMMENT POSTED TO THE GUARDIAN Ya just gotta love Trump tossing hand grenades into the Republican headquarters. The great irony is t...

QUOTING TONY BLAIR ON LABOUR PARTY'S LEADERSHIP CONTEST - BLAIR'S CHARACTER - THE DEVIL'S BLOODIEST WORK - ALMOST CERTAIN PSYCHOPATHY

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN Well, when you interview someone who has done the Devil's bloodiest work, you surely ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: COMMENT ON A REPORT ABOUT THE CURRENT MISERABLE STATE OF GAZA - ISRAEL'S SAVAGERY IS GENERALLY IGNORED AND CANNOT BE EXCUSED BY WHAT HAPPENED IN A DIFFERENT PLACE AND TIME

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN (AND PROMPTLY REMOVED) It is a shame upon Europe and the United States that this savagery ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: IRAN ASSERTING ITSELF IN THE MIDDLE EAST - A WAY OF SAYING SOMETHING NEGATIVE ABOUT SOMETHING NORMAL

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN I think the headline is worded badly. Iran has no need to "assert” its right to pla...
Sunday, July 19, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: DONALD TRUMP ON JOHN MCCAIN - THE ONE TIME TRUMP ACTUALLY SAID SOMETHING TRUE - BUT THERE IS MORE: A BRIEF REVIEW OF MCCAIN'S SHABBY CHARACTER

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE NATIONAL POST   Actually, this is one of the few times I find myself in at least some agreement...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: YOUNG GIRL IN GERMANY FIRST REFUSED REFUGEE STATUS NOW RECEIVES IT - WHAT RARELY-DISCUSSED FACT IS BEHIND THE IMMENSE FLOOD OF REFUGEES TODAY? AMERICA'S SHAME

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POSTED TO A STORY IN THE GUARDIAN This was a disheartening story about a girl refused refugee status in Germany, and I am glad fo...
Wednesday, July 15, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ANALYSIS OF AN ARTICLE ASSERTING THAT PRESSURE ON ISRAEL DOES NOT HELP BECAUSE ISRAELIS WANT PEACE TOO

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN Well, there is peace, and there is peace. What most of the earth's people in...
Tuesday, July 14, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: OBSERVATIONS ON THE IRAN NUCLEAR AGREEMENT - FINALLY A REAL ACHIEVEMENT FOR OBAMA - IRAN AND HUMAN RIGHTS

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COMMENTS POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN The nuclear agreement with Iran is Obama's first serious achievement as Preside...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: COMMENTS TO AN ARTICLE ASKING WHETHER DONALD TRUMP WOULD BE A GOOD PRESIDENT

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COMMENTS POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN RUSSIA INSIDER Not much to a reader’s observation about Putin and Trump being similar. In ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: IS NOW A GOOD TIME TO NUKE RUSSIA? IDIOT COMMENTS FROM AN AMERICAN ON THE MATTER - EXPLANATION OF AMERICA'S CHANGING ATTITUDES - ISRAEL TOO - DANGEROUS TIMES AHEAD

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COMMENTS POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN RUSSIA INSIDER The quote from Ezra Kaplan reflects a kind of loose-lipped non-think now common ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: ISRAEL ATTACKING THE USS LIBERTY IN THE SIX DAY WAR AND THE POSSIBLE SECRET ROLE OF LYNDON JOHNSON

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COMMENT ON AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN There is no question that Israel committed this crime. The real question is why Lyndo...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE KLU KLUX KLAN - NASTY AND RIDICULOUS BUT NOT EVEN A REMOTE DANGER COMPARED TO SO MANY EVENTS IN OUR WORLD - TALKING ABOUT IT MIGHT BE UNDERSTOOD AS A DIVERSION FROM REAL HORRORS

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COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN While the Klu Klux Klan is a nasty and rather ridiculous organization, as a source of ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: JEB BUSH'S GROTESQUE COMMENT ABOUT HOW AMERICANS SHOULD WORK HARDER - FACTS ABOUT HOW AMERICANS DO WORK - IGNORANCE OF AMERICAN OLIGARCHS - WORD ABOUT GUNS IN AMERICA

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POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN RUSSIA TODAY Americans are among the West's hardest-working people. Those with good quality jobs ...
Friday, July 03, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: IRAN MUSEUM TO MURDERED NUCLEAR SCIENTISTS AND WHO KILLED THEM - NATURE OF ISRAEL'S SELF-PROCLAIMED DEMOCRACY MUCH LIKE THE OLD CONFEDERATE STATES - SIX-DAY WAR FACTS

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POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN "...the state claims were murdered by Israeli spies." Claims? Are you kidding?...
Monday, June 29, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: MORE ON MALAYSIAN AIRLINES DOWNED FLIGHT MH-17 - UKRAINE UNQUESTIONABLY RESPONSIBLE - DUTCH COMPLICITY - GOING TO TODAY'S UNITED NATIONS WILL NOT HELP - BAN KI-MOON IS AN AMERICAN FLUNKY

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COMMENT POSTED TO A COLUMN IN RINF There can be no doubt that Mr. Zuesse is correct about Ukraine having destroyed MH-17, however I...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: STEPHEN HARPER AS PUBLIC SPEAKER - HARPER FACES ELECTION WITH A MUCH REDUCED BENCH - WHY I THINK SO MANY HAVE ABANDONED HIS GOVERNMENT

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COMMENT POSTED TO THE NATIONAL POST TO A CCOLUMN BY REX MURPHY What is Mr. Murphy on, medical  marijuana? An excellent speake...
Saturday, May 30, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: SEPP BLATTER SOUNDLY RE-ELECTED TO FIFA LEADERSHIP - WHAT AMERICAN CHARGES TRYING TO DO - AMERICA'S OWN VAST CORRUPTION - SOMETIMES YOU EVEN MUST SUPPORT BAD GUYS

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO THE GUARDIAN I'm happy for Mr Blatter. I have no idea whether American corruption charg...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: CANADA'S PETER MACKAY (AKA, PETER POTATOHEAD) ANNOUNCES HIS RETIREMENT FROM POLITICS - MACKAY'S GENUINE ACHIEVEMENT - MACKAY'S ETHICS - WHAT IT ALL MAY MEAN

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO THE NATIONAL POST Peter Potatohead likely holds the Canadian political record for the number of...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: THE AMERICAN STATE DEPARTMENT REMOVES CUBA FROM ITS "BLACKLIST"

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED IN THE GUARDIAN Blacklist indeed. Good God, what a hypocritical bunch. For years America tri...
Friday, May 29, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: FIFA ARRESTS AND THE AMERICAN JUSTICE DEPARTMENT - A GREATER EVIL THAN BENT SPORTS OFFICIALS

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO THE GUARDIAN  The American Justice Department had every right and reason to pursue the American...
Wednesday, May 27, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: CHELSEA MANNING IS ONE OF THE FEW HEROES OF OUR TIME

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED IN THE GUARDIAN Chelsea Manning is one of the few genuine heroes of our time. She risked every...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: NEWS COVERAGE OF THE PLIGHT OF ROHINGYA MUSLIMS IN BURMA - A GROUP IN EVERY WAY COMPARABLE TO THE OCCUPIED PALESTINIANS WHO RECEIVE NO SUCH COVERAGE

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John Chuckman LETTER TO CBC RADIO'S THE CURRENT The Rohingya Muslims of Burma by all accounts are treated badly. But in not...
Friday, May 08, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: DANGEROUS FLAILING AND BELLOWING OF THE BEAST

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DANGEROUS FLAILING AND BELLOWING OF THE BEAST John Chuckman When I think of America’s place in the world today, the image tha...
Sunday, May 03, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: JIMMY CARTER'S BRAVE COMMENTS ON THE TERRIBLE SITUATION IN GAZA - ISRAEL'S INEXCUSABLE BRUTALITY - CITING WHAT HAPPENED IN THE HOLOCAUST CANNOT EXCUSE WHAT WE SEE - A SOCIETY OF LAWS OUR ONLY DEFENCE

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN Bless you, Jimmy Carter, a man who genuinely deserved a Nobel Peace ...

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: CANADA'S LEONA AGLUKKAQ'S BIZARRE COMMENTS ON EASTERN UKRAINE DURING A MEETING OF THE ARCTIC COUNCIL GROUP OF NATIONS WHOSE IMPORTANT PURPOSE IS NOT POLITICS BUT THE EMERGING PROBLEMS OF THE ARCTIC

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN RUSSIA INSIDER Please don't take Leona Aglukkaq’s words too seriously. They...

JOHN CHUCKMAN ARTICLE: MORE MONEY WON’T FIX CBC

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MORE MONEY WON’T FIX CBC John Chuckman I’ve heard leaders of both the Liberal Party and the NDP promise more money for CBC sh...
Friday, May 01, 2015

JOHN CHUCKMAN COMMENT: NO WESTERN COUNTRY HAS ANYTHING CLOSE TO DEMOCRATIC GOVERNMENT TODAY - THREE REFORMS ESSENTIALTO PROVIDING IT - COMMENT TO AN ARTICLE ON ENDING FIRST-PAST-THE-POST BALLOTS AND USING ORDERED PREFERENCE BALLOTS

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John Chuckman COMMENT POSTED TO AN ARTICLE IN THE GUARDIAN BY OWEN JONES A mostly accurate assessment, but we need more than ...