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  1. 04-07-2024, 07:23 PM #1
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    Default What's hot in real world news? - Thread 14.0

    Here's a link to What's hot in real world news? - Thread 13.0, followed by a fresh news item:

    https://www.chesscanada.info/forum/s...ws-Thread-13-0

    cbc.ca/news/world/Six months after Oct. 7, Israelis demand more be done to rescue hostages from Hamas as war rages [Thousands rally in Jerusalem to demand release of about 130 still in captivity. I'd note that in WWII unintentional bombing of civilians by the Allies was unavoidable, whether done in the liberation of France, or of Germany, for example. Today there is perhaps the belief precision weaponry can change the equation, but it's hard to see how much so, with enemy forces plus any innocent civilians close to one another. In the need to eliminate Hamas, the IDF led the Gazans to know to go to the south away from combat, perhaps with Netanyahu hoping against hope that Egypt might help take the civilians away, but in the past Arab nations have largely refused to take in Palestinians, perhaps partly/mostly to keep pressure on Israel. Now, to avoid a wholesale killing of any innocent civilians, Netanyahu might be best advised to declare victory, as he himself already claims he has eliminated the bulk of them. Israel may always have enemies to take their place. On the other hand, Netanyahu faces a bribery charges trial resuming in more peaceful times...]

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/israel...-war-1.7166322
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    usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/04/05/US, Israel brace for possible attack(s) by Iran in revenge for Israeli strike on Syria that killed Iranian commander:

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...t/73223334007/
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    politico.com/news/2024/04/07/huge-voting-shift-voter-age-split-old-ones-for-biden-youth-for-trump-2024-election-poll:

    https://www.politico.com/news/2024/0...ction-00150923
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    nypost.com/2024/04/07/opinion/kamala-harris-reminds-us-a-vote-for-biden-is-a-vote-to-hand-her-the-white-house-key:

    https://nypost.com/2024/04/07/opinio...te-house-keys/

    thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/4579464-abbott-biden-is-using-illegal-immigrants-as-political-pawns:

    https://thehill.com/homenews/state-w...litical-pawns/
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    atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-scotia-premier-joins-calls-for-meeting-with-trudeau-about-his-april-fool's-day-carbon-pricing:

    https://atlantic.ctvnews.ca/nova-sco...cing-1.6836783

    ctvnews.ca/politics/don-martin-trudeau-s-seeking-shelter-from-the-housing-storm-he-helped-create:

    https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/don-...eate-1.6835317

    msn.com/en-ca/news/politics/lilley-trudeau-needs-to-answer-questions-on-foreign-interference:

    https://www.msn.com/en-ca/news/polit...ce/ar-BB1l9bQn

    nationalpost.com/opinion/john-ivison-canadas-economy-desperately-needs-shock-treatment-after-this-liberal-government:

    https://nationalpost.com/opinion/joh...ral-government

    torontosun.com/opinion/columnists/lilley-trudeau-wastes-42-million-on-gun-buy-back-that-doesnt-work:

    https://torontosun.com/opinion/colum...at-doesnt-work
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    ottawacitizen.com/opinion/denley-doug-ford-steps-up-for-the-city-of-ottawa-now-its-trudeaus-turn:

    https://ottawacitizen.com/opinion/de...-trudeaus-turn

    ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-ranks-the-5th-worst-city-for-bed-bugs-in-canada-orkin-canada-says:

    https://ottawa.ctvnews.ca/ottawa-ran...says-1.6813091

    cbc.ca/news/canada/ottawa/ottawa-lrt-stage-3-at-risk [Building the final planned extension to Ottawa's troubled light-rail transit system is no longer an affordable option, at least for the next 25 years. That statement — one of many dire pronouncements from the city's recent update to transit's long-term financial plan — was sobering. But experts and local representatives say it should not come as a surprise. The Stage 3 plan involves extending light-rail transit infrastructure into some of Ottawa's fastest growing communities: Kanata, Stittsville and Barrhaven...]:

    https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/ottaw...risk-1.6975901

    ottawacitizen.com/news/local-news/Could two former prime ministers help rescue PM's Residence at 24 Sussex? [A joint effort spearheaded by Jean Chrétien and Stephen Harper, from two different political parties, "takes the politics out of it," a former NCC board member says.]:

    https://ottawacitizen.com/news/local...scue-24-sussex

    fairmont.com/laurier-ottawa/[circa 2024 - for the snobbish - chateau laurier gets 2 poor reviews out of three in this ad, some years after the city's renovation plans controversy for it, circa 2019]:

    https://www.fairmont.com/laurier-ottawa/
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    usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2024/03/20/trump-backed-ukraine-aid-loan-scheme-picking-up-steam [so, for Trump, maybe it was about the money, mostly, re: Ukraine aid]:

    https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/...a/73047397007/

    youtube/US COMBAT VET REACTS - The secret battle behind the blocking of Ukraine aid [it seems Republican House Speaker Johnson has a big but Biden-stymied oil terminal in his backyard, so in his case it may about the money, too - however any horse trading allowing the price of oil to rise etc. (to consternation of environmentalist-loving Democrats), in exchange for aid to Ukraine, also benefits oil-rich Russia, I'd note, unless Ukraine destroys too many of her oil refineries. Biden is finding himself essentially begging them not to do that, lacking any leverage as US is not really aiding Ukraine now, since the price of oil rising would displease his fellow enviro-Dems regardless)]:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFXfqat1CbI

    youtube.com/US COMBAT VET REACTS/watch - SECDEF BEGS Ukraine: Stop Destroying Russian Oil Sites!:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hafOnA9xJeY

    youtube/bbc/Ukraine lowers draft age to boost forces:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5LYGnqoCLGk
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    theguardian.com/science/2024/jan/14/what-happens-if-we-have-been-visited-by-aliens-lied-to-ufos-uaps-grusch-congress:

    https://www.theguardian.com/science/...rusch-congress
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    foxnews.com/world/taiwan-furious-that-china-hijacks-global-sympathy-after-devastating-earthquake:

    https://www.foxnews.com/world/taiwan...ing-earthquake
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    notalotofpeopleknowthat.wordpress.com/2024/04/05/mongolian-deep-freeze-due-to-global-warming-says-discredited-daily-telegraph:

    https://notalotofpeopleknowthat.word...ily-telegraph/
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