The GLOBAL GAG RULE... people are actually dying because of this, the POOR, struggling, women, sick,  & FACT: MORE UNWANTED CHILDREN WILL BE BORN TO STARVE.
​Donald Trump & his groupies are a bunch of compassionate less, women degrading, racist. (sorry Chuck) Every time I read about this man - I shake my head and feel sorry for my American friends...  women especially.
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-With this GlobalGAGRULE he has tied the hands of women all around the world from being in control of their own bodies, no longer able to access information and help.
-With this GlobalGAGRULE TRUMP gags women all around the world from asking of help- GAGS Dr.s and aid from speaking about abortion- forcing women once again  to choose unsafe alternatives.

Do you understand what the Global Gag Rule is?
Please Educate yourself on - Google:  Global GAG RULE.
If you think it does not effect us ALL, you are mistaken.  IT HURTS ALL WOMEN.
​We all live on the planet together.

​EVEN IF you are against abortion (not your body - none of your business)
- tThe Global GAG RULE has an impact of much more - PLEASE READ to understand and then  SPEAK UP!!! ANYWAY you can think of to educate about this  GLOBAL problem which will have epic consequences.
GLOBAL GAG RULE:
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/canada-gives-20-million-to-replace-trumps-contraception-cuts/article34187584/

https://www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2017/01/25/trump-is-hell-bent-on-punishing-women-with-yuge-global-gag-rule/#1eab847f1c75

www.forbes.com/sites/judystone/2016/10/09/elections-matter-why-pence-is-a-scary-option-for-women-and-public-health/#7741e1156aaa

-With this Global GAG RULE - he is forcing women to have babies they do not want!! 
- With this Global Gag Rule- we will take world hunger to epic proportions of suffering.

                      Does this cartoon offend you? or Does the  GlobalGAGRule offend you?   
​                                                                     Choose wisely.

Have Faith 
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xox
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Follow me into the garden of love...
Chances are you  have seen the photos of Murad Osmann  on Instagram.  
He is 1/2 of the famous couple, a  photographer who is being led around the world by his girlfriend - now wife. The shots stunning - every corner of the world in all it's glory.
Her wardrobe is equally as impressive.

You can't help but  be drawn into each possibility of adventure with them.
Last night my bears took over and asked me to follow them. 
I'm glad I did...  I needed an adventure , if only with my paint for a few hours.
A mental escape down the garden path.  

Where would you go?  
Who would you lead?
What would you do?

Follow me. Perhaps... I'll follow you.

Have faith
xox
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Sunday we had a trip to the city planned, visit a few stores and see a couple of friends.
I had it in my mind how the day would go.  It went another way.
Storm and I had a good day and did see some people we have not seen in a while,  & it was great to say Hello and catch up a bit.
But the day had an event that really stuck in my head. Enough to draw it.

I suggested to Storm that we find an outdoor patio so that I could medicate. Which was badly needed. Young st. was busy - what else is knew... the level of poor was new, to me anyhow. Everything you see in the cartoon is TRUE and more.  It was a visual smorgasbord!   

The color, the people, the noise were slightly overwhelming as it is but when we finally found an empty patio and had just ordered a coffee, was about to medicate, I heard this strange beeping...  you know s sound you know but are not sure where....

I turned to see a woman in a hospital gown, no shoes on her feet... walking towards us - with an IV pole - she was hooked up. The blood backed up into the line connecting to her arm.  The machine on the IV pole beeping! 

I instantly thought of TIFF and thought it might be some stunt.. 
She walked right where we were sitting, when an EMT worker pulled up beside her and started to question her. We were sitting right beside her.

He was nice and asked her where she was going, he said she had walked 5 km from a hospital?!  5 km and no one stopped her? No one asked her where she was going or what she was doing. ;(  The conversation continued and he expressed concern about the IV Pole  stating a few times “it’s worth about $3,000...  “  I was thinking - buddy - she is in her hospital gown in the middle of young street attached to an IV POLE do you think she was thinking about the cost?

Well a couple of police cars later... she had slid down the railing where we were sitting almost within touching distance.. she did turn and say “sorry”

I told her she had no need to apologize.  I felt bad for her. She was here from Alberta, no family, at a shelter and sick., She had a bad infection and was in the hospital to get better. It is great in this country she can be treated!  I get it bout the IV Pole.. but really? What has played on my mind is the fact that he got so far. How sad. :( So many people just ignoring everything. stepping over the poor liek they re trash on the street. 

I bet people looked at her  when she was not looking and they thought she must be crazy. Who is cray? THOSE who see and do NOTHING are the closest to mad there is. No compassion.

I did not leave, We sat there. I at one point thought the conversation might have gone differently if she were alone. The other officer made a point about asking her is she had been in trouble and  also the cost of the Pole.
Then they talked about how they needed bigger cars. 

An ambulance finally arrived and she had to go back. Back to where she was so very tired of.  I don’t have the answers. Better security at the hospitals?

This cartoon is full of mental illness. Alcohol abuse. Sexual obsession,  Shopaholics. The rich and the poor. People together but a great percentage alone.  Many on phones. Obese people getting more obese on the takeout  Blvd. as they stroll past a woman begging for food. 

Everyone in their own world. 
NOT.   

WE ARE here TOGETHER!  One day that might be you! 

What is happening to you Toronto? Not the city I know and loved. 
That could easily be someone's sister or mother. 
I talked it over with a friend who work in the city and she said “you see so much so often you just learn to turn your head.”

I don’t think that is what Jesus meant when he said ‘Turn the other cheek’.
Forgive us, for we know squat.  ;( .
xox <>< 

There is a sign of hope in the cartoon. Can you find it?

I was blessed yesterday by my friend Marie!  And what a blessing it was!
Marie makes Trifle. I met Marie through the parish many years ago. 

At functions Marie makes a Trifle.. 
I alwasy get the left overs for Norm and He loves it! 
Remember I'm not a great cook... 
Jello and I have issues, so I have never made it.

My friend Marie showed up yesterday to teach me how! 
It was awesome. I don't even need a recipe! 
I already know it and I can't wait to try another, perhaps one with oranges and chocolate! Nom nom!  We chatted, stirred, sliced, chatted.... went out for a tea in the gazebo and chatted some more. What a wonderful way to spend an afternoon. I always find Marie interesting and one of the most compassionate people I know. Marie educates me every time I see her,  of course shw also cares very much about our planet. I guess you could say we are tree huggers and PROUD! lol

I have several friends like this. They inspire me to be a better person.  
I can't wait to pay it forward the next time I have company and share a dessert made with TLC  for them! 

I was blessed with a visit from a  friend - who brought all the ingredients! 
Provided  a TLC treat that my guys have been more that thrilled  with! LOL  
I admitting had it for breakfast and yes, it is almost gone. 
I am sure it will be after dinner this evening! 

Share your gift. 

I needed it. I am thankful for it. 
I had quite an experience the day before in Toronto that I had been thinking about, so it was nice to realign the mind. More on that tomorrow...

 xox  <>< 

Labels...

It occurred to me, how so many are still very ‘concerned’ about labels and not the ones they should be.  I recently had someone talk to me - he was ‘asking for a friend... ‘, really - and the friend has a child who is experiencing grand mal seizures. Well, apparently he is thinking about cannabis but “is worried about the kid getting stoned.”
Really?

I do not understand how a parent of a child  can watch them have a grand mal seizure  but are afraid to see them ‘high’? What ever that may be in their mind.  
Then there is the medicine. How is that o.k. to start to watch your child become a pharmaceutical junky?  BEFORE you would look into cannabis? A plant. Never been recorded for causing a death, certainly not by anyone using for pain, nausea, epilepsy, cancer... It’s endless.  

Don’t believe me? Google it.
Wait! God forbid someone find out your googling ‘cannabis’!  That would make you a ‘stoner’!? LABELS.  We are less consumed with what actually goes into out bodies, and can cause us damage from the inside out.  The labels - ‘name calling’ bulling - for lack of a better word, can cause many problems as well. STRESS. 

The sooner we learn we are not responsible for how anyone else thinks about us the better off we will be. I know people I have met and like and later find out - they don’t like me. Go figure LOL  In the past I just might ponder that. Now, I have better things to ponder. :) Love, Peace and Happiness.  
I’m not saying a child cannot benefit from  western medication. Although, I am not longer convinced this is the golden rule.   As parents WE are ‘the gatekeepers’ and the first thing we can do - as ‘hoaky’ as it is is give our kids the key to success - EDUCATION! I’m NOT saying university- I believe it is NOT for everyone. Just encourage learning and passion and teach them about consequences..
I am not preaching, I am praying out loud.
There are so many already messed up people that were probably messed up as kids - but they don’t all grow up nasty and mean. 
You can be introduced to love at any age! <3

For those of you still tempted to take this drug or other cox-2 inhibitors and non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDS) pain-killers:  be careful, they can kill more than pain. READ the LABELS !! Know what does not kill? Good for pain?  Cannabis. 
http://www.care2.com/greenliving/fda-approves-pain-killer-linked-to-death.htmlhttp://cannabisdigest.ca/  also on FaceBook  @ https://www.facebook.com/CannaDigest

Where does the time go!? It is almost the end of May!  

Todays toon, my twitch is really bad at night, some nights, after 7  I hardly function, and I cannot read, it’s just too powerful and frustrating, so Norm has taken to reading to me.
I enjoy it. We enjoy it.  WELL...  not his choice of books always, not what I would choose and we are working on that! LOL 

We just finished the Planets, it was all very interesting and the book is a couple of decades old so we have talked about quite a bit... BUTT when he got the the section on Uranus - 
It just seems that everything he said sounded ‘funny.’  

I do smoke a joint at night before I sleep, Norm was cracking up as much as I was  (he does not smoke) by the end of it- my head hurt.. anyhow  two 50 = year olds, I know it is immature but - so what!  Giggle, What ever it takes.

We are now reading  world events though out history.  I get to pick the next book.   

Tomorrow’s blog - I have new wheels!!!  
xox <>< 

Here it comes, every time I turn around I read now that Cannabis is becoming legalized across the united States (and IT IS becoming legalized across the united states), you read about cigarette companies that want to come out with a line of cannabis cigarettes, now that  the rest of the world sees people in Colorado are not becoming Zombies, in fact the opposite - both states now legal - both states in the up coming super bowl ;-) 

With  those being able to apply to grow here in Canada * let me correct that - with those that have $$$$$$$$$$$  words like INVESTORS, Opportunity, stocks,  mass marketing,  the headlines are everywhere.  I am NOT  seeing words like patients, compassion, caring. 
What else is new. I will be though. 

Typical & Criminal.  Only, this battle is about to get complicated. 
It's not just about money, it is about out families, children, parents - loved ones. 

*I'm a little under the weather, Tis the season. I apologize for the  'continued tomorrow' LOL  It will continue when it is meant to continue.

Big Brother is watching Big brother. Thank GOD! 

WTF is wrong  with police? I am shattered when I read stuff like this. I would  like to believe it does not happen. Not in Canada, let alone 30 minutes drive from where we live!?  I grew up respecting the police . believing in the police - that they would help me and protect me. I even dated a couple. ;-) So when I read about police brutality like this it blows my mind!  

Watch and read this:
http://www.torontosun.com/2013/10/17/barrie-cop-in-mall-beating-sentenced-to-year-in-jail

Then to read he ONLY GETS A YEAR! WTF? This is someone we trust, do you see how he keeps beating this poor man? AND you bet he is afraid! I would be too. This police officer will be back to work after his sentence?? WILL he even serve a DAY? This is a nightmare - imagine if someone was medicating and  met this sort of police officer!? 
For example if it was someone like my son that had a bone disease - a break can mean  more pain for him and improper healing, leading to a life full of even more pain and talk about PTSD.   He should serve MORE time IMO. 
As for the 2 side kicks - also terrible examples of abuse of control. 

Today I read about an 80 year old woman, tazered by police after found wondering the streets at 3:00am with a bread knife- HELLO! 
http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/2013/11/02/peel_region_police_sued_over_tasering_80yearold_mississauga_woman.html
What kind of police training do you need!? What kind of education do you need to be a police officer?  Is there ANY  compassion test they take? Could they have not knockedthe butter knife out of her hands with a stick? COME ON!  She was tazerd twice which can only lead me to believe it was a knee jerk reaction of the other police officer - after she was already down? So many questions. I hope I'm not the only one asking. What IF it was YOUR son... what if it was your mom? We need to think like that, because it very well might be one day. 

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It is WHy I don't read the paper. Anger management.  I saw the cover with the street car, read the headlines and put it down, I had read enough.  Days later and I am hearing  more and reading more on FB, Storm and I talked about it and I'm still angry. Questions ?! NO SHIT there's questions!! So many I don't know where to begin.
ASK YOURSELF:
How many times was he shot? 
They used a 'tazer' AFTER he was shot ... how many times??
This cop waited HOW LONG?  
He was HOW far away from the street car?? 
The kids only had a knife?  
This happened in Canada?? 
There's more....?  

Don't forget to ask yourself... was this kid just in need of some fucking help?

Oh my God. Please forgive us, IF we let this continue to happen. 
OMG we are fucked if we continue to let this happen.

xox 
If you want to read more.. I can't. My head is throbbing just thinking about it.
Rest in Peace Sammy.

Read more
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto-police-chief-to-speak-to-media-about-ttc-shooting-on-monday-morning/article13476777/

I have sent letters, e mail and now posted on Leona's FB page but never even an acknowledgement.
APPARENTLY  several people were consulted - patients,  about the changes but everyone I have spoken with said  pretty much everything they suggested or said was simply ignored. 
IMO it was all  just for LOOKS. 
Now to read - Canadians will be 'saving tax' dollars no longer having to grow Cannabis for sick patients! WOW. 
SUCH BULL it is mind blowing. 
REALLY!??  Do you think we are idiots? Who's taxes will pay for these people when you send them to jail for growing plants? Many are already on disability... and these peopel will still need medical attention - more $$$ for tax payers.. 
How much does it cost to keep a Canadian in Jail for 6 years?
http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/18/prison-costs-soar-86-in-past-five-years/For instance, the cost of keeping a male inmate in prison rose from $88,067 per year in 2006 to $109,699 in 2009, according to the most recent data from Corrections and Conditional Release Statistical Overview.

 I want to know who's tax dollars will pay for all these people who are determined to continue to grow their medicine! NOT CRIMINALS!  What would YOU DO!!!
Many  have invested in all the necessary equipment and I do say INVESTED - so what are they expected to do - stop? SOMETHING they have been legally permitted to do for years!? Because HEALTH CANADA  has decided to make changes?
I am really SICK and tired of all patients/growers being ASSUMED criminals. 
Is that not the same as we should assume all politicians are crooks?  
Or crack heads? 
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm...

I am not alone, I know so many people who are frustraited, angry, depressed, frightened all because of HEALTH CANADA and the proposed changes to the MMAR.    On top of that they feel alone and IGNORED. I can relate. 
Does my opinion not mater? 
Does my son not matter? 
If Leona won't help us who will? Is she not the HEALTH MINISTER???
Leona won't help us. 
WE must help ourselves by bringing attention to this treatment of Canadians 
as what it is CRUEL.  
Adding stress to the thousands that are already ill and suffering  is shameful. 
OVER A PLANT. 
SPREAD the word, make sure people understand what is happening.
The next time you read about saving tax payers money, wonder at what cost?
This cost will be lives. 
Will Leona answer questions then?

xox <><