For those of us with insomnia, I recommend podcasts. I've been waking at 4 a.m. for some peculiar reason, likely stress! CBC Radio often broadcasts some great ones at night. There are podcasts that sample podcasts, but that seems silly. I want to grab a pencil and write the name down, but that defeats the purpose of trying to relax and think about something other than this danged proposed gun range. JB is doing some research, people are organizing, writing letters, and we have hope.
I am escaping it all by listening to the government's Public Order Emergency Commission on the emergency declared last winter. It is live streamed. This is what the government had to enact in order to co-ordinate a police response to the thousands who occupied the city of Ottawa. It is a lesson in municipal/provincial/federal government chains of command. The most striking thing I heard was the group representing the Ottawa and Gatineau hotel owners sent a memo to Ottawa Police stating that the occupiers were looking at booking hotel rooms for a month. This is prior to the Occupation, yet Ottawa police thought it'd all be over on the Monday. This was ignored. The provincial government refused to do anything until they closed the Coutts border. Our premier tried to avoid it.
Podcasts
Miracle in Galway Bay - Documentary On One Podcast - RTE
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I didn't exactly get back to sleep after listening to this one!Irish Coast Guard Helicopters and Coast Guard Teams, with RNLI Lifeboats continue to search in Galway Bay for 2 missing Paddle Boarders. MRSC Valentia Coordinating, please report any sightings on VHF 16 or dial 999 and ask for the Coast Guard pic.twitter.com/deMcn7E5l9
— Irish Coast Guard (@IrishCoastGuard) August 13, 2020
If you don't want to listen to a podcast, The Irish Mirror published an article: Rescue in Galway Bay.
The RTE documentaries are quite interesting. I heard another one, about the girl found in the GPO in Ireland. RTE do tell good tales. This young woman has some mental health issues, and pretended to be a victim. She was the perpetrator, sucking people in with wild tales. She worked as a nanny and took the children under her care 100 km away. That's when it all hit the fan. Apparently she was active in Canada, as well. According to Wiki:
In September 2014, now aged 26, Azzopardi walked into a health centre in Calgary in Canada claiming her name was Aurora Hepburn and that she was the victim of a sexual assault and abduction. The police spent an estimated CAD $150,000 (A$400,000),[8] assembling a case, only to be informed of her identity. Azzopardi was charged with public mischief.[9] In December 2014, the Canadian courts sentenced her to two months detention (which she had already served) and then deported her back to Australia a week later, accompanied by a Canadian Border Services Agency, so that she did not disappear en route.[10]
You can read about it here: Documentary On One: Meet the GPO girl with 100 known aliases .
