“Good Intentions Paving Company”

“Your Kindness Could Kill.”

That’s the sobering message of the sign that has stood outside the horse paddock at Driftwood Acres in Stephenville, N.L., since one of the farm’s endangered Newfoundland ponies, Little Catalina, died after being overfed apples by passersby.

Little Catalina’s death is heartbreaking not only because it was preventable but because the people who killed her almost certainly thought they were helping her.

If there’s something we can all learn from this sad event, it’s that doing the right thing requires more from us than just good intentions.

Our collective sense of horror needs an outlet

“…The attack on conspiracy theory — and the power of the elites to define it as such — is a dangerous one. And not just because of the threat it poses to free speech and the growing influence of big tech that it points out. It’s also because conspiracy theories are an understandable — and sometimes useful — response to a confusing world. To repress this very human instinct risks doing more harm than good.”

Hundreds of world leaders, powerful politicians, billionaires, celebrities, religious leaders and drug dealers have been hiding their investments in mansions, exclusive beachfront property, yachts and other assets for the past quarter-century, according to a review of nearly 12 million files obtained from 14 firms located around the world.

The report released Sunday by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists involved 600 journalists from 150 media outlets in 117 countries. It’s being dubbed the “Pandora Papers” because the findings shed light on the previously hidden dealings of the elite and the corrupt, and how they have used offshore accounts to shield assets collectively worth trillions of dollars.

In most instances nothing “illegal” was done. The rich are different from you and I. They don’t get picked on by the CRA.