March 30, 2024 We Do Have Enemies Good enemies, And bad enemies. But the worst enemies, The evilest ones are, Those you never suspected. The lovers and friends who betrayed you. There Are Good Enemies. True enemies Those that challenge us, The honest enemies The ones that make us stronger. Whose intent is to destroy us, Revealing the warrior within us. We Must strive, To be the The very best, Most honourable, Exceedingly worthy, Enemies to our enemies. So that…
March 31, 2024 The word Easter is pagan in origin from Ēostre (Proto-Germanic: *Austrō(n)) is a West Germanic spring goddess. The name is reflected in Old English: *Ēastre ([ˈæːɑstre]; Northumbrian dialect: Ēastro, Mercian and West Saxon dialects: Ēostre [ˈeːostre]),[1][2][3] Old High German: *Ôstara, and Old Saxon: *Āsteron. I know my poems are not always popular but a true poet does not compose poems to seek popularity or approval. My poems make many people uncomfortable but then again, what many people…
March 29, 2024 I had a very strange dream that I would be the last surviving co-founder of Greenpeace, meaning all the crews of the Greenpeace, Greenpeace Too, Greenpeace Three, Four and Five and the founding directors in 1972. It was a discussion and Bob Hunter said to me, “Paul you were the youngest of all of us and it looks like you will be the last of us to die.” Somewhat eerie speaking with Bob’s ghost but it seemed…
March 29, 2024 Lamya Essemlali, the President of Sea Shepherd France, and I met today with the French Minister for the Sea and Biodiversity, Hervé Berville, to discuss finding a solution to protecting the two surviving Orcas at Marineland Antibes. We are proposing a sea pen sanctuary in France and we are working with an international group of experts and advisors to make such a sanctuary a reality. #orcasanctuary #orcas #SeaShepherdFrance #CPWF#captainpaulwatsonfoundationuk#captainpaulwatsonfoundation #herveberville#MarinelandAntibes
What Happened With Sea Shepherd? Why, When, Where, Who and Where? Note: Although I can mention Sea Shepherd Global directors, I am prohibited from referring to Sea Shepherd Conservation Society (USA) directors for legal reasons. The SSCS Board sued me for trademark violations for the name Sea Shepherd and the logos I designed. Because of the enormous cost of defending myself from SSCS, I had to agree to a settlement, the lawsuit dropped in return for my agreeing to not…
What Happened With Sea Shepherd? Why, When, Where, Who and Where? A lot happened in the years 2015 through 2017 and Sea Shepherd had quite a number of campaigns. With the support of the French government, I spent two years in France, from July 2014 until August 2016. I was not sure I could return to the USA without being detained under the Japanese and Costa Rican Interpol Red Notice. I was invited by Nicolas Hulot to make a presentation…
Part Two of Seven Parts on What Happened With Sea Shepherd? Why, When, Where, Who and Where? March 26, 2024 I had resigned from the Sea Shepherd Board of directors in December 2012 in the wake of the U.S. Federal 9th Circuit Court issuing an injunction to Japan to keep our ships away from the Japanese whaling fleet in the Southern Ocean Whale Sanctuary. I did this to protect the other directors of Sea Shepherd from being legally associated with…
Why, When, Where, Who and Where? March 25, 2024 Some people have messaged me asking for more clarification on the rift between myself and Sea Shepherd Global and I can understand how it can be confusing, especially so when Sea Shepherd Global lacks transparency, blocks comments, revises their history and deletes critics on social media. In this conflict the sides are as such: I am supported by Sea Shepherd France, Sea Shepherd Brazil and Sea Shepherd UK (now the Captain…
March 20, 2024 In their lawsuit against Sea Shepherd France and myself, the renegade Sea Shepherd Global directors demanded that if they won and they were quite confident they were going to win, and their demand to the court was to have the judgement against us posted on the Sea Shepherd France homepage every day for three months. They lost so that won’t happen, but I think I just may post a poem or a cartoon every day on my…
March 20,2024 A day after the court decision that dismissed each and every Sea Shepherd Global accusation against Sea Shepherd France, Lamya Essemlali and Paul Watson were dismissed and Global was ordered to pay some $27K to Sea Shepherd France for court costs there is not a single word on Sea Shepherd Global or Sea Shepherd Australia socials. No explanation as to why they have to pay the legal fees for Sea Shepherd France with donor money or an explanation of…