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Detainee under house arrest, Mohamed Harkat, has
just been re-arrested at his home in Ottawa South. Dozens of officers
came down to arrest him on breach of bail conditions, claiming that
Sophie's mother did not live at the residence, even though the
conditions state that someone -- either Sophie or her mother -- must be
with him 24-7. Sophie wonders if this is a ploy to make the
government's case for C-3 stronger. She will be contacting the media
shortly. Abolish the Security
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Tuesday
January 29, 2008
Our kinder, gentler world
About
Tasers, Rudy's false 9-11 image, Bush's mastery of newspeak, using
nukes to prevent the use of nukes, SPP-ing and RFID-ing North
Americans, plus JNF-ing
the Canadian Parliament.
It's
too bad an Air Canada pilot lost it this week and had to be
hospitalized in Ireland, but there was a lesson in it for the RCMP and
here it is:
From
the Globe
and Mail... he was forcibly removed from the plane by crew
and an off-duty member of the Canadian Armed Forces.
No taser needed.
Speaking of losing it, Rudy
Giuliani got a surprise in Florida.
The New York firefighters followed him there to assure Floridians that
Rudy wasn't the 9-11 hero he made himself out to be, and that his guts
are pretty much hated. His sins are worse than what they're saying -
they think he was incompetent and dishonest as New York mayor, missing
that he was probably complicit in 9-11 - but this is pretty good.
From Bush's State
of the Union
massage, we learn that the Afghan war has been so successful the US is
sending another 3200 troops to keep it that way. He has such a
rosy
view I'd sort of like to find out what he's on.
He even managed to put a sunny glow on what he plans for the people of
Iran while taking control of the Persian Gulf:
"Our
message to the people of Iran is clear: We have no quarrel with you. We
respect your traditions and your history. We look forward to the day
when you have your freedom."
Those of you
still alive and able to see and walk, he means.
It's hardly coincidental that some American military advisors have come
out with a report saying that NATO
should be prepared to nuke preemptorily. A strange language
they speak:
"The
first use of nuclear weapons must remain in the quiver of escalation as
the ultimate instrument to prevent the use of weapons of mass
destruction."
It's another,
more delirious version of "War is Peace"(ZMag
article).
They're saying that we must use weapons of mass destruction to prevent
the use of weapons of mass destruction. Is that a somewhat wordy
oxymoron, or what?
The truth is, however, that there isn't much left to prevent, since
most countries now have nuclear capability. You can tell which
ones,
because they're the ones not being picked on. For instance, the proof
that Saddam didn't have weapons of mass destruction was that the US
felt confident to attack it. Likewise, the proof that Iran
doesn't
have them is that they are being singled out for a preemptive strike.
Problem is, there might be some nuclear countries that will support
Iran. A convincing pretext is going to have to be manufactured
that
will make a swift (though long planned) "defence" plausible.
Israel
would be the best country to do that since being picked on is Israel's
schtick, even though it too has nukes. Then the US could jump in
to
support "tiny" Israel.
Bush talked quite a bit about "faith based" charities supplanting
government sponsored social programs, and even used the term "armies of
compassion". Wow, Orwell
would be jealous of that one!
Suddenly, out of the blue like a vocal
tic, came this short non sequitur:
"And
tonight I'm pleased to announce that in April we will host this year's
North American Summit of Canada, Mexico, and the United States in the
great city of New Orleans."
Then, as if it
hadn't
happened, he immediately launched into how America can no longer afford
"entitlement" spending - you know, Social Security and health care -
and revealed his idea of immigration policy - to build walls, point
guns, and allow people in only long enough to harvest crops for slave
wages (or forced labour?) and then get the hell back to their hovels.
But he made it sound so much nicer than that.
Maybe it wasn't a tic; maybe it was a hint about what's to come for
Canada
after the next SPP summit. It's true you know, there's not going
to be
money for a lot of things if we spend it all on war.
If you're worried about the effects of the SPP, there's nothing to stop
you from emailing
Stephen Harper - or all the MPs if you like
- about it. Just say "Stop the SPP" or "Quit making deals with
Bush
behind our backs". You don't have to be fancy. Sneaking
around behind
the public's back isn't high class either.
Farmers
are going to be writing and hollering; you can bank on that.
The Wheat Board is in danger. CTV:
[Western farmers] say it's the start of a slope that could see the
government do away with marketing boards, medicare and the CBC.
Don't be fooled by the "Security and Prosperity" jargon. It's all about
making North America secure for corporate exploitation of the
micro-chipped population.
It's humourous the way the BC government talks about RFID
chips in drivers licences and "protection of privacy" in the
same breath. Oh, it's 1984, allright.
There are lots of people these days skilled at making bad things appear
good. For instance, I just received a copy of an invitation
sent to MPs and Senators to a free and sumptuous luncheon entitled: "A
Taste of Israel - in honour of Israel's 60th Anniversary" to be held
Feb. 5 in
Parliament's west block.
Nat nice? There's one expensive lunch the tax payer won't get
soaked
for. Or won't we? It's sponsored by the Jewish National Fund
which
touts itself a charitable organization but uses donations to buy up
Jews-only real estate on land confiscated from Palestinians - and
apparently also to lavishly lobby the Canadian government on behalf of
Israel. All tax deductible of course, so that's how the rest of us pay.
Israel's 60th anniversary coincides with 60 years of Nakba.
And as long as we don't speak up about the JNF, we're complicit in
Israeli Apartheid. Sorry, I don't have Bush's medicaments or the
JNF's talent for PR, so am unable to put a pleasant spin on that.
yayacanada
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