Yeah, Jack - we do gotta keep an eye on our BM of a PM.

Protesters have been hitting the streets letting him know what they think about his attitude:
http://tinyurl.com/2mg4fo

Thanks for the laff about "merkins". There are lots of smart ones, but I think they must be on something.

David, thank you for your comment. I wish I could do justice to First Nations issues, but I'm just a blogger who basically reacts to mis/disinformation in the news in the areas listed at the top of my home page - war/occupation etc.

When major aboriginal issues appear in the news I do scrutinize them carefully for media distortion and provide extra links so that my readers are as fully informed as I have the ability to make them about that particular issue.

I have also provided permanent links to aboriginal news sites and radio stations where the news about First Nations is likely to be more accurate.

However, because I am keenly aware that "O Canada ... our home's on native land", in the past year I did three major photo reports, two of which focused solely on First Nations actions and one that included pro-aboriginal sentiment.

The year before that I wrote an extensive review after seeing the film: Ipperwash: A Canadian Tragedy and also wrote an event report that included a comparison of the occupation of Canada with that of Palestine.

Being a multi-issue site, I doubt I will ever do full justice to any one particular issue. But I think that if we don't stop the wars and deep integration into US foreign and domestic policy, Canadians are going to find out the hard way that aboriginal issues are Canadian issues, and that we're all in this together.

Again, David, thanks so much for speaking up honestly.

4th ANNUAL ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK

Dates: 3RD- 9TH OF FEBRUARY 2008

Solidarity for Palestinian Human Rights (SPHR) Ottawa and Carleton and Not In Our Name (NION) Ottawa are proud to announce the schedule for the 4th annual Israeli Apartheid Week being held under the banner 60 Years of Nakba: End Israeli Apartheid. This international week, which began in Toronto in 2005, has now spread to Palestine, South Africa, Norway, UK and many cities across the US and Canada.

OTTAWA ISRAELI APARTHEID WEEK SCHEDULE
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Friday Feb 1, 7:30 PM (Ottawa is starting the week earlier than other cities)

Film Screening: THE IRON WALL
Hosted by: Not In Our Name – Jewish Voices Against Israel's Wars
MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146),
150 Louis Pasteur Street
University of Ottawa
http://www.theironwall.ps/
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Saturday Feb 2, 1:00 PM

Demonstration: PICKET IN FRONT OF CHAPTERS/INDIGO - NO MORE SUPPORT OF ISRAELI MILITARISM!
Organized by: Not In Our Name - Jewish Voices Against Israel's Wars, CanPalNet Ottawa
Chapters/Indigo at Rideau and Sussex
www.nion.ca
http://www.canpalnet-ottawa.org/

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Tuesday Feb 5, 7:00 PM

Lecture: A FAREWELL TO ISRAEL: THE COMING BREAK-UP OF NORTH AMERICAN ZIONISM
Norman Finkelstein
Organized by GSAÉD as part of their Interdisciplinary Conference: http://www.gsaed.ca/conference2008/
This is a free event, but space is limited so people should reserve tickets in advance (613-562-5935 or gsaed@uottawa.ca)
Tabaret Hall, room 112
550 Cumberland Street
University of Ottawa
Limited space, reserve your (free) tickets: 613-562-5935 or gsaed@uottawa.ca
http://www.normanfinkelstein.com/
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Wednesday, February 6, 7:30 PM

Lecture: STILL TOO MANY ENEMIES: THE NAHR EL BARED REFUGEE CAMP AND PALESTINIANS IN LEBANON
Marcy Newman
Fauteux 147 A
57 Louis Pasteur
University of Ottawa
Entry $3
www.bodyontheline.wordpress.com
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Friday, February 8, 7:30 PM

Lecture and Discussion: RESISTING ISRAELI APARTHEID: BUILDING A GLOBAL MOVEMENT

Salma Wakim – Ittijah: the network for Palestinian non-governmental organizations in Israel
Issam Alyaman - Palestine House, Mississauga
Adam Hanieh - Coalition Against Israeli Apartheid, Toronto

MacDonald Hall Auditorium (MCD 146),
150 Louis Pasteur Street
University of Ottawa
http://www.palestinehouse.com/
http://caiaweb.org/
http://www.ittijah.org/

Join SPHR and NION in standing up against Israeli Apartheid!

For further information and schedules for different cities please visit the official
Apartheid Week 2008 website at: www.apartheidweek.org

Or contact the organizers at

sphr.uofo@gmail.com
sphrcarleton@gmail.com
nion.ottawa@gmail.com
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Coalition of Arab Canadian Professionals and Community Associations
C A P C A

End the siege of Gaza
Candle light vigil

Saturday, January 26, 2008 at 5.00 pm.

In front of the Human Rights Monument
intersection Lisgar and Elgin Street.

CAPCA urges the Canadian government to call for an immediate lift of the Gaza lockdown, for an end to the collective punishment inflicted on a whole civilian population and for respect by Israel of the Geneva Conventions and especially the articles pertaining to the responsibilities of the occupier towards the occupied.
On January 26, CAPCA will hold a demonstration to demand an end to the siege of Gaza. On that same day, Israeli peace groups will lead an emergency convoy to the Gaza border with the intention to break the siege, with a parallel Palestinian demonstration being held on the Gaza side. There will be events held around the world in solidarity with Palestinians.

For more information please contact :
Samer Roumani: 613 794 4425
Hani Naser: 819 923 9981

Yaya wrote:

According to the Turkish Daily News, Turkey has the best relations with Israel of any country in the Middle East....

This could explain why the much gagged FBI whistleblower Sibel Edmonds is claiming that while working as an FBI translator she discovered both Turkish and Israeli spy operations had infiltrated the US to steal nuclear secrets and technology for sale on the black market, much of it ending up in Pakistan. The real scandal, according to Sibel, is not that these spy rings exist but that they have been operating with the protection of State Department officials and US politicians who have been accepting bribes to provide cover and look the other way (AKA Treason).

There have been a couple of recent articles in the London Sunday Times which appear to back up the evidence for high level treason by US officials and politicians which Ms. Edmonds has been doing her best to get out to the public while trying, if possible, to avoid ending up in jail for breaching her government imposed gag orders.

Here's a snip from a Sunday Times January 6th article on Sibel Edmonds case:

“What I found was damning,” she said. “While the FBI was investigating, several arms of the government were shielding what was going on.”

The Turks and Israelis had planted “moles” in military and academic institutions which handled nuclear technology. Edmonds says there were several transactions of nuclear material every month, with the Pakistanis being among the eventual buyers. “The network appeared to be obtaining information from every nuclear agency in the United States,” she said.

They were helped, she says, by the high-ranking State Department official who provided some of their moles – mainly PhD students – with security clearance to work in sensitive nuclear research facilities. These included the Los Alamos nuclear laboratory in New Mexico, which is responsible for the security of the US nuclear deterrent.

In one conversation Edmonds heard the official arranging to pick up a $15,000 cash bribe. The package was to be dropped off at an agreed location by someone in the Turkish diplomatic community who was working for the network.

Sunday Times Article 1

Here's the link to the second and most recent article by the Sunday Times:
Sunday Times Article 2

Here's a link to bradblog.com's blog on the topic.

www.bradblog.com/?p=5582

Also this topic is receiving some attention at Democraticunderground.com, see: Democratic Underground Sibel Edmonds Discussion

Brian: Thanks for your unfailing and uncritical support, as always. I notice, however, that you failed to include the URL for Rusty Node, so for the benefit of Yaya readers, here it is: http://www.rustynode.com/

You changed your site too, didn't you! It looks good, and I can't get over how much your new glasses make you look like my all-time favourite Blue Bayou singer.

The new site looks great as does this easily accessible guestbook!

This Website is a great resource for so many of us in cyberspace who regularly seek an alternative news source, one with some humanity in it. I'm grateful you were able to make the changes you felt were necessary so that the authoring and upkeep of YYC was not so burdensome for you.

A regular reader and Yaya fan,
Brian

Frances, you've made me happy on two counts. The first is your location. Even though I'm located in Ottawa, I've wanted the site to be of interest across Canada. Second: you don't find me too negative to tolerate. Believe me, sometimes I feel as if I am, and I do empathize completely with your being weighed down by the news. One's sense of humour can take a real beating in these sad and worrisome times.

Thanks very much for writing and thanks for hanging in with YayaCanada.

Beware! The joke here in the U.S. is that with harper (a.k.a. bush lite) running the country, it is only a matter of time before Canada becomes the 51st state. The NAU is no joke! Neither is that highway they have ALREADY BUILT from Mexico right through the middle of this country and into the heart of Canada.
If I sound a bit alarmed; good! The sovereignty of Canada and quite possibly its very existence as a free nation could quite well be the actual stakes being played for by bush and harper right now. harper, if he is anything like bush (and he certainly, from what I have seen, seems to be), is a fascist by nature. Your corporations will dictate who is elected regardless of how the populace votes. bush won neither "election", but look how it turned out for him.
I capitalize only names of those people or things that I respect . . . get it?
Thank you for your excellent site and its great content. I get a little paranoid reading it sometimes, but it's because I have seen what's occurred over here and don't want the same thing for Canada and her people.
God bless . . . go forward!
P.S.--Yes, I am planning on moving back soon. We have a condo we have to (hopefully soon) sell first.

Jack

Michael, thanks for being the first visitor to post. I wish I had a prize to give you!

About the "Y" - Y not just go to the bottom of the list first and work your way up?

Apparently, crops that contain a lot of water - and corn I think is pretty moist, although not maybe as wet as cucumber, say - will not do well in a nuclear winter because ice crystals will form inside. http://tinyurl.com/2gyzex

People who think it might be okay to nuke Iran should take a gander at the movie Threads:
http://tinyurl.com/yqru6m