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Thursday March 06,
2008
A bag full of tricks
Mostly dirty ones
Schreiber denied extradition
appeal - but will
hang around anyway
YYC: Yes, we need him for a public inquiry.
Reader
letter
to the Toronto Star:
"...Mr M should be compelled to surrender these
taxpayer dollars [$2.1-million settlement] into escrow pending a final
resolution of the issue and should only be returned to him upon
absolute and unequivocal exoneration by the courts or a public
enquiry..."
YYC: Excellent point made - Mulroney didn't "win" his law
suit, the Liberals settled ...
Three items From The Harper Index:
1) Mission
vs. war – How Afghanistan conflict is framed
Canada's military involvement has been marketed as a
noble cause, with help from Hillier, Horton's and hockey.
YYC: Time to boycott Horton's and
hockey! There should
have been delegations leafletting outside Tim Horton's across Canada
from the moment it set up business in Afghanistan to make the troops
feel at home. Marching around in the streets occasionally is not
going
to stop this war.
A frequent presence outside the shops, just as we have been doing with
the Chapters
boycott, would go a long way in showing the seriousness of the
anti-war intent.
2) Religious
Right, a major part of Harper's coalition, surfaces over film censorship
Charles McVety's clout over Telefilm illustrates rising influence of
Canada's "Theo-Cons".
YYC: Not that Canada hasn't been censoring stuff we don't
know
about for a long time, but Chuckie McVety is a good example of why
religion and state had to be separated in the first place. A lot
of
these so-called Christian leaders have very dirty minds, and their
tendency to want to stamp out things they don't like is very revealing
of their own mind processes. Remember when Falwell saw
homosexuality
in Tele-Tubbies?
3) Cadman
affair dramatically changes election timing scenarios March 17
by-elections likely to go ahead, and Liberals could bring down
government this spring if Conservatives sink in polls.
YYC: But first both sides have to check the polls they deny
being
influenced by. Each hopes to win a majority; talk about high
hopes!
Unfortunately, the have pretty much formed a coalition anyway.
TorStar:
Crackdown on smokers harmless, McGuinty says
Premier plans to ban smoking in cars carrying children, denies it's a
first step toward curbing other rights
YYC: Of course it's not a first step.
It's one in a long
line of curbs. How about the seat belt laws, for instance?
How about
the helmet laws? When will we be fined for not wearing hats in
winter? When will obese people be fined for being a hazard to
their
own health?
Education is the key as always, but when the politicians see a chance
to increase revenue, and at the same test how far they can push the
population, education is last on the list.
Canwest:
Government to ask for clemency for Canadian in Saudi Arabia
It had been common practice for Canada to lobby foreign governments
when a Canadian faced the death penalty. But when put under pressure to
seek clemency for Alberta-born Ronald Smith, who is on death row in
Montana for committing a double murder, the government revealed in
October it would no longer seek clemency for Canadians on death row in
the U.S. or in other democracies where there has been "a fair trial."
YYC: If Canwest hadn't raised the issue of Ronald Smith, I would
have. This shows not so much a concern about capital punishment
but a
racist and ideological bias regarding who is carrying it out and
how.
If Canada is against capital punishment, it should be seeking the
return home of all of its citizens on death row - period!
GAZA:
BBC: Egypt
hosts Gaza ceasefire talks
The groups have indicated that, in return, Israel would
have to stop all attacks on Gaza and lift its blockade.
Why this wasn't a requirement of the so-called "peace"
talks is beyond me.
Israel says the crisis in Gaza is a fabrication, and says the
Palestinians are bringing Israel's murderous attacks on
themselves.
It's the chicken and egg question that's so common in a culture of war,
and in kindergarten sandboxes. Who started what?
See CNN
Video
where Care worker describes the true situation of Israel's longtime
neglect of basic services for which it has been responsible due to the
occupation.
Thanks to Carolle, Click here
for a whole new batch of links related to the situation in Gaza.
yayacanada
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