for April 2008

Tuesday April 29 2008 Random I am ... The truth about "random" airport body searches "Is there such a thing as a consistent random act?" Monday April 28 2008 Tell me another one ... A child was killed, but it's being billed as "an attack on Karzai". Saturday April 26, 2008 Since time immemorial... average Joes everywhere have had to continually fight for basic freedoms and a half-way decent life ... Mohawks, Venezuelans Friday April 25, 2008 YayaCanada banned in Halifax airport Thursday April 24, 2008 Something this way cometh allright ... A friend I won't name forwarded to me this long, but interesting article: Judonia Rising: The Israel Lobby and American Society by Joachim Martillo, and asked me who I think funds the Israel lobby.  The following is my long winded response which may seem rambling and far-fetched but I hope you'll try to bear with it. Wednesday April 23, 2008 I can't get no ... 1) Penile panic - 2) Paying money to give our water to Nestle's -  3) Can't get enough of your brain, honey ** - 4) Can't get a doctor if you're dying - 5) Can't think of a good reason to can Bill C-10 -  6) Can't stop remembering old songs Tuesday April 22, 2008 No Post   Monday April 21, 2008 Some edifying miscellany 1) Soldier suicides, 2) a Canadian's report from the New Orleans SPP summit, 3) the essential Iggy, 4) what grows in the dark, 5) a papal birthday and - what? - a nazi one, and 6) Tasers - the $2.50 transit special Sunday April 20, 2008 No Post Saturday April 19, 2008 9/11 truth shall set us free - but we must grope through piles of garbage to find it ... It's not as easy as, say, "finding" blueprints conveniently placed atop a rubbish heap, waiting to be discovered by the very person who would know what it was and would make a big stink about it. Friday April 18, 2008 No Post Thursday April 17, 2008 That's entertainment From hot plots teeming with sex to clowns with their pants falling down, it's all designed to distract Wednesday April 16, 2008 No Post Tuesday April 15, 2008 Pucker up! Get ready to kiss democracy goodbye Because our freedoms - you know, the ones "Al Qaeda" hates us for - are being slowly but surely chipped away, bit by tiny bit. Monday April 14, 2008 No Post Sunday April 13, 2008 Shape shifters in our midst Everyone from politicians to cops to Ma Bell to the blessed pope are into shaping your perceptions of them and their agendae. Saturday April 12, 2008 Let them eat potatoes Can you imagine working hard all your life and then not being able to buy the basics of the diet that sustains you? Friday April 11, 2008 No Post Thursday April 10, 2008 No Visa for you! Two visa dilemmas, plus the difference between pet causes and basic principles, an answer to the question of "Will Condi run for VP?", a beleaguered Israeli ambassador, and the story of Dingbat - er, Shoebat. Appended article: The Ahenakew affair: a bad law, an opportunity missed  - By Marjaleena Repo Wednesday April 9, 2008 No Post Tuesday April 8, 2008 Nothing is sacred if it can be used for war propaganda - but Purim even? Monday April 7, 2008 Is global warming a cover story for population reduction? Still more or less goofing off, but wanted to remind you to check out the Reader Comments Sunday April 6, 2008 No Sunday sermon for you! I shot my bolt on a Blog2 article (Jailbirds - Human Commodity) today after finding an icky flyer in my snail-mailbox from the Harper bunch. Saturday April 5, 2008 No Post Friday April 4, 2008 Who's sorry now, eh? On the A's and B's of remorse, regal racism, and gunfire at the Gaza corral Thursday April 3, 2008 Revelations An economist's end of days scenario: charge a carbon tax or die; unravelling Barbara Olson's 9/11 phone calls; and - unthinkable but true -  the excommunication of the Holy Mother of God Wednesday April 2, 2008 I yam what I yam ... Cultural identity vs personal identity, plus the US/China handshake, military wannabe blog hackers, and the "nobbling" of the media (I love that word). Tuesday April 1, 2008 People Ottawa Mayor Larry O'Brien thinks he's better than Plus what's beneath Tibet, the clanging of Western pots against Chinese kettles, the skinny on John McCain's two faces, and the shocking premises on which Americans base their votes