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Friday July 25, 2008
Servants of the people?
"This
is not justice. This is not the role of, The Servants of the People
Such tyranny brings ruling classes crashing to the ground and
contemporary societies to an end."
Excerpt from lyrics: "Seattle was riot"
1)
Cop Watch: More on Fantino's folly, Border Guard drug runners, and
Taser madness .... 2) Country Watch: Canada - the Cadman tape, UK - the
end of an era?, USA - Obama/McCain, Israel/Palestine - Kingston,
Ontario man arrested, and an award for Subjective Atlas of Palestine
1) Cop watch
Police chief sues OPP over firing
The former police chief of the Mohawk Tyendinaga
First Nation is taking the Ontario Provincial Police to court after
being fired by OPP Commissioner Julian Fantino for speaking out against
racism in policing. Larry Hay, 51, was fired earlier this year from the
band's eight-member force after telling the Loyalist College student
newspaper that the OPP, RCMP and Quebec provincial police are racist
organizations.
Looks like somebody wasn't being a good enough house negro. Yessir,
Fantino can make 'em and he can break 'em. But he, and his mentor,
Dalton McGuinty, may have to learn that what goes around comes
around. Mike Harris and company found that out.
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Drug ring involved more than one border guard: Documents
More questions are being raised about Canada's
border security as additional details surface about a drug trafficking
ring that gives new meaning to free trade.
It's only news to those hearing it for the first
time, but it stands to reason that the burgeoning drug trade in spite
of the "war on drugs" has had a little assistance from a lot of
friends, and these border guards are no where near the top of helper
heap.
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No Tasers for municipal police in Saskatchewan due to safety concerns
"There is also the question of when is it appropriate to use a
Taser? Do you use it because a 16-year-old girl in Manitoba isn't doing
what the police are telling her to do? Or do you use it when someone is
swinging a sword at you?
Good question. Here's another one. Do you use it on a young girl's groin area or would that mean you have a bunch of very sick cops on your hands?
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2) Country watch
Canada ...
Court orders analysis of Cadman tape
The tape is a crucial element in the so-called
Cadman affair - which catapulted into the public arena in February
after a Cadman biography by Zytaruk quoted Cadman's widow, Dona, as
saying her dying husband had told her two Conservative officials
sought, but failed to win, his support in a crucial vote in the House
of Commons by promising him a $1-million life insurance policy.
Sounds good to me. As I said early in June (item #3), the two "experts" Harper hired add up to zero.
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UK ...
Earth moved for Alex Salmond as SNP claim 'extinction' of Labour
Young professionals turned out for nationalists -
Des Browne insists result was a protest vote. On Thursday [Salmond]
delivered, overturning a 13,500 majority and nearly 60 years of Labour
control by just 365 votes. And he couldn't resist rubbing it in. "It's
sensational," he said. "The earth has moved in no uncertain terms. The
earthquake has arrived. This may be an extinction event for the
dinosaurs of Labour."
Could Mr Brown be the last Prime Minister of Great Britain?
They're
saying that Brown may end up with no UK of which to be PM. Oh
well, there'll always be an England, at least, because the song says so.
No safe seat for Labour in Scotland
David Cameron, the leader of the Conservative
Party, said the defeat showed the country was desperate for change and
challenged Mr Brown to call a general election after the summer. But Mr
Brown refused to budge, saying he was "getting on with the job" while
again trying to empathise with voters about the soaring cost of bread
and eggs.
It was a protest vote, alright, and the country is definitely desperate
for change. Here's a fellow on video telling it from the
citizen's point of view: Alien Government hijacks the UK
PETITION: 'British Government Apology to the Palestinians'
To: The Rt Hon Gordon Brown MP, Prime Minister
We,
the undersigned, have been shocked with your recent statement where you
said that "the creation of the state of Israel was one of the greatest
achievements of the 20th century" ...
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USA ...
Will Obama's rock-star moment in Berlin backfire?
New polls – admittedly done before the bravura of
Berlin – carry worrying trends for his campaign. Is he pulling away
from the white-haired grouch? No. There are signs of a fresh backlash
against him in the media. ...The Wall Street Journal/NBC poll ... said
that 58 per cent of Americans feel more attuned to the background and
personal values of Mr McCain than those of Mr Obama.
I could be very wrong, I admit, but I just can't believe the machine is
going to let Obama win the presidential election. And the media
will do their best to help fulfill my prophecy. Why else would
they pull out polls taken before his great success in Europe?
But was he really all that great a success in Europe?
Obama wows Europeans, but leaders remain wary
Europeans
are wary about Obama's call for more European money for defense and
more soldiers for the fight against the Taliban in Afghanistan. They
worry that he would not alter what they see as Bush's unbending bias in
favor of Israel. And, despite what appears to be his sensitivity to
European concerns, they perceive Obama as largely uninterested in
Europe ... Obama has never asked to meet the European Union's
ambassador in Washington.
He will now that this oversight has been pointed out in the press. He aims to please wherever he is.
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Israel/Palestine ...
Canadian activist beaten and spat on by Israeli army during arrest in Ni’lin facing deportation
Victor
[MacDiarmid] was arrested with Jamal Amirra, the father of the girl who
filmed the Israeli army shooting a bound detainee in Ni’lin. Jamal is
currently being held in Ofer Military Detention Center awaiting a court
hearing ...
A soldier who spits on a prisoner has lost all
concept of pride in country, self and uniform - just like those who
command him. It's not much of a step from there to brutalize and shoot
a bound detainee.
The video taken by Jamal Amirra's daughter:
Israeli Soldier Shoots Bound Palestinian At Close Range
The
Kingston Whig Standard, the newspaper of the city MacDiarmid comes
from, has produced a surprisingly straightforward and sympathetic
article about his plight:
Kingston's Victor MacDiarmid places himself in the path of bullets. Sometimes, he gets hit. The
23-year-old, fourth-year University of Toronto student is a volunteer
with the International Solidarity Movement in the West Bank, where he
and other internationals regularly place themselves between Palestinian
protest leaders and Israeli forces in hopes of keeping soldiers'
trigger fingers light. It's not working as well as he'd hoped.
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Thanks to Marjorie:
"Subjective Atlas for Palestine" wins prestigious Dutch award The atlas offers a picture of Palestine that differs from the images the public generally receives through the mass media.
I
like the image called "Colour Correction". The older I get, the more
fascinated I am by brilliant colour, and the more I seem to need it in
my life. I wonder why the buildings in desert regions and relatively
barren countries like Spain, for instance, tend to match the sand, when
they could be all sorts of wonderful hues.
yayacanada
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