“If voting changed anything, they’d make it illegal.” – Emma Goldman There’s been much talk of late about uniting the main opposition parties in some sort of delusional effort to defeat the Harper Regime come the next faux election either as a one-time strategic plan or by way of a
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Politics and Entertainment: A short quiz on the US, Israel, and ‘rogue nation’ status | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk
A short quiz on the US, Israel, and ‘rogue nation’ status | Glenn Greenwald | Comment is free | guardian.co.uk “…So essentially, it’s the entire planet on one side, versus the US, its new right-wing poodle to the north, Israel, and three tiny, bribed islands on the other side. If
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Harper Regime Has Lost All Credibility on Foreign Affairs Period, Not Just the Middle East
“…Israel’s announcement on the settlements was widely criticized by Canada’s European allies, and even the United States, which voted with Canada and Israel against the motion to grant non-voting observer state status to the Palestinians, urged Israel to “reconsider” its decision on the settlements on Monday. Baird did not comment
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Palestine | Israel to advance east Jerusalem building plans Why? Because for Israel, suffering from cognitive dissonance, as Shir Hever has said, the rest of the world does not matter. Because it knows it can pretty well do what it wants with impunity other than the occasional verbal scolding and a few
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Canadian Scientist Continue to be Muzzled
Top federal bureaucrats stayed mum during discussion about silencing of scientists
What the Canadian “Environment” [read>oil shil] Minister Peter Kent calls “communications management” the rest of us would call #censorship and&nb…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: UN Vote and criticism over Gaza attack matter little to Netanyahu
Shir Hever: UN Vote and criticism over Gaza attack matter little to Netanyahu who unites with Barak Lieberman who advocates the ethnic cleansing of Palestinian citizens of Israel
The vote ”does give the Palestinian one legal ve…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Tell UNICEF: No room for racism and war-mongering | Middle East Children’s Alliance
Tell UNICEF: No room for racism and war-mongering | Middle East Children’s Alliance
The current chairwoman of the Israeli Fund for UNICEF (IFU) is Judy Shalom Nir-Mozes. During the latest Israeli attacks on Gaza, Shalom Nir-Mozes made several shockin…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: UN Palestine Vote Gives PA Access to International Criminal Court
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Both Israel and the U.S. fear legal accountability. They care less about moral responsibility. After all, Palestine is now a “state,” giving it the power to join the International Court should they wish to do so….
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: UN General Assembly adopts resolutions supporting Palestine | Maan News Agency
UN General Assembly adopts resolutions supporting Palestine | Maan News Agency
The usual suspects voted against these measures to help Palestine, among whom we can include the Harper Regime, who appears to be obstinate for different reasons from the o…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Israel seizes $120m in Palestinian tax revenue over UN vote | World news | guardian.co.uk
Israel seizes $120m in Palestinian tax revenue over UN vote | World news | guardian.co.uk
Palestinian official accuses Israel of desperation after second punitive response to UN vote recognising state of #Palestine
Israel has seized more than $120mil…
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Politics and Entertainment: Palestine: Harper Regime’s Utter Stupidity
For Palestine it’s one thing to vote against its elevation to statehood. That remains a respectable decision. It’s quite another to campaign aggressively against admission to statehood as the Harper Regime has done in one of its darkest moments of utte…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Canada’s economy in a stall, StatsCan reports
There’s every chance we’ll have at least a technical recession in the fourth quarter given these statistics:
“The economy slumped to 0.6 per cent in the third quarter — below even the gloomy 0.8 consensus and about one-third what t…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Canadian aid to Palestinians may be on chopping block after UN vote
For bully boy Baird, international front man for the Harper Regime, to consider cutting off or freezing aid to Palestine is unadulterated, childish vindictiveness should he choose to follow through with such a threat (with apologies to children …
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Harper Regime is Now Disqualified
‘Chief Palestinian negotiator Saeb Erekat said that Canadian threats of reprisals and Mr. Baird’s decision to personally campaign against the Palestinian resolution at the UN have ruled Ottawa out of a future role.
“I believe this government is m…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Given how many countries it has alienated through this ridiculous demonstration of bad judgement, Canada is really the one risking retaliation, not Palestine
“Baird’s intervention [student union schoolboy bullying] is notable. . . because only two other foreign ministers — those of Indonesia and Turkey [both supported Palestine] — spoke on the issue before the vote.” (Primer on Canada’s…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: #HarperRegime is delusional – reeking with Luciferian pride
#HarperRegime is delusional – reeking with Luciferian pride – in thinking it can practice Israeli-American style “exceptionalism.” The reality is that none is exceptional, and, like children, they lack respect for the #UN because they don’t get their s…
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Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: OECD warns of lower growth, increased unemployment
OECD warns of lower growth, increased unemployment
“The current forecast points to a continued slump in the world economy, and the potential for a global recession on par with what began with the housing market crisis in 2007. It predicts that the gro…
Continue readingPolitics and Entertainment: Caveat about Palestinian Negotiations a Cover
Why should a symbolic recognition of #Palestine by the #UN General Assembly – a gesture that conveys no direct political power – prevent negotiations between Palestine and Israel from resuming? Claims by Israel, the U.S., and Ca…
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