Why don’t you sue Harper? In Federal Court? For declaratory and injunctive relief. To force Harper to take the gags off the public service and the armed forces. To allow free communications between the public at large and the public servants and service men and women we pay through our
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The Disaffected Lib: FEMA Throws In the Towel? Not Quite Yet.
“We cannot afford to continue to respond to disasters and suffer impacts — particularly looking at large-scale catastrophic disasters — under the current program. It will fail.” That little ray of sunshine comes from Craig Fugate, head of the US Federal Emergency Management Agency, FEMA. What Craig was trying
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Of June and High Water
British homeowners have been told they’ll have to fend for themselves come June when their government’s agreement with Brit insurers for provision of flood coverage lapses. Insurers are reacting to what they consider a refusal by the austerity-obsessed Cameron government to honour its obligations to improve flood defences. The agreement,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Six Brits Missing, Presumed Dead, in Afghanistan. Cameron Reacts Quickly to Declare Missing Soldiers Dead
A patrolling British Warrior armoured fighting vehicle was hit by an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan. The six soldiers who had been aboard are missing and, curiously, presumed dead. The attack seems to illustrate the awkward point all sides to this war are in as they wait for Western forces
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: No Accidental Tyrant
Stephen Harper is despotic by design. That much is apparent in an excerpt from a letter Harper wrote in 2001 while head of the National Citizens Coalition, known as the “jackasses letter.” Harper used the epithet to castigate bureaucrats of Elections Canada whom he ridiculed as “out of control.” In
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The F-35’s Lowered Expectations
Now it’s not only way over-budget, way overdue but the Pentagon is having to lower its performance requirements so it won’t have to call the F-35 a complete turkey. If the plane can’t achieve its specified combat radius, change the specifications. If it can’t land within the specified runway length,
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: In Missouri, Truman, Disney and Mark Twain Share the Stage with Rush Limbaugh
Apparently the state of Missouri sees Rush Limbaugh as one of its greatest native sons. “…state House Speaker Steven Tilley (R) has commissioned a statue of Limbaugh to stand among those of Harry Truman, Walt Disney, Laura Ingalls Wilder, Mark Twain and others who, unlike Limbaugh, wouldn’t also qualify for an
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Want The Job? First, Let’s See Your Social Networks Accounts
It was bound to happen. Prospective employers asking demanding to inspect job applicants’ social network accounts. Employers and colleges find the treasure-trove of personal information hiding behind password-protected accounts and privacy walls just too tempting, and some are demanding full access from job applicants and student athletes. In Maryland, job
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: I Don’t Believe Anonymous Did Anything Wrong
Did Anonymous threaten Vic Toews as is being suggested? Did Anonymous warn Toews that, if he didn’t kill C-30, it would out him over his involvement with a Manitoba judge? In other words, did they try to extort Toews? Was he being blackmailed? I don’t think so. This question ran
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Steve Sends China Our Oil, They Send Us Their – Ozone?
As much as 20% of ground level ozone in the western US is arriving from China. Scientists have been documenting the phenomenon of pollution crossing the Pacific Ocean since the 1990s. Most research so far has focused on how imported emissions affect average pollution levels, but the latest analysis goes
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Italy’s Mason-Dixon Line
Their leaders have names such as Durnwalder, Klotz, Widmann, and Mair. Their neighbours include Swiss, Germans and Austrians. And at the moment a good many of them are wondering why they should be saddled with the financial burden of remaining within cash-strapped Italy. There has long been a secessionist movement
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Of Polar Bears and Pond Hockey
Global warming is expected to devastate polar bear numbers but even down toward the 49th it may bring a similar fate to pond hockey or, as we called it when I was a kid, “shinny.” A new study warns that outdoor rinks could be a distant memory by mid-century. UBC
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Think We Don’t Have a Petro-Parliament? Think Again.
The outfit behind the Northern Gateway pipeline/tanker venture, Enbridge, successfully lobbied (code for “ordered”) the Harper government regime to scuttle an agreement with a charity that supports inconvenient environmental causes. We’re not talking about cutting funding here. It was the charity that was putting up the cash. The federal Fisheries
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Arms Race Update – China Races to Catch Up
China’s “official” defence spending has rocketed over 11% this year, topping $100-billion for the first time. Compared to US defence spending of $740 that may not sound like much but China, like the US, is widely believed to disclose only part of its true expenditures. China is very quickly going
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Will a 25-Year Old Murder Bring Down Rupert Murdoch?
Daniel Morgan Hacking celebrity voicemails for lurid gossip is one thing but obstructing a murder investigation, an axe murder possibly committed by crooked cops, is something else altogether. It’s one of the most fascinating aspects of the ongoing News of the World/Sun enquiry. This is real Agatha Christie stuff. 25-years
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Hey, MSM. Can’t You At Least Give Vic the "All Clear"?
It made all the papers when a week ago Anonymous promised to drop a bombshell on Vic Toews. The media even covered Thursday’s Anonymous video claiming the Day of Reckoning was nigh. But when Friday rolled around and Anonymous released another video claiming Toews had shady dealings with a female
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Can Pakistan Leave America Bottled Up in Afghanistan?
Western forces in Afghanistan are finding it’s not especially easy to get out. The Brits recently negotiated an exit route via Kazakhstan for removal of their equipment and weapons. British equipment will travel north all the way to the Baltic where the stuff will be loaded aboard ships for delivery
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: They’ve Even Got a Name For It Now – "Green on Blue"
“Green on Blue” is the newly coined term for deadly attacks by Afghan military or security forces on US or NATO soldiers in Afghanistan. It seems to be happening with such regularity that a code phrase was deemed convenient. The latest such attack (that we know of as yet) occurred
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: Tornadoes Are Just God’s Whirligigs
How can a people be so damned quick to see what’s not there yet so unwilling to see what is? Is it because they can’t figure out who to bomb, invade or besiege? The American people were more than willing to accept that Saddam had stockpiles of weapons of mass
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