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ParliamANT Hill: Canada ranked worst of G7 nations in fighting bribery, corruption
Inspired by this story: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/canada-ranked-worst-of-g7-nations-in-fighting-bribery-corruption/article2032347/
Continue readingArt Threat: Berlusconi assassinated – A review of Draquila – Italy Trembles
Berlusconi is properly skewered in a new investigative doc from Italy.
Continue readingThe Adventures of Diva Rachel: Fox News North: lies from day 1
Looks like the apple didn't fall far from the tree…Faux News North, a.k.a. Sun News Network is already following their brotheren's lead by making up news stories. The Diva is surprised — not that it happened, but how quickly Faux News North …
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: "Destroying the Evidence" …in Egypt
Egyptian Protesters Seize Evidence of Torture after storming secret police office
Hundreds of Egyptians stormed the headquarters of the nation’s secret police, seizing secret documents and evidence of torture.
Activists say documents found inside the building contain evidence of phone tapping, election rigging and torture.
A full report by McClatchy newspaper:
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/03/05/109887/egyptian-protesters-storm-state.html
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture: "Destroying the Evidence" …in Egypt
Egyptian Protesters Seize Evidence of Torture after storming secret police office Hundreds of Egyptians stormed the headquarters of the nation’s secret police, seizing secret documents and evidence of torture. Activists say documents found inside the building contain evidence of phone tapping, election rigging and torture. A full report by McClatchy
Continue readingStop Canadian Complicity in Torture: "Destroying the Evidence" …in Egypt
Egyptian Protesters Seize Evidence of Torture after storming secret police office Hundreds of Egyptians stormed the headquarters of the nation’s secret police, seizing secret documents and evidence of torture. Activists say documents found inside the building contain evidence of phone tapping, election rigging and torture. A full report by McClatchy
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Egypt, Tunisia, Thailand… Top 10 destinations for Social Upheaval
A Tide of civil unrest has swept through at least 11 nations in just the past week. Media focus has been on the successes of the “Jasmine Revolution” and developments in Egypt, which is populous, geopolitically significant, and in total upheaval; but nations far and wide are experiencing mass-protests and
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Basra and Iraq: Oil and Expectations
A strange portrait of the Southern-Iraqi city of Basra is painted in a recent and brief Economist article. Better than Baghdad struggles to find real evidence of improvement of quality of life or opportunity in Basra, which is Iraq’s international oil and shipping hub and home to a large disenfranchised
Continue readingYou Know You Are Living In A Corporatocracy …
… when your elected government begs Big Business interests to help them write and/or kill bills:Back there, Transport Minister John Baird (yes – this same John Baird) was caught privately encouraging Canada’s big airlines to step up their lobby campaign in order to kill a proposed "passenger bill of right" while his predecessor, then-Transport Minister Lawrence Cannon, publicly supported s…
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Panem et Circenses South African Style
USA v Algeria, 2010 World Cup by jasonwhat A recent Sports Illustrated article, World Cup’s Empty Legacy, reports on the state of South Africa’s sports infrastructure several months after this summer’s final. While the 2010 World Cup was as much a success as any other in bringing together people from
Continue readingWorld Headlines Review: Afghanistan: War, Power and Illusion
Canadian LAVs, Afghanistan, by isafmedia This week, Project Censored has released its annual list of top 25 censored news stories in a volume entitled Censored 2011: The Top Censored Stories of 2009-2010. An astounding article published by The Nation on November 11, 2009; How the US funds the Taliban, resurfaces
Continue readingOpen letter to the NDP
Given the state of affairs in BC right now, if I was a betting man, I’d bet on the NDP not just winning the next election, but betting the BC Liberals lose official party status too. The next BC legislature would probably have a landslide NDP governm…
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