Hey you redeemers, rebels and radicals out there, Against the backdrop of a global uprising that is simmering in dozens of countries and thousands of cities and towns, the G8 and NATO will hold a …Read More
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Canadian Dimension Feed: Palestinian Home Demolitions this Week
At 11:30 p.m. on that cold, rainy night, I got a panicky phone call from Salim Shawamreh, a Palestinian man from the West Bank town of Anata whose home has been demolished by the Israeli authorities four times and rebuilt as an act of resistance each time by ICAHD. “Army
Continue readingThe Disaffected Lib: The Middle East, 2012 – All Embers and Kindling
The Middle East is a smouldering mess that could erupt into a regional conflagration this year among Sunni and Shiite Muslims as well as Israelis. That’s the assessment of the UN Office for Humanitarian Affairs. The UN warns that 2012 could see an escalation of conflicts in Syria and Iraq
Continue readingCanadian Progressive World: How the corporate media manipulates public support for international wars
The drums of war with Iran are beating. Once again, the corporate media, on behalf of the ever-hungry military-industrial complex and it’s puppets in position of political power, will force us to support this war. …Read More
Continue readingRed Tory v.3.0.3: “Invented People”
Some may be familiar by now with controversial remarks made to an obscure Jewish cable TV channel last week by current Republican frontrunner Newt Gringrich while desperately trolling for the wingnut evangelical vote in Iowa, declaring that Palestinians are “an invented people” – essentially, nothing but a deceitful, illegitimate fabrication
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Sanction on Syria!
Since the Arab spring has started it is as if a big chunk of the western world all of a sudden got glasses. They realize that these countries that in many cases are being ruled by dictators should have sanctions put on them. Last week the EU joined us …
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: If you can’t track the guns, you can’t track the criminals
The Brady Law in the States, which is supposed to ensure felons don’t have access to guns (they are supposed to be flagged by a background check), has proven to be a joke, the NYT reports today. In just one state — the State of Washington — nearly 3300 convicts have had their "right to bear arms" that they forfeited, restored. In one case, a man out of jail for just two months shot dead his
Continue readingProgressive Proselytizing: The myopic terrorism lens
One of the main failures of western understanding of the Middle East and South Asia, and the subsequent failures of actions taken by the west in these regions, stems from viewing these regions through the lens of terrorism. This terrorism-centric view…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Gilat Shalit is Out!
Hamas the terrorist organization in Gaza has for many years taken a prisoner of war named Gilat Shalit. He has been captured and never released until now. Currently there is a deal in which Hamas will give Gilat back in exchange for…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Wagging the dog, Mexican style
It’s been a little over 24 hours since the United States announced it had arrested an Iranian operative who was picked up in Mexico for wanting to try to assassinate the Saudi ambassador to the US. If even half of it is true then it s…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Refuting my Fellow Blogger
My blogger friend Doggy and Owner talked about how I said that the Israeli settlements was for defense. I never said that or rather wrote that all. All I said was that Israel said that the settlements are legal. My blogger friend says:
“Yet, …
The Happy Wanderer: Middle East Peace The True Story (part 2)
In this post I will continue to criticize the video below.
1) The wall was stated in the video as this thing that squeezes Palestinians into a small areas, and separates people. The video again doesn’t state why there is a wall in the first pla…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Middle East Peace the True story
My co-blogger Doggy and Owner has put a video on the website. This video is the one below. Now this video is filled with things that are completely not true. So let’s go at it
1) The first minute or so was relatively objective, but when they started…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Palestinian State doesn’t Help Peace!
My fellow Blogger friend has put up a post saying that a Palestinian state recognized by the UN is the best way to achieve peace. He states that
That’s why they fight against Israel. Because they are living in bad conditions and have no sovereignty.
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Blast Furnace Canada Blog: Non-member status for Palestine a non-starter
An interesting suggested compromise to the “Palestinian question” came out during the week past. It would be to recognize the Palestinian state without granting it a seat at the United Nations General Assembly. The quirk would b…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Bad Editorial!!!! (Part 2)
Daoud Kuttab then continues on to say that the reason Israel isn’t allowing Palestine to be a state for no good reason.
Back in 1947, when the General Assembly voted to partition the British Mandate of Palestine into a Jewish state and an Arab s…
Continue readingThe Happy Wanderer: Bad Editorial!!!! (part 1)
I read this terrible opinion on the Palestine situation. This writer has written some facts, but neglects to mention any other facts that contradict him. First he state a quote from Obama
“when we come back here next year, we can have an…
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: Reopen Swiss Air 111
Yesterday morning’s explosive (pardon the expression) allegations by a former Mountie that the Swiss Air 111 crash in 1998 may have been a terrorist act and not an entertainment system gone haywire is something that absolutely has to be taken seriously…
Continue readingDeSmogBlog - Clearing the PR Pollution that Clouds Climate Science: Reliance on Canadian Tar Sands Threatens U.S. Energy Security
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This is a guest post by Glenn Hurowitz, senior fellow at the Center for International Policy. It originally appeared on Grist.org, and is reprinted here with permission….
Continue readingBlast Furnace Canada Blog: So long, Ka-Taffy!
Looks like the rebels have all but taken control of Tripoli.Adieu, Moammar. About the only good thing you ever did was dismantle your nuclear weapons (the only other country to have done so to date is South Africa). Other than that, y…
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