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Interview with Birgitta Jonsdottir, Icelandic member of parliament and ex-WikiLeaks
Original post at CRYPTOME – March 2, 2011 http://cryptome.org/0003/jonsdottir-wl.htm “Birgitta Jonsdottir, ex-WikiLeaks, Crusades for Freedom of Information” De Standaard Online – March 2, 2011 – by Dominique Deckmyn in Ghent,…
Stop Canadian Complicity in Torture 2011-03-04 00:49:00
Former Head of MI6, the British Secret Intelligence Service, off-the-record speech ends up on YouTube – March 2, 2011 RAWREPLAY – March 3, 2011 – By Stephen C. Webster http://www.rawstory.com/rawreplay/2011/03/former-mi6-chief-credits-wikileaks-with-revolutions/
The Harper Government
Civil servants were informed that the Government of Canada no longer exists. It’s the Harper Government please. Not much to say about that is there?
The F-35 is needed, question mark
I’m sitting here all juiced up from a pot of strong coffee and it pops into my head that the F-35 purchase may not be necessary, at all. I mean,…
Secondary Suites And The Right To Affordable Housing
In December 2007, at the height of Calgary’s housing crunch, a report emerged from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation that confirmed what many had long suspected: the cost of…
U.S. Supreme Court: Corporations Do Not Have Personal Privacy Rights
““The protection in FOIA against disclosure of law enforcement information on the ground that it would constitute an unwarranted invasion of personal privacy does not extend to corporations,” Chief Justice…
Libya
It looks to me like Canada is again willing to pick a side in a nation’s civil war. This is a definite no-no in my book. If you don’t like…
Tea Party Tyrants
a little coverage for my American friends and worth considering for Canadians……..The elite are delighted with the Wisconsin situation. They rub their hands together gleefully as the last vestiges of…
Dr. Seuss Comments on Bev Oda and the PMO
When the government acts this ridiculous about important matters, sometimes ridicule is the only way to address them. And what better to ridicule with than borrowing a little Dr. Seuss.…
At least somebody…
…is standing on guard for thee. How much longer they can hold out is another question.
Worshipping a deceased Celebrity Prez
punditman says…What’s with all this Ronald Reagan post mortem worship? It’s been going on for years but I guess a commemorative 100th birthday gives the media another excuse for celebrity…
Will the LPC respond?
Parliament resumes and the “we don’t want an election” rhetoric seems to have been dialed down as the NDP and CPC both release campaign-style ads aimed at convincing Canadians they…
Well, that was fun! But a fond farewell
Over the past three months, I’ve written extensively about the BC Liberal leadership race and made public my struggles to make the right choices. First, I wondered if I should…
Wake Me, Shake Me
Jim Kunstler is giving Saudi Arabia three weeks before it blows. Then $10 a gallon diesel fuel will end civilization as it is presently known. Peacenik says plant your garden…
Something to get Excited About
This is interesting.(I can only see the first line of this, I seem to have misplaced by iPolitics password) For the past couple weeks I’ve been asking myself what kind…
10 Ways Scott Walker Is Selling Out His Constituents to Corporations
Peacenik read this list of stuff the GOP is doing in Wisconsin and Peacenik realized that there is no common ground. All 10 of these GOP actions are insane. You…
Top 10 Movies You Might Not Have Heard Of *
*(but should definitely see) As some of you may have heard, I recently had the honour of being appointed as the Assistant Returning Officer for Halton with Elections Canada. It’s…
Eliot dances along to the guitar marathon
My son Eliot dancing along to his Grandpa Duane’s 48 hour guitar marathon. The guitar marathon is still going on for another 10 hours and you can watch the live…