The staggering ignorance of the public on Iran
A new CBS/Opinion Research poll indicates that 71% of Americans believe that Iran already has a nuclear weapon. Sigh. While it certainly should not be a surprise anymore given numerous…
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Well, This Is Awkward
Israeli F-16 Showing Seven Syrian Aerial Victories and the Bombing of Iraq’s Osirik Reactor. Iran has warned it may strike pre-emptively in the face of persistent threats of imminent attack…
CNN’s Erin Burnett makes play to become this decade’s Judith Miller
Glenn Greenwald and Matt Taibbi put he screws to Erin Burnett for her Judith Miller act – promoting a new war, this time with Iran. She employs all of the…
Inciting hysteria
The Vancouver Sun has a report on the reaction to our prime minister’s recent statements regarding Iran from an Iranian expatriate named Trita Parsi who is head of the “Washington-based…
February mid-month round-up: Greece burns, Alberta gambles & Canada trades soul for Pandas
Well it would appear that China has finally found a spot to park it’s unwanted USD. That would be here in good old Canada and all it cost them was…
A domestic foreign policy: Iran, Israel, and the US
Foreign policy is ostensibly something to do with other countries. However, when politicians talk about it they are largely doing so for their own domestic interests. Discussions of foreign policy…
Madonna saves the world. Fans beg Netanyahu to delay WWIII until after Madonna concert.
Suddenly I have reason to like the pop queen. Or at least her Israeli fans. In a newly launched Facebook page, Israeli fans of U.S. pop megastar Madonna are pleading…
Dear John Baird
You recently suggested that Israel has no better friend than Canada. So perhaps you would be the best one to have a chat with our friends and suggest that this…
John Baird’s response to the Israel/Iran conflict
Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird Right now, we have one sovereign United Nations member making explicit overtures about launching a unilateral military attack on another sovereign United Nations member. It…
Niall Ferguson cheers on war between Israel and Iran
“Hi folks, this used to be Israel. Or, was it Iran? I forgot. Oh well. Where’s my paycheque?” Or, more like an Israeli attack on Iran. The money quote: War…
Canada’s Foreign Affairs Minister Drops The "H-Bomb"
I’m not talking about that other H-bomb, the one that the US government dropped on innocent civilians in Hiroshima and Nagasaki. No, I’m talking about Adolph Hitler, yes, that H-Bomb.…
John Baird and the Minister of Margaritas
I’ve always had my doubts about the wisdom of making John Baird our Foreign Affairs Minister, instead of the Minister of Margaritas. But now I feel that even more strongly.…
Is America Worried Israel Is Gonna Go Ape Shit On Iran?
Apparently the US Defence Secretary Leo Panetta is very worried that Israel will attack Iran come March. Those Israelis just can’t control themselves in the face of Iran’s intransigence over…
Speaking of political theatre
While the National Post does its best to hype the threat posed by Iran, here’s the news I can’t seem to find from a Canadian source: WASHINGTON, Feb 1, 2012…
Occupy Boston: No War On Iran
On Saturday, February 4, The Action for Peace Working Group of Occupy Boston will co-sponsor a rally and march as part of an international day of action to demand NO…
Pentagon Ups the Ante on Iran
Count the carriers. One US Navy fleet aircraft carrier in the Persian Gulf is routine. Now there are two, the Lincoln and the Vinson. A third is scheduled to deploy…
When is the Price of a Politician Too High?
Since Citizens United paved the way for the wealthy to buy U.S. political candidates outright, there is more for Americans to worry about than losing their democracy, though that is…
USS Enterprise False Flag Operation Planned?
Would the US destroy one of its one ships to give cause for attacking Iran?
Friday Morning Links
Assorted content to end your week. – Environics’ polling on inequality shows over 80% of Canadians wanting to see governments reduce the disparity between the rich and the poor –…
Harper: Right about Iran, but on the tar sands and "outsiders" …
This week, the Prime Minister expressed aloud concerns many of us Canadian of all stripes have had either openly or privately – that Iran is a ticking time bomb with…