The Reform Alliance members of the Conservative Party always suspected that Canadian Nationalist Progressive David Orchard was really NDP lite. This proves their point, but does not mean that he isn't a Red Tory, which is also NDP lite.
David Orchard. A Liberal. In Saskatoon. I'm not making this up.writes Calgary Grit.
And it does not absolve the Conservatives of the $70,000 they still owe him. Which as theylike to say, 'is dirty money', that they are using in their campaign.
Well yes he is supporting 'Liberal' candidate Chris Axeworthy. Axeworthy who was on the right wing of the NDP and a former NDP MP split with the party over the debate on the Third Way. He wanted the party to move to the centre ala Blairs New Labour. So there you have it. Essentially the right wing of the NDP has been home to Liberals and Progressive Conservatives. Under Layton they should feel at home once again after the Liberals lose this election.
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Thursday, January 12, 2006
The New Capitalism; Make A Profit Cut Jobs
Sorry that should have read same old capitalism, well at least Casino Capitalism for the last twenty years where job cuts have seen Wall Street investors rub their hands with glee and increase the corporate valuation of of companies that shed jobs. Now remember those Income Trusts that Monte Solberg was whining about recently. The ones that all those mythical seniors had their money in. The income trusts that are a tax shelter for corportations, executives and managers.
Well here is one that just made a profit and is cutting jobs. The reason, well it wants to make more profits. Which it can do cause now it is going to pay even lower taxes on its investment income.
One that we are familar with cause we read their newspapers and watch their TV channels daily.
Love these two conflicting headlines though they say it all;
CanWest MediaWorks profit soars on lower taxes
CanWest says rising costs may force cuts
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Well here is one that just made a profit and is cutting jobs. The reason, well it wants to make more profits. Which it can do cause now it is going to pay even lower taxes on its investment income.
One that we are familar with cause we read their newspapers and watch their TV channels daily.
Love these two conflicting headlines though they say it all;
CanWest MediaWorks profit soars on lower taxes
CanWest says rising costs may force cuts
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No Tears for Sharon
The tears and praises for Ariel Sharon are misplaced. This man was a butcher, the creator of the land grab settlement projects, etc. etc. He is the very icon of Israeli Occupation that those who defend this in the West do with the false apologetics that Israel is a democracy. Sharon deserves no tears.
1953 Sharon raid burns in psyche
Ariel Sharon transformed himself
As well, he conceived and co-ordinated the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a venture that more or less imploded when Israel’s Christian Phalange allies murdered hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in a human and public relations disaster. In 1983, the Kahan Commission found him indirectly responsible for the massacre, and he stepped down in disgrace.
How Quickly They Forget the Real Sharon "Eating Palestine for Breakfast"
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1953 Sharon raid burns in psyche
Ariel Sharon transformed himself
As well, he conceived and co-ordinated the 1982 invasion of Lebanon, a venture that more or less imploded when Israel’s Christian Phalange allies murdered hundreds of Palestinian civilians in the Sabra and Shatila refugee camps in a human and public relations disaster. In 1983, the Kahan Commission found him indirectly responsible for the massacre, and he stepped down in disgrace.
How Quickly They Forget the Real Sharon "Eating Palestine for Breakfast"
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Cry Justice
Four years in jail without trial. A Canadian teenager is kept in the isolation hell that is America's illegal jail in Cuba. He has grown up in this hell hole. Yesterday he finally had his day in court. Khadr faces accusers Not a real court a military court.
This is America's enemy an acne scared Canadian teenager.
This is Canada's shame that he should have rotted there for this long with nary a word or protest by our government, he is after all a Canadian teenager. And as such would not have faced the same treatment here. Which of course is why he has been held illegally by the Americans. In order to get the big fish, his father and brothers. Its called blackmail.
And it is another exposure of the hypocrisy of the Canadian State security act and fetish for denying Canadians of arabic background or muslim religious beliefs their human rights. Some Canadians are more equal than others.
This is America's enemy an acne scared Canadian teenager.
This is Canada's shame that he should have rotted there for this long with nary a word or protest by our government, he is after all a Canadian teenager. And as such would not have faced the same treatment here. Which of course is why he has been held illegally by the Americans. In order to get the big fish, his father and brothers. Its called blackmail.
And it is another exposure of the hypocrisy of the Canadian State security act and fetish for denying Canadians of arabic background or muslim religious beliefs their human rights. Some Canadians are more equal than others.
Making the punishment fit the crime
This just in. SonyBMG who stuck spyware in their anti-copying software
(Sony BMG Brother) has now faced the wrath of de judge. Here come de judge, here come de judge. Who gave them the fickle finger of fate. (I'm in a Laugh In mood)
US Judge approves Sony settlement
BBC News -24 minutes ago
Millions of people look set to get free downloads from Sony BMG as a judge provisionally approves a settlement for many lawsuits against the music maker.
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(Sony BMG Brother) has now faced the wrath of de judge. Here come de judge, here come de judge. Who gave them the fickle finger of fate. (I'm in a Laugh In mood)
US Judge approves Sony settlement
BBC News -
Millions of people look set to get free downloads from Sony BMG as a judge provisionally approves a settlement for many lawsuits against the music maker.
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They Live Where?
Another challenge to Intelligent Design. California high school sued over 'intelligent design' class
Except this time it is taking place in a rural mountain village, smack dab on the San Andreas fault. A Fault Line for 'Intelligent Design'
Now that really shows lack of intelligence and design. Living on the San Andreas fault. I would pray too.
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Except this time it is taking place in a rural mountain village, smack dab on the San Andreas fault. A Fault Line for 'Intelligent Design'
Now that really shows lack of intelligence and design. Living on the San Andreas fault. I would pray too.
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Confrontation on the High Seas
Japan's unethical and covert whaling fleet rammed Greenpeace and Sea Shepard protestors on the weekend in the Antarctic waters.
Japan says clashes at sea could reduce whale catch
Damn straight as I reported here the other day. This is real Junk Science. A Greenpeace activist left a link to their blog.
Disguised as a scientific study of dead whales the Japanese are using the cover of science for whaling for food.
Battle On High Seas: Japan's target is to kill 935 whales
New Zealand has raised the issue with Japan, will Canada condemn this too or is our Government too busy with dog paddling in the polls. New Zealand seeks anti-whaling pressure on Japan
Crew from the Sea Shepherd get up close and personal with the giant bow of the Japanese whaler Nisshin Maru.
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Japan says clashes at sea could reduce whale catch
Damn straight as I reported here the other day. This is real Junk Science. A Greenpeace activist left a link to their blog.
Disguised as a scientific study of dead whales the Japanese are using the cover of science for whaling for food.
Battle On High Seas: Japan's target is to kill 935 whales
New Zealand has raised the issue with Japan, will Canada condemn this too or is our Government too busy with dog paddling in the polls. New Zealand seeks anti-whaling pressure on Japan
Crew from the Sea Shepherd get up close and personal with the giant bow of the Japanese whaler Nisshin Maru.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2006
Private Health Care Here
Company plans private health care across Canada by 2007
Well could this be the headline that breaks open the election for the NDP?!
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Well could this be the headline that breaks open the election for the NDP?!
| The Continued Bastardisation of Canada's Health Care System | | |
| by D.L. McCracken | |
| Wednesday, 11 January 2006 | |
| With the announcement today that three more private health care clinics will be opened in three Ontario cities by this coming summer, this writer believes it is prudent to re-publish a column written late last year which explored the new trend, dubbed the 'bastardisation of Canada's health care system'. |
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Canadian Troops In Canadian Cities
Ah the Sturm and drang the crying and wrenching of hair. The Conservatives and Bloggin Tory's are all aghast at the Liberal attack ad about Harper filling our cities with armed military units. The Canadian Army in Canada's cities.
Something about insulting the military. Oh give it a break. Its a great ad. It's exactly what Harper said so he left himself open to this attack.
The Liberals had the good sense to pull the ad, not before it got run in Quebec though. And now it runs for free on the news day in day out. Dumb Conservatives.
Instead of complaining about it here is what the Conservatives should have done, run their own ad that reminded Quebecois about the times the Liberals used Canadian troops in Quebec. In peace time. In Canada. In Canadian cities.
Standoff at Oka
It's a scene of hysteria, pandemonium and high tension as more than 2,500 soldiers descend upon Oka. People prepare for the worst as the army advances to the main barricade at the edge of the sacred Mohawk territory. Images of tanks and soldiers in full combat fatigue fill TV screens. A dramatic stare-off between a Canadian soldier and a Mohawk warrior known as Lasagna come to symbolize the gulf between the two sides.
The October Crisis: Civil Liberties Suspended
In October 1970, tanks roamed city streets and soldiers in full battle gear raided homes in their hunt for "terrorists." They were looking for the Front de libération du Québec; French Canadian nationalists who abducted a British diplomat and a Quebec minister. Some felt like they were living in a police state. How far would Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau go? "Just watch me," he said. Three days later he invoked the War Measures Act and a nation waited with civil liberties suspended.
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Bloggin Tory's are all aghast at the Liberal attack ad about Harper filling our cities with armed military units. The Canadian Army in Canada's cities. Something about insulting the military. Oh give it a break. Its a great ad. It's exactly what Harper said so he left himself open to this attack.
The Liberals had the good sense to pull the ad, not before it got run in Quebec though. And now it runs for free on the news day in day out. Dumb Conservatives.
Instead of complaining about it here is what the Conservatives should have done, run their own ad that reminded Quebecois about the times the Liberals used Canadian troops in Quebec. In peace time. In Canada. In Canadian cities.
Standoff at Oka
| In March 1990, Mohawks warriors at Kanesatake set up a blockade over disputed land with the municipality of Oka. In August, Canadians soldiers were called in to serve at the standoff. |
It's a scene of hysteria, pandemonium and high tension as more than 2,500 soldiers descend upon Oka. People prepare for the worst as the army advances to the main barricade at the edge of the sacred Mohawk territory. Images of tanks and soldiers in full combat fatigue fill TV screens. A dramatic stare-off between a Canadian soldier and a Mohawk warrior known as Lasagna come to symbolize the gulf between the two sides.
The October Crisis: Civil Liberties Suspended
In October 1970, tanks roamed city streets and soldiers in full battle gear raided homes in their hunt for "terrorists." They were looking for the Front de libération du Québec; French Canadian nationalists who abducted a British diplomat and a Quebec minister. Some felt like they were living in a police state. How far would Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau go? "Just watch me," he said. Three days later he invoked the War Measures Act and a nation waited with civil liberties suspended.
In 1970,a crisis rocked Canada the likes of which had never before been seen or even imagined. A state of siege existed. There were kidnappings of prominent individuals. One was murdered. The War Measures Act was invoked for the first time in peacetime. Soldiers were in the streets, a very un-Canadian scene. The Prime Minister spoke of an, “apprehended insurrection”. Some saw freedom fighters where others saw terrorists. There were immense repercussions for the FLQ, (Front de liberation du Quebec) the independence movement, the Parti Quebecois, and the federal-provincial relations. In short, the October Crisis of 1970 signaled Canada’s coming of age as we left behind forever our innocence and naivete.
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