Canadian Authoritarianism: Then and Now

Something has been rotting in the State of Canada for a long, long time.

Libby Davies, Israel, Spin and Chill

Hot on the heals of “The Thing About Israel” from the other day, I see a campaign against Libby Davies because of a video of her comments at a rally and the spin around it. Today I despin and respin aspects of the event. I found out about the Libby Davies YouTube video the other [...]

I Love Zaineb Shamel!

Asked about British Columbians who don’t vote, she said “they have something great and they are not using it.” “A safe place like Canada can remain safe forever if we vote for good people and good parties.” Zaineb Shamel via From Saddam Hussein to Campbell vs. James – Capital Diary. How could you not love [...]

Welcome Back to Civilization, America!

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How Many More Wars Do You Want, Anyway?

Pick a number, then vote McCain: [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PdJUCU1UH2w] Some context: Sarah Palin said two things which can be pegs for an attack ad of this kind: 1. War with Russia could happen over the Georgia conflict 2. Soldiers going to Iraq are fighting the people who killed thousands of Americans on Sept. 11. Share the Love: [...]

Logical Absurdities: Only Anti-Government Sentiments Are Political

So, US Iraqi war veterans who oppose the political mission, though presumably they support the troops [themselves, their comrades and friends], aren’t allowed to march in a Veterans Day Parade in Long Beach. “They do not fit the spirit of the parade,” she said. “The spirit being one of gratitude for what the veterans have [...]

A Few Truths

A delightfully eerie piece about American military propaganda is engaging minds at Alternet.org right now. It is called “Rumsfeld’s Fake News Flop in Iraq” and is reprinted below. I have a mere few reactions: Osama bin Laden is America’s Emmanuel Goldstein from Orwell’s 1984. Not wanted, dead or alive. The longer he is at large, [...]

London Bombings: One View

I think this about sums it up, except that the US/UK imperialists don’t have a monopoly on terrorism: “Terrorist Blair, who assisted The US Empire in raining death down upon the Iraqi populace, though Iraq harboured no weapons of mass destruction and posed no direct military threat to either Britain or the US, and is [...]

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