More Despinning the Spin and Chill Around Israel
Ten points to Mark Hasiuk for not just agreeing with my perspective on the chill and spin involved with Libby Davies and Israel. The ten points go for calling out corporate media as dropping its diligence in reporting on that and two other stories. Nothing new with that trend, but one thing refreshing about this [...]
The Thing About Israel
OK, here’s the thing about Israel, OK, one thing: there is no greater concentration of political spin in all of human history than around the issues relating to Israel. And the spin has the [likely intended] consequence of creating a chill factor to keep people from trying to reasonably discuss issues on any side of [...]
Obama Is Not Anyone’s Economic Jesus
It’s time to get over ourselves with thinking of Obama being any kind of economic Jesus. Eric Margolis reflects many people’s hopes, but it is time to leave our naivety back in 2008 because its best before date has expired: “The axis of sleaze between Wall Street and Washington’s politicians has to be broken. Time [...]
Memo to Harper: Bush Doesn’t Have Your Back Anymore
Someone should really tell the prime minister that George w.Caesar doesn’t have his back on angry imperialist rhetoric anymore. It’s one thing for Ignatieff to sit quietly, saying nothing, waiting for the economy to implode Harper’s government, but for Harper to show that he still thinks the Bush Doctrine rules the world means his crash [...]
Diplomatic Engagement 101
In case anyone wondered how actually one [like a president, some members of Congress or a Canadian prime minister] would go about practicing diplomacy on the international stage, here are two examples from today alone. I think this is why there used to be a red phone on a desk in the oval office: The [...]
“Lord Stern on global warming: It’s even worse than I thought”
“Sea levels are likely to rise twice as fast as predicted in the last UN climate change report in 2007.” via Lord Stern on global warming: It’s even worse than I thought – Climate Change, Environment – The Independent. As governments continue to craft optics-friendly greenwashing plans while ramping up highways construction, etc., I keep [...]
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The Venezuelan-Russia-USA Dance
We should all be noting a few things about escalating dance between the USA and Venezuela. A few months ago, after 58 years of being a part of the larger US Second Fleet, the USA reconstituted its Fourth Fleet to enhance its presence in its traditional sphere of influence: Latin America, perhaps the most successful [...]
Pitying the Conservatives in Vancouver and Nationally, But Not Really
So now I’m thinking NDP-Bloc coalition federally. More on that below, but first… The Vancouver NPA, multi-generational vanguard of pretend non-partisanship has finished nominating its candidates. One significant note here: Kanman Wong is the final NPA council candidate. Remember Kanman? He ran a modestly respectable campaign for the January 2006 federal election as the Conservative [...]
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: [...]
Voting is Optional in the House of Commons
I like the “or voting” part where actually ratifying is merely an option, since it’s so “unnecessary and cumbersome”…unless it’s important enough to skip the whole legislative thing! This whole thing on the surface rather undermines the TILMA-style executive supremacy that avoids legislative oversight, but in the end, it’s just cruel window dressing. [...]
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 [...]
Revolt, then Dance
It’s one thing to try to stop a “peaceful” country like Canada from continuing its imperial designs in Afghanistan [let alone Haiti]. It’s another thing to see traction in your efforts. Our beloved Prime Sinister Harper recently squeaked out “Canada’s New Government”‘s backtrack on occupying Afghanistan to virtually no media fanfare. The thing to do [...]
What is Your Definition of "Easily" and "Overwhelmingly"?
On the homepage of Robbins Sce Research, it says: “Harper popular as PM, Canadians easily support Afghan extension. Jun 29, 2007″ The poll it links to says Canadians support an Afghan extension based on this question: “The United Nations is desirous of having Canada extend its participation in Afghanistan past the current term ending in [...]
Police States ‘R Us
A 25 km security perimeter is fascinating, as is turning away cars with more than 5 people in them. But forcing a public centre to not rent space for a public meeting is astonishing. Essentially, the right to free public association is arbitrarily over. This is the context in which the new North American Union [...]
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