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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Lockheed Martin Census Deal Finalized! |
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Posted: Mon Oct 11, 2004 12:55 pm
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| I agree with you there. Where are the leaders? The next Trudeau or Laurier. I hope to God someone comes along. We need someone who really understands the country and is strong enough to put it all together. This will be the true test for Canada, if we can actually produce such a leader in the next 5... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Lockheed Martin Census Deal Finalized! |
| Action-Jackson |
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Posted: Sun Oct 10, 2004 12:16 am
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| <p> I can't believe they actually went through with this. It's really sad--the government would actually prefer to take the heat from their own citizens instead of being sued by Lockheed under Nafta. <p> Well, there's only one answer to this. We have to make the 2006 census so <i>p... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Noranda and Chinese government ownership of Canada |
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Posted: Wed Oct 06, 2004 8:06 pm
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Replies: 9
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| Thanks for posting this. I just heard David Kilgour on the CBC (Liberal MP Edmonton), falling all over himself trying to justify why this take-over should be stopped. It was hilarious. He couldn't come up with anything. A decade of neo-liberalism has surgically removed all the arguments that justify... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Wall Street Journal reporter: Iraq is lost |
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Posted: Fri Oct 01, 2004 10:51 am
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Replies: 9
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> Action-Jackson <strong>Date:</strong> 2004-10-01 10:51:00 <a href="/article/145125654-wall-street-journal-reporter-iraq-is-lost">Article Link</a> ===== <p> 09/30/2004 <p> Being a foreign correspondent in Baghdad these days ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Urgent Update on Alberta Health Info Act Action |
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Posted: Thu Sep 30, 2004 10:23 pm
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| Just a warning to all those involved in this action. <p> It looks like a low-level court in the US has struck down this contentious part of the PATRIOT Act. The government is appealing, and I'm sure this will go all the way to the Supreme Court. In the meantime, I would think this part of the ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Canada wipes out African Debts |
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:16 am
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Replies: 10
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| 9 million could pay off the debt of 360 students in Canada (at $25,000 per student). 1.1 billion could pay off the debt of 44,000 students. Will that happen? Not bloody likely. Call me cynical, but I don't think the 1.1 billion is going to the Africans. If it does, it'll be tied to conditions like a... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ottawa and Beijing: a Sad Story |
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Posted: Sat Sep 25, 2004 12:12 am
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Replies: 19
Views: 168
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| I wonder if it ties into corruption endemic in corporations at the end of the 1990s. Nortel, Enron, Worldcom, Martha Stewart. It seems every big, successful corporation was bypassing the rules like this chap in the embassy. There was a new revelation just last week. Top executives in Computer Associ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Canada wipes out African Debts |
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Posted: Thu Sep 23, 2004 10:28 am
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Replies: 10
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Wow. A whole 9 million dollars. This is just a feel-good press release on the part of Paul Martin.
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If you don't like these ideas, I've got others. --Marshall McLuhan |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Naomi Klein: Iraq is a text-book failure of neoconservatism |
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:36 pm
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| I heard the same thing on CBC radio. A reporter asked an elderly woman in Missouri why she was voting for Bush. She said because he seemed like the type of person you could sit down to coffee with. Kerry, on the other hand, she said, was too hi-falutin. Its enough to make you go mad! When Bush is th... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ottawa considering massive assets sale |
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 3:13 pm
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Replies: 17
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| Gaulois, I think the problem with selling these buildings, is that these are assets the public (i.e. the tax-payer) has bought and paid for over decades. Past privatizations of assets (such as highways, railways etc.) end up being revealed as highway robbery, sold at grossly undervalued prices. The ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Naomi Klein: Iraq is a text-book failure of neoconservatism |
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Posted: Wed Sep 22, 2004 9:05 am
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> Action-Jackson <strong>Date:</strong> 2004-09-22 09:05:00 <a href="/article/142328922-naomi-klein-iraq-is-a-textbook-failure-of-neoconservatism">Article Link</a> The result was predictable. With the state dismantled, and vast public se... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rex Murphy Again: running with wolves |
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Posted: Sat Sep 18, 2004 3:15 pm
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| Fine column, Robin. I've always wondered why Murphy has the stature he does in Canadian journalism. The only thing I can come up with, is that he is a professional Newfie. He fills the role of voice from Newfoundland in the national-Toronto-based media. He was also a twice-failed candidate for both ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Vote Online: Which is the scariest U.S. ally? |
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Posted: Wed Aug 25, 2004 10:06 am
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Replies: 13
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Yes, but who are the bad apples in a group of bad apples?
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Vote Online: Which is the scariest U.S. ally? |
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Posted: Tue Aug 24, 2004 2:19 pm
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<strong>Written By:</strong> Action-Jackson
<strong>Date:</strong> 2004-08-24 14:19:13
<a href="/article/143713544-vote-online-which-is-the-scariest-us-ally">Article Link</a> |
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Forum: Suggestions Topic: Linux |
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Posted: Mon Aug 23, 2004 3:35 pm
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Replies: 3
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| I use Slackware 9.1. For me, the best part about switching to Linux was becoming part of the whole FOSS community (Free and Open Source Software). Linux empowers the user by putting all the knowledge and tools into your hands. Linux doesn't lock you down into meaningless upgrades and subject you to ... |
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