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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Vive La Resistance! |
| RickW |
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 6:53 pm
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With Harper, it's (allegedly) "all about the economy". So, if he could conjure up some "reason" that the Quebec protests are interfering with the "fragile economic recovery", I suppose he could send in the J2F2 guys:
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Opinion: Canada's mass firing of ocean scientists brings 'si |
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Posted: Sat Jun 09, 2012 3:05 pm
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Conrad Black and the Shameless Canadian Establishment |
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Posted: Thu Jun 07, 2012 1:41 pm
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| http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStories/20120602/un-canada-torture-rights-120602/#ixzz1wlOaN7Jv The committee is seriously concerned at the apparent reluctance on (the) part of the (government) to protect rights of all Canadians detained in other countries," the report reads. Not all Canadians. In... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Opinion: Canada's mass firing of ocean scientists brings 'si |
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Posted: Wed Jun 06, 2012 2:22 pm
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| http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Canticle_for_Leibowitz Perhaps this iconic book written by Walter Miller had the likes of Harper in mind....... A Canticle for Leibowitz opens 600 years after 20th century civilization has been destroyed by a global nuclear war, known as the "Flame Deluge". T... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Conrad Black and the Shameless Canadian Establishment |
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 3:09 pm
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Quebec unrest generates 3,000 news reports in 77 countries: |
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Posted: Tue Jun 05, 2012 2:48 pm
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| Quebec Protesters Are Putting the Media to Sleep: http://www.huffingtonpost.ca/jj-mccullough/quebec-protests_b_1558211.html I notice the Huff Post is running ads for Enbridge. Kinda negates any credible comment from that source. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2012/05/29/f-quebec-students-voice... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Vive La Resistance! |
| RickW |
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 9:38 pm
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| So the question might well be: when Harper sends in the military at some point, will the military act like the cops? |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Quebec unrest generates 3,000 news reports in 77 countries: |
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 3:28 pm
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| Some people are just happy building houses, and aren't cut out for fine art history. But who exactly is or isn't? There's the rub. Unfortunately, brains are not the purview of wealth, and in today's society the proverbial "ditch digger" has gone the way of the harness maker, in terms of c... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Quebec unrest generates 3,000 news reports in 77 countries: |
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:48 pm
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| My fave story on the subject: http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2012/05/25/marni-soupcoff-alex-kenjeevs-bag-of-cash-sets-a-good-example/ And I will call your fave and raise you with one of mine: http://www.policyalternatives.ca/publications/commentary/time-do-away-financial-barriers-higher-educat... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Canadian retailers rebel against cross-border shopping |
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Posted: Fri Jun 01, 2012 1:25 pm
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| Canadian retailers are starting to fight back, pushing the federal government to investigate why businesses on this side of the border face higher wholesale prices that they're forced to pass on to consumers to stay in business Didn't Mr. Flaherty promise "eons ago" to look into this? But... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Tories accused of being �one of most anti-environmental governments in the world |
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Posted: Tue May 29, 2012 6:15 pm
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| Experts on sustainable development say the majority governing Conservatives made significant strides on conservation and banning toxic substances during their five years of minority rule, but the Tories are now abandoning environmental efforts altogether I do not believe for a minute the Harper gov... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Earth Day, Tar Sands, Free Trade & Degrowth � Connecting the Dots |
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Posted: Sun May 20, 2012 12:49 pm
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Earth Day, Tar Sands, Free Trade & Degrowth � Connecting the Dots |
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Posted: Wed May 16, 2012 7:47 am
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| none of those earlier offshore disasters like Santa Barbara or the Exxon Valdez disaster come close to the environmental threats and costs of the tar sands Would that be because, while the Santa Barbara and Prince Wlliam Sound disasters were "accidents waiting to happen", while the tar sa... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Elizabeth May on How environmental protection was stolen in |
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Posted: Mon Apr 30, 2012 9:34 pm
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| What aggravates me is how any manner of accusations can be levelled against the Harperistas, yet all get blithely ignored, by both the MSM and the so-called "Opposition" (with the exception of Ms. May). |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Royal Canadian Mint to create digital currency |
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Posted: Wed Apr 25, 2012 6:54 pm
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Replies: 6
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$1: This would allow big brother to track every purchase you make, a huge intrusion by government on our personal privacy
Which is excatly why Harper wants this. |
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