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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Much more than corn flakes |
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Posted: Wed Aug 22, 2007 6:20 am
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2007-08-22 06:20:31 <a href="/article/204911758-much-more-than-corn-flakes">Article Link</a> One of the earlier chapters in the saga was the Canada US Free Trade Agreement (FTA) which has since mutated i... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Canada's Disgrace |
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Posted: Tue Aug 14, 2007 11:05 am
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2007-08-14 11:05:39 <a href="/article/80539194-canadas-disgrace">Article Link</a> Fortunately, the injustice dealt Maher Arar came under judicial review with the Arar commission, Justice Dennis O’ Connor... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Is Mel finally going to get his wish? |
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Posted: Sun Jul 15, 2007 9:50 am
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Nice window dressing Maxime and Jim, but a little late in the game. This panel isn't worth the powder to blow it to hell.
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Only in Canada you say! |
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Posted: Mon Nov 27, 2006 1:42 pm
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-11-27 12:42:46 <a href="/article/174246528-only-in-canada-you-say">Article Link</a> A “nation” is by definition an independent sovereign entity. Quebec has yet to achieve this status but our witless... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ignatieff’s Nemesis |
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Posted: Wed Nov 08, 2006 4:37 pm
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-11-08 15:37:36 <a href="/article/113736935-ignatieffs-nemesis">Article Link</a> Now I find myself agreeing with Laurie Taylor, sociologist, State University of New York, when she says in a Toronto S... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Iggy’s Uncle George |
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Posted: Wed Nov 01, 2006 6:53 pm
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-11-01 17:53:30 <a href="/article/165330264-iggys-uncle-george">Article Link</a> No country can allow its constitution to be used by politicians for partisan advantage. We only have to look at what i... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Bush's Absolute Power Grab |
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Posted: Wed Oct 25, 2006 9:34 am
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-10-25 09:34:32 <a href="/article/213432599-bushs-absolute-power-grab">Article Link</a> Bush justifies this act by claiming he needs it to fight the "war on terror," but a number of critics... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Pandering to America’s megalomania |
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Posted: Sun Oct 22, 2006 2:35 pm
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-10-22 14:35:59 <a href="/article/10355995-pandering-to-americas-megalomania">Article Link</a> Canada is a country both blessed and cursed by being butted up against the world’s singular superpower. ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ibbitson’s drudgery |
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Posted: Thu Oct 19, 2006 3:57 pm
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| I stand corrected. Following is a URL and article that makes interesting reading. There has been dismantling but the numbers are still staggering! <br /> <br /> <br /> <br /> <a href="http://www.thebulletin.org/article_nn.php?art_ofn=ja04norris">http://www.thebulletin.o... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ibbitson’s drudgery |
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Posted: Tue Oct 17, 2006 7:29 pm
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| I am not sure you are right about Russia being a major threat as a large part of its nuclear arsenal was either deactivated or mothballed in cooperation with the Americans as there was serious concern these could fall into terrorist/or the wrong hands. Certainly it has nuclear capability as does Chi... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ibbitson’s drudgery |
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Posted: Mon Oct 16, 2006 3:18 pm
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-10-16 15:18:33 <a href="/article/141833667-ibbitsons-drudgery">Article Link</a> Ibbitson might be advised that with two wars ongoing and a third looming a little pacifism never hurt anybody. He will... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Afghanistan mission impeached |
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Posted: Tue Oct 10, 2006 10:53 am
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-10-10 10:53:44 <a href="/article/225344634-afghanistan-mission-impeached">Article Link</a> The situation in Iraq continues to spiral out of control. The US is now taking heavier casualties than ever... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ignatieff’s free ride |
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Posted: Wed Oct 04, 2006 4:57 pm
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| Wraun you make a very interesting point. In my article "Ignatieff Defrocked " I compared him to Janus the two-faced Roman god. But the colored faces are interesting also because we associate mood with colour, eg: green with envy , red with anger, blue with depression etc, so the graphic co... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ignatieff’s free ride |
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Posted: Mon Oct 02, 2006 3:43 pm
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-10-02 15:43:00 <a href="/article/114350277-ignatieffs-free-ride">Article Link</a> The injustice is that candidate Bob Rae’s less than stellar performance as a provincial premier is a matter of open ... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Trudeau’s bad boy |
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Posted: Fri Sep 29, 2006 10:37 am
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| <strong>Written By:</strong> robertjb <strong>Date:</strong> 2006-09-29 10:37:15 <a href="/article/223715165-trudeaus-bad-boy">Article Link</a> When the Mulroney conservatives were putting together their winning coalition, one of the major challenges was to break ... |
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