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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: When Think Tanks Produce Propaganda |
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Posted: Fri Feb 22, 2008 8:11 am
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| If someone did some further digging they might find that defence contractors are providing funding for the same programs. Private corporations fund think tanks like the Fraser Institute and the C.D. Howe to create studies that will support the self-interest of the funding bodies. The researchers and... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: NATO Genocide in Afghanistan |
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Posted: Tue Feb 05, 2008 8:48 am
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Replies: 30
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| This story seems to support one of the contentions I have been making for some time: that the Taliban is merely one of several insurgent groups opposing the Karsai government and its western supporters. That such a large group from the weak alliance of insurgents would so easily change sides in orde... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: NATO Genocide in Afghanistan |
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Posted: Mon Feb 04, 2008 8:38 am
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| In researching this issue I would agree with Rearguard. What became the Taliban was part of the Mujahadeen which was supported by the US. After the Soviets withdrew the Mujahadeen splintered into factions in a civil war to gain control over Afghanistan and the Taliban emerged as the strongest factio... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Governments anti democratic actions. |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:23 am
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Replies: 23
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| They have also fired a vice-president of the Wheat Board for presenting the position of the majority on the Board which was in opposition to the government policy. This is another example which indicates that the government is trying to suppress debate on an issue by intimidation. The firing of Lind... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: HRW: Western democracies undermine civil right |
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Posted: Sat Feb 02, 2008 10:05 am
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| The policy of the Canadian government is to support our allies. That means that as long as a government is considered an "ally" all other considerations become basically irrelevant. This is how they could support Isreal in the invasion of Lebanon and how they can turn a blind eye to the co... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ottawa quietly changes Afghan detainee policy |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 5:14 pm
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Replies: 8
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| Do you sometimes feel that we are all like "Alice in Wonderland": things just keep getting curiouser and curiouser. To cap it off, Peter VanLoan just told CBC "Politics" with Don Newman that the government policy has not changed and it is still to hand over detainees to the Afgha... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ottawa quietly changes Afghan detainee policy |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 2:17 pm
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| I think it has been a long time since General Hillier has been a puppet of the Prime Minister. I believe that break was obvious the day that Defence Minister stood with Hillier and blamed him for the problems that became public about paying for the funerals of soldiers killed in Afghanistan. I am no... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Ottawa quietly changes Afghan detainee policy |
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Posted: Fri Jan 25, 2008 11:07 am
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| There is another question. Has the government been ordering the military to break the law by turning detainees over to the Afghan authorities when there is evidence of torture? No one seems to dare bring up that question or respond to it? If the government was unaware of the change, as the PMO is cl... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Nuclear Commission head fired. |
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Posted: Wed Jan 16, 2008 6:22 pm
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Replies: 14
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| This government wants to privatize and probably deregulate at least part of the nuclear industry. Linda Keen was likely perceived as an obstacle. Ideologically, for this version of right wing radicalism (they are not 'conservative'), production always takes precedence over other considerations inclu... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Culture of violence unavoidable in capitalism |
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Posted: Tue Jan 15, 2008 11:19 am
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Replies: 5
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| Whether this is corporate statism or an extreme form of capitalism is a matter of debate. Whatever we call it it is an evolution of capitalism back to the form of imperialism that it was meant to replace. By removing barriers between corporate and government power politicians have created what might... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rift opens in Liberal party over appointment of NDP MLA |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 1:02 pm
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Replies: 5
Views: 167
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| I work with the Progressive Canadian which is following the old Progressive Conservative constitution. It places the nomination process in the solely hands of the riding. A leader can refuse to sign the nomination for a candidate for just cause but has to allow the riding to select a replacement. We... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rift opens in Liberal party over appointment of NDP MLA |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 11:54 am
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| My theory is that Orchard and/or the people around him actually believed that we had a democratic system. Even when MacKay and the Conservative elite stabbed him and at least a quarter of their own members in the back, Orchard still believed that democracy would prevail. Orchard always believed that... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Rift opens in Liberal party over appointment of NDP MLA |
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Posted: Mon Jan 07, 2008 7:42 am
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| It is unfortunate that the public have so little interest in the way our democratic system has been subverted by the supporters of oligarcy and autocracy. Stephane Dion has so far interfered with the nomination process for bi-elections in four ridings in order to "crown" Liberal candidates... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: CBC 'sets the record straight' on the Cons - I set the recor |
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Posted: Mon Dec 31, 2007 1:53 pm
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| I agree that the CBC tends to promote a certain set of "values" that may not be shared by all and even most Canadians. We need to try to understand why and how this happens. I set in on a panel discussion at the University of King's College in Halifax a couple of years ago. The panel was c... |
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Forum: Editorial Discussions Topic: Free trade with U.S. a boom for elites, a bust for most |
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Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2007 9:32 am
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| This is nothing new. The whole purpose of giving capital more power is to concentrate wealth at the top in order to increase the per capita GDP even if accrues only to the top ten or even one per cent. This is the neo-conservative/neo-liberal ideology at work. Economists have been teaching the busin... |
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