Intellectual sloth-driven ignorance, lack of understanding (if not refusal to understand) and rejection of facts are the primary characteristics of religious fundamentalists, creationists and IDists.They will also typically move the goalposts when they are engaged by someone who knows about such things as science and/or evolution - you know, like a scientist - and will likewise think themselves Read Full Story
... according to our Prime Poseur and consequently he is seeking to loosen the foreign ownership telecom rules (emphasis added):Asked this week about the current state of media foreign ownership policy, the Prime Minister's Office released a statement that appears to signal the time for a comprehensive shake-up of media regulation may be approaching. "The federal government is reviewing the Read Full Story
Agreed.However, it would require first that we reacquaint ourselves with our responsibilities as citizens of democracies:Living in a democracy is a right and a responsibility. And yes, this responsibility requires effort. But which is better: having your back bent by the effort required to keep on living in a democratic society, or letting leave for complacency and find yourself one day with a Read Full Story
... as it has been announced today, does this mean that our Prime Poseur will be inclined to go as well?We'll see, eh?Indeed ... not.(Addendum 11/26/09: oops - our Pime Poseur finally changed his mind - h/t) Read Full Story
As Britain's inquiry into the origins of the 2003 Iraq War goes ahead full steam, "shocking" revelations already abound.I use the word shocking in quotes because, to be humbly honest, these revelations so far merely confirm what has been known for years: that the Bush administration had no valid reason to go to war with Iraq other than securing oil resources, and that the Blair government simply Read Full Story
In Part I of this three-part in depth analysis, the series of events which lead to the December 2005 bilateral Canada-Afghanistan detainee transfer agreement were outlined, as well why and how this agreement was fundamentally flawed - thanks to an initial incompetent exercise on the part of the LPC Martin minority government. However, from early 2006, the CPC Harper minority government came to Read Full Story
President Barack Obama is set to give a presidential address next week on the matter of the war in Afghanistan. There are talks that President Obama will be at last outlining an exit strategy from Afghanistan in this so-called "war speech", perhaps including negociations with the Taliban. Then again, he is also reported to be mulling over sending some 34000 additional troops there, as a means to Read Full Story
This was utterly predictable and expected (emphasis added):Insurgents control most of Kandahar province: reportA wedding was called off because international troops killed the groom. A suicide bomber blew himself up in front of a police patrol. An old woman was beaten by the Taliban after she tried to stop them from taking her son.And all of this happened in just two weeks in the same place -- Read Full Story
The abuse of Afghan detainees after being transferred by Canadian Armed Forces on mission in Afghanistan is not new. Concerns about such abuses is not new either. And the recurring incompetent behavior of the Harper government regarding said abuses is likewise becoming quite familiar - if not actually expected.Herein is Part I of a three-part in depth analysis of this matter that is critical not Read Full Story
Last year, I wrote "The Bull(y) in the China Shop", regarding human rights vs "business wants". In the end, it's all about self-serving, hypocritical double standards - and President Obama, as well as our very own Prime Poseur, played right into these again recently.Hence, I will only reiterate the following:Unfortunately, Big Business lobbying and pressure on our elected representatives over the Read Full Story
