If You’re Going To Do Propaganda, Do It Right.

Written by balbulican in May 17th, 2008  
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Posted in: Film, General     Tags: , , ,
Like Michael Moore, Brian De Palma has made a piece of propaganda that I'd love to like. Unfortunately, "Redacted" is just a bad movie.

Gone For The Week-End

Written by stageleft in May 16th, 2008  
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Posted in: General     
Blogging is tough in the summer, there's just so darned much to do. In about 60 minutes (maybe less) I'm pointing the bike west for the week-end and will only be online for very brief periods during that time - back some time on Monday... until then, play nice :-)

Questions From The House

Written by stageleft in May 14th, 2008  
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Posted in: Canada, Canadian Politics     
-- no answers of course, but at least some the questions are getting better.

Belay That Promise, We’re In Power Now

Written by stageleft in May 13th, 2008  
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Posted in: Canada, Canadian Politics     
Stephen Harper before the election: Canadian Cabinet Ministers and their staff will be covered by Canada’s access to information law... we're all about accountability dammit

Stephen Harper after the election: Good luck on that one buddy, well see ya in court.

Ya Had To Be Quick

Written by stageleft in May 13th, 2008  
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Posted in: US Politics     
Three minutes after the polls closed, and with 0% of the polls in West Virginia reporting, CNN has declared Hillery Clinton the winner "by a wide margin"... we now return you to the Simpsons.

Land Claims For Dummies 3: What They Got, and What They Gave Up

Written by balbulican in May 13th, 2008  
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Posted in: Aboriginal Issues     
In which we dispel the notion that Land Claims represent a net loss to Canada. In fact, in many cases, Canada gets quite a bit more out its Land Claims Agreements than it puts in.

Ooops (Again)

Written by stageleft in May 13th, 2008  
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Posted in: Iran, Iraq/Afghanistan, US Politics, War on Terror     
A plan to show some alleged Iranian-supplied explosives to journalists last week in Karbala and then destroy them was canceled after the United States realized none of them was from Iran. A U.S. military spokesman attributed the confusion to a misunderstanding that emerged after an Iraqi Army general in Karbala erroneously reported the items were of Iranian origin.

This We Already Know

Written by stageleft in May 12th, 2008  
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Posted in: General     
The United States tortures prisoners in violation of international law, former President Carter said Wednesday.

"I don't think it. I know it," Carter told CNN's Wolf Blitzer.

Dear Americans

Written by stageleft in May 11th, 2008  
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Posted in: Blogs and Blogging     
She's not really a hate mongering, bigot... she just plays one on the Internet.

Sometimes There Are No Other Options

Written by stageleft in May 11th, 2008  
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Posted in: Other International     
In the appropriate circumstance the military option may not only be the best option, but the only reasonable course of action to save a people from its' government... it is time, in my opinion, to exercise that option in Myanmar/Burma.

Just When YouThought It Couldn’t Get Any Stranger

Written by stageleft in May 11th, 2008  
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Posted in: Gender issues     
Join young people across the country on Protest the Pill Day '08: The Pill Kills Babies on June 7 and witness outside of clinics that distribute this killing poison.

Open Trackbacks & Comments Sunday

Written by stageleft in May 11th, 2008  
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Posted in: Israel, Open Trackback Linkfest, Revisionism, US Politics     

The "While We're At It, Let's Redefine Something Else" edition.

If You Redefine It As Something It Ain’t –

Written by stageleft in May 9th, 2008  
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Posted in: Canadian Politics, Israel, US Politics     
-- you can make the numbers say anything you want..... can the first "hate crime" trial for criticizing Israeli policy be far behind?

Unborn Victims of Crime Act

Written by stageleft in May 9th, 2008  
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Posted in: Canada, Canadian Politics     
The following is the text of Ms. Nicole Demers (Laval, BQ) statement in the House yesterday regarding her opinion of the Unborn Victims of Crime Act, and the demonstrations that were taking place as she made it.... plus (of course) my opinion.

Dear Liberal Party of Canada

Written by stageleft in May 8th, 2008  
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Posted in: Canada, Canadian Politics     
Subtitled: My apparent "links" to organized crime

I could care f*cking less if Bernier's ex-girlfriend knew a guy who knew a guy who was in a bike gang - you're starting to sound like Americans. If you have nothing better for Question Period please contact me for assistance, I'll give you some real questions that the government can provide partisan non-answers to.

Updated: Who knew I was so well connected?
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