Category: Politics

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October 10, 2008

Afghanistan: Karzai’s Brother Linked to Heroin Trade?

This report is a little stale , but this report came out yesterday . I’ll get to the connection in a sec.  You can probably guess where it’s going to go. But first, allow me to rant about the cost of the Afghan mission.  Why is that Conservatives are so inept when it comes to managing budgets.  They pretend they are fiscally responsible.  They are […]

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October 10, 2008

Futher Exploration of the Financial Bailout

People keep asking how and why the financial is happening.  With running commentary from progressive Democrat Dennis Kucinich, Chris Hedges explores the financial crisis in layman’s detail . Basically, Americans got screwed.  The bailout package represents the greatest shift of wealth upwards that the world will ever see and few, if any, pennies will be spent on the 10 or so million Americans that are […]

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October 9, 2008

Canadian Election: The Harper Conservatives Absent Again

Democratic Media did a survey of all major Canadian political parties, asking about a range of issues related to media, including net neutrality and the CBC.  The Conservatives refused to respond. Really.  What the hell are the Conservatives afraid of that they can’t even spend 10 minutes to fill in a basic questionnaire? Why are the Conservatives so silent on these kind of things?  Who […]

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October 9, 2008

Why Canada Is Safe from the Wave of Financial Disaster

Today, Jim Flaherty disclosed that the Republicans Conservatives will not take any additional action to protect Canadians from the wave of financial distress that is covering the globe. Why are we safe?  Because Canada’s financial environment is more secure than what exists in the US and elsewhere. Why are we safe?  Because privately-held, but government controlled, institutions like the Canadian Deposit Insurance Company (the CDIC) […]