Oct 302013
 

(1)     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6AMR65l2hE&fb_source=message   Photos from around the world, Marches Against Monsanto, alphabetically by place name, set to music. Patience was rewarded!  I didn’t like the beginning, but hung in.  This is an exciting statement of the mobilization.  The March is every 6 months, each one bigger than the one before. “Someone” will likely do a photo record for the […]

Oct 302013
 

#surveillance http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/10/30/us-usa-security-google-idUSBRE99T18S20131030 Reuters The National Security Agency has tapped directly into communications links used by Google and Yahoo to move huge amounts of email and other user information among overseas data centres, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday. It was unclear how the NSA accessed the links. The report, based on secret NSA documents leaked […]

Oct 162013
 

Dick Cheney is to be “keynote speaker” in Toronto on Oct 31.  PROTEST:  Thursday, Oct 31,  11:00am EDT   Metro Toronto Convention Centre 255 Front St W Toronto (Facebook) This is about the Rule of Law. What is that worth to you?   An incredible array of organizations and people have assembled, to see that if […]

Oct 162013
 

You increasingly see this – some “organization” sets up the event, it is hard to pin down who they are.  See below. In this case it’s the International Economic Forum of the Americas (I notice that it has a “Director of Security “.) The registration form is on-line.  (Don’t see one person who is responsible) […]

Oct 162013
 

How ironic is this:  twice – in the Throne Speech today – –  The Government is committed to  “The Rule of Law”. Let’s see what the value of their words is.   FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 16, 2013   Contact: Gail Davidson, Lawyers Against the War (LAW), 1-(604) 738-0338, law  AT  portal.ca Professor Francis Boyle, […]

Oct 162013
 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE DATE: September 30,2013. Torture Opponents Say Ban Dick Cheney from Canada or Arrest and Prosecute Him (Toronto) Torture suspect and former U.S. Vice President Richard (Dick) Cheney is scheduled to speak at the Toronto Global Forum, October 31, 2013, at the Metro Toronto Convention Centre. The event is hosted by the International […]

Oct 152013
 

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/globe-debate/the-making-of-the-harper-court/article14844626/ By Lawrence Martin   It’s been an extraordinary period for the Prime Minister and the Supreme Court. In fewer than eight years in office, Stephen Harper has appointed six of the top court’s nine justices. Next year, he gets to name another. It’s one of the biggest and quickest turnovers the court has seen. […]