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Nov 052011
Nov 052011
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GHzYZLlkzXw The video shows part of an on-going effort to take back the University, to serve the public interest. The Government is using the University to provide backdoor funding for the nuke and (indirectly) tar sands industries. Nancy Hopkins is the chair of the Board of Governors. She has been on the Cameco Board since 1992. […]
Nov 042011
George Soros, “the best fund manager in history, a stateless statesman, and an original thinker”, turned philanthropist. From his book, “Open Society [Reforming Global Capitalism]”, published in 2000 by PublicAffairs. p. xi, “… Perhaps the greatest threat to freedom and democracy in the world today comes from the formation of unholy alliances between government and […]
Nov 042011
Questionable move By Jim Pulfer, The StarPhoenix November 4, 2011 It’s been said that being a university president is a bit like being a high wire artist with a Spandex problem. And so it would seem for Peter MacKinnon. I write not to add to his woes but to seek reasoned clarification for some of […]
Nov 032011
SENT: 2011-11-03 The second link is all in German. The first link has some translation but is somewhat disjointed? Hart – – do you have some time to take a look at it? It is the same story as at U of S, also at Virginia Tech – based on my experience at the hearings […]
Nov 032011
The letter requests that the President be censured and that Nancy Hopkins, Chair of the Board of Governors, be asked to permanently step down from the Committee to select the next president of the University. To Board of Gov of U of S re President endorsement of Political candidate REPLY RECEIVED November 15th, from University […]
Nov 032011
Occupy Oakland protesters shut port, disrupt banks: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/45134339/ns/us_news-life/t/occupy-oakland-protesters-shut-port-disrupt-banks/?ocid=twitter#.TrIilPQg_m0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – (From a forwarded message, not sure who wrote it:) The city of Oakland was NOT parallyzed, which is why I left. When I left there weren’t any cops inside the bart station, there […]
Nov 022011
In the right-hand sidebar, under “categories”, under “Corporatocracy or Democracy’ is OCCUPY MOVEMENT. Click and you’ll get a very small sampling of Occupy news. . . I just realized that I am posting a lot related to Oakland where the Occupy experience has been more tumultuous. From “The Empathic Civilization”, Rifkin, chapter “The Hidden Paradox of Human […]
Nov 022011
http://www.thestarphoenix.com/news/Offensive+move/5642848/story.html Offensive move By D’arcy Hande, The StarPhoenix November 2, 2011 Re: MacKinnon comment a conflict: prof (SP, Oct. 28). “L’université, c’est moi!” So decrees King Peter the Great. I am greatly offended that the reputation of my alma mater has been dragged so indiscriminately into partisan politics. And this by a University of […]
Nov 022011
Sent Nov 3: Dear Mr. Walberg, 1. I hope it is okay, I posted your article on my blog www.sandrafinley.ca (The Battles). The article appears at http://sandrafinley.ca/?p=3548. (BELOW – scroll down) 2. Regarding the statement (in your article): A Finnish campaign is under way to cancel a new deal to purchase Israeli drones. Like Canada, […]