(For a listing of the Assange postings, click on Julian Assange, Wikileaks, and scroll down.) Is there a bigger “David versus Goliath” story than Julian Assange (Wikileaks) versus the American military-industrial-congressional complex?! What a cliff-hanger, and for democracy! May 30, 2012: The UK Supreme Court says . . oops! see Assange gets surprise chance […]
Assange is a citizen of Australia. He has been fighting extradiction to Sweden from the U.K. The last paragraphs of the article below provide reason why Assange believes if he ends up in Sweden, the Swedes will simply hand him over to the Americans to face charges of espionage. The article is from the Christian Science Monitor, a reasonably good account, […]
Bowling for Columbine [Part 3 of 12] (10 minutes) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=865Onxt9H2M I remember leaving the theatre shaking my head. No one should be surprised by the massacre of students at Columbine High School in 1999. Michael Moore does a very good job of showing the conditioning to violence in the American culture. In this excerpt he […]
Click on short video: http://www.ted.com/talks/julia_bacha.html Thanks to TED – Ideas worth spreading. Julia Bacha: “. . I believe that what’s mostly missing for non-violence to grow is not for Palestinians to START adopting non-violence, but for us to start paying attention to those who already are . . “. (I relate this to Julian Assange’s […]
By Agence France-Presse Friday, May 4, 2012 21:00 EDT WASHINGTON — Two F-22 pilots say they have stopped flying the US Air Force’s most advanced fighter jet because of safety fears over the aircraft’s oxygen system, according to a CBS television “60 Minutes” report. The F-22 Raptor was grounded last year after a spate of […]
The Court decision below arises out of – – see 2012-04-12 (Charge #2) Bush & Associates, Kuala Lumpur. There is excellent discussion of Charge #1, the trial held in Kuala Lumpur last year: 2011-11-28 Legal Weight of Bush & Blair Guilty decision, by Princeton University Professor (Al Jazeera) 2011-11-23 Bush and Blair found guilty of […]
By Andrew Duffy, The Ottawa Citizen May 25, 2012 Comment 37 Eric Stone, 48, said he opened the door Thursday to an Ontario Provincial Police officer, who politely informed him he was being arrested for failing to fill out the 2011 short-form census. OTTAWA — A dyslexic Pembroke man is outraged that he’s been charged […]
Elizabeth May will be in Saskatoon on Sunday June 3rd, as a guest speaker at the Annual Convention of the FCM (Federation of Canadian Municipalities). We are organizing two other opportunities for people to hear her speak. (I never tire of hearing her clarity.) Author Lyanda Haupt’s words (below) and Elizabeth May give me reason to soldier […]
Doug writes: HUGELY important ground-breaking research that we all need to wake up to – Red alert for humanity: Chemical damage can be inherited by offspring through unlimited generations (Sandra: The entire interview is important. I have copied the text from Natural News below in case the link becomes invalid. But I highly recommend you just […]
http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2012/05/22/pol-list-budget-bill-changes.html By Meagan Fitzpatrick The government’s omnibus budget bill goes far beyond typical tax and spending measures External Links Read bill C-38 The Conservatives’ spring budget made headlines two months ago with plans to save billions by cutting public sector jobs, speed up major industrial projects by streamlining environmental reviews and kill the penny. […]