• “Suddenly it all comes down, all at once. You see what you are, what you have done, or, more accurately, what you haven’t done, (for that was all that was required of most of us: that we do nothing). You remember the occasions in which maybe if you had stood others would have stood […]
Thank goodness for the bloggers who hammered the Globe & Mail’s handling of the Margaret Wente plagiarism. I’ve pasted that story together, below. The last article, 9. Watching the Watchdog, by Tim Knight, is very good. This is related to the G&M’s reporting of Julian Assange’s presentation to the United Nations, further condemnation of the G&M’s […]
Click on: Julian Assange addresses UN (Full Version with Q&A) Video Published on Sep 27, 2012 by RussiaToday. Julian Assange addressed permanent representatives to the UN General Assembly at a high-level talk on the legal and ethical legitimacy of diplomatic asylum – READ MORE http://on.rt.com/f3jgtl ‘It is time for the US to cease its persecution […]
NOTE: The Globe & Mail posting of the Julian Assange video, for which this is the transcript, eliminated the first part and changed the message delivered by Assange. I marked the point where they start their “reporting” of what he said. Scroll down to ***. The words reported in the doctored video appear in red. […]
I replied to a friend: From my perspective, human brains are wired to find patterns. We need to be able to do that, in order to make sense of the world and our lives. And, in order to survive – – recognize the patterns that lead to harm. My brain seems to be good at […]
http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/political-news/us-calls-assange-enemy-of-state-20120927-26m7s.html THE US military has designated Julian Assange and WikiLeaks as enemies of the United States – the same legal category as the al-Qaeda terrorist network and the Taliban insurgency. Declassified US Air Force counter-intelligence documents, released under US freedom-of-information laws, reveal that military personnel who contact WikiLeaks or WikiLeaks supporters may be at risk […]
The contract for Lockheed Martin’s F-35 stealth bombers. Taking citizens to the cleaners. Watch CTV’s W5 documentary, AIR RAGE. (Only one ad at the beginning. It plays straight through, part 1 and then part 2. It’s excellent.) http://www.ctvnews.ca/f-35-fighter-jet-is-it-the-pinnacle-of-technology-its-creators-claim-1.966893 NOTE: I don’t see any on-line comments below the video that address WHY Harper is operating […]
(Reported on page C8 of the Saskatoon Star Phoenix. I think the article deserves front-page coverage, if Canadians are going to be an informed lot.) By Jason Fekete, Postmedia News September 21, 2012 As the Harper government reviews a proposed takeover of a Calgarybased energy company by a state-owned Chinese oil giant, Canada’s spy agency […]
CONTENTS (The caption is misleading inasmuch as the plan is to “ease us along” by baby steps so we don’t get hostile. Boiling frog.) Plan to have US agents on Canadian soil ‘on hold:’ Government Scroll down to the article. My commentary first. = = = = = = = = = = = = […]
Three articles: University corporate funding, Aug 30 (Carleton University experience related to U of Saskatchewan) But the University of Saskatchewan is opaque, lack of access to information Not correct, U of S is subject to access to information law Listed in reverse order: = = = = = = = = = = = = […]