2013-04-17 Julian Assange: “We thank the Icelandic people”. Important legal decision re VISA.

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Apr 282013
 

http://www.newsoficeland.com/home/business-economics/private-sector/item/1243-julian-assange-we-thank-the-icelandic-people Wikileaks Press Release — Milestone Supreme Court Decision for WikiLeaks Case in Iceland — Today’s [April 24th] decision marked the most important victory to date against the unlawful and arbitrary economic blockade erected by US companies against WikiLeaks. Iceland’s Supreme Court upheld the decision that Valitor (formerly VISA Iceland and current Visa subcontractor) had […]

2013-04-20 Surette: Harper on the skids, Justin or no Justin [Halifax Chronicle Herald]

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Apr 222013
 

Janet writes:   The Halifax Herald Limited, owned and published by  the Dennis family of Halifax,  is one of the last independently-owned newspapers in Canada. As a Nova Scotian I am grateful that the Herald provides space for Ralph Surrette’s weekly column – one  that provides astute and unabashed critical analysis of the  political and […]

2013-04-21 B61 nuclear bombs would be given new tail fins that would turn them into guided weapons delivered by stealth F35 fighter-bombers. (Obama accused of nuclear U-turn as guided weapons plan emerges).

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Apr 212013
 
2013-04-21 B61 nuclear bombs would be given new tail fins that would turn them into guided weapons delivered by stealth F35 fighter-bombers. (Obama accused of nuclear U-turn as guided weapons plan emerges).

Michael writes: Here’s a charming story that caused me to choke on my muffin this morning: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/21/obama-accused-nuclear-guided-weapons-plan (Sandra speaking: Reader “Comments” at the above link are worthwhile.  Also, the links to information within the news article. The article (without the Comments) follows Nearly 200 B61 gravity bombs would be given new tail fins that would […]

2013-04-18 Alberta Mayors stand up to provincial government, Calgary Herald

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Apr 182013
 

http://t.co/DT2JmNkZmC By Don Braid Mayor Naheed Nenshi is true to his school, no doubt of that. His blast at the province for looming cuts to post-secondary education — especially at his own Mount Royal University — is emotional, personal, and absolutely correct. Former MRU professor Nenshi says you don’t have great cities without great universities. […]

2013-04-18 Saskatchewan Senator reflects on racism and discrimination

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Apr 182013
 

RELATED:   2013-05-03  Anthropology students face abuse, even rape, at field sites.  Globe & Mail Senator Dyck continues in her support role for persons of varous backgrounds who are subjected to exploitative behaviour in the University. – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – – […]

2013-04-15 Lockheed Martin is desperate – – to get our money! And what is the cost of one F-35 stealth bomber?

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Apr 152013
 

News of Lockheed Martin’s recent publicity blitz: –  links follow, with short excerpts –  The information in Item #1 set me to laughing out loud (LOL). The Darth Vader helmet that F-35 pilots would wear has to be “Boys and Their Toys”.     I hope the $1 million per helmet  (or is it  $2M per?) is […]

2013-02-22 Flawed F-35 Fighter Too Big to Kill as Lockheed Hooks 45 States, Bloomberg News

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Apr 152013
 

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-02-22/flawed-f-35-fighter-too-big-to-kill-as-lockheed-hooks-45-states.html (Note:  I captured the text below because links sometimes become invalid.) By Kathleen Miller, Tony Capaccio & Danielle Ivory   The Pentagon envisioned the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as an affordable, state-of-the-art stealth jet serving three military branches and U.S. allies. Instead, the Lockheed Martin Corp. (LMT) aircraft has been plagued by a costly redesign, […]

2013-04-15 Global day of action on military spending

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Apr 152013
 

Dear Sandra, Military spending is out of control. Globally, governments squandered $1.73 trillion on militaries in 2011, and still the weapons corporations want more.   How would you better spend the money wasted on weapons and war? Share your ideas and let’s build a “word cloud” on Ceasefire.ca. How many lives could be saved if […]

2013-04-12 Lockheed Martin promos $75M fighter jet in Winnipeg, CBC

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Apr 152013
 

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/story/2013/04/12/mb-lockheed-martin-fighter-jet-winnipeg.html   Officials with Lockheed Martin stopped in Winnipeg Friday to promote their F-35 stealth fighter jet, part of a national campaign to promote the jet in Canada. The U.S. defence contractor is in the midst of a cross-Canada publicity blitz to convince the federal government to purchase the jets. The contractor wants the jets […]

2013-04-08 Lockheed Martin launches Canadian PR campaign for F-35, U.S. defence contractor takes F-35 simulator on road show, CBC

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Apr 152013
 

‘This airplane — despite what the air force says, or Lockheed Martin or Canadian generals — this aircraft will come close to costing a quarter of a billion dollars apiece.’—Washington defence analyst Pierre Sprey   http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/04/07/pol-lockheed-martin-f35-pr-campaign.html Lockheed Martin, the giant U.S. defence contractor, is launching a cross-Canada publicity blitz to convince Canadians to buy its […]

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