Harper's anti-woman rampage

An anti-woman rampage | rabble.ca < read me.

Harper apparently hates anything to do with equal rights for women. As
a result, women don’t vote for him. Maybe that’s why instead of wooing
us, he takes extreme measures to further punish us.
Just look what
he’s done in the past: he smacked down a national child care plan,
killed off the Court Challenges program, attacked women’s reproductive
freedom by supporting Bill C-484, axed jobs at Status of Women Canada
(SWC) and eliminated the word “equality” from its mandate, silenced
advocacy groups, shut down community-based women’s organizations and
stripped money from women’s agencies and programs.

And the list goes on.

Canadian and US media coverage of the war in Gaza is absurd

One war, two wars? The Israeli air war & the media — Mike Soron

Absolute absurdities are being published in Canada, that — if it didn’t concern a vicious attack on a captive and abused people — should be laughable.

The comments beneath the article are sickening. They demonstrate the tremendous and disastrous impact of media on North Americans.

Back in Israel, Zvi Barel, in Haaretz writes, “Six months ago Israel asked and received a cease-fire from Hamas. It unilaterally violated it when it blew up a tunnel, while still asking Egypt to get the Islamic group to hold its fire.”

Arab Anger Gives Hope To Gaza

RedBedHead: Arab Anger Gives Hope To Gaza < read me.

Egypt in particular has seen an explosion of militancy in recent years,
including a growing confidence to challenge America’s favourite
president-for-life, Hosni Mubarak. It was only severe repression
earlier this year that prevented a growing labour insurgency from turning into a general strike, rooted in the giant textile mills of Malhalla, Egypt.
That
anger still exists and the confidence remains unbroken. The present
slaughter in Gaza is creating a special crisis for Egypt because it has
locked down its Gaza border, preventing at gunpoint desperate
Palestinians trying to escape.
“The
largest protests against the Israeli bombardment of Gaza were in Egypt,
where 8,000 demonstrated in the southern city of Aysut, 4,000 protested
in the capital Cairo and 4,000 in Alexandria. In total, more than
50,000 demonstrated in Egyptian cities on Sunday, led by the Islamist
opposition, the Muslim Brotherhood, out of which Hamas first emerged.”
Within Iraq anger at the slaughter is acting as a catalyst to unite Sunni, Shia – and even Kurds in the north.
Israel is undermining all of America’s good work of divide. The war
against Gaza could make life difficult for America in Iraq.
In Jordan, which has long aided Israel, including a massacre of tens of thousands of Palestinians during Black September, 1970, protests continued across the country.
In
Lebanon, which has also suffered under the blows of Israel’s
American-made weapons, and which sent the Israeli’s scurrying back
across the border on more than one occasion, there was a mass demonstration of tens of thousands that pledged solidarity with the suffering Palestinians.
And,
of course, within Israel/Palestine itself the assault is pushing more
Palestinians towards support for Hamas and leading to greater unrest –
including riots and protests - in the areas controlled by the corrupt
satraps of Abbas’ Palestinian Authority.

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The 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2008

The 19 Best Movies That You Didn't See in 2008 « FirstShowing.net



I only saw one movie from Alex's list - Let The Right One In. It was great. A touching young romance/vampire story.

"Math is hard. I let Steve do all the thinking for me."

Canadian Idiots. 2008 the year of the stoopid. | A Creative Revolution < read me, see me.

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans - movie trailer

Underworld: Rise of the Lycans (2009): Trailer εξέγερσης

This comes to theatres Jan. 29, 2009.

From Rotten Tomatoes: Synopsis:
Michael
Sheen and Bill Nighy revisit their roles from UNDERWORLD in this
prequel to the horror-action hybrid. Sheen (THE QUEEN) stars as Lucian,
a werewolf who battles vampire Viktor (Nighy, the Pirates of the
Caribbean films), despite his love for Viktor's daughter Sonja. Kate
Beckinsale might have departed the series, but fellow dark-haired
beauty Rhona Mitra (DOOMSDAY) fills fans desires for a sexy heroine in
her role as Sonja.
Michael Sheen and Bill Nighy revisit their roles from UNDERWORLD in
this prequel to the horror-action hybrid. Sheen (THE QUEEN) stars as
Lucian, a werewolf who battles vampire Viktor (Nighy, the...

"Harper has fast become the kind of governing politician he once professed to abhor"

Same old patronage games in Harper's 'new' Senate < read me.

Like the prospect of devouring the leftover Christmas turkey, many Canadians might find it hard to digest Prime Minister Stephen Harper's decision to stack the Senate with party loyalists.

Conservative supporters point out that every prime minister before Harper has done exactly the same thing, and that the PM has encountered nothing but roadblocks in his attempts at genuine Senate reform.

But Harper sold himself to Canadians as a different kind of politician, one who'd refrain from using patronage appointments to the Senate. A man who could be trusted to keep that and other promises.

Instead, Harper has fast become the kind of governing politician he once professed to abhor -- one who routinely breaks his word.

Naming 18 Tory senators Monday -- the most ever in a single day -- is just the latest example of a promise made, a promise broken.

Geoducks

Dark Roasted Blend: Geoducks Are Strange

Playgrounds

Dark Roasted Blend: Nightmare Playgrounds

Machine Animals

Dark Roasted Blend: The Machine-Animals of Nantes

Steampunk art

Dark Roasted Blend: Steampunk Art Update

Socotra Island - yes, this is Earth

Dark Roasted Blend: The Most Alien-Looking Place on Earth

The mysterious Plain of Jars

Dark Roasted Blend: The Plain of Jars: Bombs & Mystery in Laos

Nothing proportionate in response

Let Freedom Rain: Israeli attacks "simply vengeance" <read me

Stephn Harper: Stock Market Tipster Par Excellence

James Laxer: Stephen Harper: Stock Market Tipster Par Excellence < read me.

October 8, the day after the ever-perceptive leader of the Conservative
Party was suggesting that Canadians buy stocks, the TSX closed at
10,056, down from the all time high of 15,073 reached on June 18. The
trouble with Harper’s advice is that since he gave it, the TSX has
continued its downward trend. On December 24, it closed at 8,311, down
17 per cent from the day he provided his stock tip.

Canadian's need to become truly informed or we are doomed

Canadian Spades: A chilling reality < read me

This holiday season has been rife with political controversy. As a
result, Canadians are now more engaged in politics than they have been
in recent memory. But there is a key problem; the newly engaged
Canadians lack the fundamental political knowledge to make an informed
decision regarding current events.

Mutant Chronicles to hit TV

The Mutant Chronicles: Bone Blades Ahead — Mutant Chronicles Gets Television Debut

If you haven't seen it already from downloading the torrent of the leaked DVD.

The Reform Party goals - gone

Bouquets of Gray: The Reform movement officially dead; Harper killed it <read me.

An important part of the Reform movement was its call for changes to
Canada's governance. Four planks were central to their program:

• recall
  
• referenda
• fixed election dates
  
• an elected and equal senate

Press continues to allow the lies

Dear Conservative Party of Canada « bastard.logic < read me.

When the press colludes with the PMO to spread disinformation, even unwittingly, is there any wonder why the people of Canada are so ignorant of the democratic process?

Look, I know that Goebbels is said to have once famously (and 
perceptively) quipped that if you “repeat a lie a thousand times it
becomes truth”; but one would hope that our nation’s elite would have
higher standards with regards to whom they are channeling their PR
strategy through.

Doom Doom Doom

http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/pf/27959626.html

An unexpected, thick layer of solar particles inside Earth's magnetic field suggests there are huge breaches in our planet's solar defenses, scientists said.

These
breaches indicate that during the next period of high solar activity,
due to start in 2012, Earth will experience some of the worst solar
storms seen in decades.

Purple Squirrel!

Purple squirrel baffles experts - Telegraph




Don't let Ricky see this.

Nuke It at "Ground Zero"

Ground Zero: Google Maps and Nuclear Weapons
A Google map masshup where you can pick a city and nuke it and see the area of damage.

Mmm. Rotting flesh aromatherapy

Giant stinking flower reveals a hot secret - life - 22 December 2008 - New Scientist

Thundercats - Fake trailer for movie with Gigi Edgely (Chiana in Farscape) as Cheetah. Also starring: Brad Pitt, Hugh Jackman and Vin Diesel

Live Action ThunderCats: Brad Pitt As Lion-O, Hugh Jackman As Tygra? This Is A Live Action ThunderCats I Support

Check out the video.

New Seagal movie - maybe good for a laugh?

Against The Dark: Adorably Old And Pudgy Seagal Still Deciding Who Lives And Who Dies

Seagal plays Commander Tao — no, I did not make that up — a master
swordsman whose job it is to wave around objects and make blanketed
statements, and I'm assuming, say, philosophical things as well with
that name. As a fan of the man, I must say Seagal is brandishing a lot
of weaponry in this, perhaps due to his inability to do anything agile
anymore?

Man...he looks so awful they may as well use Will Sasso's impersonation as a stunt double.


didnt someone already do Blade? lol

4,300 year old tomb in Egypt

4,300-year-old tombs unearthed in Egypt - Science- msnbc.com

Pot more potent than ever

High Times in Ag Science: Marijuana More Potent Than Ever | Wired Science from Wired.com

Tombs!

10 Most Fascinating Tombs in the World - Neatorama