Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
The Christian Bale Remix video
Facebook | Bale Out - RevoLucian's Christian Bale Remix! <watch da video!
Okay, everyone has posted the crap out of this, but, here it is, just because.
WARNING: not for children or polite adults.
Okay, everyone has posted the crap out of this, but, here it is, just because.
WARNING: not for children or polite adults.
Your partner's health can affect yours
Psychology Today: In Sickness and In Health < read full post
Before you say, "I do," scrutinize your lover's drinking habits. Or eating patterns. Your choice of romantic partner helps determine how healthy—or how sick—you'll be.
Monday, February 2, 2009
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Americans don't want Obama's surge
Stopwar.ca: Americans don't want Obama's surge <read full post
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Jan 23 - Most Americans feel very positively about President Obama, but that does not mean they support everything he says he plans to do. A new Financial Times/Harris Poll finds that they support his positions on some foreign policy issues but not on others...
Genocide supporter Netanyahu, is keen on adding Iran to Israel's targets
Press TV < read full story
Israeli
election frontrunner Benjamin Netanyahu says his first mission if
elected prime minister would be to 'thwart the Iranian threat'.
In an interview with Israel's Channel 2 TV late Saturday, Netanyahu
said he fully intends to sabotage Tehran's nuclear efforts once and for
all.
"[Iran] will not be armed with a nuclear weapon… It includes
everything that is necessary to make this statement come true," said
Israel's leading candidate for prime minister.
Israel, the sole nuclear power in the Middle East, accuses Tehran
of seeking nuclear weaponry while the UN nuclear watchdog, in its Sept.
15 report on Iran, declared that it could not find any "components of a
nuclear weapon" or "related nuclear physics studies" in the country.
Netanyahu, who is currently facing war crime charges in Gaza,
claimed the Islamic Republic's uranium enrichment is the greatest
danger to Israel and humanity.
After weeks of denying that it used illegal weapons in the
densely-populated Gaza Strip, the Israeli military finally admitted
Friday that it had pounded the Palestinian coast with at least twenty
white phosphorus bombs.
The 1980 third Convention on Conventional Weapons has banned the
use of white phosphorus as a weapon, even against military targets
situated within population centers.
International attorneys have filed war crime charges against 15
Israeli political and military officials, including Ehud Olmert, Tzipi
Livni and Ehud Barak.
Israeli
election frontrunner Benjamin Netanyahu says his first mission if
elected prime minister would be to 'thwart the Iranian threat'.
In an interview with Israel's Channel 2 TV late Saturday, Netanyahu
said he fully intends to sabotage Tehran's nuclear efforts once and for
all.
"[Iran] will not be armed with a nuclear weapon… It includes
everything that is necessary to make this statement come true," said
Israel's leading candidate for prime minister.
Israel, the sole nuclear power in the Middle East, accuses Tehran
of seeking nuclear weaponry while the UN nuclear watchdog, in its Sept.
15 report on Iran, declared that it could not find any "components of a
nuclear weapon" or "related nuclear physics studies" in the country.
Netanyahu, who is currently facing war crime charges in Gaza,
claimed the Islamic Republic's uranium enrichment is the greatest
danger to Israel and humanity.
After weeks of denying that it used illegal weapons in the
densely-populated Gaza Strip, the Israeli military finally admitted
Friday that it had pounded the Palestinian coast with at least twenty
white phosphorus bombs.
The 1980 third Convention on Conventional Weapons has banned the
use of white phosphorus as a weapon, even against military targets
situated within population centers.
International attorneys have filed war crime charges against 15
Israeli political and military officials, including Ehud Olmert, Tzipi
Livni and Ehud Barak.
Destruction of all means of life in Gaza
as we were saying: 'Destruction of all means of life' <read full post!
Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmland
Gaza desperately short of food after Israel destroys farmland
The Guardian:
Officials warn of 'destruction of all means of life' after the
three-week conflict leaves agriculture in the region in ruins. Gaza's
1.5 million people are facing a food crisis as a result of the
destruction of great areas of farmland during the Israeli invasion...
Between 35% and 60% of the agriculture industry has been wrecked by the
three-week Israeli attack, which followed two years of economic siege...
Officials warn of 'destruction of all means of life' after the
three-week conflict leaves agriculture in the region in ruins. Gaza's
1.5 million people are facing a food crisis as a result of the
destruction of great areas of farmland during the Israeli invasion...
Between 35% and 60% of the agriculture industry has been wrecked by the
three-week Israeli attack, which followed two years of economic siege...
Saturday, January 31, 2009
Iran bans trade with Israel
Press TV - Iran sets ban, fine on trade with Israel
Iran has moved to issue an executive order to clamp sweeping sanctions on all investment activities and trade with Israeli entities.
Following the heavy death toll from the 23-day Israeli assault on Gaza and with international pressure mounting on Tel Aviv, Iran made a decision on Saturday to introduce a bill banning business transactions with Israeli companies -- entities and persons.
Friday, January 30, 2009
York U. admin plays the system against the students and teachers
The ONDP step up when no one else will | rabble.ca <read full story
But a back-to-work legislation is just not the solution to a 12-week long labour dispute that has gone nowhere after much bargaining on CUPE 3903’s part and no budge on York’s part. The university has foully engineered the entire collective bargaining process by riding it out until Premier Dalton McGuinty force the workers back to work.
What does the Federa Budget 2009 mean? Initial Report Card and analysis
Budget | CUPE
more »
Federal Budget 2009: Initial Report Card
January 29, 2009 02:49 PM
How well did the budget deliver on these three key areas of concern?
- stimulating the economy,
- protecting the vulnerable, and
- saving and creating jobs by rebuilding the economy
more »
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- Federal Budget 2009 and Early Learning and Child Care 01/29/09
- Federal Budget 2009 and Municipal Infrastructure 01/29/09
- Federal Budget 2009 and Privatization 01/29/09
- Federal Budget 2009 and Health Care 01/29/09
- Federal Budget 2009 and Employment Insurance (EI) 01/29/09
- Federal Budget 2009 and Post-secondary Education 01/28/09
- Federal Budget 2009 and Pensions 01/28/09
- Federal Budget 2009 and the Environment 01/28/09
- Federal Budget 2009 and Aboriginal Issues 01/28/09
Why should I respect these oppressive religions? - Johann Hari, The Independent
Johann Hari: Why should I respect these oppressive religions? - Johann Hari, Commentators - The Independent
Excerpt:
Excerpt:
When you demand "respect", you are demanding we lie to you. I have
too much real respect for you as a human being to engage in that charade.
But why are religious sensitivities so much more likely to provoke demands for
censorship than, say, political sensitivities? The answer lies in the nature
of faith. If my views are challenged I can, in the end, check them against
reality. If you deregulate markets, will they collapse? If you increase
carbon dioxide emissions, does the climate become destabilised? If my views
are wrong, I can correct them; if they are right, I am soothed.
But when the religious are challenged, there is no evidence for them to
consult. By definition, if you have faith, you are choosing to believe in
the absence of evidence. Nobody has "faith" that fire hurts, or
Australia exists; they know it, based on proof. But it is psychologically
painful to be confronted with the fact that your core beliefs are based on
thin air, or on the empty shells of revelation or contorted parodies of
reason. It's easier to demand the source of the pesky doubt be silenced.
Liberal caucus gagged by Iggy
Firebrand: Iggy gags caucus III
Well, today comes confirmation that Ignatieff is muzzling his caucus
and is attempting to control the access his MPs have to the media. The Globe and Mail reports that
In addition, Ignatieff is banning "Liberal strategists" from appearing on TV panels without approval.
Well, today comes confirmation that Ignatieff is muzzling his caucus
and is attempting to control the access his MPs have to the media. The Globe and Mail reports that
At his first caucus meeting as leader in December, [Ignatieff] made it clear the caucus speaks with one voice and it is his.
“He
laid down the law at the beginning. You could hear a pin drop,” a
Liberal insider said about the way Mr. Ignatieff outlined the new
one-voice strategy. He said Mr. Ignatieff possesses discipline and
firmness. “You know when you leave the room who the leader is.”
In addition, Ignatieff is banning "Liberal strategists" from appearing on TV panels without approval.
Budget stimulus too timid, tax cuts ineffective
Another Point of View: Harper/Flaherty Budget: Stimulus Too Timid, Tax Cuts Ineffective
Little for jobless, families, elder care or students
Instead, the new budget confirms that equalization improvements already announced will be limited to the growth rate of the economy, meaning that struggling provinces will receive $7 billion less from the federal government than they had been counting on over the next two years. The budget also contained next to nothing to help the unemployed, families struggling with the rising costs of child care and elder care, students with rising debt loads, and seniors struggling with reduced retirement savings.
“Extending Employment Insurance (EI) benefits by five weeks is not nearly enough to help unemployed Canadians,” Clancy says.
“Improving access to EI and increasing benefits would have been far more helpful when it comes to putting money in the hands of those who need it most. But the budget does nothing to address our flawed system, where only 40% of workers qualify for what are now poverty-level benefits."
“Most Canadians were expecting new investments in our social infrastructure but this budget invests nothing in child care, elder care, mental health, post-secondary education or community-based social services,” he adds.
"Furthermore, the budget does nothing to improve public pensions for seniors and nothing to shore up workplace pension plans.”
Thursday, January 29, 2009
Canadians deserve better
James Laxer: The Liberals and the Road Not Taken
The Harper-Flaherty budget doesn’t do the job. New spending of about $6
billion this year and again next year, will create about 60,000 jobs.
It won’t make a dent in the rising tide of new joblessness that is
forecast to engulf Canadian communities from coast to coast. The layoff
notices are going out every day. The descent of our economy into
deflation is proceeding. Within a few months, the utter inadequacy of
the government’s policy will be evident to millions of Canadians.
The Harper-Flaherty budget doesn’t do the job. New spending of about $6
billion this year and again next year, will create about 60,000 jobs.
It won’t make a dent in the rising tide of new joblessness that is
forecast to engulf Canadian communities from coast to coast. The layoff
notices are going out every day. The descent of our economy into
deflation is proceeding. Within a few months, the utter inadequacy of
the government’s policy will be evident to millions of Canadians.
Globe's "expose" questionable.
RedBedHead: Beyond Craven: The Globe's Gaza "Expose" <read me!
Every article about the school bombing that I could find, names the school al Fakhura - somehow the Globe came up with the name "Ibn Rushd Preparatory School for Boys". One wonders if the reporter was in the wrong place entirely.
More about the budget removal of funding for medical research in Canada
Hell, Upside Down: So Liberals Don't Support Stem Cell Research Eh?
While the Toronto Star regurgitates Liberal marketing saying "Liberals Put Tories on Probation" the headline in the Globe and Mail
today would indicate that the Liberals are either not watching Harper
closely enough or they agree with his anti-science idealogy. If not why
didn't they include funding stem cell research in their amendments:
...
The news spread like a virus through the research community yesterday
as the country's top scientists wondered whether the oversight was a
mistake. Genome Canada supports 33 major research projects in areas
such as genomics, agriculture and cancer stem cells with operating
grants of $10-million a year. The projects employ more than 2,000
people. By comparison, medical research grants from the federally
funded Canadian Institutes of Health Research run in the
$100,000-a-year range.
It also remains unclear how the budget
will affect the funding abilities of Ottawa's three government
research-granting agencies, including the CIHR.
While the Toronto Star regurgitates Liberal marketing saying "Liberals Put Tories on Probation" the headline in the Globe and Mail
today would indicate that the Liberals are either not watching Harper
closely enough or they agree with his anti-science idealogy. If not why
didn't they include funding stem cell research in their amendments:
...
The news spread like a virus through the research community yesterday
as the country's top scientists wondered whether the oversight was a
mistake. Genome Canada supports 33 major research projects in areas
such as genomics, agriculture and cancer stem cells with operating
grants of $10-million a year. The projects employ more than 2,000
people. By comparison, medical research grants from the federally
funded Canadian Institutes of Health Research run in the
$100,000-a-year range.
It also remains unclear how the budget
will affect the funding abilities of Ottawa's three government
research-granting agencies, including the CIHR.
Harper's budget removes medical research funding, thousands of jobs at risk
Peace, order and good government, eh?: Watching them "like hawks"
Putting thousands of jobs at risk doesn't sound like good stimulus. And
pulling the rug out from under "some of the most promising medical
research" doesn't sound like policy calculated to make Canada stronger
coming out of the recession than it was going in.
For the first time in nine years, Genome Canada, a
non-profit non-governmental funding organization, was not mentioned in
the federal budget and saw its annual cash injection from Ottawa -
$140-million last year - disappear.
Putting thousands of jobs at risk doesn't sound like good stimulus. And
pulling the rug out from under "some of the most promising medical
research" doesn't sound like policy calculated to make Canada stronger
coming out of the recession than it was going in.
Google to help fight against bittorrent throttling ISPs
Google Joins Fight Against BitTorrent Throttling ISPs | TorrentFreak
Hundreds of ISPs all over the world limit and restrict BitTorrent traffic on their networks. Unfortunately, most companies are not very open about their network management solutions. With a newly launched website, Google is now helping out by supporting applications that distinguish the good ISPs from the bad.
The Bacon Explosion
Bacon Explosion: The BBQ Sausage Recipe of all Recipes
... containing at least 5,000 calories and 500 grams of fat
Nom nom nom.
... containing at least 5,000 calories and 500 grams of fat
Nom nom nom.
Wednesday, January 28, 2009
No We Can't
Montreal Simon: Ignatieff and the Coalition that Won't Die
Michael Ignatieff had a chance to do the right thing, and stand up for the rights of poor Canadians, women, and children.
But instead he sold us all out. He'll blow Stephen Harper and "swallow hard" for the price of a meaningless amendment
...
Michael Ignatieff had a chance to do the right thing, and stand up for the rights of poor Canadians, women, and children.
But instead he sold us all out. He'll blow Stephen Harper and "swallow hard" for the price of a meaningless amendment
...
He didn't even have the
guts or the decency to ask for changes to Employment Insurance, so many
more Canadians could be eligible for benefits, instead of being driven
into poverty and misery. Now there are two Conservative Parties in Canada: Harper's LibCons, and Ignatieff's ConLibs.
Jack Layton is now the real leader of the Opposition
James Laxer: Jack Layton Is Now The Real Leader of the Opposition: Ignatieff Plays Hamlet
Meanwhile, Jack Layton has become the real leader of the opposition. He showed courage when he reached out to the Liberals to form a progressive coalition that could provide Canadians with the leadership they need to cope with the economic crisis. He tried the option of working with the Liberals. Michael Ignatieff has walked away from that option. Layton has retained his integrity and his clear understanding of what the country needs. Progressives now have one party and one party only available to them: the NDP.
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