Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Anything but a Harper Majority
globeandmail.com: Anything but a Harper majority
Margaret Atwood tells it like it is on Stephen Harper.
Margaret Atwood tells it like it is on Stephen Harper.
The Smug Are Falling
globeandmail.com: Tories continue to slide: poll
The Conservatives continued their week-long slide in the polls Monday,
with indications Leader Stephen Harper is dragging down his party's
fortunes by being seen by the electorate as sitting on his hands while
the economic crisis worsens.
The Conservatives continued their week-long slide in the polls Monday,
with indications Leader Stephen Harper is dragging down his party's
fortunes by being seen by the electorate as sitting on his hands while
the economic crisis worsens.
Monday, October 6, 2008
Harper is Not. A. Leader.
Impolitical: Harper scrambling on BNN
Further, he pointed out, in response to one of the big issues of the
day, the solidity of the housing market, that "we acted early on the 40
year mortgage." You mean the irresponsible 40 year mortgages that your
very own Deficit Jim brought us in 2006? You brought it in and then acted just in July of this year to yank it back and deserve plaudits? Oh, OK then.
Further, he pointed out, in response to one of the big issues of the
day, the solidity of the housing market, that "we acted early on the 40
year mortgage." You mean the irresponsible 40 year mortgages that your
very own Deficit Jim brought us in 2006? You brought it in and then acted just in July of this year to yank it back and deserve plaudits? Oh, OK then.
New uses for scorpion and spider venom
Mad Bioscience: Radioactive Venom Lengthens Lives, Promotes Tumescence
The scorpion Leiurus quinquestriatus lives in the Middle East
and among the powerful cocktail of neurotoxins packed into its venom is
a peptide that is non-toxic to humans but binds to tumour cells.In laboratory experiments, the peptide has invaded tumours in
breast, skin, brain and lung tissue, but left healthy cells untouched."It's as if the tumours collect it," Michael Egan of the company
TransMolecular in Cambridge, Massachusetts, told the New Scientist.
Cell phone for luddites
The Luddite's ideal mobile phone is here - The INQUIRER
Confused by cell phones? Just want one that you have to manually dial? This one is for you.
570 million year old footprints
Oldest 'Footprints' on Earth Found | LiveScience
The oldest-known tracks of a creature apparently using legs have been discovered in rock dated to 570 million years ago in what was once a shallow sea in Nevada.
New findings about prehistoric cave paintings
Prehistoric cave paintings took up to 20,000 years to complete - Telegraph
Rather than being created in one session, as archaeologists previously thought, many of the works discovered across Europe were produced over hundreds of generations who added to, refreshed and painted over the original pieces of art.
Easy to make solar cells
New iJET Solar Cell is as Easy to Make as Pizza : CleanTechnica
An Australian scientist has developed a new method of manufacturing solar cells using nothing more than some nail polish remover, a pizza oven and a standard inkjet printer.
The iJET technique is so easy and cheap to carry out that it could revolutionize access to solar technology in the developing world.
Sunday, October 5, 2008
Harper Will Wreck Economy
TheStar.com - Harper will wreck economy, Layton charges
Look at what Harper has done already in a strong economic time. Taken a surplus and turned it into a deficit by giving away 50 billion dollars in tax cuts to already wealthy corporations.
Look at what Harper has done already in a strong economic time. Taken a surplus and turned it into a deficit by giving away 50 billion dollars in tax cuts to already wealthy corporations.
Canada risks a U.S.-style economic crisis if the Conservatives are re-elected, NDP Leader Jack Layton says.
Layton said Conservative Leader Stephen Harper's outdated economic policies of huge corporate tax cuts reflect those of the United States that have led to the near economic collapse there.
"Stephen Harper's understanding of the economy is simply based on old ideas that you give giant tax cut to huge corporations and somehow everything will work out," said Layton, speaking today to a partisan rally at a golf course overlooking the city.
"Well we have seen that model before and we are watching it self-destruct south of the border. We can't afford in Canada to have that kind of economic orthodoxy for four more years in the House of Commons with a Prime Minister who doesn't get it."
Layton said Canada is already reeling from the loss of 400,000 manufacturing jobs in the past five years, adding that many of these same people are in desperate financial straits wondering how they are going to pay the bills and mortgage.
"This is exactly what happened in the United States. More and more people couldn't cover those basic costs and the 'real' economy began to falter long before the crisis we have seen in the last couple of weeks," he said.
NDP's position on Afghanistan validated.
globeandmail.com: Grim Afghan assessment backs NDP's position, says Layton
the Afghanistan war cannot be won and may only be resolved through peace talks involving the Taliban
the Afghanistan war cannot be won and may only be resolved through peace talks involving the Taliban
Saturday, October 4, 2008
Support Our Troops
Buckdog: Afghanistan - The New Democrats Have A Clear Policy ... What about the others!
How does 'Support our troops by sending them off to be slaughtered for nothing' sound?
Friday, October 3, 2008
Thursday, October 2, 2008
Layton sets Dion Straight
Dipper Chick: Layton burns Dion- video
"If you can't do your job as the leader of the opposition, I don't know what you're doing running for the job of prime minister." - Layton to Dion, in reference to Dion and the Liberals voting with the Conservatives, abstaining and sitting out votes instead of standing up for their constituents against Conservative bills.
"If you can't do your job as the leader of the opposition, I don't know what you're doing running for the job of prime minister." - Layton to Dion, in reference to Dion and the Liberals voting with the Conservatives, abstaining and sitting out votes instead of standing up for their constituents against Conservative bills.
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