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2009, what will it bring?
Time to start making those resolutions you will likely break. Hurry, don’t waste anytime and get making them so you can start breaking them. With 2008 now slowly beginning its fade, both thankfully and not for some, in our rearview mirrors, wha...
Abducted CBC reporter released, no Lindhout news though
Great news, CBC reporter Mellissa Fung, the CBC journalist recently kidnapped north of Kabul has been freed. Fung was kidnapped on Oct. 12 but details on how she has come to be freed are sparse. Canadian Press reports that tribal and provincial leade...
Get it right - Vote Obama!
Well, On Deadline might as well put its two cents into the fray and state it officially endorses Barack Obama in the November 4 election in the United States. Considering the American election is one I cannot participate in, since I am in Canada, it ...
The return of Harper - will he play nice?
He’s back, and not in black, but in a blue sweater vest. Prime Minister Stephen Harper managed to not nail down a majority government in the recent Canadian federal election but he gets to trot up Parliament Hill with a minority government. How...
Today’s the day - GET OUT and VOTE!
It is your democratic duty, get out and vote today. Do not take it for granted, this is your country, this is your future. VOTE Posted in Canadian News, Hot Off The Press Tagged: Canada, Canadian Election 2008, election, Election ...
Election Notebook: A daily double of political stupidity
With elections running on either side of the 49th parallel the political machines in both Canada and the United States have served up a daily double of stupidity. Let’s start with the floundering Liberals in the Canadian federal election. As po...
Update on Abducted Canadian Journalist
A video has surfaced of kidnapped Canadian journalist Amanda Lindhout in which she is said to be a making a plea to the Canadian government to secure her release. Lindhout appears with Australian photographer Nigel Brennan, who was kidnapped at the s...
Election Notebook: Green is in and Harper is a Fruit!
The Canadian campaign trail so far has produced some interesting moments, two highlights so far: 1. After the NDP and Conservatives finished playing their game of “I’ll do it if you do it …but you first” over the televised leader’s debat...
Canada is off to the races…again!
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has pulled the plug on his current minority government in Ottawa and how many Canadians actually care will be interesting to see. For Canadians, the upcoming federal election on Oct. 14 will be an interesting test of ...
Canadian Journalist Abducted
Kidnappings and executions of foreign dignataries, aid workers and journalists in hot bed areas around the world is not breaking news to most. I wanted to share today that a 26-year-old Canadian journalist has been abducted in Somalia. Amanda Lindhou...
Wot R U Krayzee?! Texting will make us chimps…again
Thanks to texting we can regress far enough with written English and human evolution to begin acting like chimps and throw feces and bananas at each other. A British academic in a recent Reuters article has suggested that teachers and grammar hawks...
Screw You PETA for Exploiting Manitoba Greyhound tragedy
There I was, ready to turn in last night when I came across a post on another wordpress blog which I thought I misread. PETA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals) had created an ad which describes the recent murder of a young man, on a Greyho...
Get your gun out of my espresso and gelato
Italians are now safer with 3,000 Italian troops deployed to various cities in Italy to work with local law enforcement. The announcement by recently elected leader Silvio Berlusconi is more publicity stunt than proactive action in making city...
Human Rights Declaration at 60 - roughed up but beautiful
How fitting that in the year the Olympics take place in communist China it is also the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.Viewers of the Olympics will be like some NASCAR racing fans, not watching for the beauty and sk...
Chinese Olympics a five-ring circus already
The five rings which represent the Olympics merely represent a circus the international games became when China was chosen as host.. Even before the first starter’s gun has been fired these games have already been proven to be a sham, a mere sm...
Stilettos for babies - are those the Gates of Hell up ahead?
Stilettos for babies? So hey there Beelzebub, when exactly are those Gates of Hell opening and can you fit us all in at the same time? Will you give special consideration to the moronic, self-absorbed and tasteless creators of baby stilettos and any...
Stand Up for Mandaeans - Blogging for an ancient religion
A religion thousands of year old is being systematically wiped out in Iraq and I dare you to guess which one it is. Have you ever heard of Mandaeans? Well, take a minute to read about the approximately 70,000 followers of this ancient religious s...
Calling all bloggers, time to unite for human rights
The time has come to put my blogging powers to use for the greater good. Sure I could rant about traffic, analyze Canadian politics or cry about high gas prices anytime I want but on May 15 I will blogging for human rights. My fingers will be danc...
Interesting bedfellows for Italian Conservatives return to power
Silvio Berlusconi has prevailed in Italy’s recent election and what to make of his victory and what it says about Italians is up for debate. With his return to power, Italian power has once again shifted to the centre-right. Berlusconi’s Conse...
Earth Hour…now what?
The day after Earth Hour is upon us, now what are you going to do? Will the symbolic activity designed to make a statement of concern about climate change make a difference in your daily lives? Sure, power consumption dipped as 8 p.m. approached bu...
Gold medal for propaganda to China
How world democracies can indulge in the upcoming warmth of the Olympics as human rights muzzling continues in China should concern us all. China looks at this summer’s Olympics as a great PR tool to showcase how wonderful and modern it is. The...
Political Reform PLEASE for Italia bella
Another Italian government falls and one can only hope that political reforms will happen to right the listless ship called Italy. A minority-government driven system has produced an astounding 61 governments in Italy since the end of World War Two...
Super Tuesday- America gets all the fun
Jocks just got their fill of sporting fun thanks to the Super Bowl and political pundits, hacks and fans now get to have some fun on Super Tuesday as Clinton vs. Obama takes centre stage. American Democrats- do you have any idea how good you have it...
Help Stand Up For Journalist Facing Death Sentence
A 23-year-old journalism student in Afghanistan has been condemned to death and what are you going to do about it? Click on this petition and sign to at least do the minimum you can to save a life. Click here on this petition and sign it. Think of a...
Heath Ledger - Promise Lost
People die every day as the old axiom goes but when someone in the public eye passes on, we all have a body of work to look back on either fondly or critically. Ledger’s passing from an apparent overdose of sleeping pills is especially tragic w...
