Harper misleads on Economy

A new Depression?

An article in the Sept. 15th edition of The Hamilton Spectator, quotes Harper as saying; “My own belief is if we were going to have some kind of crash or recession, we probably would have had it by now a year into the (financial) crisis” Just as we don’t want to be governed by the [...]

Khadr Video Shames Canada

CBC today carries the story and video the CSIS interview with Omar Khadr. Although the video quality is poor it is obvious that this is an anguished young teen. He tries to tell the integrators of his need for medical care and is met with a smug superior attitude and a complete lack of empathy. [...]

Judge Rules U.S. Violated Human Rights

khadr

The treatment a U.S. official said Omar Khadr received at Guantanamo Bay to prepare him for an interview by a member of foreign affairs was a violation of international human rights, a Canadian federal court judge ruled on Wednesday. It is no great surprise that human rights violations are going on in Guantanamo, it is [...]

Free Khadr

From the CBC; A U.S. soldier at the battle said in sworn testimony that two al-Qaeda fighters were alive after the fatal grenade attack. The unidentified soldier says he killed the first al-Qaeda fighter before spotting Khadr, whom he said was wounded, on his knees and facing away from him. For reasons he does not [...]

Uniform Murder

Let’s start with a definition. Murder: To kill (another human) unlawfully. To kill brutally or inhumanly. Which we will follow up with a snuff film… er video of an incident. {opens Windows Media Player} Nothing less than the word murder applies to what appears in that video. This was not a life or death action [...]