April Reign

Speak your mind even if your voice shakes

Debra

Justin Trudeau set to run; Dion unimpressed

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Though he supported Dion he doesn’t seem to be getting any support in return.

CTV story

Justin Trudeau is set to enter federal politics and seek a seat in the Montreal riding of Outremont, according to a report.

Pierre Trudeau’s eldest son joined the Liberal riding association in the relatively safe riding of Outremont about two months ago, Montreal’s La Presse newspaper reported.

But it appears some Liberals are opposed to the idea of seeing the former prime minister’s son run for the seat, the newspaper added.

La Presse reports that Liberal leader Stephane Dion was planning on reserving the riding for high-profile candidates who could help the rebuild the party’s support in Quebec.

You can’t handle the truth

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That is the message that the Washington Post has for it’s readers.

The images are contained in thousands of pages of NCIS investigative documents obtained by The Washington Post. Post editors decided that most of the images are too graphic to publish…

The descriptions of some of the photos do indeed sound brutal. A brutality the people in the pictures had no choice to avoid.

The people of America have a right, indeed they have a duty, to see what transpires in their name. It is all too easy to think of war in the abstract when you do not hear the planes flying overhead. Do not feel the earth shake and the air cloud as your neighbours die. Do not wonder where you will get food and water for you family or if indeed any of you will live to need it.

Photos help to pierce through that cloud of complacency.

For more information read Media refuses to print grisly photos

Contact the Washington Post ombudsman:

Deborah Howell

202-334-7582

ombudsman@washpost.com

Five Hundred Dollars

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Steve Horner, a corporate speaker and Peter Mackay wannabe, has successfully ended Ladies Night at Proof.

Some divorced men might appreciate Ladies Night as a chance to meet new women, establish friendships, relationships..hell maybe even get laid.

But not Mr. Horner, when he hears about Ladies Night he hears discrimination.

What he really means is his wife left him seven years ago, and instead of doing some self reflection and actually moving on with his life, he has decided to go Dr. Evil on Feminism.

Horner, who says he turned against feminism when his wife left him seven years ago, plans to expand his crusade.

“This is now a violation of law. I will now make it a point to visit as many ladies nights as I can every week. I’ll have my rights violated, then I’ll sue them in county court and collect my $500,” he said.

Geez I thought when you went somewhere to purposely get your rights violated it cost you money.

Habitat for Humanity takes back house

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A couple were kicked out of their H4H home because they had some difficulty and it seems never managed to get back on track.

Well these are the things that happen to low income people. One thing can set you back for years.

Story from CBC

A non-profit organization dedicated to helping low-income families own homes has evicted a Kingston, Ont., couple after they fell behind on their payments.

Habitat for Humanity Kingston executive director Sandra Berg confirmed that it is the first time the Kingston affiliate of the international organization has evicted any of its residents.

Police helped the organization ensure that Theresa and Kevin Orr left the home late Tuesday afternoon.

Theresa Orr said she and her husband have lived in the building since 2004, and fell behind on their monthly rent payments due to health problems and a job loss.

But she said she now has a stable job, has paid back what she owes and has been making regular rental payments since 2005, and wants to negotiate with Habitat Kingston.

“In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.”

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I see much of what is occurring lately to be a fear response.

Can’t raise minimum wage for fear that business will suffer.

Does business not suffer when people do not have money to spend?

This is the obvious first step on the journey to the decline of capitalism. First you create an underclass, give them just a little, instill them with fear of having nothing and make them fight each other for the pittance that barely allows them to keep body and soul together. [Read more…] about “In politics, what begins in fear usually ends in folly.”

Girls..is there nothing they can’t do?

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We don’t actually crack backs. It’s merely an adjustment…OK, you’re going to hear a loud cracking sound.(Dr. Steve)

“Daughters linked to prostate risk” read the headlines.

Turns out that one study has come up with stats they have no particular answer for

The Israeli team found men with three daughters and no sons were up to 60% more likely to develop prostate cancer.

But the Journal of the National Cancer Institute study suggests the cause may be the male “Y” sex chromosome, not the act of having either a son or daughter.

In fact at one point it is hypothesized that

Since prostate problems are often only detected when a man attends for routine health screening, they suggested that it was possible that having a predominantly female family might encourage a man to be more health-conscious.

Nope must be more than that

“We also need to uncover exactly what it is about the Y chromosome, which only men have, that might make men who are diagnosed with prostate cancer also more likely to have fathered girls rather than boys.

and there’s this

The Prostate Cancer Charity head of policy and research Chris Hiley said: “This is an interesting study – it certainly attracts the attention, but it doesn’t yet translate into useful advice for men until other complex genetic studies are done.

More study would seem the way to go, though ever so much more boring than making it seem like girls cause cancer. Used to only be cooties..must be the new girl technology.

And even though we just said so

“In the meantime no-one should rush off with the idea that girls give their fathers prostate cancer.”