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Well what the hell. You've got Mullahs all over the place. Over here, we've got mullahs like Dick Cheney, Richard Perle and Ann(e) Coulter. I've always thought Coulter and Perle should be tossed in prison. It's against the law to say what I think should be done to Cheney. <<edit>> Oh what the hell. Bugger Dick Cheney!

Yeah Mike Harris did a lot for Toronto. Steve is just itching to correct the download problem. McGuinty, on the other hand, has started to upload. Vote Conservative? What for?

What lie is that? They say they are not building nuclear weapons, and they have been proven right. Who is the liar here, M.Dancer? Might it be those who, like you, keep beating this war drum even though there is no evidence? If they are not building weapons, you dredge up hoary words about what they might have done at some time in the past. Who is lieing here and who is it that lied in the past to justify an unjustifiable war?

Only one?

It has everything to do with it. Funny how some countries are forced into signing the NNPA and IAEA commitments while others are allowed to walk away whistling "Dixie"? You can be disengenuous about this if you like, M.Dancer, but that will not make the nations of the Middle East any less cynical about how these things are handled.

What they? I'm the one saying cronyism. Schreiber has just filed papers for a Supreme Court hearing on the grounds that Canada may be co-operating with a country (Germany) that committed an illegal act (by seizing Schreiber's accounts in Switzerland). The Swiss are suing the Germans over this at the moment, and if they win, the evidence used against Schreiber for the extradition may have to be thrown out. What fun. In the meantime, the committee looking into the whole thing has requested that both Schreiber and Mulroney come for a little chat.

It must be a great idea. Bush_Cheney2004 is against it! I'm all for government accountability and transparency. This sounds like it might lead to something, but I wouldn't fire the Auditor General just yet.

A 45 year old prison inmate in Nova Scotia has just been reportedly tasered to death.

Pakistan has just been suspended from the Commonwealth. So Bush's friend in Pakistan is looking pretty isloated; his sabre-ratttling over WMD in Iran has now been shown to be the same old BS.

Nonetheless, the war-mongering by Bush et al is shown for what it is... just another faux causus belli - the same as the one provided to get support for the Iraq adventure. As for "undeclared activities".... wouldn't that fit in with what the neighbours are doing? Who was it that said "It's a tough neighbourhood" ?

IAEA Director General Mohamed ElBaradei has just delivered his report on Iran to the UN. The report says... 1) Iran is not engaging in the production of weapons grade uranium for the purposes of building nuclear weapons. The Iranians now have less than 4% enriched uranium that may be used for weapons, but are allowed 20% under the Non-Proliferation agreement. It will take them many years at the current rate of production to reach the allowed limit. 2) Weapons inspectors have had excellent co-operation from Iran, and there have been no problems with the IAEA having immediate, unnanounced access to all facilities and with Iran complying with every request for information and materials. The IEAE has greatly stepped up its inspection program in Iran greatly over the past year, under pressure from the West. Once again, we see President George W. Bush, the US, and its allies, making trouble using a WMD hoax and the UN weapons inspectors refusing to play along. There have been calls in the US for the impeachment of Bush and Cheney. Maybe this will provide fuel for that fire.

Nicely done, Greg. Thanks.

I agree. But this is a territory with a very long history balanced by equals. The English/French/German/Spanish/Italian dialectic is one of equals: they can make each other equally miserable, and they have the archives to prove it... It's different over here.

This is a guy who believed in Canada, was a law-abiding citizen in a difficult country, and came here to see his mother. There is no way out. We killed this guy and he did not deserve it. Human Rights, or what?

So Ben. Has anybody given you grief for your Chanukah candles? Curious minds want to know.

Negroponte has now been to Pakistan and told Musharraf (publicly) to lift the state of emergency and to release all political prisoners taken in the past month. Rubbing hands. It's getting interestinger and interestinger... A little review is in order. Opposition leaders like Imarn Khan (the Gretzky of cricket) are in lock, without a peep from the American press. Musharraf has been receiving criticism for "not doing enough to fight terrorism". Oppostion leader Sharif sent packing. Bhutto getting big face time on CNN. Ha ha. Meet the new puppet. Same as the old puppet.. LOL

So what happens if China and India rise to ascendancy? Will they suffer a massive immigration problem? How about a resource problem? Social problems? How can Canada stay afloat in a developing world?

There have been a lot of Hollywood stars who have run for office. Reagan. Schwartzenegger. Temple... Does the Hollywood star machinery have a grip on them?

So W has had his two terms. He will soon be gone. What do we Canucks think of his time in offfice?

Not looking too good for the RCMP right now. The front page of the Globe and Mail (Saturday Nov 17, 2007) highlights an article entitled "He was a good boy!". This guy's hobby was cataloguing the world's nations with a picture showing his entry for Canada. Not looking too good at all.

The Red Ensign I nominate this thread for the Maple Leaf Web red herring of the year award. The Queen. Like who gives a flying f*ck. LOL.

I'm one of those, and proud of it. Ha'aretz is a pretty reliable source. Jerusalem should be a Unesco preserved site. Get the politics out of it. Even the US, which is undeniably the most pro-Israel entity in the universe, refuses to move its embassy to Jerusalem. I am not talking only about the Knesset. The Palestinians need to give up on the idea of Jeruslaem being their capital, too. For me, the only question is who should run the place? Certainly neither the Jews, Christians nor Arabs. Hindus are suspect. Taoists have no leader. Who? Any ideas?

No accident there.

The Conservatives have announced new sanctions against Burma. This has come after Aung San Suu Kyi announced that she was going to work with the Junta. Something is not adding up here.

I love the sound of the Oud, but I have a lot of trouble with a thread that starts with a post that says you are using a "#" because you haven't done the math yet. Do your homework. Please.