tango

The man is a Canadian citizen, who went to visit his dying mother. He did nothing wrong. He's just another victim of police racial profiling and blatant racism from Harper in not allowing him to come home. It's disgusting.

This is just the initial release of information. No doubt there will be more. I think they've done everything they could to validate the sources of the samples. It's always suspicious to me when the mainstream media ignores an issue of this importance. Very suspicious.

Quite a comedown for Alberta. As a one industry province, it's very vulnerable to the current economic collapse. Idle steel and auto factories buy no fuel. Alberta is also vulnerable long term, because 'dirty oil' is now a hard sell.

This is how warmongers are warmongers. They thrive on inflammatory language. This infuriates the opposition (intentionally) who go out and buy arms from US warmongers to kill US soldiers. It's a system that has worked very well ... for the profiteers. Not so well for the soldiers who die. Should I say yay bush_cheney ? Corporatism at its finest? Na ... just greedy aho's who don't care about human consequences so long as they are pulling in the cash.

nice thread hijack, boys.

What a silly attitude, jbg. Somebody has to set a better example! Would you suggest we all sink to the lowest level of human rights, just because somebody else does? Why are we in Afghanistan again?

Hate speech is in the Criminal Code, not the HRC.

betsy, that quote is from an article about Quantel Lotts, on whom the thread is based.

The soldier was commanding officer of 'C' Company while in Afghanistan. During its six-month deployment from January to August, 2006, the company lost seven soldiers, including Capt. Nicola Goddard, the first female combat death since the Second World War. In addition, another 18 soldiers were wounded. "I had no idea we'd experience what we did," stated Fletcher, while a slideshow of the fallen flashed across a screen. "Mental preparation was critical. When the guns go off, your first instinct is to go the other way, but you move forward. "All our soldiers died moving forward." The Afghan society is "immensely intricate," he said. Even after spending seven months there, Fletcher admitted he could neither read Afghan body language, nor understand visual or verbal cues. Reliance upon trusted Afghan liaisons, including his own 18-year-old interpreter, were crucial, and the development of bodies like the Afghan National Army an important link. "They are incredibly brave, their bravely is completely unparalleled, he said. "They're becoming a force to be reckoned with, the problem is there's just not enough of them."

dub is being an aho. be better.

I doubt that, M Dancer. The difference in firepower used and deaths incurred speaks for itself. And we are talking about a captive population that could not escape. No, I think this time Israel has cashed in a lot of its credibility with the disproportionate attack on Gaza. Chance are, though, that in lieu of prosecution Israel will have to demonstrate its good intentions through the peace talks. Chances are, too, that the leniency that has allowed Israel to violate past agreements will be considerably tightened up this time. It is my hope that international troops will replace Israeli troops at the borders with Gaza. So far, Israel has refused, but may not be able to do so anymore.

KANDAHAR, Afghanistan---- Afghan interpreters who have been seriously injured while working with the Canadian army could soon receive help immigrating to Canada, federal government officials say. Ottawa isn't making any promises but says it has taken an interest in a handful of cases where interpreters have lost their limbs while working with the Canadian military. Unlike other NATO countries, Canada has no policy on helping injured local staff immigrate. Interpreters maimed in battle are left pleading with Canadian soldiers for help getting Ottawa to notice them. Officials say the government is now examining options for a special immigration process, as the United States and Australia have done for local employees operating in war zones. Read the article here ... http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/1078481.html

Than k you dib. Those are good facts. A source would be good too. And it would be good if you would stop your disgusting attacks.

I'm just wondering about Canada's interpreters in Afghanistan, and found this: "The Afghan interpreters have been an invaluable assistance to Canada's efforts to help the people of Afghanistan," said Finley spokeswoman Julie Vaux. "Minister Finley has taken a personal interest in this matter." Any government plan would apparently be subject to at least two caveats. Applicants would still need to pass the standard security checks required of all immigrants to Canada, and the program would likely apply only to interpreters with severe injuries like a lost limb. One interpreter - nicknamed Junior - says many of his colleagues have been killed but he's aware of only four cases where they have lost limbs while working for the Canadian Forces. Junior is one of them. He lost both legs in a rocket attack two years ago. He and the others are pleading for help from the Canadian government, saying they are now easily identifiable as interpreters, making them targets for the insurgents. Security concerns aside, the former forestry worker says he no longer has a future as a legless man in Afghanistan. Sidewalks and wheelchair access are almost non-existent, and there are very few desk jobs for people with reduced mobility.

I think the main obstacle to women in the HoC is the sexual harassment and otherwise juvenile, bullying bad behaviour of the men. You can see it any day watching CPAC, but you don't always see the sexual harassment women are subjected to away from the cameras, in meetings, etc. "Youre playing with the big dogs now, baby." With this is in mind, Liberal MPs are, among other things, trying to be more polite during Question Period in the Commons. Women respond better to politicians who are not hurling insults, Liberals say. Winnipeg Liberal MP Anita Neville, the party's status of women critic, said she was shocked to hear a Tory MP recently speak derisively about one group "shacking up" with another. "You're not hearing [offensive language] from the Liberals, quite deliberately. And that is a real effort to tone down ... and be respectful," said Ms. Neville, who has regular meetings with women in her riding and says they are critical of the behaviour in Question Period.

Canadian Aboriginal Festival - Education Day – Friday, November 27th, 2009 Hamilton, April 7, 2009 - Copps Coliseum will become the world’s largest classroom when up to 7,000 students and teachers converge on the site for the Canadian Aboriginal Festival’s Education Day. The day is organized with the assistance and support of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario, the Ontario Teachers Federation, the Ontario English Catholic Teachers Association, Indian and Northern Affairs, the Ministry of Education and Hydro One. The students from Hamilton and surrounding areas will have a number of topic options from the thirty teaching stations in the coliseum ranging from heritage and culture, traditional games, dancing and more. The majority of the teaching stations are participatory. All of the teachings are directly tied to the school curriculum for Native Studies through the use of teaching guides prepared by the Aboriginal Teachers Committee of the Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario. Cool! FACT SHEET The Canadian Aboriginal Festival Copps Coliseum in Hamilton, Ontario CANADA November 27th to 29th, 2009 Friday, November 27th (Education Day): 9:00 am – 2:00 pm Saturday, November 28th: 9:00 am – 10:00 pm Sunday, November 29th: 10:00 am – 6:00 pm The CAMA Gala VIP Dinner & Pre-Awards Show Hamilton Convention Centre, Hamilton, Ontario CANADA Thursday, November 26th, 2009, 7 pm The Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards Hamilton Place Theatre in Hamilton, Ontario CANADA Friday, November 27th, 2009, 8:00 pm Tickets for events listed below are available through Ticketmaster and at the door For the Festival: $10 per day for adults $ 5 per day for children 12 and younger Daily family passes for 4 people are available for $25.00 For the CAMA VIP Gala Dinner & Pre-Awards Show: $75.00 per person – advance dinner ticket orders only, no tickets sold at door. For the Music Awards: $35 in-advance per person $40 at the door per person For the Full Festival Package: $125.00 per person Includes: Thursday CAMA VIP Gala Dinner & Pre-Awards Show; Friday, CAMA Show & VIP Post Reception; Saturday and Sunday, Festival/Pow Wow 2009 marks the 16th year of the annual Canadian Aboriginal Festival and 11th year of the Canadian Aboriginal Music Awards

Considering that I cited the Canadian Constitution, no, it does not apply to other countries. And you make a ridiculous argument. It's silly for tango to practice freedom from discrimination ... because some other people somewhere else don't. And I'm supposed to take that argument seriously? not Go peddle your paranoia to someone who cares, eh?

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Hard evidence like this is much more informative than unreliable eye witnesses. Witnesses can be silenced, ignored, discredited, any number of things can make human testimony unreliable. What would explain the presence of this very sophisticated, highly explosive material?

How does "the official version" explain the presence of these highly technical and powerful explosives in different dust samples? I must have missed that!

Look again. Tiny red and gray chips found in the dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center contain highly explosive materials

I never said racism. I said discrimination. Muslim is not a race. Argus generalized to "brown people" and made it about race. Condemn somebody who does something wrong regardless of skin colour. Don't condemn all "brown people" because of what some fanatic Muslims do.

Civility is helpful. Unless your purpose is to create war and warmonger profits, of course, like bush and cheney ...

indeed? That accounts for this? Scientists Discover Both Residues And Unignited Fragments Of Nano-Engineered Thermitic Pyrotechnics In Debris From the Twin Towers And ... He says there is no benign explanation for the thermite in the WTC dust.

http://www.opednews.com/populum/diarypage.php?did=12863 April 13, 2009 at 09:32:26 Permalink 9/11 Thermite Fingerprints Diary Entry by Gene Cappa The dust of the World Trade Center Towers on 9/11 reveals irrefutable evidence of the extensive use of thermite explosives which totally demolished the buildings. :::::::: EXPLOSIVES FOUND IN WTC DUST Explosives Found in World Trade Center Dust Scientists Discover Both Residues And Unignited Fragments Of Nano-Engineered Thermitic Pyrotechnics In Debris From the Twin Towers Traces of explosives in 9/11 dust, scientists say By Elaine Jarvik Deseret News Tiny red and gray chips found in the dust from the collapse of the World Trade Center contain highly explosive materials — proof, according to a former BYU professor, that 9/11 is still a sinister mystery. Physicist Steven E. Jones, who retired from Brigham Young University in 2006 after the school recoiled from the controversy surrounding his 9/11 theories, is one of nine authors on a paper published last week in the online, peer-reviewed Open Chemical Physics Journal. Also listed as authors are BYU physics professor Jeffrey Farrer and a professor of nanochemistry at the University of Copenhagen in Denmark. For several years, Jones has theorized that pre-positioned explosives, not fires from jet fuel, caused the rapid, symmetrical collapse of the two World Trade Center buildings, plus the collapse of a third building, WTC-7. The newest research, according to the journal authors, shows that dust from the collapsing towers contained a "nano-thermite" material that is highly explosive. Although the article draws no conclusions about the source and purpose of the explosives, Jones has previously supported a theory that the collapse of the WTC towers was part of a government conspiracy to ignore warnings about the 9/11 terrorists so that the attack would propel America to wage war against Afghanistan and Iraq. The next step, Jones said in a phone interview on Monday, is for someone to investigate "who made the stuff and why it was there." I wonder if this will even make the mainstream news.