Rest in Peace, Harriet ~1830-2006
23.6.06
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10.5.06
my disdain for humanity
Is partially explained by this:
Grizzly-Polar Bear Hybrid killed by Idaho Trophy Hunter
At a time when humanity is causing more species to go extinct than ever, when our polar ice is melting and the Arctic climate changing so rapidly and becoming an environment that is less and less inhabitable by those unique creatures indigenous to it, this man is already back up in the North (this time a Grizzly's in his sights) and an new hybrid species which is the only example of a creature heralding both the demise and survival of the powerful Nanuk, hangs on the wall of a trophy hunter from Idaho.
Of course, my disdain is not limited to the hunter; I have a healthy disdain for my government and its regulations which not only allow, but encourage foreign trophy hunters to visit our country for the main purpose of shooting and killing creatures for pleasure.
Grizzly-Polar Bear Hybrid killed by Idaho Trophy Hunter
At a time when humanity is causing more species to go extinct than ever, when our polar ice is melting and the Arctic climate changing so rapidly and becoming an environment that is less and less inhabitable by those unique creatures indigenous to it, this man is already back up in the North (this time a Grizzly's in his sights) and an new hybrid species which is the only example of a creature heralding both the demise and survival of the powerful Nanuk, hangs on the wall of a trophy hunter from Idaho.
Of course, my disdain is not limited to the hunter; I have a healthy disdain for my government and its regulations which not only allow, but encourage foreign trophy hunters to visit our country for the main purpose of shooting and killing creatures for pleasure.
23.4.06
Get Some
I've been on a temporary internet hiatus, or rather a hiatus from the internet, which may continue for a while yet.
Life can become busy with itself in many ways.
In the meantime, a thought I think everyone can benefit from: create unity.
See you all soon, and thanks for continuing to check in at my little space on the world wide web.
9.4.06
Une femme de Montreal - then, and now
Marie Josephe Angélique
~Executed by Torture, Montreal, Québec ~ 1734
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"I think today is sweet revenge"
~Governor General Michaëlle Jean, Montreal, Québec ~ 2006
"Racism has a history that we must never forget," Jean said. "The racism of today is an extension of the lingering racism of yesterday. If we forget this, then we risk perpetuating an unacceptable situation."
30.3.06
24.3.06
Stop the Seal Hunt
The seal hunt begins in less than 2 days.
Tell Canada's government to come clean about what's really happening on the ice before it's too late!
TAKE ACTION NOW
Now I must add that as a Canadian I respect that there are cultural and historical ties to the seal hunt. Many a fine Newfoundlander needed to hunt seals at one time both to put food on the table and to sell the pelt for income.
There is no need and no excuse for this to happen today.
Any outport Newfoundlanders who aren't happy about the protest to this hunt can use their time machines to go back and stop Joey Smallwood from killing your traditional way of life and making it unsustainable.
If you're without a time machine, then I'm afraid that you just have to deal with the fact that this is a barbarous practice and find an alternative supplement to your income.
Times change, so must we.
Surely we can see that these animals should not be predated by man any longer.
23.3.06
We're in it DEEP
Prime Minister Stephen Harper has a great deal of explaining to do.
First we're 'only' in Afghanistan to ensure a better way of life for Afghans; many may buy into that crap, but Canada's forces are there as participants in the USA's Operation Enduring Freedom, no if's and's or but's about it; and this despite Canada never having issued a mandate from the people.
Now after hearing the good news of the rescue of 2 Canadians & 1 British hostage that CANADIAN TROOPS ARE IN IRAQ.
”CTV News has learned that Canada's elite Joint-Task Force 2 was involved in the rescue in western Baghdad.
"We're told that Canadian special forces and British special forces played a very key role," CTV's Robert Fife told Newsnet.
The Defence Department refuses to confirm Canadian military involvement in the operation.
British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw, speaking in London, said the Mounties were also involved in the rescue, but an RCMP spokesman would not confirm that.
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Only three hours passed from the time rescuers learned the exact whereabouts of the hostages and when the raid took place, he said.”
full article
Now I'm glad those folks are safe, but it does not excuse the Canadian Government deceiving its citizens and spending their tax dollars wantonly and without discourse or disclosure.
I'd like to know:
1. WHY?
2. SINCE WHEN?
3. WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
4. HOW LONG WILL THEY STAY?
5. WHY DIDN'T YOU DEBATE THIS IN THE HOUSE?
6. WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL CANADIAN CITIZENS?
8.3.06
3.3.06
Hey - Wake Up!
I make a plea to all mindful Canadians to inform themselves and make their opinions known to their elected MP.
Thanks to Youngfox for a great post today, and one which addresses the most urgent topic of Canadian involvement in the war in Afghanistan.
Thanks to Youngfox for a great post today, and one which addresses the most urgent topic of Canadian involvement in the war in Afghanistan.
If you pay your taxes you "SUPPORT THE TROOPS".
If you do not support this war you do not support government policy. See the difference and never let war mongers and their brainwashed thralls guilt trip you for having a conscience.
Remember what that did to the American public discourse.
28.2.06
Canadians should DEMAND proper representation from their Govt.
Even if it is now a neoConservative Canada, how dare our new Defence Minister - former lobbyist and full on supporter for the growth of the canadian military industrial economy for private profit - subvert my right to proper representation and suggest that a vote is not necessary?
Recent opinion polls have suggested public support for the mission is low, but Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor has said the mission is vital. He rejected the idea of a vote in Parliament over whether to continue the mission.
full article (inserted link 02 03 06)
Excuse me, but Canadians do not want to participate in this war.
A vote MUST be had if we're to continue to play along with the notion that we are represented by our elected officials.
Contact your MP today and demand a parliamentary vote to determine whether Canada has a mandate for war!
using your postal code
by the name of your Member of Parliament
(the conservatives apparently don't think you need to contact them all yet - mine's not even updated with any contact info yet. Oh boy will they enjoy my call)
26.2.06
The Nightmare...
Has it only just begun,despite the many horrors already past?
Stay safe, Riverbend.
I’m reading, and hearing, about the possibility of civil war. The possibility. Yet I’m sitting here wondering if this is actually what civil war is like. Has it become a reality? Will we look back at this in one year, two years… ten… and say, “It began in February 2006...”? It is like a nightmare in that you don’t realise it’s a nightmare while having it- only later, after waking up with your heart throbbing, and your eyes searching the dark for a pinpoint of light, do you realise it was a nightmare...
Stay safe, Riverbend.
23.2.06
18.2.06
Paradise Now
Support Paradise Now's right to be shown, and it's right to be called a Palestinian film.
Free Speach has been much touted these last weeks; do we really mean it?
Thank you to my friend Eman of AquaCool for raising the issue:
Free Speach has been much touted these last weeks; do we really mean it?
Thank you to my friend Eman of AquaCool for raising the issue:
After winning the AGICOA’s
Blue Angel Award for the best European film at the Berlinale , and a Golden Globe for
the Best Foreign Language Film movie in the 63rd Annual Golden Globe Awards, Paradise Now has created such a controversy. As soon as the news of this movie being nominated for the Oscars, an online petition signed by over 11,000 Israelis was created to force the withdrawal of this movie from the Oscars all together, claiming it encourages mass murder!
17.2.06
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