tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58686472012-02-16T01:57:21.576-08:00my thoughts mixLeonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comBlogger1061100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-68080962291664698072009-05-19T16:30:00.000-07:002009-05-19T16:32:47.934-07:00

Published on The Smirking Chimp By Mike WhitneyCreated May 16 2009 - 5:53pmAnyone who has ever wasted good money on a clunker only to drop the transmission 15 minutes after leaving the car-lot, knows the feeling. It's like a swift-kick in the groin followed by weeks of fist-pounding rage. It's called buyer's remorse; "Gawd, I wish I hadn't bought that piece of dogshite!" No doubt there are a lot

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Date: Mon, 18 May 2009 11:19:19 -0400From: stevenstaples@ceasefire.caSubject: Action Alert: Canadian Air StrikesThe military wants to send our CF-18 fighter bombers to Afghanistan. Tell Prime Minister Harper that we do not want this major escalation of our combat role. Action Alert: Stop CF-18 warplanes from being deployed to AfghanistanSend your letter to Stephen Harper right away http://

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Missing Child Alert! Please forward to your friends... Greetings all Blockwatch members through the City of Vancouver .Special request from the Ontario Provincial Police. Missing child alert!Photo attached.Constable David Krenz 1225Vancouver Police DepartmentCity of Vancouver Blockwatch Co-Ordinatorblockwatch@vpd.ca

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1124997033688594262005-08-25T12:07:00.000-07:002005-08-25T12:10:33.693-07:00

Dear Paul,I probably already sent you something about this, Paul. I am in total disbelief that you can be so blind. We need the CBC and many other media outfits to keep us informed at least somewhat objectively on events in Canada and the world. Only a STUPID leader dares to keep the people blind too! LZPS You too can handily write to Paul regarding the apparent impending decision to can it. This

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Posted by: Captain on http://PEJ.org Friday, April 15, 2005 - 09:56 AM Who's the enemy here?by Dave Lindorff, www.thiscantbehappening.netTerrorism, as you may have noticed, is really not what threatens us today;it's corporate power and influence Some years ago, when I was working in New York City, I came out of a subway exit on Lexington Avenue early one morning and found myself ankle deep in a

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Sent: Friday, April 15, 2005 11:19 AMSubject: Justice.int-- Canada Saves the World (not Homeland "Security")12 Monkeys: Canada Saves the World Posted by: lex on http://PEJ.org Thursday, April 14, 2005 - 09:05 PMHow "Socialist" Medical Lab in Canada Saved the World from a New FluPandemic - {DL} A Sickening ErrorBy DAVE LINDORFFApril 13, 2005 Philadelphia, Penn. It's enough to make you sick isn't

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All you have to do is get them to your site!http://www.labourstart.org/radio/book.shtmlhttp://www.labourstart.org/emailed by June Ross jross12@telus.net

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A conversation about the future of journalism "by the people, for the people" -- and occasional other thoughts.dan_gillmor_on_grassroots/2005/03/madrid_terroris.html">http://dangillmor.typepad.com/dan_gillmor_on_grassroots/2005/03/madrid_terroris.htmlMarch 10, 2005Madrid: Terrorism, the Internet and DemocracyFrom the International Summit on Democracy, Security and Terrorism in Madrid, my working

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...what's good enough for them is good enough for usQ: Daddy, why did we have to attack Iraq?A: Because they had weapons of mass destruction.Q: But the inspectors didn't find any weapons of mass destruction.A: That's because the Iraqis were hiding them.Q: And that's why we invaded Iraq?A: Yep. Invasions always work better than inspections.Q: But after we invaded them, we STILL didn't find any

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Jenny KwanJenny Kwan's re-election campaign is coming up April 17. Please contact her constituency office if you live in East Vancouver at 604-775-0790.We need to work for this considering what a mess is going to be left behind. Oh no, will the NDP be blamed again?!? That remains to be seen!

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Hi My Friend, Just a general answer...how are you feeling? Garden growing? Jack's my guy. He's the only one who even vaguely appears to be honest. The others aren't even admitting their mistakes though they are blatantly obvious. Paul Martin/Chretien and Brian Mulroney were two of the most corrupt govs we've ever had in power. Read some of Paul's hijinx on Jack's website - now that's objective!

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On Tuesday, I went to my SFU Critical U class. This is a class that provides a wide variety of social presentations, which are then generally discussed by the class. This week, the group Parecon [participatory economics] gave a presentation. Though presumably aware that the class was only 2 1/2 hours and that it is a critical thinking class, there wasn't really any time for discussion. They had

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http://www.vivelecanada.ca/index.php/ Tuesday, March 23 2004 @ 11:30 AM MST Contributed by: harrisp by Paul Harris After the United States finally fails completely, and it will, what do we get next? We’ve had monarchies, feudal systems, dictatorships varying between benign and brutal, fascism, Nazism, communism, oligarchy, corporatism, anarchy, the-guy-with-the-biggest-stick-ism and just

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23@@9be31ae0b780025e433516c44fe96466&step=2&catid=323&iscat=1"> http://www.canadians.org/browse_categories.htm?COC_token= 23@@9be31ae0b780025e433516c44fe96466&step= 2&catid=323&iscat=1 MEDIA ADVISORY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE March 18, 2004 What: Representatives from Japanese consumer and industry groups and the Council of Canadians will hold a press conference to declare that Japanese

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CANADA'S PATRIOT ACT 3 BEFORE THE SENATE! (repost from http://vancouver.indymedia.org/ news/2004/03/119528.php"> http://vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2004/03/119528.php) by editor@911review.org • Wednesday March 24, 2004 at 08:48 AM Please put this out to all your lists and spread far and wide, not just in Canada but throughout the world. Freedom threatened anywhere affects us all. Canada's

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1080156478670651592004-03-24T11:25:00.000-08:002004-03-24T11:35:38.763-08:00

...Vancouver speech March 20, 2K4: Radio 4 All Note the total of attendees was approximately 25,000 (plus according to eyewitness crowd counters) rather than the 10,000 that were reported by mainstream pro-war media.

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One of the last times I attempted to update, I got so furious about this just soooo "duh" letter I found in National Geographic Traveller, It was so horrifying and really goes a long way to explaining the stupidity of the human population of late. I seem to recall having read about plenty of research [not done by employees] showing that in fact, workers do MUCH better with loads of holidays.

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1077701352464364272004-02-25T01:26:00.000-08:002004-02-25T01:34:07.420-08:00

The editor of Vanity Fair, Graydon Carter is almost rabidly anti-Dubya. He also loathes the mayor of New York who's the ilk of our beloved Gordo. Unfortunately, Vanity Fair doesn't want to be free information so it's still subscription only with no net equivalent.

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1077701119855109022004-02-25T01:23:00.000-08:002004-02-25T01:28:08.700-08:00

It's Lord Conrad Black and Lady Barbara Amiel at their Palm Beach Palace

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Here's Brian and Mila in Palm Beach Florida where they hobnob amongst the richest folks on the planet with the money from our taxes. Yep, it's all true. Vanity Fair printed this shot in the February 2004 issue. Thanks again Brian and Mila for using our money wisely in showing how a truly genteel Canadian family can live after being King and Queen of Canada. Read On the Take by an east coast

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This is an autoresponse from the Canada Revenue Agency Thank you for contacting the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA). All comments about our Web site -- or other products and services -- are appreciated. We consider all suggestions that could help us improve the Web services we offer. However, the CRA does not correspond by email. In particular, we do not reply by email if you've asked a

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Here's an open letter to Canada Customs and Revenue that I just wrote in answer to their dunning letters: LZed Vancouver BC February 24, 2K4 Surrey Tax Centre 9577 King George Hwy Surrey BC V3T 5E1 Dear Canada Customs and Revenue; How are you doing? I’m writing to this email address mailto:comments@rc.gc.ca because your site doesn’t seem to include any other way to email you. Mailing via

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1077316373173834332004-02-20T14:29:00.000-08:002004-02-25T00:50:01.293-08:00

Gordon Campbell may say he's not an alcoholic (kinda like saying you're not selling hydro when you actually mean you are paying a foreign company to take it away so that we, BCers, can't profit from it any longer. Maybe he gets a CEO job after), but he's still driving the province drunk. Gordo, stop driving BC drunk before you kill someone. Everyone knows that the drunk driver frequently

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1076670829291160612004-02-13T03:00:00.000-08:002004-02-13T03:22:52.530-08:00

Just read the book The Cluetrain Manifesto by Christopher Locke, Rick Levine, Doc Searls and David Weinberger. I'd never even heard of it until I found it here on Blogger, I think anyway. It's essentially about the net and how little it has to do with marketing and PR as we know them today. Still many companies haven't got this basic point about the net. At the same time, it talks about the way

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1076666678878290062004-02-13T02:01:00.000-08:002004-02-13T02:07:11.436-08:00

I kinda think that boycotting can work if there is a large organized effort to resist whatever the boycotted thing happens to be. But more, it's the effort - whether organized or not to talk about stuff, find alternatives and create them. We all know that things exist to be improved upon! Human-made things, that is.

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1076558623486818222004-02-11T20:01:00.000-08:002004-02-12T22:50:45.186-08:00

a mere Canadian, resent paying income tax! 1. They have ordered me to complete my 2002 return though they already have all my taxes for that year and have been collecting interest on them for almost 2 years now. Same goes for 2003 and 2004. 2. Inflation decreases (to support businesses) while my tax rate goes up with no end in sight. This is despite the fact that there was a record decrease in

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Under the Britannia Library in Vancouver (just off Commercial Drive), Simon Fraser University puts on a free course called 'Critical U' [=university] for the Britannia community almost every semester. I joined last fall and am now in my third session. It's amazing that this class was almost cancelled due to lack of registrations. The focus is on applying critical thinking to our everyday lives

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First let's have a car that anyone can afford and is much less damaging to the environment. More than anything, these are the things I desire most in a vehicle. Car manufacturers have been given billions by the US (and no doubt others) to develop such a car. No matter how you slice it, used cars are hopeless and new cars are designed to give out. This kind of tool would no doubt increase tool

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Brain Frenzy 1. It's not just the weather that's cooler in Canada 20030730sam0730p1.asp">http://www.post-gazette.com/ columnists/20030730sam0730p1.asp 2. We were wrong when we blindly believed stories about lemmings http://www.post-gazette.com/pg/03304/235522.stm 3. Liberals winning race to the ethical bottom columnists/story.asp?id=27853e96-6f6c-4212-aef6-779219de4023"> http://canada.com/

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...weapons dealer. When Americans think of Canadians these days, it's usually as the laid back folks who sat out the war on Iraq. Our national myth is 'Canada the peacekeeper,' but it's a myth, not a fact. The Canadian government was the fourth largest contributor to the attack on Iraq after Australia, ahead of most members of Bush's 'coalition of the willing,' who offered only moral support.

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1067210122272859382003-10-26T15:13:00.000-08:002003-10-26T15:15:23.046-08:00

http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EJ04Ak01.html How do the American people react to media war coverage?

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1067208253619492972003-10-26T14:10:00.000-08:002003-10-26T14:50:14.956-08:00

http://www.ladonia.net/ Lars Vilks is the apparent creator of the tiny country called Ladonia. I first heard about it on DigitallyImported.com, an excellent site for trance and classical which has massively expanded in the past year or two. The guy who originated Digitally Imported is also a newswatcher and ran the news that 3000 some odd folks from Pakistan had applied for citizenship,

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Livin' Large Inside Karzai's Reconstruction Bubble http://www.cursor.org/stories/afghaniscam.html More carpetbaggin' tales!

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T'Jean is getting another nasty email. The fun never ends. Liberal stonewall leaves civil rights in 'tatters' http://canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/columnists/story.asp?id=D99A1CAC-A006-4198-B99C-8A7F21801A9D

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A jewel of a city, a devil of a problem with crime and drugs http://canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/columnists/story.asp?id=A8EEB632-CF1F-4A4A-ABE1-A3B9585A7653&rnd=286

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1067203210357625632003-10-26T13:18:00.000-08:002003-10-26T13:21:12.026-08:00

Canwest Poll on the Canadian dollar: http://canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/columnists/story.asp?id=A8EEB632-CF1F-4A4A-ABE1-A3B9585A7653&rnd=286 Is a surging Canadian dollar, currently at a 10-year high, going to entice you to cross-border shop? 31.7% Yes 68.3% No Haha, that's what they get for sealing the border.

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1067202981817835612003-10-26T12:54:00.000-08:002003-10-26T13:16:28.623-08:00

Michael Moore expected to pull crowd of 3,000 (yesterday at Chapters in Vancouver) http://canada.com/vancouver/vancouversun/story.asp?id=6ED49A97-2448-4134-8414-DB95D9473914 This Canwest reviewer really seems to resent Michael's success. He points out that Michael is a bad dresser. That's pretty pathetic when you have to criticise a writer's dress sense in order to dis him!

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George Won’t Be Reading This http://www.laweekly.com/ink/printme.php?eid=48111

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Study: Women Bear Brunt of Environmental Toxins http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm/dyn/aid/1570

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Big Bucks in Iraq http://www.thenation.com/doc.mhtml?i=20031110&s=shorrock

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Global trade keeps a billion children in poverty, says Unicef http://news.independent.co.uk/world/politics/story.jsp?story=455868

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Deck of cards picturing American war profiteers http://www.warprofiteers.com/index.html

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1066877243980975612003-10-22T19:47:00.000-07:002003-10-22T20:11:37.240-07:00

ferry boondoggle, please? (posted on Canada.com Sound Off which doesn't seem to be working - or it's my computer.) It's so funny that the same people who were condemning the former gov for paying $500 million for 2 ferries in this very newspaper a few short months ago, now want to buy either a bridge (which appears to be improbable) or 22 new ferries. haha. Several knowledgable folks have come on

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Letter to the Courier: A lesson to be learned from hotel trashing http://www.vancourier.com/103203/opinion/103203le3.html

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1066868267677765642003-10-22T16:54:00.000-07:002003-10-22T17:17:47.746-07:00

Premier optimistic softwood deal near http://www.canada.com/vancouver/story.asp?id=B18D0742-1EA0-4285-A79F-6BD1D1C9F109 Why are we dumping raw logs when that's the whole point of the American tariff on softwood? This makes no "good business sense".

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Death Threats in Berkeley: more from If America Only Knew http://counterpunch.org/weir10182003.html October 18 / 19, 2003 "Close Your Organization or Die"

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Soooo thankful to be in Canada, on a rainforest slope, and not in Squamish, Pemberton, Toronto, Palestine or Israel. My 3 year old grandson's middle name is 'Israel'. Unbearably sad, this is. http://www.ifamericansknew.org/about_us/rachelsletters.html We are so lucky.

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If Americans only knew http://www.ifamericansknew.org/

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Agoa girls sacked after 24 hour strike protesting horrid factory conditions By Simon Kasyate & Lominda Afedraru Oct 23, 2003 http://www.monitor.co.ug/news/news1.php And if the garments made in this factory are shipped to the US, then, just like our cows, they'll be mixed and mingled at the borders so that North American labour standards can be broken and the clothing will come into Canada too

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1066859556630316972003-10-22T14:51:00.000-07:002003-10-22T14:52:36.063-07:00

U.S. warns against traveling to Israel http://www.haaretz.com/hasen/spages/352340.html

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(BC Legislature) SAVING THE AMERICAN PUBLIC FOREST: CLERGY WRITE THE PRESIDENT section/iraq/article/article495.html"> http://www.shalomctr.org/index.cfm/action/read/ section/iraq/article/article495.html This is perfect for the Fiberals. When I opened my email box @ otakumail.com, there were a lot of read receipts. Most of them were "not read". Though I'm sure they get a lot of email - there's

Leonie Zurakowskynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5868647.post-1066807417612752772003-10-22T00:23:00.000-07:002003-10-22T00:23:37.466-07:00

Rushing to Judgment http://wwics.si.edu/index.cfm?fuseaction=wq.essay&essay_id=33083

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...meat, among other massive changes? Watch this projection, an Animation of Surface Temperatures 2075-3000 AD http://www.giss.nasa.gov/data/update/gistemp/animations/

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....South Korean farmer WORLD TRADE: HOPE IN DEATH Guy Dauncey http://www.earthfuture.com/econews/ ...who disembowelled himself and died at Cancun. This is the action of one man who loathed the destructive WTO. Horrifying.

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A Rant about 911 by the cat guy below WRITTENBYME.COM POSTED AT WRITTENBYME.COM ON SEPTEMBER 15, 2001 http://users2.ev1.net/~file13/rant.html by Laurence Simon (not by Orion Ramsey) Written by Me.com is closed

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...to be goofy about cats. And this is a guy doing it. Whoa. Unbelievable. http://users2.ev1.net/~file13/story_edloe.html It's another pretty funny blog: Amish Tech Support. Unfortunately, there is no mention of the reason for the blogname. http://amish.blogmosis.com/

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...law and we're right next to them. Dirty Secrets feature/2003/36/ma_494_01.html"> http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/ 2003/36/ma_494_01.html

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At Long Last Confessions on Vietnam Massacre story needs to be told 20031020/SRTIGERFORCE/110190136"> http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/ 20031020/SRTIGERFORCE/110190136 Toledo Blade investigates article?AID=/20031020/SRTIGERFORCE/110190169"> http://www.toledoblade.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/ 20031020/SRTIGERFORCE/110190169 Gallery of amazing photos of Vietnam gallery?

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Why do we even have Adrienne Clarkson? She should have to pay us back from her own pocket. The BC Ferries workers' wages are peanuts in comparison and yes, technically Ferries are part of Highway One but the rest of Canada doesn't seem to recognise that. After all we are so very far away from the seat (butt?) of Canadian power: Ottawa/Montreal/Toronto - so why would they care? They haven't

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For some reason, a lot of blogs mention cats. It could be that I'm just naturally drawn to blogs with cats in them, who knows? Are there any cat blogs yet? I'm sure some over-precious catfanatic will start one. There are two who choose to live with me, no matter what. Mind you, they are treated like royalty here. They are adorable. OK, enough of this personal shit. Read this pretty good book

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Hi Blogger http://whyjapansucks.blogspot.com , whoever you may be, Your sentiments on Japan are soooo natsukashi, it's astounding. Too bad I lived there right before PC's really took off and there were more than just a few net cafes - 1989-96. I would have liked a blog. I did keep a journal in those days - but come on, I couldn't even type back then. It's good that people outside start to get a

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Liberal cash grab proves expensive http://canada.com/vancouver/theprovince/columnists/story.asp?id=0A441B8E-6745-4ED4-8413-9D2923C664A8

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We're Melting ... http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16963 All the Disappearing Islands http://www.motherjones.com/news/feature/2003/28/ma_444_01.html

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The Sierra Club Global Warming Campaign http://www.sierraclub.org/globalwarming/

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http://masturbateforpeace.com/

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Holy Warriors George and friends getting out of hand with faith-based initiatives: http://www.motherjones.com/news/dailymojo/2003/43/we_595_01a.html

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...to Roost in Jean's Chicken Coop PM defends Bombardier purchase RTGAM.20031020.wchret1020/BNStory/National/"> http://www.globeandmail.com/servlet/story/ RTGAM.20031020.wchret1020/BNStory/National/ Does this call for another "Dear Mr Jean Chretien letter"? For example: PM, really. This is unacceptable. You too have succumbed to the illness of thinking that Bombardier is a Crown Corp. I

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to stop the Working Forest Initiative. Remember, some people notice these things. http://vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/74787_comment.php#74788 http://vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/74784_comment.php#74785

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READ THIS: Ancient Trees A picture book for all ages about 24 species of tree that live for more than 1000 years: totally cool and amazing. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1855857049/102-1392758-7619329?v=glance by Anna Lewington and Edward Parker If only CEO's would read it, the world might make more sense.

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Mother Jones Econews from the US of A: http://www.motherjones.com/news/featurex/2003/35/we_531_01.html

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A faith-based American blog: BibleBoy http://www.bibleboy.org/main.html http://bibleboy.blogspot.com/ It's just a tad worrisome that there are so very very many Tiffanys and Brittanys in the world these days. [Can't parents think of any other names? How about 'Condoleeza'? That's original, right?] How ever will we tell them all apart?

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Just another California high-school girl... whose life is in jeopardy because she lives in the politically conservative city of Napa Valley. Her blog entitled: "perfect in a fucked up kind of way" http://daretomakemusic.blogspot.com/ Her school: Vintage High (yup, that's the real name) http://www.vhs.nvusd.k12.ca.us/vhs/info/introduction.htm Quote from Vintage High's site: "Welcome to

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This is like a preview of Martin! http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/fiore/2003/28/we_476_01.html

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by Mark Fiore of Mother Jones http://www.motherjones.com/commentary/fiore/2003/40/we_554_01.html

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Better dead than ruined by foreign culture. What Liberation? 2003/28/ma_454_01.html"> http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/28/ ma_454_01.html The Taliban may be gone, but women in Afghanistan are still being arrested for 'moral' crimes.

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Oh oh, I'm furious again OK, so Paul Martin agrees with Chretien about Iraq but what about everything else? Canadian Envisions New Role for Nation http://www.nytimes.com/2003/10/19/international/americas/19CANA.html

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Another fancy BC Gov website built by American web consultants: http://www.citizensassembly.bc.ca/citizensassembly.html The lottery for the chosing of the BC Citizens Assembly members is rigged? Just kidding. But it sure smells like it.

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Actually, come to think of it, there's probably something wrong with joining the Liberal Party, but what the hay, join anyway, eh?

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Do you abhor Paul Martin? Take a minute or so to join the Liberal Party of Canada so that you can vote for anyone else beside Paul Martin: http://www.liberal.ca/

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Who Are the Real Masters of Docility? http://www.theglobalist.com/DBWeb/StoryId.aspx?StoryId=3501

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of Canada: Stop Paul Martin Don't Step Down Simply highlite, copy and paste into your email form. You too can write letters to the Federal Gov: pm@pm.gc.ca; Abbott.J@parl.gc.ca; Ablonczy.D@parl.gc.ca; Adams.P@parl.gc.ca; Alcock.R@parl.gc.ca; Allard.C@parl.gc.ca; Anders.R@parl.gc.ca; Anderson.Da@parl.gc.ca; Anderson.D@parl.gc.ca; Assad.M@parl.gc.ca; Assadourian.S@parl.gc.ca; Asselin.G@

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And if reading that made you angry, read this: Ads Promoted Bush's "Clear Skies" to Hispanics But Did Not Disclose Extra Risk for Hispanics http://www.misleader.com/daily_mislead/Read.asp?fn=df10202003.html When is/are the gov/public/we going to get it that our borders don't stop pollution? We all need to understand that everyone has to stop polluting. Right, just like peace if everyone

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Please read this and weep, as I did. There's got to be something... Mourning the Loss of the Tiger http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16970By Andrew Lam, AlterNet October 20, 2003

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Here's where your American taxes will be going for the rest of your lives: K Street on the Tigris http://www.motherjones.com/news/outfront/2003/40/ma_556_01.html The truly annoying thing is that just like 911, and especially if some video/bomber war jockey guy never accidentally drops a friendly bomb on us, we here in Canada will pay an additional price. Our insurance payments increased in

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Check out this Flash Visa ad in the Wall Street Journal. http://online.wsj.com/public/us

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get on the Arny bandwagon... Please read this article and tell me it’s not sexist. Then see my comments below and get a chuckle. Perhaps. The Politics of Groping http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16993 By Richard Goldstein, Village Voice October 20, 2003 At his post-victory press conference, Arnold Schwarzenegger was asked whether he would keep his promise to investigate the charges

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After reading these two articles, I was mind-boggled. Of course, pretty much everything about war is mindboggling. Senseless fighting continues while the least of them suffer Urban Legends http://www.westender.com/portals-code/list.cgi?paper=49&cat=23&id=127762&more= Sick, wounded U.S. troops held in squalor http://www.upi.com/print.cfm?StoryID=20031017-024617-1418r Email me at mailto:LZed@

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Do-gooders alert: and I'm sure this applies equally to Canadians as to Americans whom the article is about The Truth About Our Good Intentions http://www.alternet.org/story.html?StoryID=16951

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Actually, let's keep it like that...no one knows there's another country north of the 49th parallel.

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This article/interview of Helen Caldicott applies equally to Canada. Many Canadians remain oblivious to the fact that the majority of the world's population a)has never heard of Canada or b)does not distinguish between Canada and the US. We are all America on the map, eh? The New Nuclear Danger Bush and the Myth of Nuclear Disarmament http://www.guerrillanews.com/government/cointel/512.

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During a fair bit of insomnia, I finished reading The Best Democracy Money Can Buy by Greg Palast and The Party's Over by Richard Heinberg. I finally fell asleep around 6:00am this morning (PST). The Party's Over is way scarier than Stormy Weather. However, it also gives plenty of great ideas that are practical to implement in every sector of society. I am highly recommending them both. Too bad

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(also posted to http://vancouver.indymedia.org/news/2003/10/74487.php) Open Letter To: Prime Minister Jean Chretien and Members of Parliament Ottawa Ontario Canada October 19, 2003 LZ Vancouver BC Canada Dear Prime Minister Jean Chretien; There are many things that I’d like to talk to you about. You seem like an understanding and reasonable fellow and I’m happy that you’ve stayed our PM for

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Told'ya So Katherine Yurica, October 16, 2003 http://www.guerrillanews.com/government/doc3170.html

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IMAGES FOR A CORRUPT TIME http://www.yuricareport.com/ART/ Notes%20to%20art_files/ Preemptive%20Strike%20Reasoning.htm Featuring Political Art and the Whistle Blower’s Hall of Fame Now Exhibiting Corporate Entity Art What Does a Corporate Entity Look Like? Weird? Two or more heads? Yes! Portraits of Corporate Entities A Bush Administration Portrait: Preemptive Strike No. 1 A

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Beyond Insensitivity: Bush Sends Mixed Signals to Indonesian Muslims he still doesn't 'get it' according to this American writer http://www.commondreams.org/views03/1017-03.htm

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We should all be doing this? Thousands Protest Bush's Philippines Trip http://apnews.excite.com/article/20031018/D7U8J79G0.html

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OK now, this is really twisted... Orchards and American Integrity http://www.lewrockwell.com/kwiatkowski/ kwiatkowski45.html by Karen Kwiatkowski October 17, 2003 Karen writes about how the American soldiers are wrecking up stuff including sources of food and money for Iraqi people. Yet, they are pouring trillions into the country. This is way beyond insanity.

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Meet the "Family" Undercover among America's secret theocrats http://www.guerrillanews.com/counter_intelligence/doc1760.html

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As if you needed more proof ... that America's infrastructure was crumbling, here's an article about exactly where their tax dollars are going now and probably for quite a while judging from these figures. Typically, instead of learning from the States' mistakes, Canada often follows like a little trotting dog. The main difference is that the US had to manufacture an entire war to enable

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Nasty Frankenfoods Stop playing with our food for God's sake oct03i.php#stop"> http://www.thecampaign.org/News/oct03i.php# stop One day I will post the process of gene insertion. It's the most ramshackle, jury-rigged affair I've seen recently. If you ever thought the science for global warming was weak, then check out the science for gene "splicing". haha If anything, gene manipulation

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