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Month: September, 2008

Getting what we paid for…

18 September, 2008 (16:36) | Political Beaver, Ungrateful Dead World Tour, seriously | By: James Headley

Conservative Leader Stephen Harper said Wednesday he will allow the release of a report on the cost of the Afghan war, despite concerns it could sway voters in the federal election.
Parliament’s budget officer, Kevin Page, tallied the full cost of the mission since it began six years ago and wanted to make his findings public [...]

One more for the Taser pile…

18 September, 2008 (16:28) | Servin' and Protectin' via the gun barrel, seriously | By: James Headley

Ontario’s Special Investigation Unit has been called in to investigate the death of a man from Brampton, Ont., who died Wednesday morning after being jolted with a stun gun while in police custody.
The SIU is a provincial agency that investigates cases of serious injury or death involving police.
Sean Reilly, a 42-year-old carpenter, was arrested on [...]

A noun, a verb and a safe-injection site…

18 September, 2008 (16:02) | Political Beaver, what the christ!?! | By: James Headley

Yes, let’s bring the fantastically successful War on Drugs(tm) to the Downtown Eastside
Tough policing is the answer to solve the problems on Vancouver’s crime-ridden and drug-addled Downtown Eastside, according to Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York City.
He also said it was a “terrible mistake” to have facilities such as Insite. At the small [...]

The spectre of the dreaded spainiard returns…

18 September, 2008 (15:53) | Fiddlin' while the Republic burns, Man in a box | By: James Headley

I thought he got confused… turns out he just wants war with everybody…

Senator, finally, let’s talk about Spain. Would you be willing to invite president Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to the White House? To meet with you?
I would be willing to meet with those leaders who our friends and want to work with us in [...]

More on Pakistan and bonus luv for ‘teh troops’!!!

17 September, 2008 (16:09) | Fiddlin' while the Republic burns, what the christ!?! | By: James Headley

Shorter: Pakistan greenlights shooting American soldiers crossing the border, Bush and co still douche bags.

Anonymous hacks Palin’s email…

17 September, 2008 (15:17) | Fiddlin' while the Republic burns, Things I done stole, why some of my best friends are... | By: James Headley

Oh you beautiful, cheetos stained bastards…
“This is a shocking invasion of the Governor’s privacy and a violation of law,” said Rick Davis, campaign manager for the McCain-Palin campaign, in a statement. “The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these e-mails will destroy them. We [...]

AIG Round Two…

17 September, 2008 (14:13) | Things I done stole, seriously, what the christ!?! | By: James Headley

What a difference twenty four hours makes…
The Federal Reserve just kicked in with an $85 billion loan. You can read about the details here. The bad loans, the CDS sideshow and everything else can be found there, in part at least. I just don’t think it’s relevant and it just won’t work in the long [...]

Sensible Solutions…

16 September, 2008 (16:11) | Political Beaver, salsa and socialism, why some of my best friends are... | By: James Headley

An NDP government would forgive the student loans of new family doctors who remain in general practice at least 10 years, NDP Leader Jack Layton pledged on Monday.
The debt amnesty is part of the party’s proposed health-care plan, which calls for $1 billion over five years to increase the number of medical students across the [...]

Back to South America…

16 September, 2008 (15:56) | Politics, salsa and socialism, why some of my best friends are... | By: James Headley

South American leaders at a crisis summit in Chile have issued a statement strongly supporting Evo Morales, the Bolivian president, and rejecting any break-up of Bolivian territory.
The meeting, where the statement was released late on Monday, was convened as part of efforts to resolve the political turmoil in Bolivia, which has left at least 18 people [...]

Union busting…

16 September, 2008 (15:41) | Political Beaver, salsa and socialism | By: James Headley

Union officials are outraged after a group of migrant farmworkers who were harvesting vegetables in Abbotsford were sent back to Mexico after filing papers to unionize.
United Food and Commercial Workers Canada alleges Floralia Plant Growers in Abbotsford put 14 migrant workers on a plane back home the day after the owners found out about their [...]