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“Father of peace studies,” hater of Jews
Submitted by Damian Penny's blog on 05.1.12 at 6:51am.
If this kind of thing surprises you, you haven’t been paying attention:
Johan Galtung, Norwegian sociologist nicknamed the “father of peace studies,” made anti-Semitic and anti-Israeli remarks while lecturing at the University of Oslo, in an article published afterward in the Norwegian press and...
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A minister in deep denial of departmental bias and incompetence
Submitted by Contrarian on 04.27.12 at 7:03am.
At the legislature Thursday, two key developments in the scandal enveloping the Department of Community Services and its minister, Denise Peterson-Rafuse.
* The Progressive Conservatives demanded the minister’s resignation, arguing she had breached Nova Scotia’s Freedom of Information and Protec...
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Political suicide, Alberta-style
Submitted by Damian Penny's blog on 04.19.12 at 6:30am.
If I lived in Alberta, I’d probably vote PC. I agree with some of the Wildrose Party’s ideas, but they’re a bit far to the right even for me. (This kind of thing certainly doesn’t help.)
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Malice compounds DCS mishandling of the Talbot House fiasco
Submitted by Contrarian on 04.17.12 at 7:21am.
In a sign the Dexter government plans to tough out criticism of its handling of the Talbot House fiasco, the Department of Community Services (DCS) has posted the report of its controversial organizational review of the much admired Cape Breton addiction recovery centre.
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The Home of the Fearful
Submitted by A C.F.A.'s Diary on 04.16.12 at 8:31am.
The US of A is, the most fearful nation on the planet.
They fear (in no particular order because the amount of fear varies with news reports);
Cuba – a small island of the coast of Florida who, by their very proximity threaten the American way of life.
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The Impending Debacle
Submitted by A C.F.A.'s Diary on 04.5.12 at 7:57am.
As an election approaches the Diary’s thoughts turn to the issues that the politicians will embrace in order to win over the votes that we sell so cheaply.
We recognize that these elections are largely popularity contests. Candidates rarely raise issues of importance and rarely offer clear state...
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The view from Halifax
Submitted by Contrarian on 03.30.12 at 7:02am.
When the Dexter Government’s throne speech revealed plans to decentralize a few hundred of the thousands of provincial government jobs in Halifax, AllNovaScotia.com put out a bulletin that read:
Bulletin II: Gov’t Jobs Leaving HRM
I wrote a Halifax friend and asked if that shouldn’t read:
Gov’...
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Reining in environmental assessments
Submitted by Contrarian on 03.30.12 at 6:58am.
Here’s another placemarker for an issue I’ve wanted to write about for some time. I have not read any details of the Harper Governments plan to rein in federal environmental assessments, but in principle, I believe such an exercise is long overdue.
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Mulcair’s CBC boycott ends
Submitted by Contrarian on 03.28.12 at 7:08am.
Contrarian reader Michael Colborne points out that NDP leader Tom Mulcair’s boycott of CBC Radio’s English service, if that’s what it was, ended tonight with an interview on As It Happens.
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Those permanent socialist hoardes
Submitted by Contrarian on 03.19.12 at 6:33am.
Citing the latest of several Corporate Research Associates polls showing Darrell Dexter’s New Democrats with a comfortable lead, longtime Progressive Conservative Rob Smith has a piece in today’s AllNovaScotia.com [subscription required] proposing some form of Liberal-Tory co-operation to prevent...
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