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January 11, 2009

Media Dictionary: Arab-Israeli Conflict

Fantastic link !  I’ve repasted some below, just in case the link disappears.  I haven’t pasted the rules, but maybe we should all start using them in order to get some visibility with the Canadian public? Definitions: Caught in the Crossfire: When Palestinian civilians are killed. Retaliation: When Israeli army or settlers kill Palestinians. Escalation: (synonym/can be used interchangeably with Provocation): Any act of violence […]

Canada economics tax issues
January 11, 2009

Tax Comparisons & No More Tax Cuts – PLEASE

Here I am, a typical middle-class dude with lots to lose and I’m begging the so-called leaders of my federal government to avoid the Harpie-like calls for tax relief for businesses and on the personal level. Why?  Because our social infrastructure will come to a drastic and complete failure if we do. Mel Hurtig doees comparisons of tax rates for corporations and for personal income […]

Internet media tax issues
January 10, 2009

Broadband Tax?

The RIAA has recently settled a number of actions related to DRM issues.  However, don’t expect them to stop.  This blog has pointed out (and rightly so) that we should expect the RIAA to start to lobby the US government to impose a blanket broadband tax to penalize everyone for pirates. A similar thing was tried by the Canadian version of the RIAA.  Here’s a […]

Politics propaganda terror
January 10, 2009

UN Chief Accuses Israel of War Crimes

So it’s official now, but when will the Canadian mainstreeam media report on this ? Let’s wait and see. Navi Pillay, the UN high commissioner for human rights, has called for "credible, independent and transparent" investigations into possible violations of humanitarian law, and singled out an incident this week in Zeitoun, south-east of Gaza City, where up to 30 Palestinians in one house were killed […]