The Totalitarian Tiptoe to the North American Union

U.S. jets could patrol Vancouver during Olympics: Norad

CALGARY – American fighter jets will be involved in security operations during the Vancouver Olympics by keeping a close eye on airspace in the region, the head of the North American Aerospace Defence Command said Saturday. more

This is a typical propaganda piece. Note that the title of the article says “could” and the first paragraph says “will”. The American military will be overtly flying our skies during the olympic boondoggle. Its not like they aren’t overhead all the time filling the air with their chemtrail toxins, but incredibly most on the ground don’t even notice that.

 

Obama Cans his VP Vetter, James Johnson

Speculation is rife that Obama is just another corporate puppet, however there is a new twist to that theory. Today it was announced that Friend of Bilderberg, James Johnson was released from his duties on Obama’s running mate selection committee. The reason given was his shenanigans related to preferential mortgage treatment from Countrywide Financial, but I have a feeling that Obama is his own man and it may go deeper than that.

Hopefully the final selection of his running mate will bear this out by not being a Bilderberger preselect.

 

Campbell’s Liberals Force Closure of TILMA Bill 32 in BC

Despite significant public outcry, Bill 32 went into effect without any vote in the Legislature today. The enabling legislation sets the private courts system Trade Investment and Labour Mobility (TILMA) into motion, ceding the right to corporations to sue local governments and other entities for regulations deemed to impede profits.

“For the past year and a half the Minister for Economic Development Colin Hansen has repeatedly promised that TILMA would be debated and voted on,” says Carleen Pickard, regional organizer with the Council of Canadians. “It is incredible that there has been no discussion on an agreement that will lower standards across the two provinces and undermine local government autonomy. The government has gone to extreme measures to make sure the public knows nothing about it.”

The controversial agreement, signed secretly between the BC and Alberta premiers in 2006, came into effect on April 1, 2007. Some components of the agreement came into effect immediately while others will take effect in 2009, when the agreement will fully apply to municipalities, and other government entities. While the signatories believe TILMA will increase business and competition between the provinces, critics are outraged that the governments see fit to override local decision making and democracy for the benefit of corporations.

 

Hillary creates a new identity

Hillary got caught lying about dodging sniper fire in Bosnia and is now comparing herself to Rocky Balboa. That’s funny. Rocky was a punchy, too old to fight white guy who lost the big fight to a black man. 

Hillary could do with some new advisors, but as her campaign is broke she is stuck with what she has.

 

Dennis Kucinich Moves For Impeachment of Richard Cheney

Bravo Dennis!

Millions of Americans cared enough to vote a Democratic majority into congress with the expectation that they would end the illegal invasion of Iraq.  However,  nothing changed.  Nancy Pelosi’s first announcement on becoming speaker was that impeachment is off the table.  And congress is whipped into rolling over and giving Cheney/Bush whatever they want.

Dennis Kucinich is the only one speaking for the people.  

 

Darth Cheney, if you will

Dick Cheney: Invading Baghdad Would Create Quagmire

In this interview from April 15th, 1994, oily Dick Cheney justifies the reasons why they didn’t invade Baghdad and topple Saddam Hussein in Gulf War I.

Video is posted by “grandtheftcountry“

NOTE: As of 6:17 EDT on Sunday, Aug 12th, YouTube removed this video from the Today lists [ie. most viewed, most discussed, top rated, top favorites]. (more)

 

Monsanto unveils their new frozen dinner entre

Art by David Dees

 

Be wary of food labeled “All Natural”

I’ve seen shoppers pick up junk food and go… “hmm… all natural…” and toss it into their buggy thinking they were getting something healthy.

This excellent article from News Target explains how the food corporations use misleading labeling to trick people into buying their toxic junk food.

Don’t be fooled by “all natural” claims on foods and grocery products

…the truth is that food manufacturers can use just about any ingredients or processes they want while still claiming their foods are all-natural. They can take whole wheat berries from nature, mill them down and strip out 98% of the nutrients, bleach the flour with chemicals, “enrich” the flour with synthetic chemical vitamins, and then claim their wheat is “all natural.”

And why is it natural? Because it comes from the earth, they would say. It was grown by nature.

Sure it was, but then it was physically and chemically modified, adulterated, contaminated and altered in ways that destroy its natural properties. The final product has no resemblance to anything truly natural.

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Of course the corporations can get away with misleading the public because the government is bought and paid for, and firmly in their pocket.

 

Tell me again why we are there, Stephen Harper???

Are the Canadians any different than the Brits or the Yanks?

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In a village damaged by a British attack on the night of 7 October, some people were too angry to talk to me because I was British.

One merely pointed to the torn and bloody women’s clothing left in the ruins of the house and said bitterly, “Are these the kind of houses they have come to build – the kind where clothing is cut to pieces?”.

Nato sources describe this village as being heavily defended by the Taleban, who fired on their forces throughout the operation.

British soldiers landed in helicopters, arrested a suspect and flew away.

But they left six dead in one family, including three young girls, and partially demolished the mosque.

Thousands of people have fled the fighting, many seeking refuge in Kandahar city, where they are putting severe pressure on the ability of the UN’s World Food Programme to help.

They fear for the homes and farms they have left behind, and while not active Taleban supporters, it is clear that most blame Nato more for the worsening violence.

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Originally published Thursday, October 26, 2006

 

Butterflies, Logs and Transnational Corporations

Sky News reports that one of Britain’s rarest butterflies has made a comeback to an area where it has been extinct for more than 40 years. The Adonis Blue became rare after a loss of its habitat, but there has been a shift and the butterfly is recovering.

The ecologically disastrous spraying for the gypsy moth killed off most of the butterflies around the Capital Regional District on Vancouver Island seven years ago. The government insisted that the spraying had to be done to save our forests from the voracious pests. They said if the forests were decimated by the gypsy moth, there wouldn’t be any more jobs.

The thing is, the forest industry jobs and the communities that depend upon them on the island are all pretty much decimated anyhow. Mills are shut down and the small towns are suffering. The timber rights and the heritage of the citizens is now owned by transnational corporations who have no ties to the communites and only care about their bottom line. The companies get their hands on some nice old growth, strip it off then carve up the land and sell it to developers for tacky subdivisions. Adding insult to injury, the Gordon Campbell Liberals allow raw logs to be exported out of the country, doing away with even more jobs.

Thankfully, a few more butterflies are coming back every year since they were poisoned seven years ago. Maybe next time, we can spray something on the corporations and their cronies in government before paradise is paved over and there is some habitat left for the butterflies and other critters.

Originally published Monday, August 07, 2006