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Tag Archives: Canada
Leader of the Opposition
Whilst most elected Republicans are still preoccupied in pledging to work with (or for) the Obama administration, Sarah Palin isn’t having any of it. This is significant criticism, because it is vitally important that a Republican leader emerges who can … Continue reading
Posted in Domestic Politics
Tagged 1976, 2012 election, administration, Canada, leader of the opposition, leadership, Obama, Palin, pipeline, Republican, Republicans, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, Washington
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A Man Without a Season
Stéphane Dion, leader of the defeated Canadian Liberal Party, has rather ignominiously resigned his position today. Thereby he becomes the first Liberal Party leader since the 19th century to have never become Prime Minister of Canada. Given his dismal political … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged Canada, Canadian politics, Dion, Domestic Politics, election, English, language, Liberal Party, National Post, Stéphane Dion
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Outer Dark
(photo: Brian Long) Dr. Andre Lalonde, executive vice president of the Canadian Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, is concerned that Sarah Palin’s decision to have Trig, may lead to a reduction of abortions in Canada through positive example. This is … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Domestic Politics
Tagged abortion, Andre Lalonde, antiabortion, Brian Long, Canada, Democrats, Eugenics, Lalonde, Medicaid, Obama, Palin, pro-choice, pro-life, radical feminism, Sarah Palin, social policy, Society of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, Trig Palin, Unintended Pregnancy Reduction Act, vice president, zero population growth
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Nouveau Western Revisited
This post of stills reminded me once again of how gorgeous the landscape cinematography was in Brokeback Mountain. Also reminded me of what a friend of mine described as its secret: “You’re in the Canadian Rockies. Turn the camera on.” … Continue reading
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Brokeback Mountain, Canada, cinematography, film, landscape, movie, Rocky Mountains, stills, western
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The Next Baseless Consumer Scare
Yesterday our flappy-headed friends to the North fired the opening salvo in the next ridiculous consumer scare that, thanks to New York Democratic Senator Charles Schumer, is sure to be convulsing US consumer markets soon. The enemy this time? BPA, … Continue reading
What happened to the world?
“Freedom of speech is an American concept, so I don’t give it any value.” via Althouse.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Canada, ezra levant, human rights, richard warman, speech, threats to freedom
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Ezra Levant Sued Again
Richard Warman is suing him and many other Canadian bloggers. Read all about it.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Canada, Canadian Human Rights Act, ezra levant, free speech, richard warman
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Success Breeds Success
photo: Socar Myles According to a new study from a McMaster University research group, female rats prefer the scent of sexually active males in choosing their own sexual partners.
Posted in Around the Web
Tagged Canada, male, McMaster University, Ontario, partners, rat, rats, research, science, sex, sexual, study
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Into the Fair Tax Black Market
photo: Simón Pais-Thomas Toronto police recently seized shipments of 10,320,000 counterfeit cigarettes from China (PRC authorities themselves intercepted nine billion in 2007). Chinese made counterfeits bearing fake American branding such as Marlboro, are produced “in underground operations, caves and old … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Foreign affairs, Lee's Page
Tagged black market, Canada, China, Chinese, cigarettes, counterfeit, crime, fair tax, Huckabee, illegal, Marlboro, retail, sales tax, smoking, tax, utopian
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Death by Fairness
photo: Simón Pais-Thomas Mick at Uncorrelated has another lovely post on the essentially vile character and politics of Mike Huckabee. Toward the end of his remarks he briefly hits Huckabee’s proposed Fair Tax: …and politically DOA policy planks like the … Continue reading
Posted in Economics, Lee's Page
Tagged black market, Canada, cigarettes, conservative, consumption tax, economy, fair tax, Huckabee, IRS, libertarian, Mexico, Mike Gravel, Neal Boortz, Ron Paul, smuggling, socialism, taxation, trade, Wal-Mart
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Scrambling for Africa: A Conversation with John Ghazvinian
Gas flaring in the Niger Delta (photo: Ellie) John Ghazvinian is a journalist and historian of considerable insight into African affairs. He also happens to have written one of the best recent books on the emergent international struggle for African … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Developmental economics, Economics, Foreign affairs, Interviews, Lee's Page
Tagged Africa, Alberta, Angola, Arctic, Beijing, Bonga, business, Cabinda, Cameroon, Canada, Chad, Chevron, cocoa, Cold War, Congo, Domestic Politics, Dutch disease, economy, energy, Environment, ethnic nationalism, Financial Times, FPSO, Gabon, Geneva, geostrategy, ghana, guerrilla warfare, Gulf of Guinea, Houston, IMF, interview, John Ghazvinian, Joseph Kia Mboungou, kidnapping, left, memo, mercantile, Middle East, neoconservative, Niger Delta, Nigeria, offshore, oil, oil sands, oilfield trash, peak oil, petroleum engineers, post-nationalism, prostitution, reinvestment, rentier, Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Arabia, Scotland, shale, Shell, subculture, Suez Canal, Transportation, Uganda, UK, United Nations, Washington, workers, World Bank, Zimbabwe
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Silk Purses and Sow’s Ears
(Cross Posted at What if?) We all know that you cannot make a silk purse from a sow’s ear. Similarly, an anti-racism conference that features Libya as its chair, with Cuba as its vice-chair, has virtually no chance of achieving … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign affairs, Media, Peg's Page, Race
Tagged Canada, Cuba, HRC, human rights, Human Rights Comittee, Israel, Libya, racism, UN
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Canada and Immigration
McQ finds the Canadians have been struggling with their own immigration mess. Uh, well some of us wish they had been.