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December 3.2012
The first significant event of Obama's second and final presidency was a sex scandal involving the director of the CIA. It involvesat least 2 women, a biographer and a socialite, e-mails, a cover-up, and the breaking of two federal laws. David Petraeus formally resigned to the President on Nov 8 and ...
Are we hearing Rob Ford’s Final Bugle blow?
November 27.2012
Like most days, Monday was a bad day to have your heart set on Rob Ford. At 10 am on Monday, Ford was evicted from the Mayor’s office by Ottawa-based Justice Charles Hackland for violating certain codes of conduct for which the sole solemn punishment is having the your duties stripped ...
The case for Mitt Romney, or, a vote for Mitt is a vote against Hillary
November 5.2012
Tomorrow is the US presidential election. As per the constitution, election falls on the first Tuesday between November 2 and November 8. The polls show a dead heat. In my mind, the debates have showed Obama and Romney as virtually indistinguishable except on very fine details (tax and health policy). ...
Please, don’t call it a debate.
October 10.2012
The presidential campaign is meal ticket for so many. Consider the interested: photographers, cameramen, makeup people, vetted reporters, TV crews, media consultants, campaign managers, both political parties, balloon artists, button and sticker makers, a lighting and audio-visual crew, stage and set builders, advertising firms, political action committees and the high-flying donors, ...
Voting Rights and the impending step backwards for American democracy.
October 5.2012
Assuming money hasn't already corrupted government elections, this year's U.S. presidential election is looking like it will be won or lost based on the Republican party's ability to change enough voting districts and limit the influence of Democratic voters. An article in the New York Times Review of Books by Elizabeth ...
Did the Defence Minister’s wife help close the Iranian embassies in Canada?
October 1.2012
On September 7, the Canadian government told Iran's ambassadors in Ottawa they had five days to leave the country. The closure was a surprise since it didn't occur on the heels of any triggering event by the Islamic Republic of Iran. John Baird, Canada's highest ranking foreign minister, said the ...
Romney’s gaffe is unsurprising yet important.
September 19.2012
A leaked video that was recorded in secret showed Mitt Romney at a private fundraising dinner saying he doesn't care about 47% of America. It was obtained and disseminated by Mother Jones, a San-Francisco based magazine. It's a very damaging comment to his campaign. He has in the past subconsciously ...
Murder Inc., The biggest mafia in Afghanistan
September 18.2012
Hillary Clinton's decision to label the Haqqani Network in Pakistan a terrorist organization is a strong indicator that Washington-Islamabad relations are becoming sour grapes. Some reports say the US Congress is pressuring Clinton to state her position based on the Clinton report published after the Haqqani network conducted an attack on ...
‘Class’ warfare: a primer on the Chicago teachers strike
September 14.2012
An estimated 30,000 public school teachers in Chicago walked off the job on Monday for the first time since 1987, leaving 350,000 students in limbo. Chicago is the third-largest school district in the United States and it is the city where President Obama launched his presidential bid. There are national ...
Barack Obama – The books that matter.
September 4.2012
David Remnick, The Bridge: The Life and Rise of Barack Obama (April 2010) Alfred Knopf. Tariq Ali, The Obama Syndrome: Surrender at home, war abroad (2010) Verso Dinesh D'souza The Roots of Obama's Rage, (2010), Regnery press David Maraniss: Barack Obama: The Story (June 2012), Simon & Schuster There is now a freshet of ...
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