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At last, somebody in an official position has said something.
On May 15, the blog "Window into Palestine" carried a story about a Palestinian-Canadian who found a strange government form on the internet. The Canadian Adult Simplified Renewal Passport Application asked place of birth, and the answer was to be chosen from a drop-down menu. For Palestinians born in the West Bank, the entry was "West Bank of Jordan-Jordan."
The man in a white lab coat holds up a test tube, similar to those we used in high school chemistry class. He lightheartedly taps the mysterious blue liquid in the tube while telling us; "If you are not completely satisfied, we'll give you your money back." For emphasis, he adds, "I will give you your money back."
In the early days of the demonstrations of people power on Arab streets it could have been said (some did say) that they were a huge setback for all the various forces of violent Islamic extremism. This because the demonstrations, in Egypt especially, seemed to be sending a clear signal - that change could be brought about by peaceful means on a non-sectarian basis. But...
When the United States sneezes, Canada gets pneumonia. The U.S. is our largest trading partner. We sell more to them than to anyone else in the world, and they are also our biggest source of imports. As a result, we are heavily reliant on the U.S. market.
In late November last year, when General Motors (GM) announced it was closing it's Oshawa, Ontario plant at the end of 2019, thus putting more than 2,500 employees out of work, Jerry Dias, the head of Unifor - the union representing workers at General Motors in Oshawa - argued the company's decision could lead to the collapse of the auto-parts industry in Canada and demanded a sharp response from the Trudeau government.
While millions of people the world over don't have enough to eat, the three main parties in the Quebec National Assembly are alarmed that Quebecers may be unwittingly consuming halal meat.
The corporate media have given considerable attention to the activities of the Black Bloc at the recent G20 and smeared them by calling them "anarchists."
A bomb blast in Oslo. The first reaction-it must be Muslim extremists. But no, it turns out that Anders Behring Breivik is anti-Muslim, anti-immigrant, and an Evangelical Christian right-wing extremist. Why do Muslims come to mind first?
Iraqi Yazidis have been in the news lately, and not pleasant news. The Islamic State extremists have overrun some Yazidi villages, with the command to convert to their brand of Islam or die. Many have been killed or have fled. Women have been carried off. But who are the Yazidis?
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