International community welcomes Brazilian president tackling important ethical issues in a fair way Julio Severo Brazilian President Lula da Silva delivered an important address at the Human Rights Council meeting in Geneva, on 15 June 2009, where he affirmed that the...
President Obama’s show of anger with AIG for giving out bonus money to its top exec’s has raised the ire of the nation and in AIG it has started an open rebellion. America may have a lot of enemies but AIG would hardly make the top ten list of real bad guys. What’s the...
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A recent campaign launched in England to promote atheism has jumped across the pond onto our very doorstep. The program was originally created to counter the religious advertisement and promotion in England. While Calgary and Toronto has accepted the idea, Vancouver will not...
opinion by jsh12 | 15 wks ago | updated 15 wks ago 95 views | 2 recommendations | 1 comment
Under international law (under the impetus of the U.N. resolution)nations would be able to seek extradition and trial abroad of personswho make statements critical or offensive anywhere in the worldhttp://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/hentoff012809.php3
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Geert Wilders interviewed about his looming prosecution. "Wilders feels persecuted in 'political process,'" by Herman Staal for NRC Handelsblad, January 23: "Geert Wilders was “completely surprised” when he heard on Wednesday that the appeals court of Amsterdam ruled he...
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"The response by a critical mass of Sri Lanka’s artist community to the protests by South Indian artistes to the fighting in the North of Sri Lanka will be noted down as a shameful moment by future generations of creative Sri Lankans. While war lobbies have often recruited...
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"While war lobbies have often recruited artistes to manipulate and revise the impact of war, it is sad that Sri Lanka’s artist community unites only to re-enforce military engagement. There have been many peace vigils during the recent years. Most of these only attract a...
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Politics is skin deep; a collection of striking contrasts between the low bar for White folks and high bar for Black folks in US electoral contests. "For those who still can’t grasp the concept of white privilege, or who are looking for some easy-to-understand examples of...
Barry Artiste Op/Ed So much for British Columbia being the epicenter of Peace and Love of Diversity, perhaps only when it suits them. Yep, Hypocrisy rules, everything from Environmental TreeHugging, Gays,...
The Scientology cult's founder, L. Ron Hubbard, was a white American middle-class male who grew up in the early 20th century. It is not surprising, then, to learn that he was a racist and homophobe, and that there...
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Opinion Barry Artiste Much like Environmentalist Dr. David Suzuki lambasting the Conservative Government over it's Environmental Policies. Environmentalist David Suzuki went on a Cross Country, town to town tour...
"MUSING ON INDEPENDENCE Today is our 43rd Independence Day. I am sitting at home, enjoying a rare day with my family. Just now, the children are playing with their cousins as my little nephew is celebrating his...
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"WASHINGTON - Anti-Americanism is at record levels thanks to US policies such as the war in Iraq, and Washington's perceived hypocrisy in abiding by its own democratic values, US lawmakers said Wednesday. ""A...
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Colin Powell is in Vancouver to give a speech. Some of the locals aren't too happy about it."Colin Powell, George Bush's former secretary of state and previously the general in charge of the slaughter of Iraqi troops in the first Gulf war, is scheduled to speak in...
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" One of the latest Iranian statement, I quote, ..”Iran has begun installing 6,000 new centrifuges at its uranium enrichment plant in Natanz, President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said Tuesday,”…(see here), did not...
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