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Canadian Tories refuse to send soldiers to help flood victims because they’d compete with the private sector
The new Tory majority in Canada is redefining “compassionate conservativism”: Public Safety Minister Vic Toews initially refused to send more troops to help victims of the flood in Quebec’s Richelieu Valley because “the services you are requesting, if … Continue reading
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How a Giant Weapons Maker Became the New Big Brother
William D. Hartung |
Guernica |
Jan 2011
Lockheed Martin is the largest government contractor in history. They train TSA workers and Guantanamo interrogators. Every American household pays them around $260 per year in taxes. The new military industrial… Continue reading
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Canadian regulator smacks Rogers for Net Neutrality failures
Michael Geist sez, “The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission concerns with telcoms company Rogers and its response to net neutrality complaints escalated this week when the Commission sent a letter to the company advising that it… Continue reading
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The Trouble With Liberty
Annotated link http://www.diigo.com/bookmark/http://nymag.com/print/?/news/politics/70282/index5.html Continue reading
Taking Photos In Public Places Is Not A Crime
Glenn Reynolds of Instapundit has a piece in Popular Mechanics about the growing trend of cops bullying photographers who take pictures in public places, and why officials who believe such photography is against the law are mistaken.
I believe there i… Continue reading