Potpourri

Bloggers and the Media

Cox and Forkum on LGF , Feb. 15, 05, then to Pajamas at the gates and thence to Comments

narley 2/15/2005

At Powerline , Hindrocket indicates that in the past couple of weeks the annointed of the MSM have directed a lot of verbal and written "hysteria" at bloggers. . . . they suspect that such unsupervised thinking should not be encouraged

Search: Eason Jordan, tortured, blogging is a force for good, mechanisms for self-correction -- in BlogTV




Tibet -- Canada Connection

Dalai Lama tells Canadian gold diggers in Tibet to hit It Judi McLeod, Canadafreepress.com, February 15, 2005

The high profile Dalai Lama may be able to do something for Canadian taxpayers that no one else is doing: force public attention to the bustling business deals springing up between China and Canada. [. . . . ]

Search: Continental Minerals, Inter-Citic -- and you will keep on reading.

New openness in China disaster

CHRONOLOGY-Snapshot of Chinese mining disasters




Audio: Worth Hearing!

Go to the website and check the many listed items; these are of interest.

Salma Abdula, an Arab muslim -- speaks out: "a first hand view of the Mideast crisis" Laurie Roth -- Audio Part 1 and Part 2



The money, honey! -- FINANCES CAN BE IN TURMOIL AFTER COUPLES OPT TO SPLIT UP Linda Leatherdale, Business Editor, Toronto Sun, Feb. 13, 05

D-I-V-O-R-C-E. It's the dreaded seven-letter word that leads to financial and emotional nightmares.

[. . . . ] SO YOU DIDN'T believe me when I suggested the perfect Valentine's Day gift was a spousal RRSP? [. . . . ]

UNSCAM -- Sex

"The range of sexual abuse includes " Prostitution, Rapes Run Rampant -- U.N. Sex Crimes in Congo Brian Ross, David Scott and Rhonda Schwartz, Feb. 10, 05



Russian News

Russian Offshore




Former CEO of Cable Giant Rogers, John Tory


John Tory wins byelection nomination, casts himself as voice for rural riding Greg Bonnell, Feb 12, 05

TORONTO (CP) - Conservative Leader John Tory cast himself as a voice for rural Ontario on Saturday and pledged to mend relations with doctors as his bid to capture a seat in provincial parliament began in earnest.

"I believe in rural Ontario," Tory told an audience of party faithful in Orangeville, Ont., after being nominated to represent them in a byelection. "I may not live here, but I want to work here and I will work hard for you if I am elected."

As the Toronto-based leader of the Conservatives, Tory will have to persuade the riding of small towns and farms that he's the one to back. [. . . . ]

PQ Labour and WalMart

Granby Wal-Mart receives bomb threat, third store in two days

This is very bad. I vaguely remember a Videotron outlet that was fire bombed twice, though the reason escapes me. Was this because of labour problems in Quebec also? It is one thing to have a labour dispute but not this.




Svend Robinson -- A modern medical miracle recovery? Or scamming the system? Anybody else would have gotten a few years in the slammer for theft over . . .

What theatre! I watched CBC and Svend -- and rolled my eyes -- No, Svend! Don't even think of it.

Svend may run again -- POLITICS IN BLOOD: TAINTED EX-MP Kathleen Harris, Ottawa, Feb. 14, 05

DISGRACED former NDP MP Svend Robinson is battling his own "demons" and pondering a possible political comeback. In his first media interview since he "snapped" and swiped an expensive diamond ring from an auction sale, the long-time British Columbia MP told CBC News Sunday that politics is in his "blood" and hinted he could stage a return to Parliament Hill. [. . . . ]

He's a product of the caring professions, no? He's got the jargon down pat. MP's work so hard. Canonization to come? Saint Svend sacrificed to . . .