Now that LIBYA is liberated with Canada's assistance, there will be a mad rush to capture lucrative contracts to rebuild what NATO bombs destroyed... how will Canada fair in the competition?
This is a copy of a posting made to MSN's Tech & Gadgets forum that I thought was worth promoting here for fellow Canadians as well as others beyond our boarder to see what is happening to our great country; (link to original article: http://www.geektown.ca/2011/10/canadas-privacy-law-just-got-a-bit-less-p...)
I've just released online a booklet containing some of my writings on Aboriginal issues. It's got stuff about language, culture, education, activism, sovereignty and more ... Available (at no cost) in two forms: PDF e-book or formatted for printing out as a 'zine' (ie doublesided and then fold/staple (or elastic)).
Please see below for a video I put together on the Barriere Lake Algonquin Nation standing up against the Canadian government who has abolished their traditional customary governance and imposed band council elections under the Indian Act.
The ground is soaked with blood
It is not my blood so why should I care
Those who died likely deserved it
I don’t know for sure – I wasn’t there!
The media favors one side over the other
The sound bite brief on detail simply says:
`Israeli bomb strike kills a boy and his mother’
I’m sure the fight was fair
He is particularly known for his commentaries on the nature of individualism, citizenship and the public good; the failures of managerially/technocratically led societies; the confusion between leadership and managerialism; military strategy, in particular irregular warfare; the role of freedom of speech and culture; and his critique of contemporary economic arguments
This is the best pot documentary I’ve seen yet. It tears into the most commonly heard myths regarding cannabis. This movie is to cannabis/hemp what food inc. was for the food industry. It puts everything into perspective for the average human.
Lucy Allen and Alan Lucia had awkward walks that no one liked. Skunk-mashed linoleum jeans and faces decorated by death artists. Rolling like rocks down Main Street avenues, their craft a cathedral. Paroxysms of nerve damage make you uneasy. They’re greasy like bats. Ten million clay soldiers trafficking their lines of credit through Kenaston Boulevard cross-town traffic.
"Banish the word 'struggle' from your attitude and your vocabulary. All that we do now must be done in a sacred manner and in celebration.
We are the ones we have been waiting for." — Hopi elders
