Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Daily Digest September 16, 2008


The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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Dear cz,

The dance band is doing not too shabbily to-day, at all at all.

Consequently, necessarily and hence there'll be no comment on my part about these two articles that are negatives to the CPC , An obsession with total control , Tory dissenters 'idiots, turds' .

I know you disagree
but I'm sure you can see
while were dancing with glee
at our placement on . . .

never was much good at writing verse.

Here's the link.

    Joe

"Give these sites a look as you consider your alternatives":
  http://www.anythingbutconservative.ca/links.htm

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EDITORIALs

ST.JOHN'S TELEGRAM -
Forgetting Haiti

CORNER BROOK WESTERN STAR -
Strange days in the gas business

Taking the easy way out

CAPE BRETON POST -
Leaders restrained on gas promises
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=171595&sc=151

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Sense and sensibility

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
Don't dismiss ideas with merit

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Crisis exposes the limits of unregulated capitalism

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
Lessons in leadership  

OTTAWA SUN -
Party leaders useless on gas prices

TORONTO STAR -
Bad U.S. news affects all of us

GLOBE & MAIL -
Far-reaching collateral damage
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20080916.welehman16/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATIONAL POST -
Who's fooling whom, Elizabeth?. MORE...

HAMILTON SPECTATOR -
Conservatism and me-first philosophy
http://www.thespec.com/Opinions/article/435999

NIAGARA FALLS REVIEW -
Afghan policy reversal an insult to soldiers

K-W RECORD -
Greens hit the big time

SUDBURY STAR -
Clock ticking on John Tory

WINNIPEG FREE PRESS -
Cloud over INAC
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/editorial/story/4226659p-4864701c.html

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
Price gouging by oil industry hard to dispute

REGINA LEADER-POST -
An obsession with total control

CALGARY HERALD -
No conspiracy behind gas prices

GRANDE PRAIRIE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE -
Getting tough on gas prices - Party leaders can't turn blind eye to price hikes

EDMONTON JOURNAL -
Good idea on EI for self-employed

LETHBRIDGE HERALD -
Safety, mobility keys to issue of aging drivers

PRINCE GEORGE CITIZEN -
Big Oil's sheer audacity

Election should be about ideas

VANCOUVER SUN -
Wall Street carnage will have Main Street consequences


ISSUES

AFGHANISTAN -
Afghanistan's tipping point?
http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2008/sep/16/afghanistan.usa

Thousands more troops needed in Afghanistan: NATO
http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=794758

Comment: U.S. Afghan surge to lessen Canada's influence
Early withdrawal ignores other military options
http://www.nationalpost.com/story-printer.html?id=791022

 Tensions Rise
Pakistani troops ready to open fire

Pakistan in border warning to US
Pakistan's army spokesman has made clear that its forces will not tolerate incursions into Pakistani territory.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7618929.stm

Pakistani forces ordered to "open fire" on US forces crossing the border
http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/09/pakistani_forces_ord.php

Pakistan orders troops to fire on US cross-border raids
Army official says field commanders have been told to take action against further raids launched from Afghanistan
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/sep/16/pakistan.afghanistan

 Kandahar remains city under siege  

In Pakistan, sympathy for the Taliban

720 Afghan police killed in 6 months
The Associated Press (09/16/2008)
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Pakistan spy agency must be reformed - U.S. official
Reuters (09/16/2008)
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Afghan gov't hires citizens helping police in ensuring security of Kabul
Xinhua (09/16/2008)
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Willing To Win in Afghanistan?
The Washington Post (09/16/2008)


CANUSA/USACAN
Alberta blindsided by U.S. fuel law


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
Bank of Canada says nation's financial system sound


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
Quebec premier says U.S. election could force emissions caps in Canada

Williams registers ABC Campaign with Elections Canada to fight Harper


PARTY POLITICS
Go head and say it, Prime Minster: You want a majority

Tory dissenters 'idiots, turds'

Harper 'the wrong kind of strong,' says Layton

Supporting opposition will hurt economy, Harper says

Harper dodging Cadman court case, Liberals say

Rescue Effort
Liberals team up to salvage campaign


POLITICAL OPINION -
Canada Conservatives in reach of majority: poll

Tory lead shrinking, new poll suggests

The ladies' man  Harper bids for female voters

Harper guns for seats in francophone Quebec

Dion wades on as criticism grows


PROGRAMMES
Canadians paid a high price for Flaherty's income trust reversal

Harper says 08/09 revenues could beat forecasts


OPINION AND INFORMATION
Energy economy can't turn on dime

Harper is a false friend and does only what is politically expedient

Why we can't win in Afghanistan  

Too right for left and left for right: Harper's hitting centre

Beware leaders bearing promises

Voters a world away

The Canadian election is boring, but …


INFOS 
Jour 10: Une manifestation contre Harper; des rumeurs de division chez Dion
http://info.branchez-vous.com/Nationales/080916/N091628AU.html

Campagne électorale
La bataille de l'Ontario
http://elections.radio-canada.ca/elections/federales2008/2008/09/16/010-Ontario-bataille-election.shtml

Communautés autochtones
L'accent sur les affaires
http://www.radio-canada.ca/regions/atlantique/2008/09/16/001-IPE-reunion-autochtones_n.shtml

Campagne électorale
Premier forum des chefs sur Internet
http://elections.radio-canada.ca/elections/federales2008/2008/09/14/009-forum_des_chefs.shtml

Immigration
Des professions plus accessibles
http://www.radio-canada.ca/nouvelles/societe/2008/09/15/003-Formation-appoint.shtml

Bloc québécois
Une place utile à Ottawa?
http://elections.radio-canada.ca/elections/federales2008/2008/09/15/007-bloc-pertinence-epreuv.shtml

Parti conservateur
Annoncer, rassurer, justifier
http://elections.radio-canada.ca/elections/federales2008/2008/09/15/008-harper-autonome.asp

Duceppe veut le Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean
http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080916/CPELECFED03/80916099/7068/CPELECFED

Québec: un député du PC courtise les pentecôtistes
http://www.ledevoir.com/2008/09/16/205765.html

Langue: le Bloc revient à la charge

Sondage - L'écart se rétrécit entre le PC et le PLC

Le PLC promet de l'aide aux malades pour les frais de médicaments

http://www.cyberpresse.ca/article/20080916/CPELECFED01/80916079/7068/CPELECFED

 Dion veut réduire la pénurie de médecins


Bob Rae tries to rescue Liberal campaign. MORE...

Too early to discount the Liberalst, .. MORE...

Charest jabs at Harper.. MORE...

The Liberals' unholy trinity in Quebec.. MORE...

Harper on bended knee wooing women voters. MORE...

The Liberals blew it on the Afghanistan file MORE ...

Beware politicians who promise to 'manage the economy' MORE...

The lipstick has come off this economic pig. MORE...

There is no shelter for Canada from the gathering economic storm. MORE...

Gas prices, gouging and crude regulation MORE...

Party website offers the minimum on Maxime.. MORE...

Quebecers won't be green fogged. MORE...

Lessons in right-wing reality from one Harper to another  MORE...

Naked campaign truths MORE..

Stephen Harper: moving target. MORE...

Sense and sensibility. MORE...

There's more to this election than Conservatives and Liberals. MORE...

Northern basket case MORE...

Latest CPAC-Nanos Tracking
CP 38, LP 31, NDP 17, GP 8, BQ 6

Harper gains, Dion slips in B.C., suggests poll

Canadian medical journal demands listeria inquiry

 Tory agenda sidetracked by protesters

 Turner under media fire

Garth: My Mistakes

Credibility

DND knife contract goes to China firm

 Liberals 'belittling economy', says Harper

 Harper acknowledges 'problems' with Canadian economy

PM blasted on economy

 Canada's economic woes attract election campaign spotlight

Don't throw in the towel, Harper urges Canadians

Tories would offer tax credit to 1st-time homebuyers: Harper

Dion pledges $900M catastrophic drug coverage plan

 Stumbling campaign angers Liberal insiders

 Insiders hint at unrest in Liberal ranks

No Tory majority, Grits heading for big fall

 Dion AWOL from party ads

 Liberal Green Shift would benefit oilsands: Baird

Sask. Party gov't releases Green Shift evaluation

 Poll shows opposition to Green Shift in Atlantic Canada

P.E.I. really down on green shift: poll

Media takes on Garth

Tories stalled in key ridings, poll suggests

 High time Tories sewed up loophole, Epp says

 Canada's financial firewall: The border

 All parties should know cost of war: federal monitor

 Gas prices drop across Canada overnight

Arts funding to come through, Charest predicts

Bumpy road on the Rock for Dion

 Liberals planning gang task force for B.C.

 Voters split over key issues: poll

All aboard for revival of railway politicking

 Duceppe shrugs off critics

 Foreign media gives Canada little election coverage

 Facebook the new hustings

 Oil spills off Newfoundland far exceed estimates, study finds

 Web expands hate speech law: expert

 General David Petraeus takes on Afghanistan

 Tainted formula hunt spreads to Canada
Contaminated infant formula laced with melamine slipped into Canada from China.

Williams takes fight with Harper online
Today, Williams launched AnythingButConservative.ca

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