Monday, November 24, 2008

Daily Digest November 24, 2008


The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
ARCHIVED at http://cdndailydigest.blogspot.com/

EDITORIAL PAGEs

CAPE BRETON POST -
Liberal contest poses age issue
http://www.capebretonpost.com/index.cfm?sid=192642&sc=151

HALIFAX CHRONICLE HERALD -
Is Iran closer to the bomb?

AMHERST DAILY NEWS -
A military conundrum

MONTREAL GAZETTE -
Iran's double dilemma: falling oil prices and Barack Obama

OTTAWA CITIZEN -
A new remedy for medicine

Computing gender differences

KINGSTON WHIG STANDARD-
A CALMING THRONE SPEECH

TORONTO STAR -
Economic storm engulfing cities

Debate teen drivers' bill

GLOBE & MAIL -
Canada is lax on offshore accountsComment6
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081124.wecanadadesk24/BNStory/specialComment/home

New method, same result
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081124.weinsite24/BNStory/specialComment/home

Putin pays a price
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20081124.wePutin24/BNStory/specialComment/home

NATIONAL POST -
Thought control at Queen's
http://www.nationalpost.com/opinion/story.html?id=987741

The Moon report gets it right
http://network.nationalpost.com/np/blogs/fullcomment/archive/2008/11/24/national-post-editorial-board-the-moon-report-gets-it-right.aspx

WINDSOR STAR -
Behind the curve on food regulation
http://www.canada.com/windsorstar/news/editorial/story.html?id=550f5ca3-b8a2-4035-aeea-4eb8aeffc977

 The Holocaust

SUDBURY STAR -
Leave discipline to parents

WINNIPEG SUN -
The party of older, white guys

SASKATOON STARPHOENIX -
Nutana proposal a better method to mark students

REGINA LEADER-POST -
Oilsands slide into a sticky patch

CALGARY HERALD -
Baffling ban good politics

GRANDE PRAIRIE DAILY HERALD TRIBUNE -
Government bailouts will only prolong restructuring

VANCOUVER SUN -
Is it only a 'crazed' individual behind pipeline bombings?

VICTORIA TIMES-COLONIST -
Dimmer lights, brighter future


ISSUES

AFGHANISTAN -
CANUSA/USACAN
U.S. federal court refuses to intervene in Guantanamo Canadian detainee case


ECONOMIC AFFAIRS
FOREIGN AFFAIRS
HEALTH CARE RELATED
Most provinces get C grade on osteoporosis treatment
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081124/osteoporosis_reportcard_081124/20081124?hub=Canada


POLITICS IN THE PROVINCES
PARTY POLITICS
POLITICAL OPINION -
PROGRAMMES
PRESSURE POINTS
Canadians' Energy Consumption Habits Must Change, Report Says
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=987854


OPINION AND INFORMATION
INFOS 
La Teoria Conspiratoria

The new world devised by Maurice Strong and George Soros
http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/6485

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ON or OFF TARGET?

My view is both highlighted statements of Canada's top military commander are inaccurate. Do you agree or disagree"

Canada's top military commander says international shipping companies need to take more responsibility for their security in light of increased pirates attacks off the east coast of Africa.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20081124/natynczyk_pirates_081124/20081124?hub=Canada

High-seas piracy a boon for Blackwater mercs
http://rawstory.com/news/2008/66_companies_want_Blackwater_protection_from_1120.html

Ottawa has made it clear that Canada's military commitment in Kandahar is over in 2011 and Natynczyk said he's confident there will be other countries there to fill the gap. http://ca.news.yahoo.com/s/capress/081124/national/afghan_cda_surge

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From: "John Brine"
Subject: Christmas Radio

Hello folks,
 
This is a very nice all Christmas online radio station.
 
Take care!
 
John.
 
You may have to cut and paste the address below into your address bar.
http://www.christmasradio.net/

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From: "Robert Ede"
Subject:  "I HAVE SEEN THE FUTURE AND IT IS FORD'S BRAZIL FACTORY
              http://info.detnews.com/video/index.cfm?id=1189

Stop the Media Madness (non-stop reportage of monetary/ fiscal/ economic 'bad news') lest the 'shorts' take us All to Zero.

Robert (Rob) Ede,

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Ne'er fear , , , the cavalry is on its way as of to-day!
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From: "Rebecca Gingrich"
Subject: Drug Treatment

Joe--just sent this email to Caplan!
Becky

Mr. Caplan--I would like to congratulate your government for finally introducing the death sentence to Ontario.  Sadly, this decision only applies to desperately ill children, not murderers.  In case it has escaped your attention, I am talking about Andrew Lanese and your department's refusal to fund his drug treatment to control Hunter Syndrome.
You, in your position of controlling health care dollars, have sentenced this little boy to death.  His parents show how he has improved with the commencement of taking Elaprase, but you, and your flunkies, have decided that he has not improved, even with  visible proof.
As usual, it is left to the community to rally around this child and his family.  As usual, it is citizens that get things done with our after tax dollars, not the government that removes so much money from our wallets.  I can't imagine this same decision not fund this treatment would be made if he was the child of one of your MPPs.  I guess it is true that some pigs are more equal?  How do you sleep at night?

Rebecca Gingrich
11 Church Street
Princeton, Ontario
N0J1V0

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For anyone one sharing Becky's views the address is David Kaplan <dcaplan.mpp@liberal.ola.org>

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From: Charles Tupper
Subject: education and the future of technology

Some fascinating stuff here.....

http://www.flixxy.com/technology-and-education-2008.htm

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From: Ray Strachan
Subject: I must be just plain stupid

Joe

I watch the new unfold as best as I can but apparently I don't understand what
I see.

The news says the second in command of Al Quaida was a (Pediatrician.)

The News says that (15 year old Omar Khadars father was( running orphanages)

I hears two American talk show hosts explaining this last night, but after
they gave these details they said "That was before they decided to become
killers"

This is the mentality that we live with I guess. Hypocrisy beyond belief.

Geo W Bush, mass murderer.     Dick Cheney ,mass murderer, war profiteer.

And to think we have Canadians who cast their lot on the side of Bush and
Cheney.

Its almost impossible for me to believe but its true.

Notice this was all done in lower case.    No hostility, no anger,

In other words, dead from the A-h**e both ways.

Ray Strachan    Alberta

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From: Ron Thornton

*Hi Joe:

Thanks to Charles Tupper, I get to brag. I got 30/33 on his American test. I'm just well read when it comes to such things, I guess.

One article, and Rebecca Gingrich, remind me that any bail out to the auto makers must come with strings attached. Among them would be to put the cash toward jobs and construction in Canada...not in Brazil. How many of us have heard about some outfit coming to town, gets all shorts of perks, then disappears in the night to some place even cheaper to operate? Too damn many.

Ron

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From: "Efstratios Psarianos"
33 out of 33 so ....uuuhhh ... Well, I never DID learn how to divide by 33 :-S
To be fair, though, there were 3-4 on which I was hung up. That Roosevelt impeaching Supreme Court judges I chose by
elimination, but even then it took some thinking. (US Supremos can be impeached? Tossed out if they're crooks OK, but ...)
 
Anyway, more revealing is a geography quiz I took earlier today ... It's geared to Canadian teenagers
The best score among the teenagers was 101 out of 131 ... Professor Brainiac here got ... uuuhh ... 84 :-S How embarassing ...
Give it a try!    Take the Challenge!
 
Stratos
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From: "Michael Watkins"

On Sun, November 23, 2008 4:08 pm, Joe Hueglin wrote:
> http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx
> Give it a shot and report your results, eh?

29 of 33, for 87.9%.

Missed 2 on religion, 1 on slavery, one on the source of a quote.

If only I had unlimited time... I'd program one up for Canada.

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From: "Chris Dumfries"

88% on Mr Tupper's quiz. Mind you, at my age, just about everything except the Lincoln-Douglas debates was reported in the local papers. CD

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From: "James P. Kurtz"
Subject: 30 out of 33, or 90+%(3 dumb mistakes!)

Civics Quiz (USA)
Are you more knowledgeable than the average citizen? The average score for all 2,508 Americans taking the following test was 49%; college educators scored 55%. Can you do better? Questions were drawn from past ISI surveys, as well as other nationally recognized exams.

http://www.americancivicliteracy.org/resources/quiz.aspx

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From: "The Natroses"

Hi Joe - on that quiz - I got a 69.7 - not bad for a Canadian
From the Natroses

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Subject: I scored 93%....
To: "James P. Kurtz"
Cc: "Hueglin, Joe"

....and it's frightening to think I know more about US government and
history than most US politicians; that, and my highly developed (Catholic)
ethical monotheistic stance would likely undermine my chances of being
elected to any political office.

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