Mulrooney evades Dewar’s question – Humphrey Appleton would be proud

I was watching CPAC today and wow I had flashbacks to Yes Minister.
“Can you guarantee prior to the to the 2007 update that no Canadian transfer prisoner was tortured?” Asks Dewar.
Cue evasion, answering a different question, chairperson interruptions etc. Wow Colvin was right, the testimony of the generals and Mulrooney just add weight to how [...]

White, xtian men covered up the physical and sexual abuse of children by other white, xtian men.

The final report is out.
The catholic church in Ireland was the recipient of organised help in covering up its horrific actions towards small children in its care. The organised help came from the hierarchy of the church in Rome (including the office that the present pope held last) as well as at the diocese level.
The [...]

Canadian Cynic raises an important issue and I disagree with him on his verdict

I understand the emotion Cynic is expressing here.
He is frustrated at the so called “Troop loving” Tories using the good name of our armed forces to slander a good man and to refuse to actually get to the facts about who in our government thought it would be okay to hush up a policy lapse [...]

Staring at Goats – what happens when you base your beliefs on nothing

I have just read “The men who stare at goats” by Jon Ronson.
I really do not know what I think anymore. It was an absolutely mind boggling read and as Ronson created his world it became more apparent that it was anything but a comedy.
The book introduces the reader to some seriously screwed up personalities [...]

MacKay tries to deflect torture criticism with a diversion and a General contradicts himself – something rotten here

MacKay repeated that his criticism of Colvin is not personal but that the evidence he gave “cannot be sustained.”
“I don’t believe it’s credible. I don’t believe it’s backed up by fact and what we have to deal with in a parliamentary hearing, as we do in a court of law, or another judicial or public [...]

Enabling torture is not a Canadian value, it’s a US one – Does this mean that the CPoC is unCanadian?

By the standards of a lot of right wing water carriers in Canada the answer is yes. Honesty, fairness and openness are values that Canadians would claim to embrace and hold as part of the Canadian identity. Our charter indeed insists on equality and due process for all. So by the standards of our charter [...]

Brave Sir Paul he ran away – My first comment deletion, I was obviously too close to reality for some

I’ve had my first deletion at this post. It’s kinda weird because I didn’t think what I said was too bad either, so I didn’t keep a copy.
The owner of the blog is Paul who talks tough on all things military.
He posted this:
Finally though, an honest person who explains perfectly what motivates the detractors here.
Thanks.
Then [...]

The Religion – Capitalism dilemma perfectly illustrated.

Apparently the stuff we make things out of and wrap things in is made of organic chemicals that have been found to have had some very serious side effects. They make males more feminine.
“This feminising capacity of phthalates makes them true ‘gender benders’.”
Oh my sainted aunt. The capitalist nature of commerce is changing the manliness [...]

“Torture doesn’t work” – Professor J Schaller

“In 1658, Jacob Schaller, professor of philosophy and ethics, had published a treatise marshaling all the compelling arguments against torture: that it stupefies the senses and makes it impossible to get at the truth; that it produces false confessions; that the Bible does not justify it; that torture produces tyranny and injustice; that nature itself [...]

One picture damns all – The Israeli Foreign Minister reasons rationally

At the risk of being accused of criticising Israel and thus being subjected to accusations of hating everything Jewish. I found this page wherein the the seemingly confused Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman is insisting that a picture be sent around the world.

The reason for this is because the Minister appears to have gotten himself [...]