Daily Digest August 29, 2011

The DAILY DIGEST: INFORMATION and OPINION from ST. JOHN'S to VICTORIA.
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OPINION AND INFORMATION

Brian Topp vows to step aside as NDP president
if he seeks leadership to replace Jack Layton as party leader. MORE...

Related

• Don Martin: Who are the contenders for the NDP's top job?
• Smith: Is Olivia Chow destined to become the next NDP leader?
• O'Malley: NDP Leadership Watch: Who Makes The Rules? Federal Council, of course
• NDP to set leadership rules Sept. 9
• O'Malley: NDP Leadership Watch: About that 25 percent of the vote set aside for labour ...
• January NDP leadership convention could kill Mulcair's chances of winning, say NDP insiders
• David Miller's name is being floated for the NDP's top spot, but can anyone from Toronto win (again)?
• O'Malley: NDP Leadership Watch: "Thinking" time running out for Brian Topp?
• Diebel Analysis: Will Olivia run for the top NDP job?
• O'Malley: NDP Leadership Watch: Who Makes The Rules? Federal Council, of course
• Don Martin: Who are the contenders for the NDP's top job?
• O'Malley: NDP Leadership Watch: About that 25 percent of the vote set aside for labour ...
• January NDP leadership convention could kill Mulcair's chances of winning, say NDP insiders
• David Miller's name is being floated for the NDP's top spot, but can anyone from Toronto win (again)?
• O'Malley: NDP Leadership Watch: "Thinking" time running out for Brian Topp?
• Diebel Analysis: Will Olivia run for the top NDP job?
• Life after Layton: NDP's big test
• Layton's sendoff befitting for inspirational leader
• Can the NDP survive without Jack?
• 'It doesn't matter who you are, Jack's death touches you in some way'
• Cadillac Jack
• Outside of politics, Layton was a 'fish in water,' it taught him a lot
• Layton: not perfect, but good
• Layton legacy may be stronger social democracy
• NDP moving on after Layton funeral
• Jack Layton secures his place in NDP – and Canadian – pantheon
• NDP moving on after Layton funeral

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• Harper's big tent?
•          Believe it or not: Less educated legislators do a better job
• It's time for the CBC to move out
•          Putting politics before public safety
• Canada in danger of missing the boat in the Arctic
•          The cost of taking voters for granted
• The GG sets the tone
•          Merging with NDP not on agenda as Liberals gather for summer retreat
• Liberal caucus focused on rebuilding
•          U.S.-Canada border reports to be released
• Ballots behind bars: more inmates casting votes
•          Military looking to purchase over $750 M in new trucks
• $190-million and $7.5-million contracts up for tender in Parliament Hill Renos
•          Mortgage refinancing drops under new rules: CMHC
• Liberals gather in Ottawa to analyze loss, prepare for future
•          PM should convene first ministers meeting on health, say opposition critics
• Feds' approach to Northern economic development 'short sighted'
•          Looking at technology to find fugitives
• Air Canada flight attendants hope government stays out of labour dispute
•          B.C. taking 'step back' with HST vote
• B.C. HST vote: Why good economics falls on deaf ears
•          Quebec government relents, agrees mother doesn't need to prove daughter is her own
• Union, agency spar over loss of N.B. blood services
•          Shelter not so tax-free for many
• Canada's organic farmers grow respect
•          Welcome to the Harper Government
• Trapped in a Whirlpool: No Wonder Harper Wants Us Kept In The Dark On CETA
•          Is Going to College Worth It?
• HST Down, Christy Clark to Follow
•          Suppressing Schizophrenia
• Stephen Lewis's eulogy makes Harper stand up for 'social democracy'
•          Gov must produce RCMP audit before it's too late, says civil liberties group

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• Rebels lack cohesion to rebuild Libya
•          Libya: Spokesman Says Gaddafi Ready To Negotiate
• India's People Victory? – OpEd
•          America's One Child Policy – OpEd
• Religious Freedom For Turkey? – OpEd
•          Iraq: Suicide Bomber Kills 28 In Baghdad Mosque
• Serious Questions On Palestine UN Bid Raised In Legal Opinion – OpEd
•          Iran: Opposition Leader Under Pressure To Make "Confession"
• First Crack In Camp David Accords – OpEd
•          European Women Live Longer Than Men, But Not Better
• Will Tajikistan's Islamic Party See A Renaissance?
•          Libya: Gaddafi Extends Olive Branch?
• Slaughter In Gaza Amid World Silence – OpEd
•          How Dollar Hegemony Fuels US Twin Deficit And Produces An Ineffective Federal Reserve – OpEd
• A Weather Newsgasm – OpEd
•          Libya: Gaddafi Ready To Start Talks On Power Transfer
• Libya: The Liberation of the Hated Abu Salim Prison
•          Ireland's New Famished
• Israeli War Crimes in Gaza and the Women Who Commit Them: Sister Have You Shot a DIME?
•          Secret Exemptions Allowed Speculators to Distort Futures Markets
• WikiLeaks cables expose Washington's close ties to Gaddafi
•          Gaza: Why? Is The Question My Son Asks Me - Dr Al Sahbani
• Inventor writes own rules of the road with green car
•          China expands controls over fast-changing banks to tighten lending curbs
• Iran defies UN by saying it won't stop uranium enrichment program
•          AP EXCLUSIVE: Afghans furious US held secret talks with Taliban, leak identity, scuttle talks
•         War for Africa: 'Libya key to new US bases, cheap labor & resources' http://www.youtube.com/user/RussiaToday
• Qaddafi's Wife and Three of His Children Flee to Algeria Read the Article
•         Egypt seizes arms on Libyan border - TV: http://bit.ly/nWypJl
• Is Fracking Causing Earthquakes? Read the Article at The San Francisco Chronicle
•         Iran starts manufacturing enriched uranium: http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/08/29/55353590.html
• Syria would be a quagmire for NATO, Iran says : - http://bit.ly/n1Q5PD
•          Manufacturing Consent For Attack On Syria: Calls in Syria for weapons, NATO intervention: http://wapo.st/nEaLZZ
• Russia disagrees with western resolution on Syria: http://english.ruvr.ru/2011/08/29/55353534.html
•         UN 'plan for post-Gaddafi Libya' leaked: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/americas/2011/08/20118291127750603.html
• Unseen face of the Libyan conflict: http://www.deccanherald.com/content/187159/unseen-face-libyan-conflict.html
•         Anger simmers among pro-Qaddafi Libyans in Tripoli: http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article495241.ece
• NATO's dirty plan in Libya: http://pakobserver.net/detailnews.asp?id=111418
•          Welcome to Colonialism 2.0  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28977.htm
• The "Liberation" of Libya: NATO Special Forces and Al Qaeda Join Hands   http://www.globalresearch.ca/index.php?context=viewArticle&code=CHO20110828&articleId=26255     

>>>>>>>>>>INFOS <<<<<<<<<<
LUNDI 29 AOÛT 2011

• 21h43 - Parti libéral du Canada · Bob Rae ferme la porte à une éventuelle fusion avec le NPD
• 19h38 - Course à la direction du NPD · Les candidats potentiels refusent de dévoiler leurs couleurs
• 19h37 - Vaccination · Le gouvernement lance une campagne virale
• 18h00 - Culture et langue · François Legault a «choké»
• 17h38 - Hydro-Québec · Les équipes envoyées aux États-Unis rapatriées
• 16h48 - Économie · Pour faciliter le commerce Canada – États-Unis
• 12h16 - Décrochage scolaire · Inattention et hyperactivité
• 11h41 - Amphithéâtre · Québec ne pourra financer tout seul
• 11h23 - Irène au Québec · Précipitations et vents violents sur l'est
• 10h31 - Plan Nord · Le chef autochtone Matthew Coon Come en Chine

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NATO's Teachable Moment
Published: August 29, 2011

Even Britain and France have skimped on munitions and targeters, making it hard for them to carry out multiple missions (both are also fighting in Afghanistan). Now, Britain and France are planning force and equipment cuts that threaten their capacity to take part in future extended foreign operations. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/08/30/opinion/natos-teachable-moment.html

Canada is to-day engaged in two "foreign operations". 

The decade long one in Afghanistan had a reason at the time, 25 Canadians were killed on September 11, 2001, though questions have been and still are being raised about Afghan complicity .

Fortunately no Canadians sent to fight in the Libyan War have been killed or injured.  Why did our country become involved? Does it set a precedent for involvement in still  other "foreign operations"? Has the path taken on balance saved Libyan civilians from being killed up until now?  Will their lives in the future be better than what they were in the past?

What follows very simply could not have been put together.a decade ago. The internet makes it possible to locate articles - and as you know finding one leads to going to another and still another because links to other articles are on the site and so most of August 29th was spent going from link to link.

What is generally known comes through what is termed the "MSM" the main stream media.

Is what follows more accurate that what you are aware of now? I really don't know,

This I do, read what's below and  you'll be more knowledgeable in considering answers to the questions above.

        Joe.

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The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) is an independent US Government agency responsible for providing national security intelligence to senior US policymakers.
To learn more, visit CIA Vision, Mission & Values. LIBYA https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/geos/ly.html

Report of the Working Group on the Universal
Periodic Review*
  Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
http://www2.ohchr.org/english/bodies/hrcouncil/docs/16session/A-HRC-16-15.pdf

64. Canada welcomed improvements made by the Libyan Arab Jamahiriya in its respect
for human rights, specifically the recent legislation that granted women married to
foreigners the right to pass on their Libyan nationality to their children, as well as the
acknowledgement of the deaths of hundreds of Abu Salim prisoners in 1996 and the
first in country release of a report by an international non-governmental organization in 2009.
Canada made recommendations

Op-Ed: How Libya was won, by NATO and special forces
  http://www.digitaljournal.com/article/310878#ixzz1WUvkdTK4

What I Learned About Libya:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article28982.htm

Gaddafi - A Libyan Hero
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA08LPxZOcg&feature=related

NTC conced that the Fall of Tripoli was fake video! M Abdeljalil avoue le mensonge !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=y0hGcHTB6fc

CNN Fake Libya War Video Exposed
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElwGIC1eR4A

Please read Qaddafi's Green Book.
Download link
http://911-truth.net/other-books/Muammar-Qaddafi-Green-Book-Eng.pdf

Libyan war far from over the Gaddafi army still not defeated 28/08/11
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=KJ91VWRX-Jk

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