Daily Digest January 1, 2012

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

_____CANADA

Conservatives laying groundwork for Office of Religious Freedom
The Harper government is preparing to carve out a new role for Canada as a champion of religious rights abroad,
another sign of the Conservative shift in foreign policy and one that has roots
in the tragic 2011 assassination of a Pakistani cabinet minister.
MORE...

• All means all.
•          Understanding the limits of government
• A year of political change
•          Tories must focus on conservatism
• Time for all of us to toughen up.
•          2012 glass is half-full
• Plenty to forget
•          Ron Paul supporters so fed up, they welcome his insane policies.
• Elite athletes just meal tickets for owners
•          Reality jostles with hope in advance of natives' meeting with Harper
• Road to Liberal resurrection in Quebec: Bob Rae
•          Looking forward, what will make headlines in 2012?
• MP 'rammed' in hit-and-run
•          Federal bureaucrats worry about jobs as cuts draw near
• Multiculturalism Trudeau's gift to Canada
•          Tough year for state broadcaster
• Elizabeth May made headlines in 2011
•          Stephen Harper said voters didn't care about partisan tactics. He was right
• Yearender: Canada wraps up 2011 in fierce Conservative shake-up
•          Loonie averages above par versus U.S. dollar for first time since 1976
• Fracking wastewater might have caused Ohio quake
•          Birds fall dead in Arkansas town ­ again
• Christy Clark faces a bigger risk than B.C. voters if Adrian Dix stays in front in the polls
•          A new year, a new beer
• New car seat regulations for children effective today
•          Monarchy's royal treatment signals govt's long-term cultural agenda: experts The Canadian Press - 16 hours ago
• Top political YouTube videos of 2011 Canada Politics - Sat, 31 Dec, 2011
•          Canadians' advice to Stephen Harper, other parties Canada Politics - Sat, 31 Dec, 2011

_____FOREIGN AFFAIRS

Subject: ICH: A World in Denial of What It Knows
Exposing The Crimes Of Empire
  The Peoples Press - Powered By People - For People

 
"All human beings are born free and equal in dignity and rights. They are endowed with reason and conscience and should act towards one another in a spirit of brotherhood." - Universal Declaration of Human Rights (U.N. Article 1.10 December 1948)

"I am not an optimist, because I am not sure that everything ends well. Nor am I a pessimist, because I am not sure that everything ends badly. I just carry hope in my heart. Hope is the feeling that life and work have a meaning. You either have it or you don't, regardless of the state of the world that surrounds you." - Vaclav Havel

"Hope...is the companion of power, and the mother of success; for who so hopes has within him the gift of miracles. " - Samuel Smiles

"Groundless hope, like unconditional love, is the only kind worth having."  - John Perry Barlow

"Faith goes up the stairs that love has built and looks out the window which hope has opened."  - Charles Spurgeon

January 01, 2012 - Happy New Year!

Seize the Chance to End the Craziness in North Korea
You've got to hand it to the North Koreans, they certainly know how to throw a funeral. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30132.htm

Arab League Mission to Syria Becomes Focus of Demands for Military Intervention
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30133.htm

A Funny Thing Happened on the Road to (Regime Change in) Damascus...
The Western press has dutifully - and uncritically - repeated harrowing tales of the Syrian government's "siege of Homs" -
the 4,000 government forces randomly shelling the city, the snipers everywhere killing anyone on the streets,
even the troops' digging trenches to prevent the people from escaping the mass slaughter of the innocents. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30128.htm

US Threatens War in the Persian Gulf
Having provoked Tehran with legislation for what amounts to an oil embargo,
the US is threatening Iran with military action if it retaliates by shutting down the Strait of Hormuz. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30134.htm

An Act Of War: Obama Signs Iran Banking Sanctions
The bill, aims to reduce Tehran's oil revenues Senior U.S. officials said Washington was engaging with its foreign partners
to ensure the sanctions can work without harming global energy markets.
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30124.htm

America's Bloody Clipboard: Iraq, Afghanistan, Libya, Now Iran
A pending war with Iran has a lot to do with US unholy imperialism as well as the US's unhealthy (INSANE)
codependency with the leadership of Israel. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30135.htm

Urging Obama to Stop Rush to Iran War
A torrent of war propaganda against Iran is flooding the American political scene as U.S. neocons and Israeli hardliners
see an opening for another war in the Middle East,
a momentum that ex-CIA analysts Ray McGovern and Elizabeth Murray urge President Obama to stop. http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30122.htm

Muslim Haters Tie Iran to 9/11
In the world of the right-wing Islam-hating extremists and others pushing for confrontation with Iran,
reality is no obstacle to spinning tales of secret Iranian assistance to al-Qaeda. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30123.htm

The Decline of the American Empire
The US has the world's biggest economy, the most influential culture, and the most potent military machine,
with a budget that equals that of all other nations combined. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30126.htm

Graphic: Mapping a Superpower-sized Military:
The United States remains a superpower on a scale not seen since the days of the Caesars. With this in mind,
 the National Post's Richard Johnson takes a look at the scale of America's forces.
http://natpo.st/v6EA4M

The Plan is for the United States to rule the world
the overt theme is unilateralism, but it is ultimately a story of domination.
It calls for the United States to maintain its overwhelming military superiority
and prevent new rivals from rising up to challenge it on the world stage. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article1544.htm
I
mperialism and the "Anti-Imperialism of the Fools"
One of the great paradoxes of history are the claims of imperialist politicians
to be engaged in a great humanitarian crusade designed to liberate nations and peoples,
while practicing the most barbaric conquests.
  http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30127.htm

Obama Signs Indefinite Detention Bill Into Law
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30125.htm

R.I.P. Bill of Rights 1789 - 2011
We are now a nation living under military dictatorship, whether you realize it or not. 
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30130.htm

• Why Ron Paul Challenges Liberals http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30129.htm
•         Eight killed in Syria, Arab body urges monitors out:   http://bit.ly/vskFAp
• Clashes between Syrian army and defectors, says opposition: -   http://bit.ly/tdhzkw
•         Qatar invaded Libya, now invades Syria. :  http://bit.ly/u27wB9
• Iraq: 5 members of Al-Sahwa militias killed at checkpoint -  http://bit.ly/ugvFCl
•         US says Afghan Taliban 'not an enemy':  http://www.aljazeera.com/video/americas/2012/01/20121142512582882.html
• Pakistan: Army forces claim seizing US, NATO military equipment:  http://bit.ly/rKXzLz
•          Tensions Rising Over Drone Secrecy:  http://on.wsj.com/vTf8qP
• Ron Paul slams Barack Obama on drone strikes:   http://www.politico.com/news/stories/1211/70958.html
•         US Civilians Are Now Helping Decide Who To Kill With Military Drones:   http://read.bi/uHjpHt
• One killed as Bahrain riot police clash with protesters: . http://bit.ly/rPecAb
•         US imposes sanctions on banks dealing with Iran: . http://arabnews.com/middleeast/article557127.ece
• Ahmadinejad says Iran's central bank will face new U.S. sanctions with 'strength': http://english.alarabiya.net/articles/2012/01/01/185777.html
•         Iran currency slips to record low after new US sanctions:  http://bit.ly/tbO1J5
• Iran central bank to file motion in US court to unfreeze funds -  http://reut.rs/tYF4uM
•         Iran invites world powers to new nuclear talks:   http://bit.ly/vTLVsx
• Iran denies fuelling EU, Arab airlines: - http://bit.ly/sLxh6t
•         Rick Santorum says he would bomb Iran nuclear sites:  http://bit.ly/sIcjP4
• Paul Assails Rivals' Criticism of His Policy on Iran:   http://nyti.ms/vguGEU
•          Israel, Palestinian envoys to hold talks in Jordan on Tuesday:  http://bit.ly/tJh8RD
• Hamas leader meets with Turkey PM Erdogan:  http://bit.ly/uWrQXf
•          Egypt's Muslim Brotherhood: Fate of Israel peace treaty may be decided in referendum:  http://bit.ly/u2w8WD
• Hundreds of ultra-Orthodox protesters riot in flashpoint town of Beit Shemesh: http://bit.ly/vyos0W
•          Gaddafi supporters 'try to blow up Tripoli power grid':   http://tgr.ph/ug9T1G
• Economics in 2012: no gain, just pain as austerity brings misery to all:   http://bit.ly/sHXjQS
•         Occupy activists retake Wall Street while police focus on New Year's Eve in Times Square:  http://bit.ly/uVgdNk

>>>>>>>>>>INFOS <<<<<<<<<<
Dimanche 1 janvier 2012
Les premières ministres comptent avoir un impact sur le Conseil de la fédération
Primes d'assurance-emploi - Les conservateurs font fausse route, affirme le chef libéral Bob Rae

Stephen Harper vante les réalisations du PCC
Infections transmises sexuellement: vers une prise de conscience

Bob Rae rejette une fusion PLC-NPD Le réchauffement climatique, ça n'existe pas?   

Les deux sondes GRAIL mises en orbite lunaire

Jean-François Lisée - 2012 : l'année de la régression
Pierre Duhamel - La crise : le feuilleton de l'année
Manon Cornellier - Démocratie mal en point : un Parlement vulnérable aux abus

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"The Cloud of Unknowing" is a medieval classic of mystical writing, and unknowing still hangs over us.
It will be a happier new year if we can dispel some of that cloud, try to unknow less, and know a little more.
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article30131.htm

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