Daily Digest January 5, 2012

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

_____CANADA

• Extreme Greed: Caterpillar Locks Out Workers http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Iqir9OtNKeQ&feature=youtu.be&mid=56
•          Exclusive first pic of Peter MacKay's honeymoon escape! http://twitpic.com/838su7?mid=56
• Tories mum on lockout at plant Harper used to tout corporate tax cuts
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-mum-on-lockout-at-plant-harper-used-to-tout-corporate-tax-cuts/article2291661/?mid=56
•         Northern reserves have been separated from their resources       http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Northern+reserves+have+been+separated+from+their+resources/5870717/story.html
• Tories mum on lockout at plant Harper used to tout corporate tax cuts
• http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/tories-mum-on-lockout-at-plant-harper-used-to-tout-corporate-tax-cuts/article2291661/
•          American guns, Canadian deaths http://www.vancouverobserver.com/politics/investigations/2012/01/04/american-guns-canadian-deaths
• Stephen Harper and the year of moral bankruptcy .
•          Liberals should be wary of proposals for party reform
• The Liberal condition
•          Authenticity is in the eye of the beholder
• Primary process works in the U.S., but a bad fit for Canada
•          Peter C. Newman's Politics as Soap Opera
• The House of Trudeau? No, thanks
•          A very British Canada
• Parliament acted legally when it passed Bill C-18
•          Closed government
• Proposed pipeline generates flood of support, opposition
•          $80-billion clean energy fund 'infused with politics'
• Bringing executive pay back down to earth
•          CCPA touting pie-in-the-sky numbers
• A CEO's worth? Ask the board
•          Envy is no basis for policy
• Jails don't keep people out of jail
•          Party of God
• NDP leadership candidate Singh could break new ground, say Dippers
•          Copps manifesto ­ bringing past Liberal leaders to a riding near you
• The unknown Liberal who wants to rebuild his party
•          Copps and Crawley take the lead in race for Liberal presidency
• Copps corrals endorsements in Liberal presidency run
•          Quebec's new political party courting ex-Liberal MP Marlene Jennings
• Liberals hopeful AG will audit $1B infrastructure fund
•          Stephen Harper wants more information before backing Alison Redford's national energy strategy
• Before Nazanin Afshin-Jam, who were the other women in Peter MacKay's love life?
•          Photos: Meet Nazanin Afshin-Jam, the former beauty queen who married Peter MacKay
• Peter MacKay weds Iranian beauty queen
•          Heritage Minister James Moore weds girlfriend
• Alberta elections officer probes Tory riding donations
•          Cuts coming and everyone must do their part, warns Dalton McGuinty
• Many think Canada already in mild recession: survey
•          Audits question Ottawa's oversight of first-nations infrastructure
• Attawapiskat warns it could miss payroll under third-party manager
•          Jack Layton's family welcomes baby Solace
• Does the NDP know where it stands?
•          What a Good Strategic Poll Looks Like in the NDP Leadership Race
• NDP front-runner tests Calgary waters
•          Bruinooge won't seek Tory leadership
• Kevin: the original rogue Page promises a vocal 2012
•          Thirteen to watch in 2012
• Pakistan border closure leaves Canadian supplies stuck in Afghanistan
•          Austerity czar sees pain ahead in Ontario
• Brace for a budget firestorm across Ontario
•          Tory government hiked ad spending to promote stimulus projects
• Ex MP wants legal action against Ottawa after Kyoto breach
•          New Democrats attack Tories' 'Republican-style' assault on unions
• Harper's office won't comment on lockout at plant he used to tout business tax cuts
•          Christian group joins MP's call for abortion debate
• Feds preparing to launch anti-spam centre
•          Options abound for next Sask. lieutenant-governor
• B.C. residents support Northern Gateway pipeline project: poll
•          Environmental groups line up star power against project
• Tough months ahead for B.C.'s wage policy
•          LeBlanc won't seek NB Liberal leadership
• Michael Murphy to launch NB Liberal leadership campaign
•          Son of alleged terrorist faces deportation
• Toothbrush lawsuit ends with a smile
•          Higher prices may curb drinking: Study
• Reserve votes to boot bad guys
•          Altered salmon may be closer to our plates
• Seal pup deaths explode as ice disappears
•          Canadian transplants bring U.S. bald eagle back from the brink
• Mouth insert slows fast eaters, aids weight loss

•          Caterpillar locks out Canadian workers

  
  
  
• Cross-Border Deal's Grave Threats to Canadian Food Security by Nelle Maxey l The Canadian.org
• To introduce the third article in this series on the Regulatory Cooperation Commission (RCC), let's begin with a brief reminder of the  Martin-era Security and Prosperity Partnership, or SPP. The SPP met with significant public opposition on both sides of the border      when it became known. Then it seemed to disappear. The Border Security deal and the RCC are simply a continuation of the SPP under      new names. This is readily apparent from this statement in the RCC Joint Action Plan introductory comments: The United States and Canada will seek, to the extent possible, to coordinate the RCC's activities with the work of the U.S.-Mexico High-   Level Regulatory Cooperation Council when the three governments identify regulatory issues of common interest in North America.          Read more...

_____FOREIGN AFFAIRS

• Pentagon's new defence strategy eyes China
•          US dominance ending: China path to world power
• Obama distances US from Iran attack
•          We're in Danger Zone Now With Iran
• Where is Obama's Climate Change Agenda?
•          EU oil embargo heightens tensions in the Gulf
• Possible Scenario Of Iranian Preemptive Attack To Control Gulf Waters – Analysis
•          The scaffolding of an American police state
• Washington pressures Arab League to move against Syria
•          General strike called as protests spread in Nigeria against gas price hike
• New Italian government tilts foreign policy towards Washington
•          Top Climate Scientist Warns Against Keystone Pipeline
• Secrets of Empire and Self-Deceptions of Partisans
•          Why Sarkozy Revived Armenian Genocide?
• Russell Tribunal on Palestine
•          Exiting Iraq
• Shooting the Messenger in Syria
•          The Myth of Withdrawal from Afghanistan
• CLG webpages accessed by the U.S. State Department
•          Obama launches Bureau of Counterterrorism -
• We would use force to keep Gulf open: Hammond warns Iran not to block key oil route
•          UK may take military action if Iran blocks Strait of Hormuz
• Iran urges vigilance against enemy plots
•          Iran warns US over warship
• NATO trucks at Afghan border returned
•          Hamid Karzai orders transfer of US prison at Bagram to Afghan control
• Anonymous calls Obama a terrorist, vetoes NDAA
•          Federal regulators say Ohio nuclear reactor safe despite not knowing cause of concrete cracks
• Ecuador court upholds $18bn ruling against Chevron
•          Traces of deadly flu bacteria found in Hong Kong government building
• Appointment Clears the Way for Consumer Agency to Act
•          Read more: Remembering the Best and Worst of 2011
• Read more: A future view of post-bubbledemic America
•          Read more: Top Climate Scientist Warns Against Keystone Pipeline
• Read more: Secrets of Empire and Self-Deceptions of Partisans
•          Read more: Ignoring 2011 reality
• Commentary: NATO and Libya: It's Time to Retire a Fading Alliance; GOP Candidates Betray the Spirit of Reagan on Immigration
•          Blog Highlights: What the Pentagon's New Military Strategy Should Look Like
• The Threat of War Against Iran and Syria Is Real Read the Article
•         Thirty Statistics That Show the Middle Class Is Dying Right in Front of Our Eyes Read the Article at Business Insider
• Oil Industry Warns Obama: "Huge Political Consequences" if Pipeline Rejected Read the Article at The Hill
•         Why Attacking Iran Will Not Work in 2012  Infowars.com
• The US is currently running up a budget deficit  Read more...
• How to Avoid Another Long War: Intelligence Veterans Appeal to Obama Administration: Exaggerated coverage of a dubious report by the International Atomic Energy Agency about Iran's alleged nuclear weapons program spurred a rush toward a new war in the Middle      East, but ex-U.S. intelligence officials urge President Obama to resist the pressures Read more...
•          Obama's Drone Wars Read more...
• North Korean's Fear of Freedom Read more...
•         Bracing for Empire's End Read more...
• Out of Gaza: Haniyeh Seeks Allies in Egypt Read more...
•          Zionist Characters and Caricatures: Read more...
• Will 2012 Bring Tribal War to Libya? by Franklin Lamb in Tripoli Read more...
•         The Outlook For Liberty is Dismal Read more...
• US Deploys Thousands Of Troops To Israel http://www.eurasiareview.com/06012012-us-deploys-thousands-of-troops-to-israel/
•         Iran Calls Threat of Sanctions From European Union 'Economic War'        http://mobile.nytimes.com/article;jsessionid=E31A172A38E10C37B831B509C7C53ABF.w5?a=890048&single=1&f=20
• A mistaken case for Syrian regime change http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/NA05Ak03.html
•          China's 'artificial' economy to crumble amid banker manipulation: http://www.thecomingdepression.net/#ixzz1iZ5pP6qN
• 2012 Camp FEMA http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BupZNNNYi0U&sns=fb
•         The War Candidate http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/01/santorum-the-anti-paul.html
• What would happen to the world economy if US attacked Iran?
• http://www.thecomingdepression.net/main-street/survival/what-would-happen-to-the-world-economy-if-us-attacked-iran/#ixzz1iZ46MDnZ
•          Arguments vs Associations http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/01/arguments-vs-associations.html
• Stop the wicked West! Out of the killing fields in Ivory Coast and Libya comes a new world order
• http://sfbayview.com/2012/stop-the-wicked-west-out-of-the-killing-fields-in-ivory-coast-and-libya-comes-a-new-world-order/

Karzai supports direct U.S.-Taliban talks

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JEUDI 05 JANVIER 2012

• 23h51 - Forces canadiennes · Une dualité extrême
• 23h17 - Corruption et collusion · Jacques Duchesneau a un projet de série documentaire
• 21h46 - Main-d'oeuvre · Consultations sur le vieillissement et la retraite
• 20h55 - Stephen Harper · L'Iran est la «plus grave menace» pour la paix
• 17h30 - Sans fil · Des consommateurs en appellent au CRTC
• 16h53 - Accident · Dévoilement d'un rapport sur la tragédie de Resolute Bay
• 16h27 - Tabac · Le tabagisme au Québec : le combat n'est pas gagné
• 15h21 - Solace Huxley Layton Campbell · La famille Layton accueille une nouveau-née
• 14h33 - Ottawa · Le ministre James Moore se marie
• 12h52 - Économie · Les Canadiens plus inquiets en 2012 qu'en 2008
• 12h19 - Forces canadiennes · Elle demande son congé de maternité et se fait congédier
• 07h48 - Intoxication à l'uranium · Les demandes du soldat Lacoste refusées
• 07h33 - Au Québec · Un nouveau parti de droite verra le jour
• 06h13 - Prostitution · Attention à vos filles
• 04h29 - Région de la Capitale-Nationale · Au moins 7 milliards $ en chantiers

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Will Google, Facebook, others 'nuke' Internet over SOPA?
http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/01/04/9951078-will-google-facebook-others-nuke-internet-over-sopa

If Wikipedia Jimmy Wales' threat to turn off the crowd-sourced encyclopedia to protest the Stop Internet Piracy Act (SOPA) sent you into a cold sweat, you won't welcome this news.

Google, Facebook, Twitter, Foursquare, Zynga ­ and oh sweet baby Jesus no! ­ Etsy, along with other Internet-based companies take a "nuclear option" and "go simultaneously dark" in protest of the bill, and to "highlight the fundamental danger the legislation poses to the function of the Internet,"

More on the annoying way we live now:
Gaming world conflicted on piracy act support
7 signs we're living in the post-privacy era
Boycott forces Go Daddy to stop supporting SOPA
Can a Wikipedia blackout save the Internet?
Software alliance yanks support for piracy bill
Congressman blasts Google's stance on piracy bill

I'm a libertarian in regards to the internet - government keep out of it!
(aside from having the user fees go sky high, mind)
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I came across this while doing to-day's >>>>>>>>>>INFOS <<<<<<<<<<
Canada will be at war with Iran should Israel or the United States of America
attack, for Iran will not attack either of them - or us.

I'm most interested in whether you support going to war with Iran
because it is a threat to world peace and to Canada - or are opposed.



Stephen Harper

Iran is the "biggest threat" to peace

Agence France-Presse 05/01/2012 8:55 p.m
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OTTAWA - Iran is "the most serious threat to peace and security in the world", said Thursday the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper, commenting on the tensions around the Strait of Hormuz.

"Iran is a very serious threat to peace and security in the world. To me, this is the greatest threat to peace and security in the world, "Harper said during a radio interview with 630CHED, saying also that the country was trying" to clear to acquire nuclear weapons. "

Canadian Prime Minister also expressed concern about Tehran's bellicose rhetoric that engages in a show of force around the Strait of Hormuz, mouth strategic Persian Gulf oil to international maritime trade.

"I think the whole international community, including the Chinese and the Russians, is aware that this is a serious threat. I think the problem is that there is no consensus on what to do, "said Harper, adding that Canada was working with its allies to put pressure on Tehran, including the imposition of economic sanctions.

Stephen Harper

L'Iran est la «plus grave menace» pour la paix

http://www.canoe.com/infos/quebeccanada/archives/2012/01/20120105-205506.html
Agence France-Presse 
05/01/2012 20h55

Stephen Harper. 
© REUTERS/Chris Wattie

OTTAWA - L'Iran représente «la plus grave menace pour la paix et la sécurité dans le monde», a déclaré jeudi le Premier ministre canadien Stephen Harper, commentant les tensions autour du détroit d'Ormuz.

«L'Iran représente une menace très sérieuse pour la paix et la sécurité dans le monde. À mes yeux, il s'agit de la plus grave menace pour la paix et la sécurité dans le monde», a déclaré M. Harper lors d'un entretien accordé à la radio 630CHED, affirmant par ailleurs que le pays essayait «clairement d'acquérir des armes nucléaires».

Le Premier ministre canadien s'est également dit inquiet du discours belliqueux de Téhéran qui se livre à une démonstration de force autour du détroit d'Ormuz, embouchure stratégique du Golfe persique pour le commerce maritime pétrolier international.

«Je pense que l'ensemble de la communauté internationale, y compris les Chinois et les Russes, est consciente qu'il s'agit d'une menace sérieuse. Je pense que le problème est qu'il n'y a pas de consensus sur ce qu'il faut faire», a dit Stephen Harper, ajoutant que le Canada travaillait avec ses alliés afin de mettre de la pression sur Téhéran, notamment par l'imposition de sanctions économiques.

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