Dicktator stephen harper plays the "national security" card to derail torture cover~up~ sends out big guns

I have said this before., And I'm sure that to any rational being following the politics under the harper regime, this comes as no surprise.

The federal government is blocking whistleblowing diplomat Richard Colvin from giving documents to a special House of Commons committee investigating Afghan torture.

How law & order steve plans to obfuscate.

The revelation Wednesday came one day after Prime Minister Stephen Harper pledged that the committee would get "all legally-available" documents in order to carry out its investigation.

And who will be the one determining what is "legal" and what isn't? Apparently, the Justice Department and Foreign Affairs.

Justice Department lawyers have told Colvin - through the Foreign Affairs Department - that they do not accept the view that testimony before Parliament is exempt from national security provisions of the Canada Evidence Act.

The result from thee desperate for power stepen harper's actions? Not good!

As a result, Colvin's lawyer has written to the committee advising that Colvin won't be able to provide documents to Parliament as he was instructed to do last week.

Given "the potentially grave repercussions to Mr. Colvin for violating provisions of the Canada Evidence Act, Mr. Colvin is not now in a position to comply with the committee's request for documents without further instruction resolution of the question of the applicability of (Section) 38 to the documents," Lori Bokenfohr wrote in a letter obtained by The Canadian Press.

Why are we in Afghanistan, again?

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Canadians not buying stephen harper's torture cover-up

A Canadian Press Harris-Decima poll reveals that Canadians are siding with Richard Colvin over harper and his thugs, by a margin of 2:1.

Fifty-one per cent of respondents said they believe Colvin's testimony to the committee last week.

In stark contrast, only 25 per cent said they believe the government's contention that the diplomat's claims are flimsy and not credible.

Those who identified themselves as supporters of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservatives were most inclined to give the government the benefit of the doubt. But even they were almost evenly split, with 40 per cent buying the government's take on the issue and 34 per cent buying Colvin's.

Another positive statistic, is that 70 per cent of respondents said it's unacceptable that Canadian forces would hand over prisoners if it's likely they'll be tortured.

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Dipper Darrell Dexter Discovers Directing is Difficult

Give a Dipper a chance and they turn into just another politician. Five months into his stint as Nova Scotia Premier, Mr.Dexter is flip-flopping and breaking some key campaign promises. One being tax hikes, another being service cuts.

Funny that. After all the bashing from the Dipper faithful against anyone else in power, I was convinced that if given the chance, one of their representatives would be a stellar improvement. But alas.

I will give him this though, he is learning.

"We are going to keep the commitment to balance the budget. What is changing today, of course, is the timeline in which this can be achieved.

Nice.

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stephen harper's next image enhancement delivered on silver platter

Maybe there really is a god? At least, for steve harper. Could he have prayed for a more desirable issue than this?

A group representing tens of thousands of poor children shipped in the early part of the last century from Britain to Canada where many worked as child labourers is pleased with a planned apology from the British prime minister.

Sidney Baker, 76, of Home Children Canada, says he's also expecting an apology from the Canadian government for the treatment of about 100,000 children who were scooped off streets in the U.K and shipped to Canada from the 1860s to the mid 1930s.

Baker says the victim and their families have never asked for compensation from the Canadian government but only for an apology.

Speaking from his home in Sidney, B.C., Baker said Sunday he is delighted by the move in Britain, saying his group has been working on recognition since 1991.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd apologized Monday for the treatment of thousands of children shipped to Australia, just days after the British government said Prime Minister Gordon Brown would apologize for the child migrant programs.

In all, 150,000 poor British children, some as young as three, were shipped to the former colonies, with the vast majority sent to Canada.

They are not asking for money, just an apology. Right up harper's alley, tell them what they want to hear and it doesn't even have to be sincere! The bonus being he'll fool a few more Canadians in the process.

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right wing ally receives life in prison for fatally stabbing pregnant Egyptian

How conflicted the wingnuts must have been at the time. On the one hand, a Muslimn is dead, yay! On the other, she was with child. I'm thinking it probably went something like this. "Oh my god! Oh, it was a Muslin, whew, that doesn't count as a real baby, we're all good!"

Then they dropped to their knees and prayed to cardboard cutouts of george bush or stephen harper. But that's just a guess.

At any rate, the racist murderer got life in prison with no chance of early release for stabbing Marwa al-Sherbini to death. He was also convicted of attempted murder for his attack on al-Sherbini's husband, Elwy Okaz.

In his closing arguments on Monday, prosecutor Frank Heinrich said there was no doubt of Wiens's reasons.

"It's clear that his motive was hatred for Muslims," Heinrich told the panel of judges. "Like a maniacal, cold-blooded killer, he started stabbing the woman and her husband, who was trying to protect her."

Good riddance!

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Military's top lawyer stonewalls questions on Afghan prison torture

Like a good little harpercon,

Brig.-Gen. Ken Watkins, the military judge advocate general, claimed solicitor-client privilege about whether he'd seen warnings from a diplomat in Kandahar and whether he'd received direction from the prime minister's office.

Full Story

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Emergency H1N1 debate granted~ tonight

It's about effin time!

An emergency swine-flu debate in the House of Commons was called Monday night after a request by the federal Liberals and NDP, who accused the Harper government of incompetence.

Of course the harpercons are incompetent! Their only concern is power Power so as to destroy this once ahead of the curve Country, Canada. When will folks realize this fucker hates his own Country?

Please excuse my pissedoffedness, I have other things going on. But for christ's sake, can't these assholes at least pretend they give a shit regarding their citizens, instead of blaming them?

Health Minister Leona Aglukkaq says production "over-estimating" by the company producing the H1N1 vaccine and a panicked public are to blame for the shortages now gripping the country.

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