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Archive for December 12th, 2008

Human rights proceedings “akin to a lawsuit”

Friday, December 12th, 2008

So says David Larter, executive director of the Prince Edward Island Human Rights Commission. That is a startling admission for a bureaucrat in his position to make.
He needs to get with the programme: Hasn’t he read the script for defenders of Canada’s “human rights” commissions?   Our human rights commissions avoid adversarial procedures. Canada [...]

Political corruption follows the money

Friday, December 12th, 2008

A new study published in the Journal of Law and Economics has found that corruption is strongly correlated with federal disaster relief funding.
Study finds link between political corruption and FEMA money
Where natural disasters strike, political corruption is soon to follow, say the authors of a study in the Journal of Law and Economics. But it’s [...]

Systematic persecution campaign against Palestinian Christians

Friday, December 12th, 2008

Western media are silent as Christians in Gaza and, to a lesser extent, the West Bank are targets of systematic persecution by Islamist groups. Christians are being forced to leave the Palestinian territories; only 2000-3000 yet remain in Gaza.
Since the Hamas coup of July 2007, this position has become increasingly untenable. Islamist organizations, empowered [...]

Bob Dylan: “I Threw It All Away”

Friday, December 12th, 2008

In this 1969 appearance on The Johnny Cash Show, Dylan gives a soulful performance of “I Threw It All Away” from Nashville Skyline.
Dylan appeared on the season premiere of The Johnny Cash Show, originally aired on 7 June 1969.