Guest Column

Has Mugabe Triumphed Again?

For a brief period in 2008 it appeared that Robert Mugabe’s nearly three decade stranglehold on power in the impoverished nation of Zimbabwe would finally come to an end.

The Russian Georgian war was preplanned in Moscow

Pavel Felgenhauer, Eurasia 15/8/08 Last week military tension in Georgia's separatist region of South Ossetia escalated into all-out war. The Ossetian separatists were provoking a conflict to give the Russian military a pretext for direct intervention. Late in the evening of August 7, a heavy mortar bombardment of Georgian villages near the South Ossetian capital of Tskhinvali provoked Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili to order a major assault. The night attack by Georgian troops outfitted with Western-made night-vision equipment flushed the Ossetian fighters out and Tskhinvali was overrun in the morning. To stop the Georgian offensive thousands of Russian troops with hundreds of pieces of armor invaded through the Roki tunnel and rushed forward. Russian jets began bombing Georgian military installations and cities (see EDM, August 7).

Our sympathies mustn’t stop with Tim McLean

Tim McLean’s incomprehensible murder onboard a Greyhound bus was sickening and we at PETA are horrified by this appalling crime. We feel sorry for the victim’s family and friends and the passengers who witnessed this gruesome killing, for they will surely be scarred forever by this tragic incident.

Time To Ban The Bans

In 2008 alone, officials in the U.S. banned -- or tried to ban – a multitude of “dangers” in our everyday lives. A small sampling of targeted items includes trans fats, plastic bags, “fast food” restaurants, helium balloons, camp fires, circuses, homeschooling, baggy pants, spanking, and ice cream trucks among others.

The Consequences of Russian Aggression in Georgia

Russia's use of brute force to blast into Georgia over the last week is more than just another local skirmish on the other side of the world; it threatens to shift the balance of global power, and that has unquestionably been Putin's underlying goal for a long time.

The Best Defense Strategy for Lebanon is a Peace Treaty with Israel

Charles Jalkh (Freedom Fighter) Hezbollah’s propaganda has been focusing the Lebanese people into a single argument of how can we defend Lebanon from “Israeli aggressions and designs” over Lebanese territory and resources. Let us analyze Hezbollah’s premise in its 2 parts; the ”assumption” of Israeli aggression, and then the “designs/wants” of Lebanese territory and resources.


President Bush Discusses Situation in Georgia, Urges Russia to Cease Military Operations

THE PRESIDENT: Good morning. I've just met with my national security team to discuss the crisis in Georgia. I've spoken with President Saakashvili of Georgia, and President Sarkozy of France this morning. The United States strongly supports France's efforts, as President of the European Union, to broker an agreement that will end this conflict.

CNN Avoids Mentioning Islam in Segment on ‘Honor Killings’

By Mark Finkelstein Quite a feat: CNN has pulled off the MSM equivalent of describing a spiral staircase without using one's hands. It has managed to produce a segment on "honor killings" and related violence in the UK . . . without using the word "Muslim" or "Islam." CNN Newsroom anchor Don Lemon introduced the segment this afternoon at 1:37 PM EDT.

China banned child singer with crooked teeth from singing at opening ceremony

She warmed more than a billion hearts with her sweet and pure rendition of one of China’s favourite revolutionary anthems at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics.

ETFO Honours Toronto Teacher for Assisting Street Children in Ghana

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) today honoured Toronto elementary teacher Heather Menezes for her education and community service.

Toronto Teacher Wins ETFO’s New Teacher of the Year Award

The Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario (ETFO) presented Elementary Teachers of Toronto (ETT) member Vana Pistiolis with the New Teacher of the Year Award at its annual meeting in Toronto today.

For all our sakes, Canada must stand with Georgia

Ottawa, Canada - Russia’s invasion of Georgia has made public the brutal face of the Russian bear. Again, Russia has set out to crush independence, undermine sovereignty and mock the democratic aspirations of its former vassal states. The disintegration of the Soviet Union had set back the Russian bear only momentarily, its weakness and lies exposed. But the Russian bear has returned menacingly and turned the clock back to 1968 when it crushed the Prague spring as it is doing today in Georgia.

Michel Aoun Falsifies History… for the thousandeth time


By: Charles Jalkh (Freedom Fighter) During his speech to the Lebanese parliament, which is meeting to discuss the new cabinet program and decide on granting confidence, Michel Aoun, a Hezbollah stooge and leader of the FPM parliamentary block, declared that the Palestinian tragedy is the fault of the United Nations among others. He stated: “It was a decision by the United Nations to create the state of Israel at the expense of the Palestinian people, and as a consequence to this decision, the Palestinians were forced into exile” (speech transcript on the Lebanese Canadian Coordination Council).

Don’t Hijabs Violate Olympic Charter?

This piece comes from sweetness-light.com First another celebratory article from those tireless defenders of the faith at Reuters:

See The Future Of Multi-Culti Idiocy

By Mark Andrew Dwyer irredentist - One who advocates the recovery of territory culturally or historically related to one's nation but now subject to a foreign government. [alphaDictionary.com] It must come as a shocking news to all those who preached: "We are one global community, now. We are all the citizens of the world. As freedom and democracy are spreading all over the globe, there will be wars no more."

Media statement from the Propane Gas Association of Canada

CALGARY – August 10, 2008 – Following a propane-related incident in the Toronto area, the Propane Gas Association of Canada (PGAC) has received a number of media inquiries seeking background information related to Canada’s propane industry, the basic properties of propane gas and safety-related information. In response, the PGAC is issuing the following media statement and Fact Sheet:

City of Toronto ends evacuations and directs orderly return

The City of Toronto has announced that the evacuation undertaken today after the Murray Road explosion and fire has ended.

Firefighter dies during fire operations at explosion

It is with sadness that the City of Toronto confirms the passing of a 25 year veteran fire fighter of the Toronto Fire Services.

Volleyball, Democracy, & War

By Michael Travis Overshadowed by the dazzling spectacle of the Olympic games in Beijing, the all out war between Russia and Georgia has received scant coverage and analysis in the North American media. America's enemies however, have forsaken the broadcasts of table-tennis and competitive line-dancing, giving their undivided attention to what they view as far better sport; the defeat of "Team America" at the hand of the undisputed champion of international discord, Russia. According to the Red Cross, Georgian and Ossetian civilians are seeking safe haven in Turkey, a move that has caused the Turkish government to reassess its stalled bid for NATO membership. In a week that has seen General David Petraeus pledging more military equipment and specialised training for the Hizballah-dominated Lebanese government, U.S. State Dept. negotiations with the Iranian leadership in Geneva, and Presidential kow-towing to the Communist regime in China, you can bet the bank that Japan, Taiwan, Israel, and Eastern Europe's new NATO members, are becoming very nervous indeed.

In the Name of…

by KLMT The day of the Olympics has arrived. A time when we all globally come together to celebrate the striving of the human spirit to obtain that glorious laurel wreath and a moment to don the metal medallion of regalia.