Guest Column

Boycotting the June 27 election is essential

"The June 27 Presidential election is not an election, but a declaration of war against the people of Zimbabwe by the ruling party." (SA Congress of Trade Unions statement 24/6/2008)

Mandela versus Mad Bob

Daily Mail Will 'Saint' Nelson Mandela now disown publicly his former African nationalist comrade, Zimbabwe's tyrant Robert Mugabe?

New York Times Columnist Tell The Truth, Sort Of

No, it wasn't Frank Rich, or Maureen Dowd.

The amazing (and scary) People’s Republic of China gets dressed up for the party

Sol Sanders, World Tribune If there is anyone out there as old as I, he may remember the legendary Charlie Chaplin silent film routine that ran something like this: the actor is getting all dressed up in his Sunday best, about to go out for a very important appointment.

Killing the Canadian in the Canadian

In Prime Minister Harper's recent apology to Canada's First Nations people over the residential schools issue, he stated that the purpose of the residential schools was "to kill the Indian in the Indian". Canada's media and politically correct have been quick to repeat the phrase---probably without doing too much research into the issue.

Weekly Blitz reaching out to hurting Jehovah’s Witness christian family

My friends, supporters, brothers and sisters around the world are possibly by now aware of the sordid story of the rape and murder of a Jehovah’s Witness Christian family here in Bangladesh.

How Many Hours Should You Work?

This morning at the breakfast joint, I was thinking about 
how many hours I actually put in in a week. Usually I don't 
think about this, because if you love what you do, it really
isn't work.

More congressional computers hacked from China

By Jordy Yager, Thehill.com More Members of Congress have had their computers infiltrated by hackers within China than initially suspected, a lawmaker has revealed.

‘Only God will remove me!’

Rowan Philp and Dominic Mahlangu The Times Pressure from Africa and abroad is piling up on Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe ahead of Friday’s presidential run-off.

Poll: most Britons doubt cause of climate change

By Juliette Jowit, www.guardian.co.uk The majority of the British public is still not convinced that climate change is caused by humans - and many others believe scientists are exaggerating the problem, according to an exclusive poll for The Observer.

Zimbabwe opposition leader pulling out of election

By ANGUS SHAW, Breitbart Zimbabwe's opposition leader says he is pulling out of Friday's runoff election against President Robert Mugabe. Morgan Tsvangirai says this is because of mounting violence and intimidation against the opposition during the campaign.

Ugliest dog: 3 legs, 1 eye, no hair, all winner

Gus the dog has three legs, one eye and no hair, except for a white tuft on the top of his head. He's a real winner. The pedigree Chinese crested won the World's Ugliest Dog contest on Saturday at the Sonoma-Marin Fair in Northern California. His owner, Jeanenne Teed, brought Gus all the way from St. Petersburg, Fla., to compete for the dubious distinction

Egypt Deports Eritrean Refuges-Some to Their Death

The Washington-DC based human rights group, International Christian Concern (ICC)www.persecution.org has learned that Egyptian authorities deported 400 Eritrean refugees last week on June 11 and 12. ICC also received reports of the deportation additional Eritreans after June 12.

Washington’s Unpopular War on Energy

by Ray Nothstine Most Americans have little faith in the federal government to represent their interests. Who can blame them, when their fears are constantly affirmed by Washington's shenanigans? According to polls, presidential and congressional approval ratings are hovering around an all time low. Just 17 percent of American voters believe the federal government represents the will of the people.

Stop Bill C-51

By Robert Jason I went to my health store yesterday...and they provided me with a postcard to be sent to your member of Parliament urging him/her not to pass this dangerous, draconian, totalitarian Bill C-51...I mailed that postcard right away....I urge you to do the same...did not cost me a cent...my goodness, our beloved Canada is turning into a fascist, totalitarian state in so many ways - RJ

Fuel protests spread across the world

By Ben Harding Reuters MADRID (Reuters) - Spanish farmers marched, Israeli truckers slowed rush-hour traffic and Nepali students stoned cars on Thursday, all angry at rising fuel prices and inflation that they say are crippling their economies.

M.O.E. Fails to Learn from Experience

The M.O.E. has granted a "Certificate of Approval" to Horton Township in Renfrew County to install municipal septic storage tanks within 50 m. of a family’s well and home. If a farmer planned to build a manure storage tank however, it would typically be required to be more than 400 m. from a neighbour’s well and home.

Two members of Congress want government to seize control of oil companies

Because of the action of America Family Association supporters, our e-mails to Congress are nearing the 600,000 mark and growing!

The two Obamas

By David Brooks, International Herald Tribune God, Republicans are saps. They think that they're in running against some academic liberal who wouldn't wear flag pins on his lapel, whose wife isn't proud of America and who went to some liberationist church where the pastor damned his own country. They think they're running against some naive university-town dreamer, the second coming of Adlai Stevenson.

Obama Does Not Understand Nuremberg

One of the obvious implications of last week’s Supreme Court decision, which granted inmates at Guantanamo Bay the right of habeas corpus to appeal their detention, is that if Osama bin Laden were captured alive by U.S. forces, the al Qaeda founder could end up in a U.S. civilian court afforded all the protections of law abiding American citizens.