Tuesday, 31 March 2015

If this is what an anti-war presidency looks like to you, you're detached from reality | Trevor Timm | Comment is free | The Guardian

Like a finger trap, the harder one pulls to get out, the tighter the grip and the more savage the pain ...

All roads seem to lead to greater and greater violence, which is bad, bad, bad news ....

http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2015/mar/30/obama-anti-war-presidency-detached-from-reality

Monday, 30 March 2015

Lawrie McFarlane: Alberta’s Prentice still not accepting reality

Mentions Quebec balancing its budget ... but why would Quebec do that unless it is rolling in funding ...


Prentice has plenty of room to cut. He leads the most extravagant, lavish, feckless government in Canada's history, by far.

And with Pierre Trudeau in the mix, that's quite an accomplishment.

Alberta spends $1,300 more, per person, than the national average. Budget tables show it spending 22 per cent more than B.C., per capita.

Indeed, forget per capita. Despite their smaller population, they outspend B.C., period.

Another inflection point? You know you're in trouble when Quebec leaves you in the dust.

La belle province just brought down a balanced budget, courtesy of, of all things, a Liberal administration. And in Quebec, "Liberal" actually means liberal, not conservative like B.C.'s governing party.

- See more at: http://www.timescolonist.com/opinion/columnists/lawrie-mcfarlane-alberta-s-prentice-still-not-accepting-reality-1.1807267#sthash.ueRT9sbz.dpuf



Mohammad Ali Shabani | Tehran Changed Its Negotiating Tactics—Here's Why | Foreign Affairs

He speaks English ...

http://www.foreignaffairs.com/articles/143306/mohammad-ali-shabani/irans-dignity-dialogue?cid=nlc-foreign_affairs_today-032915&sp_mid=48338656&sp_rid=d3VobGF4QGdtYWlsLmNvbQS2

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