One good thing about the up-comming Rapture is that like everybody knows there is no place in Heaven for  Conservatives. …
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We're back after a long nap, and have woken up with a A Fear And Loathing For Our New Government. We would like to congratulate Senator Smith with a bit of  music. I imagine( from listening to his acceptance speech) turning down the job and staying true to his word never crossed his mind. Be Afraid Canada - I hope You Know What You Did. Editorial Department of NMPCandada …
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From all of us at NMPCanada we would like to wish all our readers a happy and healthy new year. …
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The Conservatives and NDP are working on a plan to pass the next budget. They say there is nothing to be gained from an election. I guess that means there is nothing for them to be gained, Liberals taking away votes from the NDP and Fearless leader figures he can't get a majority. The NDP will play hard to get until they get bought with some tax break or such thing for somebody that in the end will never actually happen.(still waiting on that torture statement from that  government group of MP's, so I guess we tortured a whole bunch and they are chicken to say) Speaking of mistreatment …
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Lots of talk of the news about getting rid of the beloved penny. Apparently it's the slacker friend that lives on your couch of coins. Oh my god it cost more to produce than its worth, than make a cheaper coin. Maybe thinner or plastic, if their so worthless than no worry about counterfeit. Until they prove themselves worthy of trust, if it's proposed by the government it's bad idea. First they came for the pennies, and I used nickels. then they came for the nickels, and I used dimes.... now all we use is a plastic card A thought just went up four cents. And their saying no penny won't harm …
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Just noticed the part about Bolivia in Karl's post,way cool. They should be in charge of the world. And they just lowered the retirement age to 58 from 65. Of course when ever I hear Bolivia I think of murderous CIA bastards, and all the evils the US has done in Central America, tomorrow is BAN BANANA REPUBLIC DAY.(Please Mr. Harper honour the day and step down) And all that stuff in the 80's, imperialist bastards. Kinda like the 80's all over again, except no Dead tour (w/Jerry) to regain sanity. Maybe a little predictable, but hey it's just so 80's, one aspect anyways. …
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If this story doesn't make you proud to be a Quebecer or a capitalist I don't know what will. It's good to see the Jean Charest Liberal government isn't going to let a few lives several thousand miles away get in the way of profit and votes. Even though asbestos is outlawed for use in North America, and the European Union, one minor  drawback, it's cancer causing. Anyway they got no problem selling the crap to the third world and are contemplating a huge loan to start up second mine. Quebec's only place that still mines asbestos. Some protestors were in Montreal to point this out …
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I've never been so proud to have been conceived on the land mass commonly known as Canada. According to the CBC Canadians are the fourth in the race to bring about climate change. Only Saudia Arabia, Kazakhstan and Australia are doing more. But I'm sure with Fearless Leader showing us the way and if we all pull together as a team I won't have to shovel in no time and we'll finally be able to discover that allusive northwest passage. So don't forget to warm up your car a good long time before you get in, it's the little things that count and add up to fun in the sun. It's all a big …
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Watching an old movie Watch On The Rhine, about some folks trying to get the word out about the evil Nazi's. The more things change... Looks like our fearless leader Mr. Harper gave the personal ok to $7,400 worth of drinks for civil servants and some fancy shindig. All the un savoury details can be found at this link. Not sure how this is going to help get rid of the deficit, but I doubt Fearless Leader really cares past that it sounds good when he's trying to get votes. Canadian troops are going on the offensive in Kandahar, Operation Baawar, thats assurance in Pashto. I can see the adds …
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It's a strange Grey Cup Sunday evening, Wikileaks, verge of war in Korea, not so good elections in Haiti and a few by-elections that will probably go the Conservative's way. Wikileaks are everywhere on the news, more like a hole in the pipe than a leak. Aside from the obvious embarrassing moments for the people concerned it brings up how far the difference is between the powers that be and the rest of us who have to deal and live with their consequences. Ask the folks in Ireland what they did to cause the strife they'll have to put with for the next decade. Speaking of a double standard it …
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Looks like we have an opposition after all, Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe will be calling for a vote in the house of commons concerning the extension of the mission in Afghanistan. (One good thing about being in Afghanistan for so long I can spell it now no problem. Now we just have to invade Kasikstan.) I found a copy of President Karzai's speech from Lisbon,(wicki leaks don't got nothing on me) this is my fave part, In this regard, we look forward to our international partners fulfilling their commitments of the London and Kabul Conferences to channel 50% of resources through the …
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Dig this, if your thinking of flying south(over the land mass known as the United States) for Christmas be prepared to have your identity probed by Uncle Sam.  Even if your feet never touch down on said turf it don't matter, Uncle Sam gotta know and the Conservatives just made it legal for them to do it. Saying they have a right to the information. Our rights don't seem to matter. Click here for the full sad, disgusting tidbit of information. The worst kept secret was made official with the details of the extended Afghan mission being made public. This this could only happen in …
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Looks like we'll be finding out the details of the "non-combat" role the army will be doing in Afghanistan on Tuesday. According to the CBC there will be 950 military personal helping out  until the 2014 (if they don't extent the mission again) or when the cows come home, or the Leafs win the Stanley Cup which ever comes first. With the release of pro-democracy leader Aung Sung Suu Kyi (pronounced souki like the Montreal Expos first mascot) looks like things are getting touchy between the Burmese military and Karen rebels. The two groups seem to be on a collision course since the …
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According to Prime Minister Harper there is no need for a vote in the House of Commons concerning the extension of the Afghanistan mission.The reasoning being that since (they believe) this is strictly a training, non-combat the Prime Minister has the power to so send them young men and women. With no opposition to say other wise looks like it's a done deal.  Bob Rae liberal foreign affairs critic had this to say, "If it truly is a non-combat mission, and we're looking at a training mission, then to require a vote on something like that would be very unusual," Rae said. "We have troops …
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(Anja Niedringhaus/Associated Press) There is an interesting article on the CBC website quoting retired general Rick Hillier saying that it will be easy in theory to say the troops will be training in non-combat situations but in practice it will not be so cut and dry. (why am I not surprised ) The Anti-terrorist head quarters in Pakistan was attacked on Thursday killing twenty people and injuring one hundred. The G-20 is meeting in Seoul, trying to figure how to fix the mess they made while pretending they get along. (with any luck Prime Minister Harper will fall in love with Korean …
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According to Tea Party Republican Michelle Bachmann President Obama is spending 200 Million dollars a day on his trip to India! I find it hard to believe she won and hopes to be a leader in the house when she doesn't speak the truth. But then it could make her the perfect candidate. Ms. Bachmann has the same look as NOMAD in the Star Trek episode when Mr. Maher as her a question. I couldn't embed it but the link is http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B1eYYGUG0k0 According to the Huffington Post the agreements signed in India could create 50 000 new jobs. Looks like not all of the Canadian …
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After watching this video I felt almost proud to have been conceived on the same 3512524 square miles of land as Mr. Dallaire.  At a February 2007 ministerial meeting in Paris, Canada and 58 other states endorsed the Paris Commitments to protect children from unlawful recruitment or use by armed forces or armed groups and the Paris Principles and guidelines on children associated with armed forces or armed groups. The documents reaffirmed international standards and operational principles for protecting and assisting child soldiers and followed a wide-ranging global consultation …
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I was heading home from Experiencing Jimi Hendrix and I hear on the radio that Omar Khadr is sentenced to forty years (a symbolic Halloween gesture-I think thats also how long the Americans plan on staying in Iraq), the Democrats want to give President Obama the boot and it was friggin snowing.  Looks like sanity hasn't been restored. It's always Halloween somewhere so here are some vids  that go bump in the night. Maybe my own little horror story, unfortunately more fact than fiction. There once was a country that was timid and nice. Then everybody woke to find it was not the …
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The first video is going out to the suddenly enlightened folks over at Syncrud, I mean Sincrude, oops I did it again I meant Syncrude. Pretending to have seen the light and doing there darndest to save the ducks, except actually getting rid of the toxic dumps posing as lakes. Take it away Britney. With the big vote on Tuesday I thought this interview with Frank Zappa was kinda timely. Another vid of Frank this one his being ambushed by two putzes. This is the abridged version. The full twenty plus minute rukus. Maybe some tunes. Now something to get us all pumped for the …
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After all the hubbub looks like that may or may not be a deal for Omar Khadr. According to his lawyer the case is proceeding on Monday and there is no deal as of yet. Of course he could just be keeping tight lip as not to influence the odds makers. (Lotto Quebec has a line on everything) Looks like some people are going to the polls. Prime Minister Harper announced three by-elections for Nov 29 in Manitoba and Ontario. (5 will get ya 10 that we'll be inundated in Tory attack adds come Monday morning) There is an interesting (not sure if it's good interesting or bad interesting) article about …
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The Conservative government is preparing for a national debate on health care finance and reform. Which I imagine is code for so long medicare, welcome to Canada  big US health insurance companies.  In case there is any doubt as to where our beloved Prime Minister good old Steven Harper stands on the issue, he was President of the National Citizens Coalition from 1998 to 2002. What is the National Citizens Coalition? According to Wikipedia. The National Citizens Coalition is a Canadian conservative lobby group. It was founded by Colin M. Brown in 1967 …
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Is it just me or are we all wondering when we will get the results of this Parliamentary committee delving into how much us Canadians torture and abuse our Afghan allies.  I'm assuming we haven't heard anything because the fools on the hill are too embarrassed to come out with the truth. Since all the parties are complacent in the cover up and promoting the use of enhanced interrogation (are apathy makes us complacent) I figure they all have much too loose if they ever deemed us worthy enough to treat with respect. If you need a rug that needs sweeping there are some folks in Ottawa that …
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In what is called an effort to stop drunk driving Newfoundland police will will be able to stop drivers without having to give a reason. (have to take the Habs flag off the car in case the officer is a Leafs fan.) The law in being amended because apparently the police are having trouble coming up with reasons to pull people over. Government Services Minister Kevin O'Brien said, "We brought that forward because the police were having a problem in regards to having a specific item to pull a driver over, had to be visual and if you didn't have a specific item to pull them over and they were …
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Looks like we have another Conservative government. This video goes out to the people of New Brunswick. (and the rest of us too. Pretty much sums up the platform of any ruling party. Karl played a John Lennon tune monday and with all the wars going on I thought of this not always known movie. A shout out to my nephew and all the good people helping out in Pakistan (on right in photo). Bears Win! …
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With a federal election on the horizon, (you heard it here first) always good to remember the folks in countries where they risk life and limb to have their vote counted. Not too much had been made of the election in Afghanistan, the Parliamentary elections took place over the weekend. The Taliban vowed to disrupt the proceeding and did just that, killing 11 civilians and 3 police officers. Election observers said there were some concerns over the balloting that could take months to tabulate. The observers companied that the ink used to stain the fingers of voters could be washed off. It is …
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Saw on the news the charming John Baird trying to divide and conquer, putting against those evil Toronto elites against  I suppose the good down to earth rural westerners. I contend there is just as much if not more white trash in Toronto as there is out west. If your want to stop Sun News proposed television station should it come about it's easy, cancel your cable and tell them why. NMPCANADA will be promoting cancel cable day. The exact date depends on when the station goes to air. Stay tuned for future developments. Gotta finish The Street is about to start. But seeing how much Mr. …
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The World Energy Congress, being held in Montreal this week drew 3.500 participants to discuss the state of the industry.(If they could harness the hot air created during the speeches they could light up the city) 'Whether we like it or not, producing energy and delivering it to billions of customers around the world comes with certain risks. Rather than closing our eyes to that reality, we must confront risks and manage them.'—Peter Voser, Royal Dutch Shell CEO The meetings also drew the ire of protestors that showed their displeasure by covering themselves in molasses. The …
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Our beloved Prime Minister Steven Harper was in Montreal today buying votes and spreading the gospel according to Oswald Mosley. (with him in charge sovereignty is sounding better and better)  I was going to check on line what he had to say but I don't care and I don't believe a word he says. Something about an F-16 contract  aimed to keep Canada safe from attacking Soviets and help in the killing of Afghan civilians. (Can you tell how proud I am to be a Canadian) Then he gave a pretentious smile and said more BS.  The Category is Things That Conflict With Yom Kippur A War …
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Six Flags, corporate owner of Montreal's La Ronde Amusement Park has imposed its conservative right wing policies in Canada. Accused of raciest practices in the U.S. the company can now add Quebec to its list.Brunaud Moise was kicked out of La Ronde for wearing Bob Marley shirt. According to La Ronde the shirt did not meet their "family friendly dress code". There with his 15 year old brother Mr. Moise was told by security guards he would have to turn his shirt inside out or leave.Moïse said his brother was quiet during the meeting with La Ronde's security guards. "I told him you have to be …
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New FriendsKnowing how much the Harper government likes making new friends I'm sure the 490 newly arrived Tamil refugees will be treated with the utmost curtesy.(On behalf of the staff at New Media and Politics Canada welcome to Canada, but don't believe the hype, it ain't all that anymore.)  They left war torn Sri-Lanka and mad the voyage across the Indian and Pacific oceans in much less than cruise ship conditions. The cargo ship was boarded Thursday evening as it was being led to a naval base on Canada's west coast. In true conservative warmth they were welcomed with threats of being …
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The Harper government plans on eliminating the penalty of jail for failure to fill out the census. Hidden under the vail of common sense is the further pandering of the far right by the Conservatives. Truly the only people objecting to the forms are the far right tea party types who fear the government is going to take there guns now that they know how many bathrooms they have to hide them in. With all the new jails being built you would think the government would jump at the chance to incarcerate all those un-censured. But then the government would be incarcerating  their constituency so …
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With the United States increasing aid to Pakistan to 55 million the Harper government on behalf of all Canadians is kicking down the mighty sum of  2 million, or about two hours of the G20 budget. Or according to Wikipedia there are 34,160,000 Canuks, divided by 2 million and I get 0.0585. If my math is correct thats nearly six cents each. I'd like to thank Mr. Harper for his generosity, I'm assuming I can use this as a charitable donation on my income tax next year. As a reference, using the same mathematical formula our neighbors to the south are donating almost eighteen cents per …
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I was hoping the news would stop happening so I wouldn't have to blog during Karl's absence. Away  on his much needed vacation but alas no such luck, the world keeps turning.  Which brings us too our contest open to all, be the first to guess where Karl is and you can win a New Media and Politics T-Shirt.  Enter often its' a small world after all. (Karl and anybody with him on vacation is unfortunately disqualified from the contest)Looks like Omar Khadr is finally getting his day in a military commission, for what ever that is worth. With the inmates running the asylum I doubt …
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