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Hello, and we're back! It'ss 16 minutes past the big hour here at NM&P and we'd like to remind you that these stories can also be found here and here. Also as of next week we'll be posting the stories in advance of the program rather than after. Hope you liked this morning's show. Seemed pretty chock full of news the msm avoids so that's all I have to go on. Tell me what you think anytime at oldpunk@cjlo.com!
Wanted to come back last night and toss in a post about the lowlife tory Senator Nancy Ruth, but haven't had the time. She's a reflection of bad and misguided conservative policy as well as ideology, which is clearly out of step with what the majority of Canadians believe. I promise to revisit this and soon.
In the meantime I want to begin this day's blogging with the Canadian stories I covered on my radio show this morning. You can always stream me on-line at CJLO.com.
Omar Khadr's trial by a Military Tribunal in Guantanamo Bay continues. A timeline from CBC.
Safety precaustions for proposed deep water well off the Nfld. coast questioned.
Sydney tries to clean up tar ponds.
The tailings ponds in Alberta will be far more difficult to cleanup, so says the executive director of the Oilsands Developers Group in Fort McMurray. "A lot of it would require application of new technologies, increased timelines, so there's some physical difficulties. There will be some cost difficulties associated with it as well."
They really don't care how much they crap all over the Canada and they show little intention of adhering to the laws unless they are forced to at the point of massive fines. Fine's like those Syncrude faces ($800,000) in the case of its rsponsibility for killing 1,600 ducks are less than a slap on the wrist for a company whose profits exceed a billion annually.
The wars of occupation ignored like always. In Iraq, a two men engaged in a struggle for power long after the vote that threatens future stability and security (if any). Mayhem not freedom is the order of the day in Iraq. No day without violence and killing.
A helicopter assualt in Kandahar, that was meant to prepare the ground for the coming offensive, was called off due to lack of support from Afghans and now the offensive may be cancelled as well. NATO acknowledges that Taliban forces in some ares of Kandahar are "downright dominant." The rate at which Afghan civilians are being killed continues to rise. And the GAO (Government Accountability Office) casts doubts on Obama's Afghan policy.
Some surprisingly good news on CO2 emissions in the US since 2005, they've dropped 10%!
Haliburton's role in the disaster in the Gulf of Mexico shouldn't be underestimated. And this will affect the price of foodstuffs of all kinds. A report on the toxicity of the dispersants being used to break up the oil in the Gulf, 160,000 gallons worth, and why the whole thing may be lose, lose. Speaking in their own defense BP pulls flying monkeys out of their butts!
The best solution BP can come up with is the Giant Dome of Doom thingy - I have little faith in it working and it kind of reminds me of Maxwell Smart and the Cone of Silence. Hope it's more effective than that. Digby weighs in on a host of related issues.
The partially Saudi owned Fox Network refuses to air ad promoting American independence from foreign oil. Can't imagine why.
Talk tomorrow!
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