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Happy 2012! Thanks for dropping by - here's the link to the petition to to keep Jasper National Park public and safe from harmful development by private companies. Talk tomorrow - let me know if you want more news links posted regularly by emailing me at oldpunk@cjlo.com.

On this morning's program I'm playing the interview that took place on William F. Buckley's program 'Firing Line.' Below is the embed from the Crooks and Liars sister website Newstalgia. It's remarkable, provocative and absolutely the kind of interview that would never take place in today's media environment. Enjoy and please feel free to comment and tell me what you thought of it. (For some reason the player doesn't work on firefox but it does work on IE - so if you don't like IE go to this link: http://newstalgia.crooksandliars.com/gordonskene/newstalgia-reference-ro... )

 

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I'm back to post links for stories that I talk about on the show. Hope you enjoyed today's with the better part of the 1st hour devoted to Jack Layton, a man who will be missed and may be irreplacable so far as the NDP are concerned.

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A bunch of links from around the Canadian web all related to the upcoming democratic exercise that is so pissing Stephen Harper off!

 The Conservative Leader refuses to comment on reports of campaign rally attendees being kicked out or barred entry...

Not discussed in any detail yet on this campaign was the gutting of an important Canadian institution: Statistics Canada. For those with short memories here is a sample of the fear-mongering, that preceded their doing away with the mandatory long form census, that came from the mouth of Industry Minister Tony Clement: “I cannot support the opposition's belief that Canadians not wishing to answer these questions are criminals,” Mr. Clement said in a statement released Tuesday evening. “It is truly regrettable that the Liberals, NDP and Bloc Québécois will not take a reasonable approach to addressing personal privacy rights of...