Posted: August 19, 2009

BEWARE AMERICAN FIBS ABOUT CANADIAN PROGRAMS by Linda McQuaig
  Right promotes profit over people in health care, pensions.
 
 

AFGHANISTAN AND THE NEW GREAT GAME by John Foster
  Poor, remote country offers corridors for oil pipelines from Turkmenistan.
 
 

LAVISH US LOBBYING PUSHES NUCLEAR ENERGY by Stephen Leahy
  New nuclear power plants could cost as much as bank bailout.
 
 

NANCY WHITE, SATIRICAL SONGWRITER by Penney Kome
  Former CBC favorite promotes her stage musical and musical daughters.
 
 

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Editorial
OBAMA NEEDS OUR HELP TO DO THE RIGHT THING by Ish Theilheimer
  Give Americans truth about Canada's health care system, not well-organized lies.
 

Science matters

SAVING THE BERRIES FOR PICKERS AND BEARS by David Suzuki, with Faisal Moola
  Current forestry practices squeeze out "non-timber forest products" such as wild berries.
 

CounterThink
THE NEW MR AMERICA
  Rambo is bankrupt, diseased, and running out of options.

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Canadian Politics

YOU READ IT HERE FIRST: NO FALL ELECTION by Geoffrey Stevens
  The public doesn't want one and the country doesn't need one.
 

AC/DC CONCERT PROMOTED POISONED SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT FOR WOMEN by Elsie Hambrook
 "Show us your breasts" just one way that women are objectified, in effort to control them.
 

PREMIERS DUCK CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUE by Ricardo Acuña
  On the climate issue, there are no real political leaders in Canada.
 
 

TAX REVOLT! by Bill Tieleman
  HST hatred keeps growing.
 
 

PM'S WAR WITH THE MEDIA by Gillian Steward
 Insiders said that Harper believes media are opposed to Conservative governments.
 
 

Media files

COPYRIGHT COMPROMISE by Marian Hebb
  Collective licensing would help Canadian writers get paid for online work.
 
 

Workplaces

THE WORLD OF LABOUR by Harry Kelber
  News about workers in Afghanistan, France, Korea, USA, Israel.
 
 

Consumers
NESTLE BOTTLED WATER SALES DECLINE from Food and Water Watch
  Public turning away from bottled water.

Hot headlines
TOWN HALL INCIDENTS BRING USA CLOSER TO FASCISM by Sara Robinson, Campaign for America's Future
  Right-wing disruptions resemble brown shirts of 1930s.

MURDOCH CHARGES TO THE RESCUE by Gwynne Dyer
  Plan to demand payment for online news probably doomed by previous cost-cutting.
 
 

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Take action!
BURMA: HELP JUSTICE DEFEAT TYRANNY from Avaaz.org
  Call on the UN to investigate Burmese generals.

Feedback from our readers
G8 FAILURE TO LAUNCH ON CLIMATE from Stephen McDowall
  "If they took the 2.0°C commitment seriously, it would imply a vigorous and immediate carbon emission reduction programme."

Humour
A WARM WELCOME from Jokes and Anecdotes: Humor to Fit Any Occasion, edited by Joe Claro
  Small towns have their own rules.