Posted: May 26, 2010

PUBLIC SAFETY MINISTER FLOATS "RAPE" BALLOON by Constance Backhouse
  Proposed change in terms may presage changes in policies.
 
 

HARPER'S SMALL TENT STRATEGY by Lawrence Martin
  With a divided opposition, Harperites need only one-third of voters for support.
 
 

G20 LINGO by Kelly Crichton
  Here's the difference between the bank levy and the Robin Hood tax.
 
 

America watch

NASHVILLE FLOODS BELOW MEDIA RADAR by Straight Goods staff
  $1 billion in damages to stately liberal Southern city, country music capital.
 

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Editorial

TRADE DEAL WITH COLOMBIA CAN STILL BE STOPPED by Ish Theilheimer
  Public must press Liberals to guarantee independent human rights assessments.
 

THE ARMAGEDDON FACTOR IN ALBERTA by Penney Kome
  Calgarians respond to authors of books about right-wing strategies.
 
 

Gordon's corner

YOU CAN LIVE WITHOUT IT... by Charles Gordon
  ... if you choose not to be "with it".
 
 

Science matters

CARS SAP YOUR STRENGTH by David Suzuki with Faisal Moola
  Drive home the benefits of staying active – for yourself and the environment.
 

MeanToons
THERE OUGHTA BE A LAW!
  Taxpayers respond to news they're paying Brian Mulroney's legal costs.

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Canadian Politics

TRYING TO DUCK THE ABORTION ISSUE by Geoffrey Stevens
  Harper said to be "furious". With himself, perhaps?
 
 

G8 PROGRAM NEEDS FIXING by Elsie Hambrook
  Canada needs to apply common sense in the Maternal Health Initiative.
 
 

BC POLL FAVOURS NDP by Bill Tieleman
  Liberals fall behind by twelve percentage points.
 
 

ALBERTA'S LONELY LIBERALS by Gillian Steward
  Local liberals too busy fighting to pay attention to Michael Ignatieff's visit.
 
 

CANCER ALLEY, AB by Mike Angus
  Citizens, activist groups, call attention to tar sands impacts near Edmonton.
 
 

Workplaces

NEW REPORT ON WORKPLACE INJURIES from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers
  June 1 is Injured Workers Day in Ontario.
 

Consumers
BELL CANADA TOUCH-TONE OVERCHARGE REVERSED from the Public Interest Advocacy Centre
  Customers must contact Bell and request refund.

World beat

TURNING BACK NOAM CHOMSKY by Uri Avnery
  Israel's self-fulfilling prophecy: Hallelujah, the world is against us!
 

Media files
BUMPER CROP OF CONCEALMENT from the Canadian Association of Journalists
  CAJ announces nominees for Code of Silence Award.

PICK OF THE WEEK

REQUIEM FOR THE GULF Major media seem to be losing interest as the catastrophic BP Deepwater Horizon oil spill continues to spew filthy grungy oil over the vital, fertile Gulf of Mexico and adjacent shorelines and wetlands. This video gives a painfully vivid overview of what happened and is still happening in that region. Be prepared to weep.   www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOkPGnaXsg8

Hot headlines

TEXAS SCHOOL BOOKS ALARMING by Bill Bigelow
  Other states look a little better, but only by comparison.
 
 

EURO FACES A NEAR-DEATH EXPERIENCE by Gwynne Dyer
  Weak Mediterranean economies endanger common currency.
 
 

ECONOMICS IS "A DISGRACED PROFESSION" by James Galbraith
  Free marketeers shunned rigorous fraud policies.
 
 

Take action!

TELL FEDS NOT TO SELL PRISON FARM HERD by the Rev Kathy Sage
  Save the prison farm program, which nourishes prisoners' bodies and souls.
 

Humour
YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE... from Canal plus
  Everybody has to be somewhere.