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Posts Tagged ‘Iran’

This last week of the year (and decade) has been very enjoyable and relaxing for myself as I’ve just returned home from a visit to my families house in Northwestern Ontario but it appears that it was not the ideal week to check out of blogging. Alot of pretty big news stories these past few days have been unfolding (or continuing to unfold.) In Iran the first week’s anniversary of the death of Grand Ayatollah Montazeri coincided with the Day of Ashura and we saw people from all walks of life (not just the priviledged elite of Tehran) come out and protest what is in essence a military junta leading the country. Closer to home the Prime Minister (ever the tactician) has prorogued parliament for the second year in a row. And overseas, deadly attacks continued apace as yesterday brought the deaths of 4 Canadian soldiers and a Canadian journalist, as well as the deaths of at least 7 CIA agents in Afghanistan. If only there was some sort of online, published tool that would be ideally suited to unpacking all of this news. Glory, glory, Halleluja there is and it’s called a ‘blog’. I just happen to have one of those. How convenient.

• Stephen Harper: Tactician Extraordinaire [/caption] Amidst reflecting on the year gone by, looking forward to the coming one and forming resolutions that will more often than not be forgotten by February, the end of 2009 also brought the opportunity...
• Canadians Against Prorogation: Vancouver Edition [/caption] January 23rd, 2010 saw thousands of people of all political stripes (as well as those lacking any stripes) from across the country come together in peaceful protest to demonstrate their displeasure with Prime Minister...

• Weekly Round Up: Messing Around With Video Games This week has a bit crazy with traveling to meet family and some other things. We're currently enjoying the new TV and taking turns playing...
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