Tuesday, August 23, 2011

1. Where's Waldo, I Mean, Where's Goldstone? Turkey Commits War Crimes in Iraq: Where’s Goldstone? and Turkish Jets Strike at PKK in Iraq - good question. Don't wait for an answer.



How do you spell "double standards"?

I spell it this way - U-N-I-T-E-D-N-A-T-I-O-N-S




4. This Is No Joke - Syria: Expect the Worst?


(they look like a fun lovin' bunch....)





8. But This Is - Pondering the Meaning of Branca’s Jewish Roots - NYTimes.com - well, at least it's tongue-in-cheek.






11. Really? You Don't Say. And This Surprised You In Some Manner? - it's just so very hard to believe - Assad broke word, U.N. chief says - The Washington Post


12. I'll Bet They Don't Want It Any More Than Does Israel - Arab League Warns re; Palestinian State



14. Lebanon Is On the UNSC - a country that has been sadly ruined by Syria, Iran and Hezbollah - so this is what you get - Lebanon thwarts UN Security Council statement denouncing terror attack in southern Israel - Haaretz Daily Newspaper | Israel News

15. Jack Layton - Jack Layton, the leader of the Canadian federal New Democratic Party, died Monday at age 61. I never met him, but by all accounts he was a good guy dedicated to Canada and Canadians, and it is a tragedy that he died at such a young age. That said, I did not agree with his political stance on most any issue.

Almost immediately after his death, a letter from Mr. Layton was released into the middle of an outpouring of emotional media stories, tributes and so on. While I could certainly identify with the part of the letter that spoke to the courage of people fighting cancer - or any disease for that matter - I thought that the letter was overly calculating in a political sense.

Amidst all the media types, I only saw one person who had the stones to criticize the letter - Christie Blatchford of the National Post - for which she has been predictably vilified.

You decide:



18. "Summerhood" - "Summerhood" is a Canadian movie directed by Halifax native Jacob Medjuck that was filmed at Camp Kadimah, in Barss Corner, Nova Scotia. It received 4 Canadian Comedy Award nominations for 2011, for:
  • Best Film
  • Best Actor
  • Best Writer
  • Best Director.
The award for Best Film is open to public voting—that’s me and you and everyone you know with a computer.

Here’s the link - you have to register before you can vote, so please do so using your email
address as your username. The film needs your vote - and that of anyone else you can convince
to vote. It will mean a great deal to the Director (and his family!!).
Let's all get behind Jacob and vote for "Summerhood" in the Best Film category!! The voting deadline is September 6, 2011.

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