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July 17th, 2014
accomplishedMay 15th, 2012
My review is titled, "Neat sequel...".
My review can be found here: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/The-D
chipperMay 14th, 2012
(À Radio-Canada.ca)
Les quatre personnes soupçonnées d'avoir lancé des bombes fumigènes dans le métro de Montréal, jeudi dernier, comparaissent de nouveau lundi et pourraient demander leur remise en liberté provisoire.
Vanessa L'Écuyer, Roxanne Belisle, Geneviève Vaillancourt et François Vivier-Gagnon sont accusés de complot, de méfait ayant causé des dommages de plus de 5000 $ et d'incitation à craindre un acte terroriste. De plus, M. Vivier-Gagnon est accusé de possession prohibée d'une arme blanche.
Les suspects s'étaient rendus à la police vendredi soir et ont été placés en état d'arrestation. Âgés environ d'une vingtaine d'années et inscrits à l'UQAM, ils étaient recherchés relativement aux méfaits commis à la station Lionel-Groulx. Ils étaient accompagnés de leurs avocats.
Ils ont comparu une première fois par vidéoconférence samedi, et ils demeuraient détenus depuis.
Une « vigile de solidarité » est organisée à 11 h 30 devant le Palais de justice de Montréal par le mouvement de la Force étudiante critique.
Un chef d'accusation très rare
Selon notre journaliste spécialiste de la scène judiciaire, Isabelle Richer, le chef d'accusation d'incitation à craindre un acte terroriste porté contre les quatre suspects est très rarement utilisé.
« Les spécialistes qui ont été consultés sur cette question s'étonnent qu'on ait autorisé des accusations comme celles-ci. Est-ce que c'est pour envoyer un message extrêmement clair que désormais, on ne badinera pas avec ce type d'activités ? », s'interroge Isabelle Richer.
Ce week-end, l'ex-bâtonnier du Québec, Gilles Ouimet, s'est dit surpris de la décision du Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales de porter de telles accusations. Il a d'ailleurs estimé que dans le cas actuel, ces accusations ne respectent pas l'esprit de la loi.
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Comme quoi il n'y aurait plus de différence entre vandalisme et terrorisme... Vraiment, on vit maintenant à l'ère du fascisme, au Québec. À quand les arrestations arbitraires et détentions 'préventives'? Nous y sommes presque!!
angryMay 10th, 2012
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ontd_political.'[Mitt] Romney's childhood classmates detail his chilling anti-gay bullying'. Oh. My. God. And this is an individual who may become President of the United States?
The article describes how Romney bullied and harassed fellow students during his high school years. Horrific.
The discussion is here.
'Racism looms over 'Hunger Games' sequel casting'. After many fans complained because certain characters were played by African American actors in the first film (currently in theaters), now that a sequel is in the works and actor Jesse Williams has been suggested by many on the internet as a worthy contender for a role in the second film, this also has the racist fans screaming.
Read here if you want to be wondering... WTF, white people???
...Humans really suck sometimes, you know?
...Aaaannddd in a nice addendum, people got bent out of shape about one of my comments. I don't think I'll type when I'm tired: I can see why they got miffed with me, actually.
OTOH, I really don't think I'll post or participate on this online forum anymore. It just isn't worth the stress (especially when part of the issue probably comes from cultural misunderstandings, given that I'm not even American).
nauseatedMay 8th, 2012
...Er. Say what? This is while this same government is slashing public spending from various ministries, including such 'unimportant' things as the inspection of meat and meat-related products from the U.S. in order to attempt to protect Canadians from food contamination. (Find out more about this here. NB: article in French.)
Read more about the Harper government's drastic spending cuts and misallocation of public funds here.
May 7th, 2012
Voici le témoignage d'un manifestant qui était présent, ce jour-là:
Manifestation de Victoriaville – Témoignage d’un étudiant au coeur de la tempête
À lire absolument.
Le gouvernement de Jean Charest a perdu toute légitimité, selon moi: quand on s'attaque à ses propres citoyens parce qu'ils ne sont pas d'accord avec vous, on se range dans le même camp que des régimes tel le régime Assad de Syrie.
May 3rd, 2012
(From AFP)
The embattled education minister of Canada's Quebec province, already facing a massive student backlash, on Wednesday was chided for receiving mob money at a party fundraiser.
Line Beauchamp faced a barrage of questioning in the legislature over the 2009 breakfast talk attended by Domenico Arcuri, a man Montreal police say belongs to the mafia.
She denied knowing Arcuri and added, "Now that the information is public and the links well established, I would not put myself in that position again."
Revelations that Arcuri paid $1,000 to attend the event and donated another $2,995 to Beauchamp's Liberals came out in the French-language daily La Presse.
Arcuri was said to be representing a soil decontamination company seeking a permit from the government, which it received one year later.
Beauchamp, who was environment minister at the time, insisted that the decision to grant the permit was made solely by bureaucrats.
Meanwhile she continues to face a stiff challenge from more than 170,000 students striking over plans to raise school fees by $1,625 as part of an effort to rein in the budget deficit.
After talks with the government broke down last week, students took to the streets, resulting in violent clashes with police and smashed storefronts in Montreal.
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Weeelll.... Isn't that special.
This is particularly interesting given the fact that: (i) a general lack of government funding is (IMHO) the reason for universities being underfunded in Quebec, (ii) student tuition hikes are being put forth as the only possible means of maintaining adequate funding for universities.
Just saying.
awakeMay 2nd, 2012
Speaking as an avid book reader... Just don't.
( How to make readers avoid you and your novels like the plague... )
May 1st, 2012
I gave this book 4 out of 5 stars/leaves. My review is titled, "Neat urban fantasy..."
My review is here: http://www.chapters.indigo.ca/books/Bloo
April 30th, 2012
(From the AP)
AP) BEIRUT - Two suicide bombers blew up cars rigged with explosives near a military compound and a hotel in northwestern Syria on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding nearly 100, state media said.
The powerful blasts, which tore two craters into the ground and ripped the facade off a multistory building, marked the latest setback for troubled United Nations efforts to end Syria's 13-month-old crisis.
An April 12 cease-fire agreement has helped reduce violence, but fighting persists and U.N. officials have singled out the Syrian regime as the main aggressor. An advance team of 16 U.N. observers is on the ground to try to salvage the truce, which is part of a broader plan by special envoy Kofi Annan to launch talks between President Bashar Assad and his opponents.
The head of the observer mission, Maj. Gen. Robert Mood, said Monday that his force cannot solve the country's crisis, and he urged both sides to stop fighting.
"Ten, 30, 300 or 1,000 observers will not solve all problems," he told reporters one day after his arrival in Damascus. "So everyone has to help us achieve this mission."
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Vladimir Putin in particular has a lot to answer for. Not content with murdering and oppress his own people throughout the years, his government have systematically blocked any resolution to provide military aid to the Syrian rebels and/or to intervene directly in the country. Just as a reminder, here are some examples of why Vladimir Putin is A MONSTER.
-On corruption in the Putin government, as well as the contention that his government is essentially part of the Russian mafia: at BBC news.
-Amnesty International annual report on human rights abuses in Russia: at Amnesty International.
-Two more critics of Vladimir Putin take bullets in the head (in '09): at the Washington Post.
-On the murder of Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, a vocal critic of the Putin regime, in 2006: at the NYTimes.
-On the murder of Russian ex-spy Alexander Litvinenko (i.e. poisoned using highly radioactive material) in the UK in 2006: at the BBC.
-On the end of the siege of a Moscow theater in October 2002. Rather than negotiate in ANY WAY with Chechen rebels (who had taken Russian civilians hostage) the Putin government had troops storm the theater and use poison gas, which resulted in 129 civilians and 41 Chechen guerillas being killed: at the Telegraph.
-Again, rather than attempt any kind of negotiation, Russian troops stormed a Russian school (filled with child hostages) after Chechen rebels took control of the school in Beslan, Russia, in 2004: at the Washington Post.
-One word: Chechnya. A history of Chechnya and the two Chechen wars. At the CBC, and at The Guardian (UK).
