Welcome to the roll

It’s been a while since we had the opportunity to add anybody new to the Special Visitors section of the blog roll….. our regulars in that section are still stopping by, and we here in the stageleft basement bunker would be remiss if we did not mention that do appreciate their continuing patronage, and now [...]

That lasted a long time

Killing of Palestinian girl tests informal ceasefire

GAZA CITY, GAZA STRIP – Hamas launched an attack on a Jewish settlement in the Gaza Strip Monday after a 10-year-old Palestinian girl was killed, reportedly by Israeli gunfire.
The two incidents have put to the test the unofficial ceasefire between the two sides since the election of Mahmoud Abbas [...]

Hat tip?

The folks that hang out in #mixedwingnuts IRC are a fairly diverse political group who read each others blogs and discuss (sometimes quite heatedly) what is written there in the various comments sections as well as “in channel”…… however we share (usually anyway) a general lack of time and sympathy for party line fundamentalism like [...]

A Ray of Hope?

It appears that there is a lot to be grateful for on Iraqi election day. The killings at the polls are fewer than feared, voter turnout is higher than expected, and a greater number of Sunni are voting than foreseen. This is one of those times when I’m profoundly glad to have at least [...]

Pots, kettles, the media, and the Bush administration

Coming from the US department of “leave-the-propaganda-to-us-because-we-like-what-we-say” it’s no big secret that Bush doesn’t like Al Jazeera, the Bush administration doesn’t like Al Jazeera, (Right)WingNuts like Hannity, Lumbaugh, Savage, their like, and their assorted adherents, don’t like Al Jazeera……. as a matter of fact just about anybody who doesn’t like coverage of things like the [...]

It makes for interesting reading

Can You Imagine?: Hussein Was Right & Bush Was Wrong
You may remember that in 2002, the year before the Iraq War began, the United Nations Security Council ordered Iraq to produce a report detailing all of its biological, chemical, and nuclear weapons past and present. Iraqi officials complied and produced an 11,800-page report [...]

I wonder what would happen if…

… Tehran sent a few fighter jets into Iraqi or Afghani air space “to get an assessment of their air defences”? What about if Syria or Jordon sent a fighter over Israel? Can you just imagine the chest thumping rhetoric that would come flying out of the Whitehouse and the Pentagon at some point immediately [...]

Friday night fun

The stageleft basement bunker is gonna be empty tonight. A quick trip home, a quick bite to eat, then it’s off to see Derek Miller and maybe tip a few after the show… y’all have fun whatever yer doing tonight ‘eh?
PS: Buy his CDs – they’re good

How did we forget that?

On January 21, 2003 stageleft pulled back the curtains at www.stageleft.blogspot.com… it was a very mundane post
Test Post – Please Ignore
Determining colour values and font attributes
I can’t believe I forgot to mention that as well as thank all the folks who make this place interesting and fun… a quick look shows that I didn’t post [...]

Ain’t that sweet… he took them for his mom

Ya just gotta wonder what sort of family you need to come from where sending pictures of your troop abusing prisoners home to mom is something you would consider doing – and that question doesn’t even come close to the answering the questions about what sort of individual you are to either take part [...]

Election update

Via WABC (Internet) radio news – 2 days before Iraqis go to the polls they finally get to see who the candidates are… I wonder if they know where they’ll be voting yet?
See our previous thoughts on the matter below – sheesh.

Really, it’s astounding

Four men imprisoned for almost three years by the US in Guantanamo Bay for possible terrorist activity but without being charged with anything are let go and there is barely a peep out of people.
Ain’t it odd what normally sane and rational people will be ok with as long as it’s done either to the [...]

Is it worse than we thought?

The BBC is reporting that according to one of the largest climate prediction projects ever run previous estimates regarding global warming were more than a little on the lite side and
Temperatures around the world could rise by as much as 11C
That is a significant number.
PS: Giving them a bit of your spare computer time wouldn’t [...]

Thoughts on the election

The pro-war/pro-Bush folks seem to think that the upcoming elections in Iraq are going to be some sort of problem solver – we’ve got significant doubts.
The first major hurdle they are ignoring is the security issue and its impact on the outcome of the election in general….. if a significant portion of the population is [...]

Canadian Culture Lives…It’s Just On Ice

Writers as diverse as Glenn Gould and Douglas Coupland have pondered the impact of winter on the Canadian psyche. Now the avant-garde arts community is entering the dialogue. Starting this month, my favorite weird Ottawa gallery presents The Winter Life, which promises to “bring together some of North America’s most challenging contemporary artists, who explore, [...]

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