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		<title>Open Letter To Bob Rae Concerning His Statement About Gay Pride 2010</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 10 Jul 2010 13:42:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Perhaps, Mr. Rae, it's not "Apartheid" in the strict definition of that term. Perhaps it's something else. We know that among many right-wing Israeli politicians, there is open talk of schemes to “transfer” Palestinians from their own land to Jordan and/or other neighbouring Arab countries.]]></description>
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		<title>Jack Layton Replies to My Letter on Behalf of Libby Davies</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 02 Jul 2010 17:53:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As for Libby's comments, she quickly clarified her comments and I
accepted her clarification.]]></description>
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		<title>Afghanistan: Is It Really Vietnam Redux? And &#8211; Will They Kill Hamid Karzai?</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 27 Jun 2010 10:17:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Soldiers have families and they'ed rather be at home fighting the oil catastrophe than waiting for a roadside bomb to blow them up. Afghanistan just isn't worth it.]]></description>
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		<title>Kingston Calls on Harper to Keep Prison Farms Open</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 24 Jun 2010 16:38:25 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;This government is clearly out of touch with the majority of  Canadians,&#8221;
(Kingston City Councillor &#8211; Rob Matheson, who sponsored the June 15 motion.)
This issue is not about politics, it&#8217;s about common sense, logic, rationality and human decency, all of which appear to be in short supply at the HQ of the General Harper forces.

Recidivism [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Incomprehensible Conundrum of Stephen Harper&#8217;s Mideast Policy</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Jun 2010 05:35:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jim</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Canada’s relations with the Arab/Muslim world are second in importance   and difficulty only to its relationship with the United States. The one   serious threat to Canadian citizens now stems from the mounting anger  of  Arabs and other Muslims, fomented largely by Israel’s long-standing   occupation of Palestine. The [...]]]></description>
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