este vorba de distrugerea conceptului de parinte pentru ca "societatea" sa aiba libertatea totala in manipularea copiilor nostrii. Familia este singurul si ultimu impediment pe care societatea il are in "formarea" creaturilor de care are nevoie in viitorul apropriat. Chestiile astea cu homoxesualii, pedofilii si adoptiile sint premergatoare raului ce va urma. Cind peste generatii se va vedea in ce mizerie morala si spiritula s-a ajuns, ei cei de atunci se vor rusina ca au asa "parinti" nestiind nci pe dearte ce insemna un parinte adevarat. Deci intelegeti ca nu ni se adreseaza noua ci totul se pregateste pentru generatiile vitoare conform unui plan stabilit. Noi acum pregatim terenul pentru generatiile vitoare. Prin compliciatea noastra, prin pasivitate si lipsa de implicare. Cei ce se cred acum superiori noua (majoritatea) si asteapta - desi cunosc ce se intimpla - cred ca neimplicarea lor in aceste probleme le va salva familia, se inseala! Genomul este descifrat (asa vor sa ne convinga ei) si numai cei alesi vor putea sa perpetueze pe baza DNA (asta n-o spun ei asa direct ca mine ci mai "stiintific" ca la National Geografic)!
Iar noi nu sintem printre cei alesi !
Friday, June 20, 2008
Thursday, June 19, 2008
Court overturns father's grounding of 12-year-old
OTTAWA (AFP) - A Canadian court has lifted a 12-year-old girl's grounding, overturning her father's punishment for disobeying his orders to stay off the Internet, his lawyer said Wednesday.
The girl had taken her father to Quebec Superior Court after he refused to allow her to go on a school trip for chatting on websites he tried to block, and then posting "inappropriate" pictures of herself online using a friend's computer.
The father's lawyer Kim Beaudoin said the disciplinary measures were for the girl's "own protection" and is appealing the ruling.
"She's a child," Beaudoin told AFP. "At her age, children test their limits and it's up to their parents to set boundaries."
"I started an appeal of the decision today to reestablish parental authority, and to ensure that this case doesn't set a precedent," she said. Otherwise, said Beaudoin, "parents are going to be walking on egg shells from now on."
"I think most children respect their parents and would never go so far as to take them to court, but it's clear that some would and we have to ask ourselves how far this will go."
According to court documents, the girl's Internet transgression was just the latest in a string of broken house rules. Even so, Justice Suzanne Tessier found her punishment too severe.
Beaudoin noted the girl used a court-appointed lawyer in her parents' 10-year custody dispute to launch her landmark case against dear old dad.
Sunday, June 08, 2008
Justin Parvu, egumenul manastirii cu hramul Sfintii Arhangheli, Petru Voda - Neamt
SCRISOARE DESCHISĂ
CĂTRE SFÂNTUL SINOD AL BISERICII ORTODOXE ROMÂNE
3 Iun 2008
În atenţia Preafericitului Părinte Daniel - Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române
Preafericite Părinte Patriarh,
Cu fiască supunere dar şi cu adâncă îndurerare vă adresez această scrisoare eu, nevrednicul şi cel mai mic între slujitorii celei Una, Sfântă, Sobornicească şi Apostolească Biserică.
Un fapt cutremurător a zguduit şi a derutat întreaga ortodoxie românească. Faţa ortodoxiei s-a pătat astăzi ruşinos, printr-un fapt unic în ultimii trei sute de ani de dăinuire a Sfintei noastre Biserici, prin gestul neortodox al fratelui nostru de suferinţă, Înalt Preasfinţia Sa Mitropolitul Nicolae Corneanu. Şi dacă actul necanonic al uniaţiei din Transilvania de acum trei secole a îndurerat ortodoxia, acum şi mai mult, din moment ce atunci poporul nostru suferea greaua asuprire străină, iar acum - nesiliţi de nimeni - ne facem părtaşi ereziei papistaşe.
Preafericirea Voastră, nu sunt eu în măsură şi nu îndrăznesc să reamintesc unui întâistătător al Bisericii sfintele canoane şi predania sfintei noastre Biserici Ortodoxe. Le cunoaşteţi şi vi le însuşiţi, de asemenea, prea-bine. Însă mă mustră cuvintele ferme ale marelui între sfinţii şi patriarhii noştri, Sfântul Ioan Gură de Aur, luminătorul a toată lumea, când spune: "Să nu fim părtaşi faptelor necurate ale întunericului, ci mai degrabă, mustraţi-le pe faţă" - şi nu pot să tac, văzând cum un înalt mitropolit al nostru, vechi de zile şi cu atâta experienţă, se împărtăşeşte cu cei ce au apostat de la dreapta credinţă. Aici, după cum bine-ştiţi, se încalcă grav canonul 46 apostolic, care spune clar: "Episcopul, sau prezbiterul, ereticesc botez primind, sau jertfă, a se caterisi poruncim. Că ce conglăsuire este lui Hristos cu Veliar? Sau ce parte are credinciosul cu necredinciosul?" De asemenea, canonul 45, care spune: "Episcopul, sau prezbiterul, sau diaconul, împreună cu ereticii rugându-se, să se afurisească numai; Iar de au dat lor voie ca unor clerici a lucra ceva, să se caterisească". Dar nu numai atât. Se ştie că uniatismul şi, prin urmare greco-catolicismul, a fost nu numai un atentat asupra purităţii sfintei noastre ortodoxii, ci a fost un atentat şi asupra fiinţei şi unităţii neamului românesc. Un astfel de gest al unui mitropolit ortodox nu face decât să reînvie această neagră pagină din istoria poporului nostru.
Poporul nostru, de-a lungul istoriei, a ştiut să convieţuiască paşnic cu toate religiile lumii, însă nu a acceptat niciodată ştirbirea propriei credinţe. Noi am nădăjduit că acest dialog ecumenic, pe care Biserica noastră îl poartă de la o vreme încoace, să fie rodnic, paşnic şi fără apostazii. Dar iată care sunt roadele lui acum. Acest gest nu face decât să ducă la scindare şi nicidecum la o unitate întemeiată în adevărul Sfinţilor Părinţi.
Dureros, Preafericirea Voastră, foarte dureros. În istoria Bisericii noastre au mai fost căderi ale clerului nostru, cum s-a întâmplat în perioada uniaţiei, când 80% din preoţi au acceptat compromisul, lepădându-şi sfânta lor credinţă. Să nu creăm ca şi atunci sminteală în rândul credincioşilor noştri.
Preafericirea Voastră, acum când neamul nostru este din nou ameninţat cu destrămarea, când Transilvania, Bucovina şi Basarabia sunt atât de râvnite de cei răuvoitori şi răucredincioşi, când peste ortodoxia noastră au năvălit fel şi fel de obiceiuri păgâne, cum ar fi homosexualitatea, avorturile, când sfintele icoane nu mai au loc în clasele copiilor noştri, vă rugăm, pentru sângele atâtor mucenici şi martiri ai neamului nostru, vărsat pentru apărarea credinţei şi a acestui neam, să luaţi atitudinea necesară, ca acest episcop să fie pedepsit, nu după părerea mea, ci în conformitate cu canoanele şi predania Sfinţilor noştri Părinţi, spre pocăinţă şi îndreptare şi spre lauda sfintei noastre Biserici. În puterea Sinodului pe care îl păstoriţi stă să nu lase să se sfărâme unitatea Bisericii noastre.
De aceea vă rog, Preafericirea Voastră, să supuneţi atenţiei Sfântului Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române această problemă, cât mai urgent, în cadrul discuţiilor ce vor avea loc în prima şedinţă a Sfântului Sinod. Această situaţie nu suferă amânare. Nu lăsaţi ca turma să se destrame şi mânia lui Dumnezeu să vină asupra acestui neam.
Cu plecăciune şi adânc respect,
Protos. Justin Pârvu
1 iunie 2008
Prăznuirea Sfântului Iustin Martirul şi Filosoful
Prea Fericirii Sale, Daniel,
Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române şi preşedintele Sfântului Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române
CĂTRE SFÂNTUL SINOD AL BISERICII ORTODOXE ROMÂNE
3 Iun 2008
În atenţia Preafericitului Părinte Daniel - Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române
Preafericite Părinte Patriarh,Cu fiască supunere dar şi cu adâncă îndurerare vă adresez această scrisoare eu, nevrednicul şi cel mai mic între slujitorii celei Una, Sfântă, Sobornicească şi Apostolească Biserică.
Un fapt cutremurător a zguduit şi a derutat întreaga ortodoxie românească. Faţa ortodoxiei s-a pătat astăzi ruşinos, printr-un fapt unic în ultimii trei sute de ani de dăinuire a Sfintei noastre Biserici, prin gestul neortodox al fratelui nostru de suferinţă, Înalt Preasfinţia Sa Mitropolitul Nicolae Corneanu. Şi dacă actul necanonic al uniaţiei din Transilvania de acum trei secole a îndurerat ortodoxia, acum şi mai mult, din moment ce atunci poporul nostru suferea greaua asuprire străină, iar acum - nesiliţi de nimeni - ne facem părtaşi ereziei papistaşe.
Preafericirea Voastră, nu sunt eu în măsură şi nu îndrăznesc să reamintesc unui întâistătător al Bisericii sfintele canoane şi predania sfintei noastre Biserici Ortodoxe. Le cunoaşteţi şi vi le însuşiţi, de asemenea, prea-bine. Însă mă mustră cuvintele ferme ale marelui între sfinţii şi patriarhii noştri, Sfântul Ioan Gură de Aur, luminătorul a toată lumea, când spune: "Să nu fim părtaşi faptelor necurate ale întunericului, ci mai degrabă, mustraţi-le pe faţă" - şi nu pot să tac, văzând cum un înalt mitropolit al nostru, vechi de zile şi cu atâta experienţă, se împărtăşeşte cu cei ce au apostat de la dreapta credinţă. Aici, după cum bine-ştiţi, se încalcă grav canonul 46 apostolic, care spune clar: "Episcopul, sau prezbiterul, ereticesc botez primind, sau jertfă, a se caterisi poruncim. Că ce conglăsuire este lui Hristos cu Veliar? Sau ce parte are credinciosul cu necredinciosul?" De asemenea, canonul 45, care spune: "Episcopul, sau prezbiterul, sau diaconul, împreună cu ereticii rugându-se, să se afurisească numai; Iar de au dat lor voie ca unor clerici a lucra ceva, să se caterisească". Dar nu numai atât. Se ştie că uniatismul şi, prin urmare greco-catolicismul, a fost nu numai un atentat asupra purităţii sfintei noastre ortodoxii, ci a fost un atentat şi asupra fiinţei şi unităţii neamului românesc. Un astfel de gest al unui mitropolit ortodox nu face decât să reînvie această neagră pagină din istoria poporului nostru.
Poporul nostru, de-a lungul istoriei, a ştiut să convieţuiască paşnic cu toate religiile lumii, însă nu a acceptat niciodată ştirbirea propriei credinţe. Noi am nădăjduit că acest dialog ecumenic, pe care Biserica noastră îl poartă de la o vreme încoace, să fie rodnic, paşnic şi fără apostazii. Dar iată care sunt roadele lui acum. Acest gest nu face decât să ducă la scindare şi nicidecum la o unitate întemeiată în adevărul Sfinţilor Părinţi.
Dureros, Preafericirea Voastră, foarte dureros. În istoria Bisericii noastre au mai fost căderi ale clerului nostru, cum s-a întâmplat în perioada uniaţiei, când 80% din preoţi au acceptat compromisul, lepădându-şi sfânta lor credinţă. Să nu creăm ca şi atunci sminteală în rândul credincioşilor noştri.
Preafericirea Voastră, acum când neamul nostru este din nou ameninţat cu destrămarea, când Transilvania, Bucovina şi Basarabia sunt atât de râvnite de cei răuvoitori şi răucredincioşi, când peste ortodoxia noastră au năvălit fel şi fel de obiceiuri păgâne, cum ar fi homosexualitatea, avorturile, când sfintele icoane nu mai au loc în clasele copiilor noştri, vă rugăm, pentru sângele atâtor mucenici şi martiri ai neamului nostru, vărsat pentru apărarea credinţei şi a acestui neam, să luaţi atitudinea necesară, ca acest episcop să fie pedepsit, nu după părerea mea, ci în conformitate cu canoanele şi predania Sfinţilor noştri Părinţi, spre pocăinţă şi îndreptare şi spre lauda sfintei noastre Biserici. În puterea Sinodului pe care îl păstoriţi stă să nu lase să se sfărâme unitatea Bisericii noastre.
De aceea vă rog, Preafericirea Voastră, să supuneţi atenţiei Sfântului Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române această problemă, cât mai urgent, în cadrul discuţiilor ce vor avea loc în prima şedinţă a Sfântului Sinod. Această situaţie nu suferă amânare. Nu lăsaţi ca turma să se destrame şi mânia lui Dumnezeu să vină asupra acestui neam.
Cu plecăciune şi adânc respect,
Protos. Justin Pârvu
1 iunie 2008
Prăznuirea Sfântului Iustin Martirul şi Filosoful
Prea Fericirii Sale, Daniel,
Patriarhul Bisericii Ortodoxe Române şi preşedintele Sfântului Sinod al Bisericii Ortodoxe Române
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Re:
Nu numai armele ti le va lua!! iti va lua si copii si nevasta si pamintul si casa daca nu te supui la legile lor. Sint fonduri de milioane care trec din mina guvernului (banii publici, banii nostrii) in mina a tot felul de societati si agentii cu scopul sa "educe" populatia sa fie pregatita sa spuna DA atunci cind legea va fi implementata. Nu e greu de vazut de ce totusi in democratie unde fiecare poate face schimbarea, totusi oamenii fac o alegere proasta. Ptr ca au fost conditionati sa faca asta cu ani inainte, cum este aici in canada si us din frageda copilarie. Iar daca nu pot sa faca schimbarea pe acre vor pe cale democtratica o vor face in momentul cind un dezastru se va intimpla adica prin shock teraphy.
Ei pot sa faca acolo la voi ce vor ca se bazeaza ca lumea e needucata, pune botul la cutia cu ciocolata, la vitrine frumose si parkarile din mall-urile ieftine. In UE nu pot sa faca inca asa ceva ca aia ies in strada. La noi e posibil orice! La fel cum au facut cu indienii aici, asa fac si cu voi acolo. Nu sinteti decit forta de munca ieftina. Asta am incercat sa spun de ani de zile dar e greu de acceptat ceea ce spun eu ptr ca lumea vede beneficiile care le aduce "civilizatia" dar cind vine si paguba atunci incepe sa se plinga. Si e TIRZIU!!! Ce pot eu sa fac daca ei se inregimenteaza singuri ptr avantaje materiale??? Ai vazut si tu ca nu poti sa-i convingi sa isi pastreze traditia si felul de viata care l-au avut. Vor sa se MODERNIZEZE !!!
acum nu mai conteaza nationalitatea astea au fost secolul trecut la moda. e lupta de clasa desi ei nu vor sa stim sau sa credem asa ceva. ei vor sa creada ca sintem prieteni si e bunapace peste tot. ESTE, dar numai daca accepti conditiile lor! E lupta ascunsa dintre bogati si saraci, deasta vezi tu ca vin si nemti si italieni si rusi si romani si sirbi, nu conteaza cine. cine lucreaza ptr ei? De ce se duce lumea sa lucreze ptr ei? de ce nu ii boicoteaza??? are lumea nevoie de bani sa cumpere la copii haine?? pai acum 1000 de ani tot ei ne-au facut hainele? cind n-o sa mai fie ei o sa stam in curu gol? nu cred. aici si in tarile avansate societatea civila i-a expulzat si au ajuns toti in INDIA SI CHINA si alte parti unde legile au fost slabe iar politicienii usor coruptibili. Iar la noi saraci pentru 2 kile de portocale au vindut si pe masa si tot neamul romanesc. Pentru ca sint tigani imputiti care nu au nici un respect fata de pamintul pe care il calca. Peste tot lasa mizerie. Iar noi stam cu miinile in sin si nu facem nimic. toata industria poluanta s-a mutat acolo unde OAMENILOR nu le pasa! au pus botul la dolar toti crezi ca americanul e prost cind el a adunat toata inteligenta din lume de 200 de ani, canadezii la fel. Planul a fost pus la cale de multa vreme, trebuia si europa de vest sa faca concurenta americanilor astfel s-a creat "lumea a treia" scalvii care vor sustine economia. Ei cu capul si restul cu munca si poluarea. Cind veti realiza ca ati fost inselati va fi tirziu ca nu veti mai putea riposta in nici un fel. Istoria se repeta. In numele "protectiei cetateanului" se iau toate masurile.Si lumea (in frunte cu femeile si copii ca ele/ei sint cei mai usor de cumparat si manipulat) accepta totul. Se distrug familiile ca asa se poate distruge o comunitate. Apare alcolismul, drogurile, traficantii, criminalitatea, prostitutia. EI au motiv apoi sa vina sa impuna ordinea si legea. Corect nu???
eu am scris de ani de zile pe blogul meu cum in romania sefac contracte ca sa aduca deseuri tixice din canada sa le ascunda prin pesteri. un nenorocit de bisnitar si-a facut firma si poate sa faca orice. Ptr ca lumea nu e TREAZA, barbatii se uita la filme deocheate, ca acum e plin de ele iar femeile isi pun vopsele in cap si viseaza sa fie manechine. Pierdere de timp DIRIJATA. La fotbal, la betii si chefuri, tineretul se pierde. si-au pierdut reperele toti cred ca banul le aduce bunastarea. Adevarat, dar o perioada scurta. Nu poti creste la infinit cu resurse limitate (FINITE). Cind isi dau seamna ce se intimpla (prea tirziu cum am mai spus) devin agresivi si violenti si pune gaia pina pe ei. Cazuri izolate pe ici pe colo. Cine sa apere pamintul. Inainte era simplu, era razboi pe fata. Acum e razboiul nevazut.
nu e nici un deranj, ma bucur sa vorbesc cu tine.
Saturday, April 19, 2008
RE: Timisoara
sigur ca arata superb pozele! cind sint bani totul arata frumos. Iar EI stiind ca noi sintem sensibili la ceea ce se vede mai mult decit la ceea ce nu se vede pot sa ne cumpere mai usor aratindu-ne ce pot ei face: cum transforma ei lumea. Ceea ce uita ei sa spuna ca in lumea lor nu va mai fi loc decit de poate 20% din populatie. Putini da' buni: cei ce accepta totul fara comentarii. Oricum se vor inghesui multi sa linga scara spre fericire dar putini vor fi alesi. Pupincurismul nu va fi singurul criteriu. Cert este ca dependenta de ei va fi tot mai mare pe fondul cresterii preturilor si se vor gasi destui lingai sa lucreze chiar si pe nimic doar ca sa supravietuiasca intr-un stat global militarizat. De ce? Pentru ca vor fi foarte multi sarmani lasati fara resurse care vor lupta impotriva acestui sistem pina la moarte. Prapastia se va mari iar conflictul va fi tot mai acut. Putini trec dintr-o barca in alta. Dar foarte multi devin tot mai radicali, extremisti. Ai vazut si tu (voi) ca intelegerea nu mai este asa cum era odata, cercul de prieteni se stringe pina la distrugerea comunitatii bazata pe diversitate si nasterea unei noi comunitati (culturi cum o numesc ei) bazata pe interese specifice unde nu omul este important ci profitul. As putea sa bat cimpii ore intregi dar ma opresc aci.
Pe scurt, romania a fost vanduta iar poavazarile ce le vedeti sint doar praf in ochi pentru a nu vedea pe cei 80% displacement people. Este politica lor economica care a "reusit" de 40 de ani incoace oriunde in lume de la Tigrii asiatici, pina la Piranas americii latine, Rusia, China. Romania saraca este ultima care se trezeste si ea acum intr-o fereastra de noi "oportunitati" si crede ca in sfirsit dupa atitea sacrificii a ajuns la capatul tunelului. E doar mirajul capitalist de care noi nu am avut onoarea sa-l cunoastem. Daca toata lumea a aflat ce se intimpla, din nefericire pentru mine (si noi), romanasii sint ultimii din lume care mai pun botul la modele economice care in tarile de care vorbeam au esuat iar nativii cistiga teren contra imperialismului american (ca sa fiu politicos).
Pe scurt, romania a fost vanduta iar poavazarile ce le vedeti sint doar praf in ochi pentru a nu vedea pe cei 80% displacement people. Este politica lor economica care a "reusit" de 40 de ani incoace oriunde in lume de la Tigrii asiatici, pina la Piranas americii latine, Rusia, China. Romania saraca este ultima care se trezeste si ea acum intr-o fereastra de noi "oportunitati" si crede ca in sfirsit dupa atitea sacrificii a ajuns la capatul tunelului. E doar mirajul capitalist de care noi nu am avut onoarea sa-l cunoastem. Daca toata lumea a aflat ce se intimpla, din nefericire pentru mine (si noi), romanasii sint ultimii din lume care mai pun botul la modele economice care in tarile de care vorbeam au esuat iar nativii cistiga teren contra imperialismului american (ca sa fiu politicos).
Monday, April 07, 2008
Jailing Aboriginal Leaders to Promote Uranium Mining in Ontario
Tuesday February 19, 2008 12:57 PM
News release from Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
In a travesty of justice, AAFN Spokesperson Robert Lovelace was sentenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kingston to 6 months incarceration and crippling fines amounting to $50,000 for upholding Algonquin law within our homeland. An additional sanction of $2,000 per day will be imposed for every day that Bob continues to obey our law rather than the court order. In addition, our community was fined $10,000 and Chief Paula Sherman $15,000, and our statement of defence was struck out, which means that we are forbidden from challenging the constitutional validity of Ontario's Mining Act. The court made it clear that First Nations' laws do not exist in Canada's legal system and anyone who tries to follow First Nations law will be severely punished.
Shouts of "shame!" erupted in the courtroom as the sentences were read by the judge and Robert was taken into custody. Many were aghast at the harshness of the sentencing imposed for participation in a peaceful protest against uranium exploration which was approved by the province of Ontario without any consultation with our community.
Chief Paula Sherman said: "No consideration was given to the circumstances that led to our actions. The testimony given under oath by Robert Lovelace outlined Algonquin Law and the corresponding responsibilities of Algonquin people with respect to human activity in our territory. It was tossed aside by the judge and deemed to be of no relevance. The message delivered clearly through this court decision is one of domination and oppression; the law will enforce one set of values with respect to human relationships with the land in Ontario and there is no room for Algonquin laws or values."
Ontario and Canada portray themselves as shining examples of democracy and human rights for the world to emulate, all the while creating laws, policies, and value systems that oppress and deny Aboriginal peoples' human right to life as distinct people. Robert testified that Algonquin identity is tied to the relationships that we maintain with the land.
Lovelace is now in jail in Quinte Correctional facility in Napanee. Chief Sherman said: "He is a political prisoner of the Government of Ontario and Ardoch Algonquin First Nation places blame for his incarceration on Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Michael Bryant. We have repeatedly asked for consultations on the mineral claims on our lands within the larger Algonquin homeland. We have offered Ontario a variety of options to enable consultation. Every option was rejected out of hand. Ontario's position has been consistent: Drilling on our land must occur. Our position has equally been consistent: Meaningful consultation must occur before any of our land is damaged or alienated to mining companies."
For more information, contact: Chief Paula Sherman (613) 329-3706 or Chris Reid (lawyer) (416) 629-3117
News release from Ardoch Algonquin First Nation
In a travesty of justice, AAFN Spokesperson Robert Lovelace was sentenced in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice in Kingston to 6 months incarceration and crippling fines amounting to $50,000 for upholding Algonquin law within our homeland. An additional sanction of $2,000 per day will be imposed for every day that Bob continues to obey our law rather than the court order. In addition, our community was fined $10,000 and Chief Paula Sherman $15,000, and our statement of defence was struck out, which means that we are forbidden from challenging the constitutional validity of Ontario's Mining Act. The court made it clear that First Nations' laws do not exist in Canada's legal system and anyone who tries to follow First Nations law will be severely punished.
Shouts of "shame!" erupted in the courtroom as the sentences were read by the judge and Robert was taken into custody. Many were aghast at the harshness of the sentencing imposed for participation in a peaceful protest against uranium exploration which was approved by the province of Ontario without any consultation with our community.
Chief Paula Sherman said: "No consideration was given to the circumstances that led to our actions. The testimony given under oath by Robert Lovelace outlined Algonquin Law and the corresponding responsibilities of Algonquin people with respect to human activity in our territory. It was tossed aside by the judge and deemed to be of no relevance. The message delivered clearly through this court decision is one of domination and oppression; the law will enforce one set of values with respect to human relationships with the land in Ontario and there is no room for Algonquin laws or values."
Ontario and Canada portray themselves as shining examples of democracy and human rights for the world to emulate, all the while creating laws, policies, and value systems that oppress and deny Aboriginal peoples' human right to life as distinct people. Robert testified that Algonquin identity is tied to the relationships that we maintain with the land.
Lovelace is now in jail in Quinte Correctional facility in Napanee. Chief Sherman said: "He is a political prisoner of the Government of Ontario and Ardoch Algonquin First Nation places blame for his incarceration on Premier Dalton McGuinty and the Minister of Aboriginal Affairs, Michael Bryant. We have repeatedly asked for consultations on the mineral claims on our lands within the larger Algonquin homeland. We have offered Ontario a variety of options to enable consultation. Every option was rejected out of hand. Ontario's position has been consistent: Drilling on our land must occur. Our position has equally been consistent: Meaningful consultation must occur before any of our land is damaged or alienated to mining companies."
For more information, contact: Chief Paula Sherman (613) 329-3706 or Chris Reid (lawyer) (416) 629-3117
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Thursday, March 27, 2008
VORBITI, SCRIETI ROMANESTE, PENTRU DUMNEZEU!
Mult e dulce si frumoasa
Limba ce-o vorbim,
Alta limba-armonioasa
Ca ea nu gasim.
Salta inima-n placere
Cand o ascultam,
Si pe buze-aduce miere
Cand o cuvantam.
Romanasul o iubeste
Ca sufletul sau,
Vorbiti, scrieti romaneste,
Pentru Dumnezeu.
Frati ce-n dulcea Romanie
Nasteti si muriti
Si-n lumina ei cea vie
Dulce vietuiti!
De ce limba romaneasca
Sa n-o cultivam?
Au voiti ca sa roseasca
Tarna ce calcam?
Limba, tara, vorbe sfinte
La stramosi erau;
VORBITI, SCRIETI ROMANESTE,
PENTRU DUMNEZEU!
Sunday, March 23, 2008
Central European Media Enterprises
Limbajul de mahala , propriu pana nu de mult ghetoului si penitenciarelor a invadat limbajul comun o data cu explozia de manele . Muzica de petrecere mai mult sau mai putin tiganeasca se canta pe aceste meleaguri de mult timp , insa de cativa ani se petrece o actiune voita ( dar neconstientizata de multi ) de dezromanizare si imbecilizare a maselor ( de care voi vorbi cu alta ocazie , facand parte dintr-un proiect mai amplu , la nivel global de cimentare in material si indepartare de Dumnezeu a individului ) .Manelizarea societatii romanesti este una din cele mai distructive si eficiente actiuni de stricare a acestui neam . Acele cuvinte nu sunt tocmai goale de continut , ele reprezinta o rasturnare a valorilor reale si indeamna la razbunare , mandrie , goana dupa bani , desfranare .
Manelizarea a inceput cand CNN , trambita politicii corecte mondiale , a criticat autoritatile romane ca tiganii nu-si pot exprima “ creatiile artistice “ in mass-media de la noi . Imediat PRO TV s-a aliniat si a inceput o intensa promovare a “ artistilor “ si a subculturii lor .
CNN , a fost fondat de catre Ted Turner , cel ce numea crestinismul ca fiind religia invinsilor iar pe opozantii avortului prin absortie ii poreclea “ bozos “( prosti , incompetenti , mascarici ) . Ultima remarca se explica prin apropierea sa de familia Rockefeller ( se stie ca John D. Rockefeller III a finantat enorm miscarea pro absortie ca principala componenta a family planning , politica a Population Council infiintata de el ) .
Interesant de studiat este site-ul :
http://www.synergos.org/universityforanight/03/remarks.htm
Cat despre PRO TV , sa vedem cine ii este stapanul :RONALD Steven LAUDER
Controleaza Central European Media Enterprises and Israeli TV.
In 1987, d-nul Lauder a intemeiat Ronald S. Lauder Foundation , ce se dedica reconstructiei comunitatilor evreiesti din centrul si estul Europei .
De asemenea , numele sau este legat de numeroase organizatii civice :
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Jewish National Fund
World Jewish Congress
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
Anti-Defamation League ( chestiuni de defaimare si discriminare ale evreilor )
Jewish Theological Seminary ( unul dintre centrele academice si spirtituale ale iudaismului conservator )
Brandeis University
Abraham Fund
FAMILIA LAUDER
D-nul Lauder este fiul cuplului Estée Lauder si Joseph Lauder . De asemenea , este fratele mai mic al altui domn deosebit , Leonard Lauder . Putem face referire si la fiica sa , d-na Jane , maritata cu d-nul Kevin Warsh .
Geniala d-na Estée Lauder , nascuta intr-o familie de imigranti evrei din Ungaria , a fost fondatoarea , impreuna cu sotul sau , al gigantului in cosmetice Estée Lauder Companies .
D-nul Leonard Lauder , este seful megacompaniei mamei sale .
Valorosul tanar domn Kevin Warsh este membru al consiliului de conducere al guvernatorilor Federal Reserve System , nominalizat fiind de catre George W. Bush
http://saccsiv.weblog.ro/
Manelizarea a inceput cand CNN , trambita politicii corecte mondiale , a criticat autoritatile romane ca tiganii nu-si pot exprima “ creatiile artistice “ in mass-media de la noi . Imediat PRO TV s-a aliniat si a inceput o intensa promovare a “ artistilor “ si a subculturii lor .
CNN , a fost fondat de catre Ted Turner , cel ce numea crestinismul ca fiind religia invinsilor iar pe opozantii avortului prin absortie ii poreclea “ bozos “( prosti , incompetenti , mascarici ) . Ultima remarca se explica prin apropierea sa de familia Rockefeller ( se stie ca John D. Rockefeller III a finantat enorm miscarea pro absortie ca principala componenta a family planning , politica a Population Council infiintata de el ) .
Interesant de studiat este site-ul :
http://www.synergos.org/universityforanight/03/remarks.htm
Cat despre PRO TV , sa vedem cine ii este stapanul :RONALD Steven LAUDER
Controleaza Central European Media Enterprises and Israeli TV.
In 1987, d-nul Lauder a intemeiat Ronald S. Lauder Foundation , ce se dedica reconstructiei comunitatilor evreiesti din centrul si estul Europei .
De asemenea , numele sau este legat de numeroase organizatii civice :
Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations
Jewish National Fund
World Jewish Congress
American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee,
Anti-Defamation League ( chestiuni de defaimare si discriminare ale evreilor )
Jewish Theological Seminary ( unul dintre centrele academice si spirtituale ale iudaismului conservator )
Brandeis University
Abraham Fund
FAMILIA LAUDER
D-nul Lauder este fiul cuplului Estée Lauder si Joseph Lauder . De asemenea , este fratele mai mic al altui domn deosebit , Leonard Lauder . Putem face referire si la fiica sa , d-na Jane , maritata cu d-nul Kevin Warsh .
Geniala d-na Estée Lauder , nascuta intr-o familie de imigranti evrei din Ungaria , a fost fondatoarea , impreuna cu sotul sau , al gigantului in cosmetice Estée Lauder Companies .
D-nul Leonard Lauder , este seful megacompaniei mamei sale .
Valorosul tanar domn Kevin Warsh este membru al consiliului de conducere al guvernatorilor Federal Reserve System , nominalizat fiind de catre George W. Bush
http://saccsiv.weblog.ro/
Percy Schmeiser
Percy Schmeiser is a Canadian canola farmer who has been sued by agricultural chemical and biotech giant Monsanto after some of Monsanto's genetically engineered Roundup Ready canola genes drifted onto his property from neighboring farms and contaminated his crop.
Mr. Schmeiser, who is now 70 years old, has traveled the world speaking to a wide variety of audiences about his experience.
Mr. Schmeiser received the Mahatma Gandhi award in October, 2000.
Percy Schmeiser speaking at the University of Texas at Austin - October 10, 2001:
I've been farming for 53 years, and 50 years of those I spent in developing a natural breeding of canola. I was known in Western Canada as a seed saver and a seed developer. Besides being a farmer, I've also spent 25 years in public life. I was a member of Parliament and I was also mayor of my community for that length of time. In those years of public life, I was on every agricultural committee you can imagine, both federally and provincially. I've always fought for farmers’ rights and farmers’ privileges, and regulations and laws that would benefit them.
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Rodney Nelson, along with his father and brothers, grows soybeans on their North Dakota farm. His family is also being sued by Monsanto, who accused them of saving and replanting their patented Roundup ready soybeans, a charge Mr. Nelson adamantly denies.
Rodney Nelson (seen speaking from his fields in a tractor - note: taped for this event):
Our family comes from a long line of share renters. Our farm has grown quite dramatically in size over the years because we have always been honest and fair with people. And I believe our landlords realize this. And that's why they come to us to rent us a farm. It has been heart wrenching for us to watch our reputations be destroyed in our own community over something we did not do. My family has been enduring a living hell since this began. I am sure this is what led to my father's recent heart attack a few weeks back. He has been physically and emotionally shattered since this began, as our whole family has been. more @ http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Heartbreak-In-The-Heartland21jul02.htm
Mr. Schmeiser, who is now 70 years old, has traveled the world speaking to a wide variety of audiences about his experience.
Mr. Schmeiser received the Mahatma Gandhi award in October, 2000.
Percy Schmeiser speaking at the University of Texas at Austin - October 10, 2001:
I've been farming for 53 years, and 50 years of those I spent in developing a natural breeding of canola. I was known in Western Canada as a seed saver and a seed developer. Besides being a farmer, I've also spent 25 years in public life. I was a member of Parliament and I was also mayor of my community for that length of time. In those years of public life, I was on every agricultural committee you can imagine, both federally and provincially. I've always fought for farmers’ rights and farmers’ privileges, and regulations and laws that would benefit them.
Text on screen:
Rodney Nelson, along with his father and brothers, grows soybeans on their North Dakota farm. His family is also being sued by Monsanto, who accused them of saving and replanting their patented Roundup ready soybeans, a charge Mr. Nelson adamantly denies.
Rodney Nelson (seen speaking from his fields in a tractor - note: taped for this event):
Our family comes from a long line of share renters. Our farm has grown quite dramatically in size over the years because we have always been honest and fair with people. And I believe our landlords realize this. And that's why they come to us to rent us a farm. It has been heart wrenching for us to watch our reputations be destroyed in our own community over something we did not do. My family has been enduring a living hell since this began. I am sure this is what led to my father's recent heart attack a few weeks back. He has been physically and emotionally shattered since this began, as our whole family has been. more @ http://www.mindfully.org/GE/GE4/Heartbreak-In-The-Heartland21jul02.htm
The Fed's in a desperate race with spectre of collapse
We have not seen anything like it since the decade of the Great Depression. Melodramatic as that might sound, it is a fact but a fact that markets seem unwilling to accept. While the Fed is willing to slash rates and hope, and pump liquidity into the system, markets will remain optimistic. But it is a race to the bottom. The Fed hoping it reaches the finishing line first and restores confidence returns before a bank goes bust. But the spectre of a collapse is neck and neck with Bernanke and it’s still anyone’s guess which will win.
The Suspect Society
The Surveillance Society. The New Authoritarianism. The Age of Paranoid Politics. These are just a few of the ways writers and thinkers describe the age we're now living in. The signs of anxiety and fear in this post 9-11 era are all around us. School lock-downs are called the new fire-drill. Recently, many schools boards in Canada made rehearsing the lock-down mandatory. The number of security staff in schools is increasing every year. By 2010 for example, there will be more security guards than teachers in American schools. But, the uniforms aren't just being worn by security staff. More and more American public schools have adopted uniforms for students. Meanwhile the U.S. army is embedding itself in schools - targeting younger and younger students for recruitment. In Canada recruitment comes through video games that inform, entertain and seduce "action-focused males starting at 17 years old".
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| British Goverment poster outside a Metro station in London. |
Military symbols and myths are gaining prominence in western societies. In Britain, a recent report recommended that military personnel continue to wear a uniform in their daily life as citizens to boost support for themselves. One of Canada's military boosters is Prime Minister Stephen Harper. In April, 2007, he told us that the Battle of Vimy Ridge is Canada's creation story. Military Heroics. Bunker politics. Us against Them. The world, indeed seems more dangerous than ever, in the most intimate of environments. In daycares within Canada, the US, Britain and Australia, there is now video surveillance of very young children, easing we're told, parental anxieties. Never mind cameras at intersections, in elevators. Cameras everywhere. In Baltimore, they've gone further. Based on an idea from Glasgow, Scotland, blue flashing lights have been installed around Baltimore - to signal: this is a high-crime neighbourhood.
A grant worth millions of dollars from the United States Department of Homeland Security has helped pay for Baltimore's video fortress. That video is streamed into the Baltimore Police Depatments "Watch Centre". In New York City and London, England similar surveillance is called, "The Ring of Steel".
Britain has 4 million cameras trained on it's citizens. The country's information commissioner has publicly stated the British are sleepwalking into a surveillance society. One study revealed a single person in London, going about their business would be filmed about 300 times in one day. But what are we to make of all of this? We know that video cameras can, in specific situations, help solve crimes but must everybody be watched all the time? And what's at stake?
IDEAS producer Mary O'Connell takes us inside the new authoritarianism – which, if we're paying attention, seems to be all around us.
Listen to The Suspect Society, Part 1
(runs: 54:00)
In Episode 2, Mary O'Connell explores violations of academic freedom and expression. Dr. Steven Kurtz is an arts professor at Suny - State University of New York at Buffalo. Dr. Kurtz has been the subject of an FBI investigation and his trial will begin in summer 2008. The second case involves the story of Religion and Philosophy professor Douglas Giles who was dismissed from his
job at Roosevelt University in Chicago.
Listen to The Suspect Society, Part 2
(runs: 54:00)
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BooksAgainst the New Authoritarianism, by Henry A. Giroux.
The University in Chains, by Henry A. Giroux.
Professor Henry Giroux is the Global Television Network Chair in English and Cultural Studies at McMaster University.
Paranoid Parenting, by Frank Furedi.
Frank Furedi is a sociologist at the University of Canterbury, England.
Witch Hunts from Salem to Guantanamo Bay, by Robert Rapley.
The Age of McCarthyism, by Ellen Schrecker.
Many Are the Crimes: McCarthyism in America, by Ellen Schrecker.
Ellen Schrecker is a professor of American History at Yeshiva University, New York.
Suspect, Alphabet City, editor John Knechtel.
Websites
The American Civil Liberties Union - Is the US Turning Into A Surveillance Society
Canadian Civil Liberties Association - CCLA In The Schools: The Right To Personal Privacy
Media Matters for America - Savage Nation
Alligator Online - Capital Bill Aims to Control Leftist
CBN.NEWS.com - The 101 Most Dangerous Professors in America
The Nation - Burning Cole
Critical Art Ensemble
American Historical Association - Scholars Become Targets of Patriot Act
Thursday, March 20, 2008
Once upon a time ...
One hundred years ago American business leaders and politicians celebrated the free market. They praised the virtues of small government, competition, and laissez-faire capitalism. They said that with enough hard work anybody could make it to the top. Although free market rhetoric was plentiful in those days, free markets were hard to find. Almost every sector of the American economy was controlled by a handful of corporations whose executives met in secret, set prices, determined wages, and conspired to destroy labor unions. These interlocking corporate and financial monopolies had a pleasant, innocent- sounding name: trusts. There was a steel trust, a sugar trust, and a coal trust, among others. The markets weren’t free, but the trusts were—free to employ children in factories, free to make people work sixty or seventy hours a week, free to pollute rivers and streams, to hire private armies, to bribe state legislators and members of Congress, to sell what they wanted at whatever price they liked.
Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Activists demand a National Water Policy in over 40 communities across the country on World Water Day
On World Water Day, March 22, over 40 communities across Canada will be joining the Council of Canadians' call for a national water policy. The organization and its supporters are demanding federal legislation to address the rising threats of bulk water exports to the United States, the privatization of water services and increasing levels of water contamination in Canada.
The Council of Canadians is working with the Canadian Union of Public Employees, Oxfam Canada and the Polaris Institute to raise awareness on the water crisis in Canada.
Who:
Susan Howatt is the national water campaigner at the Council of Canadians. She has spoken in communities across the country on Canada's water crisis and the need for a national water policy.
The Council of Canadians is Canada's largest citizens' advocacy organization with 76 chapters across Canada.
Please contact us to get in touch with someone from your community.
When:
March 18 -22
Where:
Communities across the country. Find World Water Day events in your community at: www.canadians.org/WorldWaterDay/events.html
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For more information, please contact:
Meera Karunananthan Media Officer: Tel.: (613) 233-4487, ext. 234; Cell: (613) 795-8685; meera@canadians.org; www.righttowater.ca.
Monday, March 10, 2008
The democratic inducement and regulation of world federalism.
The democratic inducement and regulation of world federalism.
Herb Dhaliwal, Minister of Natural Resources, recently expressed some concern that we in Canada are moving toward a "third world democracy", "where the people who are in control make sure they control it and don't let other people in". Jeffrey Simpson has written that we live in a "benign dictatorship" where our Prime Minister has an inordinate amount of power. I think we are moving toward what essentially amounts to fascism.
Just so we are clear about our definitions here, I should state that I take my definition of fascism from someone who should have known what it was. Benito Mussolini founded the fascista in 1919. While the jackboots and national fervor are gone from public view, what remains is the core of an idea that has taken root in this country, primarily among our more finely tailored. It is called corporatism. Mussolini said that Fascism should more correctly have been called "Corporatism" because as he put it, Fascism is a "merge" of corporate and government power. I take him at his word.
That corporate power in Canada is represented by a group of 150 Chief Executives who now call themselves the Canadian Council of Chief Executives. These executives represent the most powerful corporations in Canada. I mention this group because it is they who have been identified by Peter C. Newman as being the people who actually run Canada, and have since about 1998. According to Mr. Newman, in a CPAC interview recently aired, they have a meeting with government about once a year, they tell the government what they want, and they get it, period.
This group has recently embarked on a campaign to influence you and me on a new plan for Canada which is more in tune with their interests. An article published in the Globe and Mail on January 15th, 2004, section B, Page 3, outlined their new plan for Canada and a timetable for its implementation.
According to the article, this council wants to "reduce the Canada U.S. border to an internal checkpoint, bring together the resource industries of the two countries, reform the regulatory and standards environment and beef up the Canadian Military as part of a perimeter defense against terrorism," this will include "identity cards". They intend to "effect the changes over the next 3 to 4 years".
Canadians have always believed that the United States wants Canadian water, and we have always been assured that no such want exists or will be fed. I am suggesting that bringing "together the resource industries" is nothing more than double speak for give us your water, a demand that began to be heard in 1998 when the corporate sector began lobbying for the water market.
Two years later, multinational companies backed by the World Trade Organization successfully strong armed the U.N. into defining water as a human need as opposed to a human right. This human need in the United Sates, who's leaders, like Canadian leaders, feel that we don't need a national water conservation policy, is best represented by the Ogallala Aquifer.
The Ogallala Aquifer stretches from the Texas Panhandle to South Dakota, is mined by over 200,000 groundwater wells and is now being used at 14 times its natural replenishment rate. This aquifer is going to run out of water and when it does there will be strident demands to replace that water.
One of the member corporations of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives is Bechtel, (an American Corporation,) which coincidentally happens to be, among other things, in the water business. If you are looking for other corporations who would benefit from and have the capacity to produce the machinery of war, of managing the business of reducing human rights, or of controlling and manipulating the mechanisms of a free press, they are all represented by this council, and they are not benign.
Carl Joudrie: January, 2004
Wednesday, February 27, 2008
No Uranium Mine ! Shabot Obaajiwan will not back down !
By Helen Forsey
The story behind the draconian February 15th sentencing of a First Nation leader began in the spring of 2007 when the Ardoch and Shabot Obaadjiwan Algonquin communities found out that their land was threatened by a proposed uranium mine. The Ontario government had given a permit to "Frontenac Ventures" corporation to drill for uranium on a 30,000 acre tract of wilderness in northern Frontenac County, 100 kms upstream from Ottawa. Some of the land staked is private property, but most is unceded Algonquin territory, claimed as "Crown land" by the provincial government.
Like the whole of the Ottawa River watershed, this "Frontenac Tract" is traditional Algonquin territory. It has never been ceded to the Crown, and since the early 1990s it has been the subject of Comprehensive Land Claim negotiations with Ontario and Canada. By issuing exploration permits on this disputed land, Ontario has made a mockery of its own negotiations and ignored Supreme Court rulings that require meaningful consultation with First Nations before allowing development in their territories.
Frontenac Ventures took advantage of this government travesty. In the spring of 2007 it set up a uranium exploration camp at Robertsville, 90 kms north of Kingston, and prepared to drill. Meanwhile, concern was building among local residents over the dangers uranium poses to human health and the environment. Meetings took place between Algonquins and their "settler" neighbours, research was done, letters written, questions raised. But as more alarming facts emerged about the risks of exploring and mining this radioactive mineral, it became clear that the company was going ahead regardless.
At the end of June, the Ardoch Algonquins and Shabot Obaadjiwan peacefully occupied the site at Robertsville, the only feasible entry point for the 30,000-acre tract. They were supported by hundreds of non-Algonquins from the local area and beyond, who brought food and supplies, raised money, and organized a communications and quick response network. The comprehensive website (http://www.ccamu.ca/) and email newsletter, "Uranium News" are the work of the Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium.
From the start, the entire protest was determinedly non-violent. Mindful of the lessons from Ipperwash, the Ontario Provincial Police helped maintain good communications and prevent crises. The Algonquins, working from an office in a donated trailer behind the gate, continued to press the government for consultation. Frustrated, Frontenac Ventures launched a $77-million lawsuit against the protesters and got an interim injunction ordering everyone away from the Site.
In response, settler support mushroomed, and an entire tent village went up outside the gate. The Algonquins insisted they would only leave if true consultation began, with a guarantee of no drilling for the duration of the process. Apparently outraged by their stubborn determination, Judge Cunningham of the Ontario Superior Court issued a follow-up "interlocutory" injunction on September 27th, and charged the protesters with contempt of court for defying the earlier order. With evidence implicating at least 50 people, both settlers and Algonquins, lawyers negotiated the number down to eight, among them the five First Nations leaders who bravely volunteered to take the rap for everyone
Finally in October the government agreed to mediated talks, and the Algonquins moved their peaceful protest out from behind the gate to the road allowance nearby. As the cold set in, the protesters maintained a watchful presence in the relocated trailer and a cabin they built in three days. Donna Dillman's hunger strike was based there until she took it to Toronto at the end of November. Frontenac Ventures came and went, doing "non-intrusive" preparatory work under the terms of the mediation.
But tensions began to mount soon after New Years, as the end of the twelve-week mediation period approached. An innovative Algonquin proposal for a consultation "pilot project" was on the table when the Ontario government pulled the rug out from under the whole thing by insisting that drilling must go ahead no matter what. Ardoch and Shabot rejected that condition and resumed their non-violent protest. That was how things stood on February 12th when the trials on the contempt charges began, leading to the rigid conditions, massive fines and jail time imposed by Judge Cunningham.
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Shabot people need your help!!!
Click here to help
The story behind the draconian February 15th sentencing of a First Nation leader began in the spring of 2007 when the Ardoch and Shabot Obaadjiwan Algonquin communities found out that their land was threatened by a proposed uranium mine. The Ontario government had given a permit to "Frontenac Ventures" corporation to drill for uranium on a 30,000 acre tract of wilderness in northern Frontenac County, 100 kms upstream from Ottawa. Some of the land staked is private property, but most is unceded Algonquin territory, claimed as "Crown land" by the provincial government.
Like the whole of the Ottawa River watershed, this "Frontenac Tract" is traditional Algonquin territory. It has never been ceded to the Crown, and since the early 1990s it has been the subject of Comprehensive Land Claim negotiations with Ontario and Canada. By issuing exploration permits on this disputed land, Ontario has made a mockery of its own negotiations and ignored Supreme Court rulings that require meaningful consultation with First Nations before allowing development in their territories.
Frontenac Ventures took advantage of this government travesty. In the spring of 2007 it set up a uranium exploration camp at Robertsville, 90 kms north of Kingston, and prepared to drill. Meanwhile, concern was building among local residents over the dangers uranium poses to human health and the environment. Meetings took place between Algonquins and their "settler" neighbours, research was done, letters written, questions raised. But as more alarming facts emerged about the risks of exploring and mining this radioactive mineral, it became clear that the company was going ahead regardless.
At the end of June, the Ardoch Algonquins and Shabot Obaadjiwan peacefully occupied the site at Robertsville, the only feasible entry point for the 30,000-acre tract. They were supported by hundreds of non-Algonquins from the local area and beyond, who brought food and supplies, raised money, and organized a communications and quick response network. The comprehensive website (http://www.ccamu.ca/) and email newsletter, "Uranium News" are the work of the Community Coalition Against Mining Uranium.
From the start, the entire protest was determinedly non-violent. Mindful of the lessons from Ipperwash, the Ontario Provincial Police helped maintain good communications and prevent crises. The Algonquins, working from an office in a donated trailer behind the gate, continued to press the government for consultation. Frustrated, Frontenac Ventures launched a $77-million lawsuit against the protesters and got an interim injunction ordering everyone away from the Site.
In response, settler support mushroomed, and an entire tent village went up outside the gate. The Algonquins insisted they would only leave if true consultation began, with a guarantee of no drilling for the duration of the process. Apparently outraged by their stubborn determination, Judge Cunningham of the Ontario Superior Court issued a follow-up "interlocutory" injunction on September 27th, and charged the protesters with contempt of court for defying the earlier order. With evidence implicating at least 50 people, both settlers and Algonquins, lawyers negotiated the number down to eight, among them the five First Nations leaders who bravely volunteered to take the rap for everyone
Finally in October the government agreed to mediated talks, and the Algonquins moved their peaceful protest out from behind the gate to the road allowance nearby. As the cold set in, the protesters maintained a watchful presence in the relocated trailer and a cabin they built in three days. Donna Dillman's hunger strike was based there until she took it to Toronto at the end of November. Frontenac Ventures came and went, doing "non-intrusive" preparatory work under the terms of the mediation.
But tensions began to mount soon after New Years, as the end of the twelve-week mediation period approached. An innovative Algonquin proposal for a consultation "pilot project" was on the table when the Ontario government pulled the rug out from under the whole thing by insisting that drilling must go ahead no matter what. Ardoch and Shabot rejected that condition and resumed their non-violent protest. That was how things stood on February 12th when the trials on the contempt charges began, leading to the rigid conditions, massive fines and jail time imposed by Judge Cunningham.
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Shabot people need your help!!!
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Tuesday, February 19, 2008
Air Pollution
Air pollution is still a major concern, particularly with wood boilers. A 2006 report from the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management, a nonprofit association of Northeast air quality agencies, found that average particulate emissions from one outdoor wood boiler equaled that of 22 wood stoves, 205 oil furnaces or as many as 8,000 natural gas furnaces.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
PRIMARUL A LUAT CALCULATOARELE DE LA CASA DE CULTURA
Zilele trecute un scandal monstru a avut loc la Casa de Cultura . Asta deoarece din dispozitia primarului s-au ridicat calculatoarele de la Casa de cultura . Printre cei afectati s-a aflat si insusi directorul d-na Cristina Crinteanu . Gurile rele spun ca aceasta masura a fost luata pentru ca angajatii acestei institutii sa nu mai poata citi si eventual sa-si exprime opinii pe forumul Ziarului de Calafat ....
Wednesday, January 16, 2008
Cloned animals safe to eat, concludes FDA
15/01/2008 11:38:36 PM
Meat and milk from cloned animals is as safe as that from "normal" animals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded in a 900-plus page safety report.
The FDA says the data show that the meat and milk from cattle, swine and goat clones "are as safe as food we eat every day."
"After years of detailed study and analysis, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally consumed as food, are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals," the agency said in a statement Tuesday.
They noted that their report was limited to cows, pigs and goats; they didn't have enough data to comment on the safety of food from clones of other animal species, such as sheep.
U.S. producers agreed back in 2001 to not bring meat or milk from clones into the food supply, until the FDA could further evaluate the issue. With this report, the last U.S. regulatory hurdle to marketing cloned meat and milk products is now removed.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization applauded the FDA decision in a statement on their website. It says cloning "can effectively help livestock producers deliver what consumers want: high-quality, safe, abundant and nutritious foods in a consistent manner."
But it'll likely be years before consumers can find foods from cloned animals on store shelves. That's because the costs of cloning still make it economically unfeasible.
Nevertheless, the FDA is preparing for the day when manufacturers will want to market meat and milk from cloned animals. It says the first step will be to determine how to phase out the existing voluntary moratorium.
For now, the FDA is asking cloning companies, such as Viagen Inc. and Trans Ova Genetics, to continue the moratorium a little longer, to allow consumers to adjust to the concept.
Several large companies have said they have no plans to sell milk or meat from cloned animals because of consumer anxiety about the technology.
The FDA says that when the market is ready for cloned meat and dairy, it will not require special labeling or other additional measures, "because food derived from these sources is no different from food derived from conventionally bred animals."
It also notes that it is unlikely that the meat and milk from cloned animals will be available for sale in any significant amount; instead, it will likely come from the offspring of those animals. That's because clones would be used for breeding, while their sexually reproduced offspring would be used for producing meat and milk for the marketplace.
Clones would likely be used primarily as breeding animals to introduce desirable traits into herds more rapidly than would be possible using conventional breeding.
As for Canada, a spokesman for Health Canada said there are currently no foods from cloned animals approved for sale in Canada.
Meat and milk from cloned animals is as safe as that from "normal" animals, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration has concluded in a 900-plus page safety report.
The FDA says the data show that the meat and milk from cattle, swine and goat clones "are as safe as food we eat every day."
"After years of detailed study and analysis, the Food and Drug Administration has concluded that meat and milk from clones of cattle, swine, and goats, and the offspring of clones from any species traditionally consumed as food, are as safe to eat as food from conventionally bred animals," the agency said in a statement Tuesday.
They noted that their report was limited to cows, pigs and goats; they didn't have enough data to comment on the safety of food from clones of other animal species, such as sheep.
U.S. producers agreed back in 2001 to not bring meat or milk from clones into the food supply, until the FDA could further evaluate the issue. With this report, the last U.S. regulatory hurdle to marketing cloned meat and milk products is now removed.
The Biotechnology Industry Organization applauded the FDA decision in a statement on their website. It says cloning "can effectively help livestock producers deliver what consumers want: high-quality, safe, abundant and nutritious foods in a consistent manner."
But it'll likely be years before consumers can find foods from cloned animals on store shelves. That's because the costs of cloning still make it economically unfeasible.
Nevertheless, the FDA is preparing for the day when manufacturers will want to market meat and milk from cloned animals. It says the first step will be to determine how to phase out the existing voluntary moratorium.
For now, the FDA is asking cloning companies, such as Viagen Inc. and Trans Ova Genetics, to continue the moratorium a little longer, to allow consumers to adjust to the concept.
Several large companies have said they have no plans to sell milk or meat from cloned animals because of consumer anxiety about the technology.
The FDA says that when the market is ready for cloned meat and dairy, it will not require special labeling or other additional measures, "because food derived from these sources is no different from food derived from conventionally bred animals."
It also notes that it is unlikely that the meat and milk from cloned animals will be available for sale in any significant amount; instead, it will likely come from the offspring of those animals. That's because clones would be used for breeding, while their sexually reproduced offspring would be used for producing meat and milk for the marketplace.
Clones would likely be used primarily as breeding animals to introduce desirable traits into herds more rapidly than would be possible using conventional breeding.
As for Canada, a spokesman for Health Canada said there are currently no foods from cloned animals approved for sale in Canada.
Monday, January 07, 2008
Glume de la Calafat
Ger năprasnic în ţara noastră
În majoritatea oraşelor din România, noaptea trecută s-au înregistrat temperaturi cu mult sub -10 grade Celsius, iar cea mai scăzută a fost la Miercurea-Ciuc, unde s-au atins aproape -26 de grade.
Specialiştii spun că valorile sunt de două ori mai mici decât cele normale pentru această perioadă.
Gerul va persista şi astăzi în majoritatea regiunilor ţării, iar meteorologii spun că vremea va începe să se încălzească abia de duminică.
În astfel de zile geroase, autorităţile sunt obligate să ia măsuri pentru protejarea populaţiei.
În primul rând, primăriile trebuie să se asigure că spitalele, staţiile de ambulanţă, instituţiile de învăţământ sau căminele de asistenţă socială au deblocate căile de acces.
extras din ziarul de Calafat
În majoritatea oraşelor din România, noaptea trecută s-au înregistrat temperaturi cu mult sub -10 grade Celsius, iar cea mai scăzută a fost la Miercurea-Ciuc, unde s-au atins aproape -26 de grade.
Specialiştii spun că valorile sunt de două ori mai mici decât cele normale pentru această perioadă.
Gerul va persista şi astăzi în majoritatea regiunilor ţării, iar meteorologii spun că vremea va începe să se încălzească abia de duminică.
În astfel de zile geroase, autorităţile sunt obligate să ia măsuri pentru protejarea populaţiei.
În primul rând, primăriile trebuie să se asigure că spitalele, staţiile de ambulanţă, instituţiile de învăţământ sau căminele de asistenţă socială au deblocate căile de acces.
extras din ziarul de Calafat
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