Iran broke the IAEA seals on three nuclear facilities this week to further the Iranian nuclear weapons program. The Toronto Star asks, Will Iran have the upper hand? Not exactly deep analysis but reading the piece took me back to 1979. Its déjà vu all over again except this time the world is held hostage rather than US embassy personnel. What I want to know is who is taking on the Jimmy Carter but more importantly, who will play Ronald Reagan?
The Toronto Star editorial of the day pontificates that the Liberals have the best mix on crime. Originally, I thought it was reference to the “con” vote. The Liberals have been in power for over a decade and that is how we got into this current malaise in the first place which is a point that the Star editorial board seems to have missed. Why on earth would anyone vote for more of the same?
Paul Martin has taken a page out of the Stephen Harper leadership play book and booted out a Liberal BC candidate who has been accused of bribery. No charges have been laid, and at this point; it is only an allegation and conjecture that BC liberal candidate attempted to bribe an NDP rival. I guess Martin wanted to be seen out-Harpering Harper.
The Jerusalem Post is reporting that Shimon Peres is being investigated by the Israeli State Comptroller for having received foreign funds for his failed Labor leadership campaign. Peres lost the Labour primary race for leadership, and is now the number 2 slated candidate of the new Kadima party.
Ariel Sharon has yet to come out of his medically induced “coma” despite being waned off the coma inducing drugs. Apparently, his medical team is at a loss to understand why that is exactly. Uhm……
It is always enlightening to see how police forces operate in other parts of the world. The Jerusalem Post has this illuminating post on how the Gazan police force operates:
Dozens of gunmen, including off-duty policemen, blocked two major roads in the Gaza Strip on Saturday, demanding retribution for the killing of a policeman in a drug bust a week ago, the PA Interior Ministry said.
The protesters, who included relatives and former colleagues of the dead officer, demanded that Abbas punish the culprits and restore law and order. They also demanded the resignation of Interior Minister Nasser Youssef, who is in charge of security. On Thursday night, gunmen opened fire at the home of Youssef in Ramallah. Policeman stationed outside the house responded by shooting indiscriminately, seriously injuring two passersby.
Abbas decided on Saturday to dismiss the officer responsible for the incident. Sources in the city said the gunmen belonged to Fatah's armed wing, the Aksa Martyrs Brigades.
All of which makes me wonder what exactly police officers do in the Palestinian Authority? There seems to be a great deal of protesting and roadblocks but I am not exactly sure what that has to do with policing.
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About that coma... I realize this is Israel & they're big on miracles, but, come on already. And the late-breaking tracheotomy will somehow help.
At the risk of sounding irreverant, at least their PM has a note from his doctor.
And to be politically correct, I must now apologize, which I do, but hey, it had to be said.
Candace, the truly interesting part is how far the Kadima party is prepared to go suggesting that Sharon's condition is still only "temporary" in order to hold on to the prime ministership. If the prime minister is officially declared unable to perform his duties there is a good chance Likud will take over the government of Israel.
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