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Friday, December 12, 2003 Ensign Front Page Volume 7, No. 138
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Reindeer and Santa Claus- Friday
December 12, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Time for a picture with Santa or with his reindeer. Today at the Tisdale
Mall.
 Al Gore endorses presidential candidate
Howard Dean: An opportunity for peace and a just American Community
- Friday
December 12, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: Howard Dean, the former governor of Vermont
seems to be taking the lead in the American Democratic nomination process and further
gathered momentium this week when the Democratic candidate from the last presidential
election Al Gore endorsed Dean because of his appropriate attitude toward the Iraq
mistake.
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 America's Hidden Human Rights Problem:
Freedom of Association- Friday
December 12, 2003
by: Mark Weisbrot
Washington: The United States is in the worst shape
of all developed countries as its workers have not shared in the gains in productivity
while at the same time the laws that govern Union member ship have been almost completely
eroded while Americans who would if they could join a union are prevented from doing
so.
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1100 Friday - scattered altocumulus 1/8th 12,000, cirrus 1/8th 25,000, visibility
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Today In Ensign
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* Timothy W. Shire - Reindeer
and Santa
* Mario deSantis - Gore
and Dean
* Mark Weisbrot - American
Human Rights
* Peggy Smith - MacKay
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* Jim Love - Unite the bright |
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Tim's Tip of the Day
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| The only thing that prevents the past from repeating is the past itself. The compounding
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Kevin's find of the day
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 Mondo Quake in Pacific Northwest? (PDF)
This Wired story by Leander Kahney reports that geologists have discovered credible
evidence of a 9.2 earthquake on the Cascade subduction zone off the coast of Vancouver
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Ensign Notes
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| Missing three days of work this week, it is hard to get caught up with the day to
day infrastructure of this site. However, pushing on. |
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 So Peter MacKay
feels "vindicated" - Friday
December 12, 2003
by: Peggy Smith
Thunder Bay, Ontario: Though you have heard this argument
before here is a clear statement that outlines why the vote to merge the Progressive
Conservative Party and the Canadian Alliance was fixed.
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 Isn't this an
opportunity? "Unite the Bright"- Friday
December 12, 2003
by: Jim Love
"I didn't leave the party, it left me!" Canadians from coast to coast wonder
what political alternative will best represent the way they feel about things. David
Orchard hit a powerful chord that resonated with so many simply because he is a politician
who makes sense, practical sense. Maybe its time to be practical, pragmatic and stick
to the principles that make us all Canadian.
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 Regina, December
2003- Thursday
December 11, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Regina: For three days I drove around Regina, a place
in which I have lived and worked but now only viist. This story is a set of pictures
with some commentary about what it is about yet the pictures and the story are well
above the surface.
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 The Greenwater Report- Thursday
December 11, 2003
by: Gerald Crawford
Greenwater Provincial Park: Clear ice, northern lights,
stories of wildlife and a new bar for Porcupine Plain.
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 Shopping in Tisdale,
Part II- Sunday
December 7, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: On Friday we were able to post twenty-one stories
or businesses in Tisdale and today we add to that number with most of the businesses
in the Tisdale Mall. We still are missing a few and will get them late this week
in part III.
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 The United States
is officially breaking the constitutionality of the Rule of Law- Sunday
December 7, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: This dramatic series of quotes points out the dangerous cross over the world's
remaining superpower has taken as it now considers only it to be able to judge what
is right and unless the issue is in that country's interest it will carry out whatever
action it chooses.
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 The Grand old party is gone- Saturday
December 6, 2003
Today the Progressive Conservative party was taken over by the Canadian
Alliance and that seems to be that but earlier this week two different views of the
inevitable came in and we can see what Mr. Wolferstan from Victoria has to say in
his piece "honourable
and noble!" while on the other hand we have Robert Ede's optomistic view
"Making the Best
of the Tory "Yes", after Voting "No."
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noble!- Saturday
December 6, 2003
by: W. H. Wolferstan
Victoria, B.C.: This commentary also appears in the
Friday edition of the Toronto Globe and Mail as Mr. Wolferstan objects to the charactisation
of the loyal Progressive Conservatives by a founder of the Canadian Alliance, Scott
McDougall. He wonders if this is the way to win friends and influence people.
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 Making the Best
of the Tory "YES" Vote, after Voting "NO"- Saturday
December 6, 2003
by: Robert Ede
Richmond Hill Ontario: The reality of the absurd has
happened, this story sums up both the reality and the absurd and tosses in some "perhaps
we might" thoughts that help to clarify the situation that now faces a sizeable
number of Canadians.
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 Congratulations for your "Foot in
Mouth Award" Mr. Misleader Rumsfeld!- Saturday
December 6, 2003
by: Mario deSantis
Nipawin: We all chuckled at the convolutions of the American Secretary of Defence's
responses but it now is official his "unknown knowns" recitation has been
rewarded with the "Foot in Mouth Award".
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 Shopping Tisdale
2003, Part I- Thursday
December 4, 2003
by: Timothy W. Shire
Tisdale: Today I set out to get a sample of Christmas shopping in our fair town taking
120 pictures to share with you but I had a little problem with the second set and
lost 40 pictures which I will re-shoot tomorrow. But today's tour involves the two
blocks downtown.
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