Andrew Bacevich on Taking Action in Syria

Given what we know about what’s going on in Syria, is a U.S. response justified? And if we take action, where and when does it stop? In this segment with guest host Phil Donahue, historian and analyst strong Andrew Bacevich is asking those questions....

Toronto Police Officer found guilty of assault

of Adam Nobody; a protester at the Toronto G20 from 2010. It was a suprise given that many officers had trouble recognizing their co workers while committing offences. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/g20-officer-guilty-of-assaulting-protester-with-weapon-1.1700822  ...

The 1%

is outlined in the media as being predominantly men with wives at home. They tend to live in the larger cities and makes several times than the average person. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/wealthiest-1-earn-10-times-more-than-average-canadian-1.1703017  ...

2013 (1st) International Livestream Congress

Livestream will be the most-definitive medium of the 21st century, just as film was the most-definitive medium of the 20th century. Time has come for all livestreamers of the world to unite because we are the new media!!! .:. We are putting a call out for delegates to the first-ever International Livestream Congress (ILC) which will be ONLINE – from Friday the 13th of September until Friday the 20th. .:. Panel discussions & training session topics include ::: Theory & Art; History & Science; Social Media & Livestream (LS); Unique to LSin Production Methods; Cyber & Network Security; Gear & Troubleshooting; LS-directors training; the Live Chat, mods, viewer habits & viewing devices; Financing ur LS-channel; Legal & Copyright; Citizen Journalists & LSers vs MSM: Politics of LSin & the hyper-speed rise of the Civilian Journalists; the Future of LSin #1: perfecting and protecting the signal strength & solid lightweight field power supplies; the Future of LSin #2: LSin camera developments (weird combo’s of: camera. mics. keyboard & displays) & software; the Future of LSin #3: the Live Chat design & greater viewer interaction with the stream; the Future of LSin #4: protecting the archives & a call for a centralized media bank; the Future of LSin #5: a near-flawless interaction with all social media (aka, promoting ur stream & instant-archive access throughout all social media) … and much more. www.facebook.com/events/318921614892769/ www.livestream.com/occupytoronto...

The Eighth G20 meeting in Russia

was supposed to be about the Economy but talk about Syria took much time as the U.S. armed the rebels whereas Russia armed it’s ally Syria. There was talk about cracking down on tax evasion by multinational corporations. http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/story/2013/09/06/g20-summit-economy.html  ...

Aug. Unemployment rate goes down due to part time jobs

which is a problem for anyone wanting to make a reasonable living. The Sept. numbers hopefully will be better as teachers and students go back to school. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/sudbury/story/2013/09/06/employment-canada.html  ...

the secretive Trans Pacific Partnership

Went to this event earlier today Aug 29, 2013 – Stop The Secretive Corporate Power Grab Of The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) When: Thur. Aug 29th from 12-1:30 pm Where: U.S. Consulate in Toronto, 360 University Ave Why: We are fed-up with secretive trade deals that commit current and future generations to massive corporate bailouts and subsidies. The Harper government has not been transparent, and negotiated the deal without public consultation and cloaked in secrecy http://www.commonfrontiers.ca Facebook event | http://canadians.org/tpp  ...

Liberal Senator Mac Harb resigns

and gets a quite excellent retirement package although providing to spend back the cash he over billed offered he lived in Ottawa even though the RCMP investigation continues. Meanwhile the three Conservative Senators appointed by Harper nonetheless sit in the Senate&#8230 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/26/pol-mac-harb-senate-expenditures.html &nbsp...

Harper prorogues Parliament Once more!

For the third time as PM Harper is delaying the Government&#8217s enterprise by prorogation killing a lot of bills including a  Senate reform bill. In the previous he prorogued to save his 145 seat minority government versus a 161 seat coalition. As well as stopping government to steer clear of concerns about how the Conservatives deal with Afghan detainees. This time it&#8217s avoiding Query Period exactly where the SENATE is on topic. With Wallin&#8217s fraudulent claims now larger at $ 138,970&#8230 http://www.cbc.ca/news/politics/story/2013/08/20/pol-mulcair-harper-prorogation-parliament.html &nbsp...

Pamela Wallin to be investigated by the RCMP

since the independent audit that she claimed was flawed would show she had personal travel to Toronto rather than Wadena, Saskatchewan the Province that she represents but barely lives there extended adequate&#8230 http://www.thestar.com/news/canada/2013/08/13/pamela_wallin_senate_sends_costs_audit_to_rcmp.html &nbsp...

Increasing Canadian Unemployment

under the stewardship of the Conservatives, some 39,400 jobs were lost largely in Quebec as the unemployment rate went sideways for June and rose to 7.two% for July when the expectation was ten,000 new jobs&#8230 http://www.thestar.com/business/2013/08/09/public_sector_youth_hit_hardest_as_canadian_jobless_rate_rises.html &nbsp...

Conservatives now charging $275

given that July 31to employers to employ temporary foreign workers as they continue their moves towards a low wage economy for the corporations&#8230 http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/story/2013/08/07/pol-short-term-foreign-workers-changes-in-effect-july-31.html &nbsp...

Wellness Care Shadow Summit

All 7 archive titles+hyperlinks for almost everything we LSed Wed+Thurs: .:. A::: [Archived-title:] (53min) &#8220Health Care Shadow Summit 1: Opening Plenary, w/Maude Barlow, Natalie Mehra, Anita Khanna, Alex Himmelfarb, Michael McBane &amp Dr Bob Woollard at Niagara on the Lake,ON (St Marks) &#8211 Wed July 24 2013 &#8211 1143am&#8221 &#8211 Direct-archive-hyperlink: http://livestre.am/4yc1Z .:. B::: (1h21m) &#8220Health Care Shadow Summit 2: Privatization workshop (Heath care for Profit private clinics &amp the privatization of major care), w/Sean Meagher, Ross Sutherland &amp Dr Bob Woollard Niagara on the Lake, ONT &#8211 Wed July 24 2013 &#8211 109pm&#8221 &#8211 http://livestre.am/4ycgp .:. C::: (32min) &#8220Health Care Shadow Summit 3: Dr Ritika Goel, on universal overall health care in Canada for immigrants, migrants &amp refugees at Niagara on the Lake, ON (@St Marks church) &#8211 Wed July 24 2013 &#8211 153pm&#8221 &#8211 http://livestre.am/4ycop .:. D::: (1h20m) &#8220Health Care Shadow Summit 4: Re-Publicizing Medicare, turning around privatization across Canada w/Mary Boyd, Mary Clarke, Natalie Mehra, Sandi Mowat, Marilyn Quinn, Sandra Azocar Niagara on the Lake &#8211 Wed July 24 2013 &#8211 355pm&#8221 &#8211 http://livestre.am/4yevk .:. E::: (1h2m) &#8220Health Care Shadow Summit five: Closing Plenary: w/Pauline Worsfold (MC), Maude Barlow, Elisabeth Ballerman, Linda Haslam-Stroud, Paul Moist, Wendell Potter &amp Ross Sutherland at Niagara on the Lake &#8211 Wed July 24 2013 &#8211 ended 514pm&#8221 &#8211 http://livestre.am/4yeRc .:. F::: (1h12m) &#8220Health Care Shadow Summit six: final assembly: Cross-Canada Well being Care round-up w/Maude Barlow, Paul Moist, Mary Clarke, Mary Boyd, Sandra Azocar, Natalie Mehra, Mike McBane &amp Adrienne Silnicki &#8211 Thur July 25 2013 &#8211 1042am&#8221 &#8211 http://livestre.am/4yih1 .:. G::: (1h49m) &#8220Health Care Shadow Summit 7/7 rally at St Marks &amp march/rally to Queens Landing (hotel), where all the Premiers &amp Territorial Ldrs have been mtg at Niagara on the Lake &#8211 Thur July 25 2013 &#8211 ended 1258pm&#8221 &#8211 http://livestre.am/4yiEH .:. .:. ::: NB: all 7 episode were LS-directed by Dee Shanger &amp we owe a large debt of gratitude to Natalie Mehra &amp Sabri from, Ontario Overall health Coalition for the use of their 4G usb web stick. &#8212&#8212&#8212&#8212&#8212&#8211 Short 4-minute YouTube clip: &#8220Rally to Renew Canada&#8217s Overall health Accord&#8221...

LiveStream July 24

Yarrrrr!!! If u can&#8217t make it down cuz of geography, don&#8217t worry cuz we&#8217ll livestream this in its entirety (each Wed &#038 Thurs), Live @ www.livestream.com/occupytoronto. If you miss it altogether, once again, don&#8217t be concerned cuz it will be instantaneously-archived for your viewing-pleasure anytime. ::: Harper is dismantling ur free of charge wellness care &#038 turning it over to the HMO&#8217s, are u going to standby &#038 see that come about? We are in Niagara-on-the-Lake (ONT) cuz all the provincial/territorial Premieres are there to talk about what to do about Well being Care, cuz right now Harper is playing hardball with them for the duration of the negotiations for the 2012-14 Federal-Provincial Transfer payments on Wellness Care, where for the very first time ever folks, the HMO&#8217s are at the table eh. Get involved NOW either in-individual, or on the reside chat. ♥ * Shadow Summit &#8211 Wednesday, July 24 &#038 Thursday, July 25 * Patients’ Summit &#8211 Wednesday, July 24 (evening) * Mass Rally to Uphold National Public Medicare &#038 win a Renewed Overall health Accord – Thursday, July 25, 11am www.internet.net/~ohc...

Stephen Poloz continues the Bank of Canada’s

inaction on monetary policy by doing absolutely nothing. Which indicates men and women will still be borrowing cheap funds till&#8230 http://www.thestar.com/enterprise/2013/07/17/bank_of_canada_keeps_interest_rate_at_1_per_cent.html &nbsp...

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