Today, the Privacy Commissioner of British Columbia came out with a report on the BC Governments plan to allow American companies to handle BC citizens medical records. Normally this wouldn’t be seen as a problem, but with the frightening power of the Patriot Act, the private information of law abiding citizens in BC is open …
Category Archives: Politics
Weapon of Mass Destruction
As is so often the case… political and social upheaval is often accompanied by popular music. This song has been playing on our local Top-20 radio station over the past few months. His lyrics resonate to both “sides”. (Whether long range weapon or suicide bomber Wicked mind is a weapon of mass destruction Whether you’re …
100,000 Iraqi Deaths
A report published in the highly respected British medical Journal The Lancet states this: Findings: The risk of death was estimated to be 2·5-fold (95% CI 1·6–4·2) higher after the invasion when compared with the preinvasion period. Two-thirds of all violent deaths were reported in one cluster in the city of Falluja. If we exclude …