Misc links
Playing a little catchup today, with a mishmash of links:
- Michael Geist puts out some facts to face the media industry propaganda machine in his video “Putting Canadian Piracy in perspective” (also covered on BoingBoing)
- The Globe and Mail put out an article about a focus group’s advice on how to spin the war in Afghanistan to make it more palatable to Canadians. I would love to write a whole article on this but have been trying to cut back on my bogging so suffice to say: I’m disgusted.
The Harper government has been told to stop referring to “fighting terrorism” and the Sept. 11 attacks, and to banish the phrase “cut and run” from its vocabulary if it is to persuade a skeptical public that the military mission in Afghanistan is worth pursuing.
- A few blogs are discussing the latest health developments south of the border, namely that the US Surgeon General was prevented from releasing medical information that was contrary to Republican political ideology. Can anyone say Lysenko?
President Bush’s first surgeon general charged today that administration officials prevented him from providing the public with accurate scientific and medical information on such issues as stem cell research and teen pregnancy.
- I also found a great looking Canadian tax tip site. Some great basic information + calculators.
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