One Canuck's Radio Weblog

  Saturday, 20 April 2002

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What's so bad about good sex?. "Harmful to Minors" author Judith Levine talks about why American parents are afraid of their teenagers' sexuality, says kids know the difference between coercion and consent -- and blasts critics who say she advocates pedophilia. [Salon.com]

Bravo. North Americans are way too wrapped up about sex. Here's hoping the book opens up the discussion.

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"We didn't cause this mess," said Dan Dagger, a resident of Alberta, where the dead soldiers were based. "It's the foreign policy of the Americans that caused this mess in New York and Afghanistan. Let the Americans deal with the problem by themselves." "

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Grief, anger as families await return of dead Canadian soldiers
The grim realities of war have hit home for the families of the four Canadian soldiers killed in a friendly fire accident in Afghanistan. F U L L   S T O R Y
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Friendly fire report to be completed by June
A report on the friendly fire tragedy in Afghanistan is scheduled to be delivered to the prime minister by the end of June. And an interim report is to be completed within three weeks, Defence Minister Art Eggleton said Friday.

• Injured Canadian soldiers 'out of danger': military doctors
  
• Letters convey grief, anger over 'friendly fire' deaths
  
• The perspective of a Military Wife
  
• BACKGROUNDER: Canada's Casualties
  

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"And when I'd used up all my other excuses, I finally came to the real reason I'd extended the experiment: I like this little iMac and don't want to give it up. It's a whole lot more fun than my Windows machine, and a great creative tool for whacking out these daily columns."

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Burnsville, MN (April 19, 2002)--Electro-Voice (EV) is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. Originally founded in 1927 by Al Kahn and Lou Burroughs in South Bend, IN, Electro-Voice has grown into a giant of the professional audio industry. [ProSound News]

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Guardian Unlimited | Chemical coup d'etat: The US wants to depose the diplomat who could take away its pretext for war with Iraq: "On Sunday, the US government will launch an international coup. It has been planned for a month. It will be executed quietly, and most of us won't know what is happening until it's too late. It is seeking to overthrow 60 years of multilateralism in favour of a global regime built on force."

The Jews and the Palestinians in the Middle East, Canadian and American soldiers in Afghanistan . . . people are dieing because Bush wants to take care of his daddie's unfinished business. Watch the bully at work.

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