Kavoos Soofi immigrated to Canada from Iran in 2004 through a student visa. It expires every 2 years. In 2006, he renewed his visa and applied for refugee status. He was rejected outright and appealed through PRRA, a form of a pre-risk assessment format. A few weeks ago, he went to get the results and [...]
It was announced in a CBC press release to be a partnership with Bollywood, who is co-financing the production. Expect them to go before cameras in July 2012 and be available for broadcast on CBC’s 2012/2013 season. Sources close to CBC brass expect more to join this cast soon but I am making this up [...]
Will the 99% bring down capitalism? Protests on Wall Street and across America highlight the inequalities of life in a materialistic and financially centred society. Millionaires are common place, whilst Billionaires abound in this new world of the super rich. Protesters in London only managed to close St Paul’s cathedral, not the Bank of England [...]
I have been looking at the economic problems from a slightly different angle. Everyone blames the southern countries for all the malaise that exists, as they depend on tourism for a large proportion of their GDP, plus agriculture, and do not pay high enough taxes to cover expenditure. Where as the northern countries work hard [...]
The experts are out in force today solving the Euro’s problem. It’s easy, just bankrupt all the Banks in Europe! But all the Banks in this mess are tied into sovereign debt to such a huge degree, that to save a relatively small economy like Greece the Politicians are prepared to kill off the financial [...]
I was watching Charlie Rose a couple of days ago, a round table of journalist dissecting Mit Romney and his political views. What exactly was he in favour of, what was he opposed to, does he have any firm beliefs or is he like a reed that bends with the prevailing wind? Do the Tea [...]
Serving in Congress is an honor, not a career. The Founding Fathers envisioned citizen legislators, so ours should serve their term(s), then go home and back to work.
Like a lot of people I have been watching the phone hacking situation unfold. Certain celebrities having their privacy invaded. Who really cares about these spoilt prima donna’s or their life style? or if they are living hand in hand with the same creatures of a low moral standard and too much money. I believe [...]
Since the launch of Angie’s DIARY three years ago, we have been under ever increasing attack by spammers and hackers. Lately our staff has been inundated by extra work because of it. It started out with relatively innocent “comment spam”. These comments are made by marketers to attract readers to their websites with a hidden [...]
Excerpt from biography Paging Dr. Leff: Pride, Patriotism & Protest. Fred Branfman emerged from the jungles of Laos carrying a heavy load. He wasn’t weighed down with ammunition, guns or rations. The international volunteer, who had been in and out of Laos for over three years, was burdened with something far greater than goods or [...]
