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Posted: September 20, 2006
CANADA'S AFGHAN MISSION by Paul Weinberg
Experts hold out little hope that the NATO-led campaign will succeed.
DRAPED IN THE MAPLE LEAF from the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
Canadian troops bearing brunt of coalition casualties.
 TWO SETS OF BUDGET FIGURES IN US by Rep. Jim Cooper, Tennessee, for THE FINANCIAL TIMES
Department of Treasury figures offer truer measure of US deficit.
 Editorial
GEORGE LAKOFF TALKS FRAMES AND FRAMING AT STRAIGHT GOODS SYMPOSIUM by Ish Theilheimer
Upbeat confab examined new ways to think about winning hearts and minds.
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 Canadian Politics
IT'S THE GUNS, STUPID by James Laxer
Thinking about the right-wing ideology that opposes gun control.
AFGHAN HEROIN ON BC STREETS by Bill Tieleman
Sen. Campbell warns of overdose days ahead.
RELIGION AND HEALTH CARE by Ginette Petitpas-Taylor
The right to beliefs and conscience should protect access to abortion.
EXPRESSING POVERTY by Michael Shapcott
Proposed by-law against panhandling probably unconstitutional.
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Lakoff and Rockridge Institute publish new "Thinking Points" handbook on framing
Practical manual to show how to put frames to work, available online chapter-by-chapter.
If you have been looking for a handy dandy guide to framing of political issues, George Lakoff and the Rockridge Institute is about to publish a manual for progressives called Thinking Points.
The Rockridge website reads: "You, the grassroots progressive community, have expressed a need for a short, easy-to-read systematic account of the progressive vision, for the morals and principles that apply across issue areas, and for all the essentials of framing. That, along with extensive argument analysis and an important new explanation of the so-called political center, is what we've written. We are confident that this book will empower progressives to express themselves in an authentic, values-driven fashion.
The book is now available to order online at Amazon, Barnes and Noble, and Cody's Books, and has a list price of $10. As our October 3 publication date approaches, we will release installments of the manuscript here on the website. The Preface, Introduction, and Chapter One are available now as PDF documents."
Rockridge Institute
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Rez Solutions?
 INDIANS R WHO? by Stewart Steinhauer
Presenting Western Civilization's most profitable Intellectual Property commodity.
SHADES OF OKA! by Hazel Hill
Indigenous resistance has a long history.
 Science matters
REMEMBERING STEVE IRWIN by David Suzuki
Crocodile Hunter more than just a showman.
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 Workplaces
THE FUTURE OF FORD by Mike Martin
Company pinned its hopes on gas guzzling pick-ups.
Consumers
PHONEY CLEAR-OUT SALES from CBC News/Consumers
Beware of furniture, jewellery or houseware "liquidations".
Media files
AP PHOTOGRAPHER HELD PRISONER Reuters
US holds Iraqi-born staffer without charges for five months.
World beat
MUSLIM WORLD RESPONDS Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
Pope's apology meets with acceptance, anger.
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IMAGINE WHIRLED PEACE!
The UN has declared September 21 the International Day of Peace. This year there will be more than 2500 events in 181 countries, including 1400 Pinwheels For Peace locations. Depending on your location, you may be able to join a noontime minute of silence, an evening vigil, the Great Peace Giveaway, a parade, a concert, a fast, a broadcast, or a religious service — to name just a few of the possibilities. And of course, you can build a pinwheel, or a giant dove.
Find instructions through the Peace Day website:
www.internationaldayofpeace.org
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TEACHERS PLAN FOR VIOLENCE by Dianne Rinehart, The Hamilton Spectator
Emergency drills should include fending off shooters.
MS. RICE GOES TO HALIFAX by Kyle Shaw
Canadians much friendlier than US media would have been on 9/11.
ASIAN WOMEN FACE 'MODEL MINORITY' PRESSURES by Malena Amusa, for Womensenews
Small group has highest suicide rate in US.
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 SUPPORT EQUAL MARRIAGE from Canadians for Equal Marriage
Tell your MP not to re-open same-sex marriage legislation.
Feedback from our readers
RE: SIX NATIONS ARE THE REAL LANDLORDS by Allan McRae, Kamloops, BC
It seems that the only way First Nations can get government attention is through direct action.
Humour
THAT'S BRAVERY? from the Internet
A military definition.
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