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Our next publication (90th issue) will be published on April. 30, 2012
CASJAFVA Quarterly
No.89 Jan-Mar, 2012
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Table of Contents
Breaking News, Cartoon & Video of the Bayne family
Pictures of Annual Fund-raising Dinner 2010
1. Quotable Quotes
2. Editorial
3. Inspirations & Remembrance
(1) Obituary of the late Mr. Common Sense
(2) Take a moment to ponder
(3) Jobs was the Edison of computer era
(4) Catching wild pigs
(5) Angels: True stories
(6) Speak ye in light
4. Money Matters
(1) Tories to end direct public subsidies of parties
(2) The bad kind of penny pinching
(3) CBC dogged by questions of relevance, transparency
(4) Accounting wizardry erases red ink
(5) The reality of tax administration and enforcement in Canada
(6) Severance without the layoffs
(7) Unrest flares as world's economy slows
5. Politics, Religion & Terrorism (enemies within & without)
(1) Good riddance to al-Awlaki
(2) State of evil
(3) Diary reveals two wives trapped in an endless, bitter rivalry
(4) Worse than Gaddafi?
(5) Eritrea's 'EXTORTION'
(6) Immigration
(7) Post-9/11, visa officers still just 'winging' it
(8) New deal to ease trade and travel at U.S.-Canada border
6. Religion, Persecution of Religion, False Religion, Secularism, Atheism & Limitation of Human Intelligence
(1) Hate laws face new test at top court
(2) B.C. man can't be sued for hyperlinks to defamatory sites: Supreme Court
(3) Worship in peace
(4) The state of North American evangelicalism
(5) Quebec's new secular norm: fines for worship
(6) Vancouver man says smoking 'Tree of Life' is God-given right
(7) A fork in the road from Bountiful
7. Free Speech, Human Rights, False Human Rights & Kangaroo Tribunals
(1) No room for common sense here
(2) Apartment for rent - Muslims only
(3) Pastor at centre of gay row over public kissing
(4) Prison before dishonour
(5) Protection of informants 'goes too far'
(6) Broadcaster firing tests religous freedom
(7) Freedom of association shouldn't come with caveats
(8) Finding a rights balance
(9) Debate rages over filtering hate speech
(10) No decision as web hate speech case ends
(11) Enter the Wukan
8. Culture of Entitlement – Is There A Right To Be An Addict or A Prostitute or Demand Special Treatment or Entitlement? Should There Be A Right to Abort One’s Baby? Does Tough-love approach work?
(1) Tory MPs rebel over $6M grant
(2) Ruling on infant death riles anti-abortionists
(3) Judge savages provincial drinking and driving 'scheme'
(4) Appeal court rejects protesters' right to camp
(5) Cheap smokes as civil disobedience
(6) The imprisonment of Linda Gibbons
(7) No health fix from above
9. Environmentalism (as a cult)/Animal Rights/Natural Disasters
(1) Say it: Kyoto is dead
(2) Canada, U.S. reject Kyoto, despite China's offer
(3) The dark side of green energy
10. Leftism, Sanity, Bilingualism, Feminism, Liberalism, Political Correctness, Media Bias, Media Abuse, Oppression & Cultural and/or Military Suicide
(1) Magazine reunites church and state
(2) Not much of a 'federalist'
(3) U Manitoba's guilty conscience
(4) Official quits on news of unilingual auditor-general
(5) Tarring all evangelicals
(6) The ultimate partisan gesture
(7) B.C. NDP focused on forming government, Dix declares
11. Politics & Reality, Ethno-Politics, Foreign Influence, Western Alienation & Normalization of Separatism
(1) Poll shows Clarks right to skip early election call
(2) Another Quebec cave-in?
(3) Harper's first home run
(4) If our leaders were corrupt, would we know it?
(5) B.C. braces for Tories' new crime bill
(6) Right-wing split hands NDP commanding lead over Liberals
(7) Boring is good for incumbents
(8) B.C. Conservatives 'cannibalizing' Liberals
12. Judiciary, Judicial Hegemony & Judicial Idiocy & Jndicial Decency
(1) Supreme Court dismisses baby killer appeal
(2) Vancouver Safe drug-injection clinic can remain open
(3) Court: No country for old justices
(4) Union hails ruling on 'gag law'
(5) Upholding the law, as it was written
(6) Better funding the only fix for crippled civil-justice system
(7) Law upheld to protect women, children and society
(8) Inherently harmful, justice says. It's time to enforce the law
(9) Hate speech battle headed for showdown
13. Basic Freedoms, Justice, Justice System, Political Correctness, Persecution
(1) Retired judges willing and able to help clear case backlog, Oppal says
(2) Family court demonstrates plodding British Columbia legal process
(3) List of candidates for top court pared to two
(4) B.C.'s separation, child-custody law changes won't take effect for at least a year
(5) Justice Minister reverses stance on hate speech law
(6) Judge sounds alarm over funding
(7) Is there an ideological divide in immigration and refugee system?
(8) Government has until June to make changes to laws
14. Marriage, Family, Parental & Children's Rights, Polygamy, Incest, etc.
(1) Teens drinking to excess: report
(2) Protecting the youngest lives
(3) Our keeper's brother
(4) Life's longest relationships
(5) Ted Hughes has a voice worth listening to on children's welfare
(6) Stop stigmatizing pedophiles
(7) The best way to teach history
(8) An important spectacle
(9) 'i' culture stemmed from Jobs: chief rabbi
(10) Senate calls for strategy on sexual exploitation of kids
(11) Trustee to resign office in protest over lack of criminal record checks
(12) Marriage may not be for life, but alimony is
(13) Regina adds funding for religious schools
15. Special Interest Groups Rule Canada
(1) End union oppression
(2) Chief's fantasy won't work
(3) The problem with grandma
(4) Deliver us from the universities
(5) Anti-labour? Hardly
(6) New party launches in Quebec
(7) The nature of public education
(8) Gradeless report cards ignite anger
(9) Kenney confronts the veil, head on
16. Corruption, Dirty Politics, Crimes, Frauds & Scams, Superstition
(1) Study proves gays aren't 'born that way'
(2) Government urged to disavow findings of union interference in teachers' college
(3) Campaign chief admits to overspending, lying
(4) Doctor faces disciplinary charges
(5) B.C.'s Supreme Court gets polygamy right
(6) It's a disgrace, not a surprise
(7) Teacher charge with sex assault named
17. Knowledge
(1) Arctic ozone hole twice the size of Ontario
(2) Want to live longer? Build walking into your routine
(3) don't panic at cellphone alert, parents told
(4) Do you think you have arthritis? Help is at your fingertips
(5) Teens experience broad swings in IQ
(6) Facebook smiles predict future happiness
(7) You're getting more than gas when you fill up your car
(8) Women must weight risks, benefits of alcohol
(9) Device delivers on-the-spot blood tests
(10) Some breast-cancer tumours vanish on their own, study finds
18. Personalities / Heros / Big Business / Frauds/Trouble-Seekers
(1) U.S. calls on world to further isolate Iran
(2) the NDP returns to its roots
(3) The handsome advantage
(4) alberta's 'Premier Mom'
(5) Parties' dismissal of Liberal-New Democrat merger only delaying the inevitable
(6) Labour board again rejects compensation for job action
19. Economics And The Economy / Have-not Status / Ethnic Contributions / Corporate Welfare / Reversed Discrimination
(1) Conservatives considering deep cuts to CBC
(2) Taxpayers, prepare to run ground
(3) Picking the boat builders
(4) Vatican to save souls and the economy?
(5) Topp's tax-the-rich plan won't work
(6) Do you know what your kids did last summer?
(7) Flaherty sounds like a Liberal
(8) Leaders reach deal on financial integration
20. Real Education, Critical Thinking, Propaganda, Self-interest & Political Correctness
(1) Convicted sex offender loses teaching licence
(2) Teacher resigns over erotic teen novel
(3) Unsolicited infromation is invasive
(4) B.C. orders principals to write report cards during labour dispute
(5) New council to probe complaints against teachers
(6) Love in a cold campus climate
(7) B.C. plans tougher anti-bullying policies to protect students
(8) What should your kids be learning about sex in school?
21. Demography / Demographic Winter? / Euthanasia / Genocide / Reproductive Privilege
(1) Delay intolerable for adding seats to House
(2) Favouring Quebec in Parliament is illegal
(3) Pooled pension plan unlikely to close benefit gap
(4) My right to live trumps your right to die
(5) Ours is not public health care: Dodge
(6) Mobile medics would euthanize at home
(7) Tories quietly end mandatory retirement
22. Morality, Ethics, Culture, Politics, Good Government, Parliamentary Process, Scandals, Racism, Unionism, Anti-Semitism, Sloth, Favouritism, Hypocrites, Slippery Slope, etc.
(1) Harper Senate reforms would hurt Alberta, B.C.
(2) Cellphone and marijuana use preceded CPR train crash: report says
(3) Paper tiger
(4) Canada has no business prosecuting Bush
(5) Bigger than sponsorship?
(6) An unnecessary language test
(7) Former police spokeswoman claims sexual harassment
(8) Knowing when to pull the plug
(9) Transanity
(10) Catholic parents fear anti-bullying bill means accepting gays
(11) B.C. applauds new health funding formula
23. Statesman or Politician?
(1) The B.C. Christy Party stays on message
(2) Redford's timeout for democracy
(3) 'Ideological warrior' Dix tries wiping smile off Clark's face
(4) Big-ticket projects help balance the negative baggage Clark carries
(5) A good deal for Canada
(6) The PM seems to be succeeding where former leaders failed, native say
(7) Lessons in civility - and hypocrisy - from the Liberal party
(8) Our Trojan Horse President
24. Law & Order, Public Safety, Punishment, National Defence, Drugs, True Civil Disobedience or Opportunistic Thuggery, War Crimes, & Police
(1) Denying law-abiding citizens their rights
(2) Privacy invasion shouldn't be 'lawful'
(3) Liberals outflank NDP on crime and punishment
(4) Deported man pays $4,000 to sneak back in
(5) Polygamy is crime enforce the law
(6) Passenger screening misses real air threat
(7) The push for legalized pot just dopey
25. Monkey Business, Transparency / Accountability, Bureaucracy Medicare & Crown Corporations
(1) Liberals (and taxpayers) pay dearly to keep Boss Power mess quiet
(2) Blind to their own hypocrisy
(3) Transparency lacking in how legal bills of civil servants are paid
(4) Alberta's blurring party lines
(5) The Wheat Board frame of mind
26. Oh,
Canada
(1) Canada's war of survival
(2) Don't ban donations from families
(3) What the tolerant must tolerate
27. Democracy, Patriotism, Nanny State, Federalism, Capitalism, Liberalisms, Conservatism, Socialism, Dictatorship, Anarchist, Conservations, Multiculturalism, Immigration, Refugee (or queue-jumpers, asylum seekers, exploiters, human traffickers, colonizers) etc., the Senate & More
(1) Militarists crowd out moderates
(2) Strict language rules for immigrants proposed
(3) Spirit of West still not settled
(4) Triple-E Senate architect has new concept
(5) Small steps to smaller government
(6) A land that capitalism forgot
(7) Natives prepare to launch giant land claim
28. Tax-grab & Government Spending Do Matter / Gambling
(1) Problem gamblers sue over jackpots
29. Leadership
30. Human Dignity, Senior Rights, Self-sacrifice, Civic Responsibilities, Patriotism & International Responsibilities and Human Idiocy
(1) Working extra years becomes more a necessity than choice
(2) Remarkably united NDP and stands at top of the polls
(3) Getting away with it behind a veil of tears
(4) Grandpa's ideology
(5) The son of Hamas' founder says there is no hope to reform Islam
(6) Ending supply management
(7) Control yourself
(8) Psychopaths' brains wired that way
(9) 'Of little value to us,' but good for Japanese: Canadia vet
(10) Canada and its role in the 1941 defence of Hong Kong
31. BC Politics etc.
(1) A step in the right direction in the fight against smoking
(2) Empty pockets all speech offers
(3) Clark must address lingering mess from Boss Power lawsuit
(4) B.C. Liberal website targets Adrian Dix
(5) Ghost of a premier past casts a large shadow that complicates rebranding
(6) Auditor-General must be change agent for municipalities
(7) Provincial Conservative leader denies he's a spoiler rather than a winner
32. Jokes
(1) Getting to heaven from the post office
(2) 1st day of school
(3) The million dollar question for God
(4) The pastors new teeth
(5) An Arab Sheikh's son goes to Germany
(6) No nativity scene
(7) Church bulletin bloopers
(8) The marriage of Miss Bad Breath and Mr. Smelly Feet
(9) A business executive visits his dear Chinese friend in the hospital
33. Health Matters
(1) Fluzone high-dose: A flu vaccine
(2) Surgery vs. medication: Two choices for GERD
(3) Dysthymia: Don't dismiss feelings of sadness
(4) A major advance in treating Hepatitis C
(5) Intense activity may help lower your stroke risk
(6) Alcohol: Raise a glass or abstain?
(7) The biggest cancer killer of women (and men)
(8) 7 healthy sins
(9) Blood pressure too high in 25% of Canadians
(10) Salt is sneaking up on us
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