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jnarvey — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:21:09 +0000

A quick roundup from the best counter-revolutionary political site on the Interweb:

The Website Is Very, Um, Experimental

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Why Would We Extradite Him? What Did He Do? Rape A Kid? Oh.

jnarvey — Tue, 13 Jul 2010 07:12:36 +0000

The authorities in Switzerland seem to have a soft spot for weirdos who anally rape kids.

I’m not sure what their Justice Minister was thinking. Maybe something along these lines: “It happened such a long time ago. Can’t you prudish Americans just let bygones be bygones? Surely you’ll give some leeway to a great artist. I mean, what was the crime? Why, I just sodomized an underage girl the other day with a rolling pin! In Europe, it’s like a friendly way of saying hello.”

Boycott Switzerland! Say no to fondue.

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Best Comment Yet On The G20 Protesters

jnarvey — Sun, 27 Jun 2010 07:23:44 +0000

From Twitter:

@chrislabossiere: I clearly see the link between burning police cruisers and ending poverty. Maybe punch an old lady too to stop global warming. #G20 #cdnpoli

Well, it’s pretty clear that the protesters in Toronto have violated the social contract by wearing masks and declaring war on the cops. As far as I’m concerned, the police can jail every last one of these masked thugs indefinitely.

There’s democratic protest and then there’s mob rule. I know which one I support and which one I condemn.

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My Latest Hate Mail From Illiterate Weirdos

jnarvey — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 16:34:06 +0000

Lately, I’ve been devoting a fair bit of blog space to Turkey’s role in the Middle East, so I’ve been receiving attention from a new class of weirdo.

I get a fair bit of hate mail from people who can barely spell, but this rambling stream of consciousness from muavenet_06@hotmail.com seemed funnier than usual. I especially enjoyed the part about genital herpes.

Jonathan narvey called sucka.someone is using your name to ask questions on yahoo travel Turkey section.

you better open your fukin eyes and stop this guy by reporting him.

if these are really your words about the kurdish,fukk you bastard.

Republic of Turkey is not a banana republic that will act w your comments.

Go deal with problems within Canada,as your soldiers are the most fat booty soldiers in nato,or %50 of your women suffers genital herpes.

The candle will not enlight it s bottom as i see you close your eyes to the problems in Canada but you deal with the problems of kurdish.

Kurdish got the best jobs and places on the coast of touristic cities earning more cash than any average Turkish citizen.

The ones who suffer from terrorare the ones who did not educate themselves and their kids.

If you do not speak the local language in any european country you get nothing.

We are Turkish and speaking Turkish since 1000 years.When we go to Afghanistan where you are strangers we speak Turkish and move on.

So don’t you get in to those matters again.

On a side note, someone really was impersonating my in the Yahoo! Travel Answers section. They were mis-spelling my name, but their intention was clear, since as far as I know, there are no other Jonathon (or Jonathan) Narvey’s in the universe. So I did report the impersonator.

By the way, muavenet_06@hotmail.com, I hope you noticed that my latest piece on Turkey got picked up by the National Post this morning. Enjoy.

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A Case Study In Rhetoric

jnarvey — Wed, 23 Jun 2010 00:37:34 +0000

Some interesting comments of late coming from Turkey’s leader, regarding Kurdish terrorist attacks:

“I say here very clearly, they will not win. They will gain nothing. They will melt away in their own darkness … they will drown in their own blood.” (The Guardian)

“Our fight will continue until the terrorist organization has been annihilated.” (BBC News)

Of course, Mr. Erdogan is very careful speaker and his words are not to be taken out of context. There are terrorists and then there are… whatever this Hamas guy is. Definitely not a terrorist, though.

The macho dude above is in Gaza. And you can’t be a terrorist and live in Gaza. Just like it’s impossible for a Muslim nation to commit genocide — which is certainly of great consolation to the victims of Darfur as well as a million or so dead Armenians.

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A Little Self-Interest In Afghanistan Is Not A Bad Thing

jnarvey — Wed, 16 Jun 2010 15:32:16 +0000

I’ve often attempted to remind readers of the importance of holding the line in Afghanistan for progressive reasons and firm principles: support for the universality of human rights, defense of women and children targeted by the thugs in the Taliban, support for democracy, the institutions of modernity and a better life for people who deserve something more than tyranny.

I’ve noted that this mission is something both in the finer tradition of Canadian interventions on behalf of freedom abroad. It is also a shining example of a United Nations-supported mission that has brought together the brave soldiers, aid workers and resources of dozens of nations in the fight against fascism and darkness.

On this note, the signs coming from Canadian politicians like Bob Rae and Michael Ignatieff as well as a growing number of Conservative politicians and commentators about a renewed role for Canada in Afghanistan are very encouraging. Their brave words calling for a public debate on this important issue ought to be heeded by the Prime Minister, and quickly.

But the confirmation of perhaps $1 trillion worth of mineral deposits in Afghanistan changes the equation for some people. With reptilian logic, they will point to a conspiracy of international neo-cons and their shadowy corporate masters being the real reason for international intervention — as though 9/11 never happened and Afghanistan had never served as a safe haven for some of the worst examples of thuggery and terror that this planet has to offer.

As any rational thinking person would, I dismiss these conspiracists out of hand. But their cynical response does certainly beg the question: what precisely is wrong about foreign mining companies making a decent profit and employing thousands, perhaps tens of thousands of Afghans in good, high-paying jobs that don’t involve the heroin trade or freelance work for the insurgency? And if keeping the insurgency down permanently and avoiding a return of terror bases to Afghanistan also provides some insurance that our trade routes and economies will not be sabotaged into recession, resulting in more financial hardship for both Wall Street and Main Street, what’s wrong with that, either?

I explore these questions further in my latest Mark Op Ed, Self-Interest in Afghanistan:

Ever since the Taliban got turfed out of office by American daisy cutters from above and horseback-riding Northern Alliance fighters on the ground, Al Qaeda hasn’t been able to use Afghanistan as a base to attack our cities.

Critics will point out that the bad guys are still using places like Pakistan, Yemen, Somalia, and the odd apartment in Denver, Colorado.

But that isn’t an argument against finishing the job in Afghanistan. On the contrary, it’s an argument for building on our successes and taking down the rest of the terrorist enclaves in failed states, as well as those in middle-of-nowhere, USA.

Other critics will say that the cost of keeping the boys in the black turbans on the run just isn’t worth it. Way more people die from car accidents than terrorist bombs. Besides, if we stay out of their countries, won’t they just leave us alone?

Again, let’s look at it from the perspective of our pocketbook. We’ve just come through a bitch of an economic meltdown. Many of us are still hurting pretty bad. So how do you think it’s going to affect the world economy if the Taliban wins in Afghanistan and an endless stream of “martyrs” the world over are emboldened to carry out even more brazen terror attacks than they do now?

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That’s What The Taliban Is All About

jnarvey — Tue, 15 Jun 2010 21:13:42 +0000

Killing the country’s future and dragging the country back into the past.

The Canada-Afghanistan Solidarity Committee’s Terry Glavin talks with CTV news about the scourge of the Taliban and how Afghans know that their children will only have a promising future if these bastards and their nihilistic movement are buried.

Time to take action and start talking about what happens after 2011, my fellow Canucks.

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BP Spills Coffee

jnarvey — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 16:23:12 +0000

A coffee spill at a BP executive meeting. Hilarity ensues.

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No Humanitarian Aid on Mavi Marmara

jnarvey — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:25:56 +0000

The story about the “peace flotilla” to Gaza and the Mavi Marmara just keeps getting better and better. The activists apparently collected all of their thrift store pants and expired pills from their medicine cabinets and threw them into a pile. From the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs:

Of the seven flotilla ships, only four were freight ships. The Challenger 1 (small yacht), the Sfendonh (small passenger boat) and the Mavi Marmara (passenger ship) did not carry any humanitarian aid, except for the passengers’ personal belongings. Of the four freight ships – Gaza, Sofia, Defeny and Rachel Corrie – as of June 7, SIBAT had only offloaded equipment from the Defeny…

It should be noted that:

1. The equipment does not constitute humanitarian aid in the accepted sense (basic foodstuffs, new and functional equipment, fresh medicines).

2. The equipment awaiting entry into the Gaza Strip, both at the Kerem Shalom crossing and the Defense Ministry base, has been approved by COGAT.

3. The humanitarian aid on all the ships was scattered in the ships’ holds and thrown onto piles and not packed properly for transport. The equipment was not packaged and not properly placed on wooden bases.

4. Because of the improper packing, some of the equipment was crushed by the weight in transit.

5. The medicines and sensitive equipment (operating theater equipment, new clothing, etc.) are being kept in cool storage at the Defense Ministry base. Some of the medicines have already expired, and some will expire soon. The operating theater equipment, which should be kept sterile, was carelessly wrapped.

6. A large part of the equipment, particularly shoes and clothing, was used and worn

7. The construction material must be approved by COGAT and the political echelons before it can be transferred to the Gaza Strip.

It was all a hoax. And the world fell for it.

H/T to Covenant Zone

Now, a little bit of time to savor this news until the flood of comments comes accusing Israel of bald-faced lies and propaganda — like this video footage of Mavi Marmara passengers preparing weaponry:

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Justice Delayed. Justice Denied

jnarvey — Tue, 08 Jun 2010 06:15:53 +0000

Too little and far, far too late for the victims of this tragedy:

Twenty-five years after the Bhopal gas tragedy killed over 20,000 people, a local court in Bhopal convicted former Union Carbide of India Limited (UCIL) chairman Keshub Mahindra and seven others in the case, awarding each of them two years in prison.

The Bhopal Gas Tragedy was an industrial catastrophe that occurred at a pesticide plant owned and operated by the American chemical company Union Carbide in Bhopal.

On the night between December 2-3, 1984, the plant released methyl isocyanate (MIC) gas and other toxins, resulting in the exposure of over 500,000 people.

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