Stephen Harper Interview with Peter Mansbridge

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Evan Solomon fired by CBC

This is puzzling news. Evan Solomon was quite good host of Power and Politics. I watched this program every once in a while. I thought it was quite informative. I don't understand what's going on at CBC. It looks that Harper Government has cut CBC funding by over $200 millions and some employees were making money on the side. Few others are doing it too including Peter Mansbridge, the host of CBC National, -giving speeches unrelated to news and charging high fees.

Read more here.

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CBC's Peter Mansbridge sings Gangnam Style

Peter Mansbridge busted out his best dance moves in a parody video of the South Korean pop song Gangnam Style, alongside members of the Ontario-based Stratford Shakespeare Festival.

UN chief Ban Ki-moon did not want to be left behind.

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Claire Martin of CBC: Dancing Queen

....with a more appropriate song.

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Claire Martin: The Dancing Queen

Since this post of mine is quite popular I thought I will add some music to it.

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Benjamin Netanyahu, Israel and world peace

This weekend Netanyahu of Israel was in Toronto. He was met with cheers and jeers. Hundreds of demonstrators turned out to protest Israel's treatment of Palestinians.

He was also interviewed by Peter Mansbridge of CBC and asked if Israel has nuclear weapons. He was completely evasive and instead said that if there is going to be a Palestinian state it should be completely disarmed. Mansbridge repeated the question and he started talking about Iran and how dangerous it was becoming as it was trying to acquire nuclear weapons. His hypocrisy was blatantly incredulous – arm Israel to the teeth including its nuclear arsenal but disarm the rest of the Middle East including Iran. You can watch CBC video here.

Sure Benjamin Netanyahu, that will sure make the Middle East and the world peaceful. This man needs a psychiatrist and the world is badly in need of peace.

A survey was done by the European Commission of EU countries where 15 countries were surveyed asked the question of who was the biggest threat to world peace. 60% who surveyed said Israel was the biggest threat to world peace – bigger than Iran, North Korea and the USA.

“The European Commission survey asked the public in all 15 member states to look at a list of countries and say which they considered potential threats to peace. Israel was selected by a majority in almost all the EU member states, with 74% of Dutch citizens putting the country at the top of the list as a threat to peace and 69% of Austrian citizens.”



Here are the names of the countries surveyed:

Austria
Belgium
Britain
Bulgaria
Cyprus
Czech Republic
Denmark
Estonia
Finland
France
Germany
Greece
Hungary
Ireland
Italy
Latvia
Lithuania

Israel needs a sane leader.

More news from the Middle East as atrocities against Palestinians continue.
10 die in Israeli raid on aid flotilla; Commandos storm Gaza-bound ships in international waters. Click here to read the story.

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Helena Guergis interviewed by Peter Mansbridge of CBC

You can watch the video here .
You make up your mind after watching the video. Based on this interview what do you think of her and what you think of Harper’s treatment of her.

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Claire Martin Dancing Queen

That was what Peter Mansbridge of CBC called Claire Martin the weather lady on Monday night's The National. I wonder where he got that idea from. Maybe from this picture.

One of the very popular pictures on my blog.

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Stephen Harper does not like Canadians: His "Let Them Eat Cake" Moment

Peter Mansbridge of the CBC invited all the federal leaders to participate on his segment "Talk Back" where Canadians sent in questions for the party leadership. All the nationwide opposition leaders, Stephane Dion, Jack Layton and Elizabeth May, accepted the invitation but Stephen Harper refused to do so. Emperor Harper said that he would have a one on one interview with Mansbridge but no questions from the public. What is he afraid off? He simply does not want to deal with the public. There are numerous indications of that.

He called the election when US election was heating up, hoping that Canadians take interest in the US election and thus he gets less attention. He was hoping to just slide by. Then he agreed for an English debate on a day when the widely anticipated US Vice-Presidential candidates' debate was on, again hoping that few people would watch.

He agreed for an interview with Peter Mansbridge when the second US Presidential candidates’ debate was on. His interview did not air until after 1 A.M as CBC chose to broadcast presidential debate first. All this shows that Emperor Harper does not want to deal with the public.

Then there was Harper's "Let them eat cake" moment. As the Toronto Stock Exchange dived and the economic news became more dismal, his recommendation was that there are some good buys on the stock market as the prices were lower – to him it did not matter that you may not have a job any longer, that you may not have the money to pay for rent on your lodging or to make the mortgage payments, that you may not have money to buy food and other necessities of life. All Harper could say is that there is the opportunity to invest in the stock and buy at a low price. That is what Emperor Harper said. Can you believe this? How much more out of touch will this man be before Canadians realize he is not fit to lead the nation.

It is also ironic that Emperor Harper is making a big deal over Dion's interview with CTV Atlantic. This was Dion's second interview with the Halifax anchor, while Harper had given none. We can debate the merits or demerits of that CTV affiliate airing the "botched" interview start (I'm sure this is a topic that will occupy many journalism ethics classes), but it is clear that Harper wanted to turn it into a "gotcha" moment insensitive to Dion's hearing problems and to the fact that English is Dion's second language (another case of Harper being insensitive to francophones and to Quebecers).

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Beijing: Tanning of Mansbridge of CBC

Something is happening to Peter Mansbridge. Either it's the heat in Beijing, or the smog, which is giving him a new layer of skin and taking off some of the shine on his head.
Will they be able to recognize him at the CBC when he comes back to Canada? Maybe that explains the different skin tones in the World. Or maybe China has brand new business opportunities to open up tanning stadiums for our desperate population in North America and Europe who want to get a tan.

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Jack Layton and Peter Mansbridge competing for the spotlight :)

The Throne speech was one big yawn. Now it's time for Mr. Dion to come forward and say something. I thought the Wingnuterer's picture on this was clever.

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CBC: Weather forecast - "hot, hot, hot" according to Claire Martin

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Rambling Peter Mansbridge of the CBC

Something similar did happen on CBC national news -Peter Mansbridge's cameraman must have fallen asleep.

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How's the Weather?

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