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Candida
All my life I've had a thirst for knowledge, and I'm willing to learn from anyone, anywhere and anytime. I enjoy a good debate where arguments are supported by solid evidence. I belong to no political party, support democracy, freedom, justice, equality and civil liberties, and oppose oppression, hate, discrimination, cruelty, violence, intolerance, intimidation, ... (but who doesn't, right?). I believe in the innate goodness of humans (although only "on the balance of probabilities" rather than "beyond a reasonable doubt"). My tolerance extends to cynicism, sarcasm and ignorance (all of which I'm guilty occasionally), but not to blind hate or personal insults. I don't think calling someone a moron makes an argument more convincing, so I try to use it as little as possible.
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Afghanistan: Between the Taliban and a hard place »
Posted by: Candida 2 days, 15 hours ago in Politics
P robably the most important story of the week is Brigadier Mark Carleton-Smith's candid assessment that NATO can't win the war in Afghanistan ...
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Who You Callin? a Maverick? »
Posted by: Candida 2 days, 18 hours ago in Politics
There' s that word again: maverick. In Thursday' s vice- presidential debate , Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican candidate, used it to describe herself ...
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Obama won debate over McCain: polls »
Posted by: Candida 3 days, 6 hours ago in News
SNAP polls indicate Barack Obama easily won today's second presidential debate against John McCain, who was in need of a game-changing moment to help ...
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Palin?'s Alternate Universe »
Posted by: Candida 6 days, 18 hours ago in Politics
The problem with Ms. Palin’s candidacy is that John McCain might actually win this election, and then if something terrible happened, the country could ...
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The CNN Wire: Palin aides say trooper probe now "confidential" »
Posted by: Candida 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) — Republican campaign officials indicated they are done answering questions about an investigation into Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin' s firing of her public ...
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FOX News Producer Protests Restrictions on Access to Palin »
Posted by: Candida 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
FOX News Producer Shushannah Walshe just lashed out at the McCain campaign for denying access to reporters who wanted to witness Sarah Palin's U ...
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Rachel Maddow Calls Out McCain Camp For Refusing To Appear On Show »
Posted by: Candida 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
Over at MSNBC, newly minted show host Rachel Maddow's been straight blowing up the spot, grabbing big ratings in her 9pm time slot. But ...
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Campbell Brown chastises McCain campaign »
Posted by: Candida 2 weeks, 3 days ago in News
A prominent female news anchor chastised the McCain campaign Tuesday evening for engaging in sexism and insulting behavior in its attempt to shield Gov. Sarah ...
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TheStar.com | Federal Election | Afghan war worth fighting . . . but only until 2011 »
Posted by: Candida 3 weeks, 5 days ago in Politics
T here is a profound contradiction in Canada's approach to the war in Afghanistan. The government and the Liberal opposition insist that our troops ...
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Occupational hazards »
Posted by: Candida 4 weeks, 1 day ago in News
America's neo-colonial Iraq adventure led it into a moral vacuum. Will the error be repeated in the renewed US Afghan campaign?
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100 years of GM cars in pictures »
Posted by: Candida 4 weeks, 1 day ago in Science & Technology
A pictorial review of GM car manufacturing over the past 100 years.
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Palin says 17-year-old daughter is pregnant »
Posted by: ap 1 month, 1 week ago in News
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) _ Sarah and Todd Palin say their 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant.
The couple said in a statement released by John ...
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| Opinion | Georgia not much on Canada's mind »
Posted by: Candida 1 month, 2 weeks ago in News
"Russia has its own version of the Monroe doctrine. It doesn't cover as much territory as it used to in the days of the ...
