http://www.matthewgood.org Wed, 03 Dec 2008 02:49:17 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en According to a report by the BBC, the United States warned the Indian government of a potential threat one month before the Mumbai attacks. Further, Mike McConnel, The Director of National Intelligence is implying that the US suspects the attackers were members of the Kashmiri based group Lashkar-e-Toiba, which Indian ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/12/forewarnings/ Video from yesterday’s heated question period. Also, a story that’s been overlooked that’s of import. http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/12/contention-on-the-floor/ Twenty-eight years ago today one of my closest and dearest friends, Keira-Anne Mellis, was born in Port Hardy, BC. At the age of two she would move to Courtney, where she would spend the majority of her life before moving to Vancouver. I met Keira in the summer of 2006 ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/12/happy-birthday-kay/ As one might expect, I have been flooded with emails regarding the coalition government initiative being pursued by the Liberals, NDP, and Bloc. First, let me say that the use of the term ‘coup d'état’ in this instance is entirely ridiculous. That doesn’t mean that I support the initiative, just ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/12/coalition-talk/ http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/12/i-command-thee/ Yes, I did post an entry earlier today about Barack Obama’s recent appointments. And yes, it did include speculation and some condemnation. But to be honest with you, I’ve reached the end of my rope with regards to speculating about the pros and cons of Obama’s soon-to-be administration. The truth ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/12/imagine-it-again/ To learn more, visit the World AIDS Campaign website. http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/12/today-is-world-aids-days/ WTF? "As the credit crunch bites, Britons may be turning to sex as a cheap way to pass the time, a charity says. A YouGov survey of 2,000 adults found sex was the most popular free activity, ahead of window shopping and gossiping." http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/seriously-who-needs-an-excuse/ I’m not going to bother really speculating about what happened in Mumbai. To many it will be viewed as an al-Qaeda plot, to others an operation undertaken by the Kashmiri group Lashkar-e-Taiba. While aspects of it appear to reveal significant training and preparation on the part of those responsible, something ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/the-mumbai-guessing-game/ In a day filled with an ongoing terrorist crisis, the deaths of American shoppers (shootings in toy stores, trampling Wal-Mart employees to death), and God knows what else, a little brightness is in order. So I might as well talk about a kitten. Eli has grown. So has Benji. Eli’s growth is ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/a-little-bright/ This morning, at a Wal-Mart in Valley Stream, Long Island, crowds waiting to take advantage of a pre-Christmas sale broke down the doors to the store and trampled an employee to death. According to reports, while the 34-year-old man was stepped on and around while struggling to breathe, none of ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/shopped-to-death/ My eyes slowly open. I sleep with the curtains pushed back, so am blinded briefly. In that instance, as I lay in bed new to another day, people around the world are being killed violently. What has transpired in Mumbai is a representation of the worst of what we as ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/inherit-the-earth/ The Iraqi Parliament has (somewhat) backed the SOFA deal, though there is a very important caveat – that a referendum be held in the middle of 2009 as to whether the agreement should be adopted. If that referendum produces negative results, US forces will be forced to leave the country ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/iraqi-parliament-backs-sofa/ At long last the Pivot Legal Society has released its report on private security in Vancouver entitled Security Before Justice: A study of the impacts of private security on homelessness and under-housed Vancouver residents (.pdf). The report was authored by David Eby, Darice Bennet, John Richardson, and Kevin Tilley, who, ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/security-before-justice/ Just because something is animated is doesn’t automatically mean that it’s for kids. Fritz The Cat is certainly not material for youths, neither is Heavy Metal or American Pop. As far as I am concerned, South park fits into that category – it is not a show meant for young ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/animation-does-not-mean-adolescent/ No matter how well I write it, I cannot even begin to come close to the perspective provided by someone like Robert Fisk, who has been covering the greater Middle East for The Independent since I was six or seven years old. With regards to Afghanistan, Fisk’s recent piece entitled ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/veteran-perspective/ Until watching the latest episode of South Park tonight I had no idea what ‘High School Musical’ even was. The following picture says it all… http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/its-like-the-plague-only-the-musical/ Can’t sleep, not at night anyway. During the day – no problem. In fact, that’s what I did today – all day. Went to sleep finally at almost 6am, got up at 10am, went back to sleep at noon. Woke up at 5:30pm. Watched that Wall-e movie last night. You ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/ive-been-busy-doing-nothing/ That’s right, British Columbia, make that five in a row. I think that makes us a dynasty. We can retire numbers in lofty ceremonies, and every British Columbian will get to have the cup at their home for a day. You have no idea what I’m talking about, do you. For ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/we%e2%80%99re-number-one/ I have no idea why new comments aren't showing up. Updated: I see why now. I changed the time of the site to reflect daylight savings and every comment made before that is now "in the future", which means that they'll start to show up in the last post in proper ... http://www.matthewgood.org/2008/11/comments/