Derek E. Silva

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  • Although I tend to shy away from such groups simply because no one activism group really fits my opinion on topics or the extremities of where they go with their opinions and actions, I would very much like to congratulate Maude Barlow and being named the UN’s first water adviser. Maude is the chair of […]

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  • I originally posted this at another blog platform I used to use. I’m re-posting it here because I’m really glad I wrote this a little over a year ago. Originally published April 21, 2007. As I sat in my car earlier today listening to Placebo’s “Once More With Feeling,” I got to thinking about the […]

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  • So Stephen Harper today is pledging to move forward with reforming the Senate; namely making a Senate seat an elected position instead of an appointed one. For once, I agree with our dearest Prime Minster. However, I believe he should take it one step further. I just did a little reading on the Senate and […]

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  • Well I must say that I’m pretty disappointed in the results of last night’s election. While the Election Prediction Project was predicting that the election would actually hurt the Conservatives, instead they came out stronger than they were going into it.  Now holding a commanding 143 seats, only 12 short of the majority Prime Minister […]

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