Hello!
Check out the radio show Democracy Now at democracynow.org.
There is a feature today that every adult with access to world news should know about.
“Corporations Reaping Millions As Congo Suffers Deadliest Conflict Since World War II A new mortality report from the International Rescue Committee says that as many as 5.4 million people have died from war-related causes in the Congo since 1998. A staggering 45,000 people continue to die each month both from the conflict and the related humanitarian crisis. Amidst the deadliest conflict since World War II, hundreds of international corporations have reaped enormous profits from extracting and processing Congolese minerals. We speak to Maurice Carney of Friends of the Congo and Nita Evele of Congo Global Action.”
The Graveyard Is No Place For The Young.
If I had to decide, one day, who was greatest band in all history my mind would spin into a vortex of total insanity trying to decide between Sacrifice and SNFU! They are so unbelievably good I cannot even comprehend it. If anyone out there has a copy of Chi Pigs band The Wongs that they could send over in any form please, please get a hold of me via this website. I used to lie in bed listening to that tape every night. Now seems momentarily lost through time like a hidden gem. My Wongs shirt was used as a rag by my dear old mommy..wah… actually so was my Sacrifice shirt.…. ShirleyShirleyShirley…tsk..tsk..tsk.. Back to the tunes, Yeah!!!!!!!!
Start up the Engines and do it all over again!!!
Hello, Stubes…
As Hairy said, “Propagandhi Is On The Loose”!
We are absolutely raging up/over here like never before. We’ve got it all on the go! We’ve got our maniacal new tunes as well as some other cover tunes we’ve been recording which are pretty deadly!
Sorry for the sparcity of updates. We are busier than a 10 million anted ant hill…busier than a swarm of 800 million mosquitos, busier than a 984 million bee‑d bee hive!
If our sound guy Barney ever gets around to editing “tape 2” from our South American tour he will be accepting his Golden Globes” award for funniest man in the multiverse at this time next year.
O.K? O.K!
oh Jeez.. I almost forgot. the greatest band of all time , SACRIFCE is playing here in Winnipeg in March so don’t miss out. Putrescence is opening the show!! BE there!!!!!!!! I’m sure you will hear more about this show on this website in coming weeks.…
Hey, isn’t it that time again for a bunch of pathetic punk bands to start another campaign to get the Democrats in to power? Oh, I suppose that’s old hat now, eh? haha…Here I thought that vote was the most important thing a human being could do in their time on this planet. Hahaha…
Dinkdiddlelinkdinkdink-BARNEY!
-Roid.
Phone Home! Phone Home!
Ok weirdos, let’s get down to brass-tacks here in 2008. You have a computer. You have superfluous processing power. You grapple with the Fermi Paradox. You struggle with the Drake Equation. You apparently listen to Propagandhi. Put ‘em all together and what do you get? You get this.
Come on dicks, do your part in defence of free inquiry, secularism and planetary ethics by joining Seti’s Team Propagandhi! Click on “join this team” and prepare to meet the cosmos (and the light at the end of my finger)!
2008: Year of My Rat
When me and Jordy were growing up in Portage la Prairie, “hanging a rat” meant you showed someone (who did not want to see it) your wiener. It happened a lot in post-game change-rooms in hockey arenas where a young naked fellow might decide to climb up on the bench behind a guy who was talking to someone else and put his wiener as close to the back of the other guy’s head as possible without actually touching it, whereupon the young naked fellow would call that other person’s attention, thereby “hanging a rat” right in his face. It was hilarious. Of course, it is considered a sexual offense these days, so i frown on this sort of behavior in my maturity.
Anyways, welcome to the Chinese Year of the Rat! This is the first year in history that we are going to actually try to plan our year out rather than just do things randomly (don’t worry, we have adults helping us). So our tentative schedule so far includes: going to Japan in spring*, perhaps going to Scandinavia in summer* and finally, recording a new record in September!*
So stayed tuned freaks! We are on the loose!
*unless we get colds.
allow war resisters refuge in canada!!
i recently finished reading a book called “The Deserter’s Tale”, which focuses on the iraq war experiences of private Joshua Key. This book is easy to read and understand, and confirms much of the reporting i’ve heard via Democracy Now! or ZNet over the past few years since the war began amidst powerful protest, and has since dribbled on in a much more sad, pathetic, predictable, and normal way. From the lies told in recruiting offices, to the racist indoctrination of soldiers-in-training, to the terrorizing of iraqi citizens, to the systematic pilfering of their possessions.….all the way to the refusal of a soldier to go back to war, putting himself and his family underground, ending up in canada, and truly seeking refuge from a nation that wishes to criminalize his decision to not take part in what of course amounts to the genocidal program of the united states of america, and their shit-eating allies.
the Harper government, who clearly use their lips and tongues every morning to clean the shitted arses of the Bush administration, are doing everything they can to prevent conscientious objectors from coming up here and demanding refugee status. after the supreme court of canada ruled that refugee claim appeals would not be heard, a positive motion was passed on dec. 6th recommending that war resisters and their families be allowed to stay in canada. the Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration recommends:
“…recommends that the government immediately implement a program to allow conscientious objectors and their immediate family members (partners and dependents), who have refused or left military service related to a war not sanctioned by the United Nations and do not have a criminal record, to apply for permanent resident status and remain in Canada; and that the government should immediately cease any removal or deportation actions that may have already commenced against such individuals.”
Please visit these websites and support these folks!!
It's still snowing! Too bad I shovelled yesterday!
Here’s some links for you to look at.You may have noticed I spend a lot of time on this site talking about refugees. I think that trying to understand the people who come to our citiy(or your city) from all over the world is a great way to understand the realities of war, governments, other countries and cultures, it helps to figure out what’s really going on in the world, and it’s a great way to make new friends.
Check out these links. If you are not from Winnipeg then I’m sure you can find similar organizations in your city!
The Needs centre was created by immigrant and refugee women for newcomers to Canada. These women developed the programming based on their own personal experiences, needs assessment and realistic expectations.
The M.I.I.C is where refugees who first come to Winnipeg go for housing, support, and help in settling in Winnipeg.
Manitoba Interfaith Immigration Council
Refugees International has a lot of good information including a link to the situation in Burma, which a lot of recent refugees to Winnipeg are coming from.
The Snow Piles High....
..And I’m still riding my bike! Eh-man!
We’re hard at work on some ripping new tunes up here in the Great White North. Everything is looking like the stars will align for one heck of a record. Jordo Samolesky is drumming the snare like a bolt of lighting and the kick like a clap of thunder!
I thought this evening might be a good time to give you a little info on a Somalia, and Goma, Congo. Last week I had the opportunity to witness a few conversations between Winnipeggers and some people from the aforementioned countries that have made it clear how very little some of my fellow Winnipeggers know about the wars that are currently raging in these places. So here’s a couple tiny tidbits, and then I hope you’ll keep looking for yourselves.…..
Sometimes the “good guys” are just the people caught in the middle.
I am appalled at the general lack of news about Congo. The death toll there is the largest on earth right now.
Goodnight.
ANOTHER REASON TO HATE THE OTTAWA SENATORS (like you need one)
My friend Lisa (an Oilers fan for the record) forwarded me this link to an article about the Ottawa Senators and their ideological bedfellows. I will now attempt to refrain from childish and patently offensive comments advocating mandatory post-partum abortions for all Sens fans.
There. I did it.