Malala Yousafzai

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Wednesday October 10, 2012 · 12:41 PM PDT

2012/10/10 · 12:41

Let it not be lost in the great deluge of election diaries that a 14 year old girl was the victim of an attempted assassination for the crime of being an advocate for the rights of women and children.

Malala Yousafzai was tracked down by a Taliban militant who specifically targeted her among a group of young girls, confirmed her identity and then shot her in the head.

Current news reports suggest she may make a full recovery. Taliban spokespersons have confirmed responsibility for the atrocity and threatened to target her again if she survives.

This is not intended as a partisan diary and some more details are below the fold.

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Thursday December 04, 2008 · 7:18 AM PST

2008/12/04 · 07:18

As this is written the Prime Minister of Canada is or ought to be crossing the street from the official residence of the Prime Minister at 24 Sussex Drive to the official residence of the Governor General at Rideau Hall.

It is widely anticipated that he is going there to advise the Governor General to prorogue Parliament until early in 2009. It is widely speculated that she may refuse - or that she may impose restrictions - or that it doesn't matter much whether she agrees because as soon as Parliament reconvenes the Conservative minority government will fall.

This is all spectacularly interesting stuff (really). Governors-General almost always accept the advice of their Prime Minister. In this case, at least one past Governor-General is publicly commenting that the current Governor General should refuse the Prime Minister's request.

How did this come to pass and where is the Parliament of Canada going in the near future? See below the fold.

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Tuesday March 25, 2008 · 2:10 PM PDT

2008/03/25 · 14:10

Mr. Hitchens has used his Slate bully-pulpit to go after Obama.

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