Reader Tips

You surely do deserve a heading-out, Kate.

Reader tip: Steve Janke has a post highly relevent to recent discussions, both here at SDA, and on air from Charles Adler, about how the Liberals and their media arms use the sideways polling/reporting cycle to interfere with our electoral process.

Janke's post, pertaining to the Liberals' "Task Force on Youth and Civil Engagement", a reporting study group headed by Justin Trudeau, cites Terry O'Neill who notes that although Justin Trudeau was the "cover-boy", he didn't actually write the report and, one can reasonable assume, is not the author of the ideas therein; the report had two "lead writers", Christ Holcroft and Danielle Kotras.

Interestingly, Kotras, it appears, works for David Herle's Gandalf Group, nee Veraxis, nee Earnscliffe. (David Herle, of course, ran Martin's election campaigns, and was a top Martin advisor as well as a senior Earnscliffe partner; recently, Earnscliffe has been the subject of investigations pertaining to the millions of dollars of taxpayers' money that went into "polling contract", some of which, according to Herle's testimony at the Parliamentary Committee, were "verbal reports" to the PMO.

Anyway, in short: Liberal report waving Justin Trudeau's face, written by someone working for...David Herle.

According to O'Neill, the report is vacuous, yet ominous. Vacuous, "in that the paper's most important specific recommendation seems to be that Election Canada work with school boards across the country to hold comprehensive mock elections in high schools to help young people understand the electoral process; ominous in that the paper declares that young Canadians with whom the task force met want a return to activist government..."

Well, what a happening coincidence...

http://stevejanke.com/archives/227702.php

And here's an excellent, timely, must-read post by Joel Johannesen titled "I guess the CBC will be all over the just-released Al Qaeda torture manual."

http://www.proudtobecanadian.ca/index/weblog/i_guess_the_cbc_will_be_all_over_the_just_released_al_qaeda_torture_manual/

This year's term: Political Correctness.

"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous
mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

This year's term: Political Correctness.

"Political Correctness is a doctrine fostered by a delusional,
illogical, liberal minority, and rabidly promoted by an unscrupulous
mainstream media, which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

"Aliens Cause Global Warming"

My topic today sounds humorous but unfortunately I am serious. I am going to argue that extraterrestrials lie behind global warming. Or to speak more precisely, I will argue that a belief in extraterrestrials has paved the way, in a progression of steps, to a belief in global warming. Charting this progression of belief will be my task today. [...]

http://www.crichton-official.com/speeches/speeches_quote04.html

A lecture by Michael Crichton
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA
January 17, 2003

Go get 'em boys! http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070525/taliban_offensive_070525/20070525?hub=TopStories

Mao Stlong, aka Maurice Strong, from China, sends greetingx to you all: Smile.

You wan one egg loll? Two egg loll? Foody goody; blush often, and early.
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National Post | Ottawa keeps eye on Chinese toothpaste

NEW YORK - Health Canada was scrambling yesterday to identify toothpaste brands imported from China after U.S. authorities began testing for toxins in Chinese toothpaste shipments. ...-

China Admits Producing Toxic Toothpaste for Kids

Panama and the Dominican Republic report tainted toothpaste imported from China containing diethylene glycol. Importing countries now demand transparency; Beijing pledges inquiries and greater controls. Toothpaste makers object that they have been making the same products for years without causing death....-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1838787/posts

one has to wonder if taliban jack and his crew of PC moonbats are a little dissapointed that the beheading crew has not been able to inflict many casualties this spring.....blah, blah, blah, taliban spring offensive my a$$...maybe alby and iberia(the all knowing librano twits) can head over there and start the negotiations with the followers of the pedophile martyr....I am sure that they would be welcomed with open arms(on their way to the chopping block)....the Canadians, Brits, Aussies and Dutch are doing a bang up job, let's see if our librano "friends" can maybe support them for once....GO ARMY!

It will be interesting to see what happens with the game-playing in Quebec politics at the moment.

Charest has offered his budget, which must pass on June 1st or the gov't falls. The ADQ has declared it will reject it; the stated stumbling block is the tax cuts. The PQ, not to be outdone by the ADQ, and a puppet of Quebec's enormous Unions, has declared that it too will reject it.

What's the agenda? Does the PQ really think that in an election, right after the one in which they were demoted to third party place, that Quebecers will realize 'their error' and come flocking back to the PQ? I'd suspect the opposite; the PQ would lose even more seats - to the Liberals and the ADQ.

Quebecers are the most heavily taxed in Canada. Their social services are indeed comprehensive; the fact that even with their taxes they can't afford them, is unknown and rejected by many Quebecers. BUT, they are starting to wake up from their Cocooned Within Canada state and taking charge of themselves. I doubt if they will return to the PQ - the Party of the Cocoon, the Party of the Union, the Party of socialism-communism. [Nothing to do with separation; everything to do with a 'kept' welfare state - 'kept' by the ROC.]

So - will there be an election or will it be a week of posturing?

Have a look at www.roadhammer.blogspot.com for commentary on yesterday's Sens rally in Ottawa, the documentary at Cannes about the guy who died after taking it in the back door from a horse (it's W's fault), and more, including a review of the new Ozzy album.

CTV and others reporting the death of a canadian solder in afgan from a IED. several others injured.

Instapundit points out another case of toxic Chinese food

http://instapundit.com/archives2/005598.php

ql1800

"which holds forth the proposition that it is entirely
possible to pick up a turd by the clean end."

That is an awsome way of putting things. I hope you don't mind if I use that.

Trev

Mayor Dave's response to the little boy who got killed at school: blame loony gun collectors and the Americans.

"Damn Americans, I hate those b@stards"

phantomsoapbox.blogspot.com/2007/05/inevitable-gun-control-screaming-begins.html

the anti-gun lobby plus her majesties opposition parties will no doubt be setting up for another major offensive.

I really wish they would focus on the illegal gun possessors/users/traders/transporters. There is no registry that is going to be of much use here - the justice system is simply going to have to enforce super heavy penalties for the illegals when they are caught. They seem not able/willing to do this. It is so bad that the community in which the last school shooting occurred is not seemingly will to be of much help because it seems they have little faith in the police.

At the same time:

....we have a situation where an entire school was locked down in ON. It seems a plain clothes detective somehow "left" a kit bag (or whatever it is called) containing all of his policing utensils - like a pistol/ammp, handcuffs, etc. - unattended outside and in proximity to the school. Of course, by the time the loss was realized, the bag had disappeared and the school was apparently locked down for a search - apparently to no avail.

It is enough to make legal/responsible gun owners despair.

Half or more of the gun smuggling in Ontario could be solved by searching every truck coming out of the two border-straddling Indian reserves in Quebec. This would have the added advantage of stopping pretty much -all- the cigarette smuggling and strangling the Mohawk Warrior Society's cash flow.

And if you searched every truck going -in- to those reserves you could put a pretty good dent in the Toronto dope growers too.

Between that and jailing and/or deporting people when they point a gun at somebody you could probably end crime in Southern Ontario. You know, like it used to be when we were kids.

But that would be, you know, racist eh? So we can't do that.

See video of OPP helping Natives build barricade in Hagersville:
http://www.caledoniawakeupcall.com/

Phantom: First you would have to stop the OPP from assisting the indian's!
I am amazed that the people of Ontario are not in an outrage over this!

Phantom: Go over to Caledonia Wake Up Call and watch video of OPP assisting the Indians putting up barricade ! To end crime in Ontario, first you would have to get the OPP to stop helping out! I can not believe that the people of Ontario are not in an uproar over this!

I saw that video Mary, it surprises me not one tiny bit.

I got pulled over by the OPP last year for taking pictures of the DCE. Seems they wanted to know who I was and what I was doing with a camera pointed out the window. I said I wanted to take a picture without 30 Indians running out and kicking my butt, and stopping by the roadside and standing there didn't look that smart to me. The cop said that was good thinking. But he wrote down all my info anyway.

Since then I stay the hell away from the entire affair because I don't want to end up being a "person of interest to police" just for driving by and gawking.

The Mohawk Warrior imbeciles are annoying, possibly somewhat dangerous but not particularly frightening. Thugs, nothing more. I've seen tougher.

The OPP though, they are friggin' terrifying, frankly. Instead of "serve and protect" on those cop cars it should say "Sorry, I'm just following orders". Currently those orders say that The Phantom and every other white guy/girl in Caledonia are the problem, and are to be kept under control by any and all means required. I don't want the 3AM boot at the door, so I stay home.

And if that's not a comment on Liberal governance I don't know what is.

Mehdi army leader in Basra killed

BASRA, Iraq (Reuters) - Iraqi special forces killed the leader of Shi'ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr's Mehdi Army militia in the southern Iraqi city of Basra on Friday after he tried to resist arrest, the British military said.

Spokesman Major David Gell said Abu Qader and at least one aide were shot shortly after leaving Sadr's offices in the centre of the city, the hub of Iraq's main oilfields. He said the operation was authorised by the Iraqi government.

The killing came on a day when Sadr made his first public appearance in months, portraying himself as a nationalist leader committed to the political process. He called on his militia to stop attacks on Iraqi security forces.

A senior member of Sadr's political movement said their response to the killing would be limited to "political resistance". ...-

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839697/posts

First you have no right to property, then no right to self defense. Now kids, now you have no right to a -lawyer-.
www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070525/scc_lawyer_070525/20070525?hub=TopStories

"We conclude that the text of the constitution, the jurisprudence and the historical understanding of the rule of law do not foreclose the possibility that a right to counsel may be recognized in specific and varied situations," says the ruling.

"But at the same time, they do not support the conclusion that there is a general constitutional right to counsel in proceedings before courts and tribunals dealing with rights and obligations."

This just keeps getting better and better.

Nationalnewswatch has election fever at 1%. Which makes the email I got last night kind of funny. The Tories sent around another fundraising email - saying that "There could be an election very soon".

Are they going to pull the plug this week?

I can think of two reasons they'd need to:

1. The Kyoto bill is up for third reading in the senate - if that passes, they'll be obligated to table legislation to reduce greenhouse emissions by 40% in 5 years.

2. The VanDoos deploy to Afghanistan. French speaking troops in battle. Imagine the crash in Tory support in Quebec the day after the first French-speaking casualty.

...former chief provincial coroner Larry Campbell ...

The Vancouver Sun has an article today headlined - Ex-coroner Questions Unusual Delay. Is there any obligation by the reporters to include the information that Larry Campbell is the ex-mayor of Vancouver and a sitting Liberal Senator?

Just curious, the MSM has me on guard lately.

I see some of the some of the nominees at 101 people who are screwing up Canada aren't happy with their fame.

Phantom - in the CTV article you quoted: you missed the definitive comment...

"The Supreme Court of Canada contended the right to legal counsel was historically understood to be a limited right that only extended to criminal cases."

You want to sue your neighbour for painting his house lime green and depreciating your property values? Baby, have I got a tax for you!

On the other hand, if you need a lawyer to defend you after taking an axe to someone...

...hmm; you may have a point here.

After the recent unfortunate shooting of a Toronto youth all the appropriate moonbat politicians called for more handgun control.They have no idea who did it, whether that person stole a gun, inported it or made it. But why let facts get in the way. The inference always seems that its the Yanks fault for handguns in Canada or gun collectors who get ripped off. I personally don't know ANY gun collectors so I wonder about that. Besides the laws are very clear on how you have to store handguns in your home i.e. in a safe. And I'm sure the vast majority of legit hungun orders follow that law very carefully.

That being said I also noticed that a Toronto school was locked down because a police officer in the vicinity had his gun stolen. Does than mean that all police should not have guns.

Perhaps its time to realize that people kill other people, not guns.

Horny Toad

How to End 'Islamophobia'

Former Jemaah Islamiya member Tawfik Hamid has some good ideas on How to End ‘Islamophobia’. [...]

"Indeed, the most common murderers of Muslims are, and have always been, other Muslims."

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Where are Muslims murdering other Muslims?

Iraq, Darfur, Gaza Strip, Lebanon, Algeria, Yemen, Saudi Arabia, Iran, The Phillipines, Somalia, etc.
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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/

Reuters is aghast/dismayed at the debunking of Rachel Carson/DDT fraudster.

Kudos to Sen. Tom Coburn.
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Senator blocks honor for environmental pioneer

By Deborah Zabarenko, Environment Correspondent

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A plan to honor environmental pioneer and "Silent Spring" author Rachel Carson on her centennial on Sunday was blocked by a U.S. senator who believes Carson created a climate of "hysteria and misinformation."

Sen. Tom Coburn derailed approval of a Senate resolution honoring the life of Carson, whose 1962 book "Silent Spring" warned of the dangers posed to wildlife and humans by the pesticide DDT and who is credited with inspiring the modern environmental movement.

"Rachel Carson's work both directly and indirectly created a climate of hysteria and misinformation about the impact of DDT on the human populations," said John Hart, a spokesman for Coburn, in explaining why the Oklahoma Republican withheld his support for the plan to honor her. ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1839833/posts

100 things you should know about DDT
[...]

#

II. Advocacy against DDT

DDT was demagogued out of use.

# 10

Rachel Carson sounded the initial alarm against DDT, but represented the science of DDT erroneously in her 1962 book Silent Spring. Carson wrote "Dr. DeWitt's now classic experiments [on quail and pheasants] have now established the fact that exposure to DDT, even when doing no observable harm to the birds, may seriously affect reproduction. Quail into whose diet DDT was introduced throughout the breeding season survived and even produced normal numbers of fertile eggs. But few of the eggs hatched." DeWitt's 1956 article (in Journal of Agriculture and Food Chemistry) actually yielded a very different conclusion. Quail were fed 200 parts per million of DDT in all of their food throughout the breeding season. DeWitt reports that 80% of their eggs hatched, compared with the "control"" birds which hatched 83.9% of their eggs. Carson also omitted mention of DeWitt's report that "control" pheasants hatched only 57 percent of their eggs, while those that were fed high levels of DDT in all of their food for an entire year hatched more than 80% of their eggs.

# 11

Population control advocates blamed DDT for increasing third world population. In the 1960s, World Health Organization authorities believed there was no alternative to the overpopulation problem but to assure than up to 40 percent of the children in poor nations would die of malaria. As an official of the Agency for International Development stated, "Rather dead than alive and riotously reproducing."

[Desowitz, RS. 1992. Malaria Capers, W.W. Norton & Company]

# 12

The environmental movement used DDT as a means to increase their power. Charles Wurster, chief scientist for the Environmental Defense Fund, commented, "If the environmentalists win on DDT, they will achieve a level of authority they have never had before.. In a sense, much more is at stake than DDT." ...-

http://www.junkscience.com/ddtfaq.html

I watched a show last night where his highness,al gore, was blasting the media for not presenting fair and balanced reporting.He was especially vitrolic about how the media is mixing news and entertainment. He must be starting to feel a bit of heat about his unfair and unbalanced mockumentary. What I find really ironic ,and was probably lost on him,is that he was spewing his venom on the Daily Show,which portrays itself as a fake news show. I think al is going down and tipper won't like it again.

Too cheap To Go Green
Susan Martinuk, National Post

...A recent Innovative Research Group poll provides the proof. Ontarians say global warming is the most important national issue. But would they make a financial sacrifice to improve the environment? As above, the answer is no.

The majority is opposed to road tolls (67%) and increased gas prices (69%) as incentives to discourage driving. Only 29% are using their cars less; and, of those, only 13% said they were driving less in order to help the environment. Most revealing is that 86% are hoping technology will provide solutions to deliver them from a future of increased costs and inconvenient lifestyle changes.

These results are in agreement with a February poll showing that 50% of British Columbians wouldn't pay $100 extra in taxes to diminish the impact of greenhouse gases -- despite B.C. supposedly being home to Canada's most ardent tree-huggers. In a National Post online poll, that number rose to 85%.

These results apparently are inconceivable to the David Suzuki Foundation, whose spokesperson could only mumble something about polling inadequacies in response, offering a confused "[it] doesn't make any sense."

Read the whole article:

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/issuesideas/story.html?id=4e5a3bf0-e44f-4bdc-93fe-560d2ab48320

So Rosie "melting steel" O'Donnel has quit the View. Not that I ever watched the female gabfest but I find it so true to form that when moonbat celebs lose a debate or argument they first pull out the victim card then take their ball and bat and run home.

Well looks like more concerning the Terry Bekolay saga is coming out:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2007/05/25/judge-hearing.html

"A Prince Albert judge who resigned earlier this month amid questions about his conduct was a witness in an obstruction of justice case last year, CBC News has learned.
..
..
Former provincial court judge Terry Bekolay testified in November 2006 in the preliminary hearing of Michael James Bomek, according to court records.

Bomek is charged with attempting to obstruct, pervert or defeat the course of justice. The offence is alleged to have happened in Prince Albert in December 2003.

..

Bomek, a disbarred lawyer from Flin Flon, Man., who had once practised law in several communities in Saskatchewan, was sentenced on a separate set of charges earlier this year.

Following a trial last year and after Bomek was found guilty of sexual assault, possession of child pornography and other offences, Queen's Bench Justice Grant Currie sentenced him in January to 3½ years in prison.
"

See also:

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/12/18/bomek.html

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/saskatchewan/story/2006/12/20/bomek-arguments.html

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/local/story.html?id=968bfb48-e5b9-462a-a39c-91914b3ef4a7

This may be bit Americanized but it's good.

Thank A Liberal!

It is time to remove the paint others have put on “liberal”, see the true color and throw away the brush. From Webster’s Dictionary: liberal – 1. adj. giving freely, giving more than necessary or usual—political: favorable to individual liberty, social reform and the removal of economic restraints.

Liberal thinking wrote the “Declaration of Independence” and began a revolution against tyranny and persecution. Liberal thinking wrote our “Constitution” and embraced a bold concept of giving government to the people and creating a system of checks and balances so future generations would be protected. Liberal thinking gave us the “Bill of Rights” to ensure very specific freedoms would be safe. Look at the first article to the “Amendments to the Constitution” proposed in 1789:
Article [I.]
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.

Liberal thinking forged a new and promising country. It also settled the west. It created cutting edge technology and promised new medicines.

Liberal thinking took us to the stars and to the depths of the ocean. It was responsible for the Internet. It gave us many great leaders, patriots, humanitarians, teachers, authors, soldiers, policemen, firemen, musicians, actors, and physicians. It feeds the poor, protects the children and takes care of the elderly. It safeguards the environment and protects our planet with all its magnificent creatures, beautiful trees, fresh air and drinkable water so our children may one share in the wonders from our Creator…our Earth.

Liberal thinking can be thanked for a safe workplace, children going to school instead of being forced into labor, the constant effort to be paid a living wage, overtime pay, a forty hour week, you are allowed to join a union to protect your rights, your food is not poisoned, safer water to drink and air that is not black with pollution. If you value "Social Security” and "Medicare”, so the elderly can grow old with dignity without the bankrupting the family - you can thank a liberal. If people of all races can share the same public facilities; if everyone has the right to vote; if couples fall in love and marry regardless of race; if we have finally begun to transcend a segregated society—you can thank a liberal. Progressive innovations like those and so many others were achieved by long, difficult struggles against entrenched power. There is the matter of abortion and a liberal knows from the past the rich got abortions no matter the law and the rest could wind up in the hands of a back alley butcher or hideous tries at self abortion. The best solution is adoption of the unwanted.

Liberal is to have compassion, tolerance and understanding of people and situations even though they may be different. Liberal thinking walked among us as a man healing the sick, feeding the poor and taught us many important lessons about faith and be careful not to judge others, not to be greedy or fall prey to false prophets. It died for our sins. The word liberal appears three times in the King James Version of the Bible, Psalms 11:25 and Isaiah 32:5 and 6. The synonyms of liberal appears favorable and often in the Bible.

Liberal thinking is frustration, pain and sadness for a Country that shows so much promise but has strayed from the correct path and is determined to screw up and destroy everything it has ever fought for, died for and believed in. However, as a liberal thinking individual we always believe in hope, the promise of a new day, a better tomorrow and an honest future election.

Since most liberals tend to have a distinct distaste for hypocrites, we should not presume to explain what rightwing, neo-conservative republicans happen to think or feel.

http://www.randolphcountydems.net/?q=node/24

Can somebody please delete the above bird brained drivel?

Oh no, irwin daisy's eyes are burning from the truth, oh the humanity.

If Liberalism is so grand, why does LPC practice (the corrupt variety of)democratic socialism?

Shamrock, the LPC is only a stepping stone to rid the world of Conservative thinking.

Alby, I agree LPC getting stepped on, and you're stoned if you think Dion will ever be PM.

"Alby, I agree LPC getting stepped on, and you're stoned if you think Dion will ever be PM.

Posted by: Shamrock at May 26, 2007 6:10 PM"

Don't look at the polls, it'll make you cry.

Tory 37%, Lib 31%. Who's crying now??

No, you're right. OOOOOOOh, I'm scared. Please don't force an election, that Dion guy is so smart, scary smart.

Both of you have fun convincing us we'll make megatons of money from Kyoto, that it does one damned thing to stop China and rest of developing world from burning fossil fuels, or helping them "develop" clean technology. (China soon to be number one emitter)Push those carbon credits buddy. Then, after the election, maybe your buddy Dionsky can be one of your profs or something.

The Decima survey May 23
Tories 33 per cent support overall, with 31 per cent for the Liberals.
What happened to that 39 percent a few weeks ago? Oh right, war crimes. At the rate the Harper Caneocons are losing support, in another couple of months the NDP will be official opposition to the Liberals. Hey wait, that sounds kinda nice.

Hey did you see this one?

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070523/tories_land_claims_070523/20070523?hub=Politics

That should be worth at least one more percentage point in the polls.

You can ignore latest poll all you want, none of them are accurate anyway. The real poll will be next election, when your non-party, with its non leader, non policies and non money gets creamed. That's why you don't want election, where Dionsky has taken once powerful party and turned it into moonbat party. That's OK they were, and are, thieves still awaiting their day of true reckoning. Don't worry, it'll happen soon.