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CANNIBALISM IN COMMUNIST CHINA

http://thecanadiansentinel.blogspot.com/2007/06/red-chinese-commie-cannibalism.html

Was anyone else silly enough to watch CPAC's Goldhawk Live last evening?
Conservative Rahim Jaffer, NDP Alexa McDonough, Liberal Borys Whathisname were guests on the supposed call-in show. The show is more about Goldhawk bantering with his guests than call-ins.

Question was on how Harper did at the G8.

Borys the Liberal oozed vitriol and sneer.
He was an absolute pr**k, enough to make you puke.
So typical of where the Liberals are at these days. They're beyond any reasonable debate. Lost.
Desperate.

3w. innovativeresearch.ca/tht_report_100607.pdf

Polling done, and lots of information in here to mull over, including:

"How much do you trust of what you read, see or hear in the Canadian media? Do you trust ...?"

"Just one-quarter aware of Press Gallery-PMO
dispute"

Any bets on what will the MSM will focus on?

Belgium PM to resign after conservatives make big gains in general elections

BRUSSELS, Belgium (AP) - Belgian Prime Minister Guy Verhofstadt planned to tender his government's resignation Monday, one day after a general election in which conservatives - led by Christian Democrats - dealt his Socialist-Liberal coalition a stunning defeat. [...]

Guy Leterme - head of the Dutch-speaking Christian Democrats and possibly Belgium's next premier - signalled Sunday that Belgians want their next government to separate Dutch and French-speakers more than they already are. ...-
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/06/10/4250722-ap.html

Liz,I also watched the farce on Goldhawk..must say I really enjoyed the callers that took time to call in and point out how alexa was trying to take over the show.Loved it also,when at least 2 callers managed to point out how lame it was,that both the Libs/NDP,kept repeating the mantra linking PMSH,and Bush.That is getting so tired,and to me,it is so overdone to the point it has lost all sting.If Libs/ndp can't come up with something more substantive than rhetoric,just shut up!

A scoop from the Globe and Mail about the Conrad Black trial: "Ex-Juror Thinks Lord Black Will Walk". It's been picked up by CTV News.

Tax truth reformer Ed Brown is in the news again after US marshals directed by FBI attempted a failed ambush to assassinate him 2 days ago.

They obviously learned some things about controlling media coverage from Waco and Ruby ridge.

Brown stays alive as the result of internet coverage of the events taking place in woods surrounding his new Hampshire home where he retreated after a mock trial.

http://jeremiasx.wordpress.com/2007/06/08/commentary-the-ed-and-elaine-brown-standoff/

More on Brown, his fight and the internet:

""So to recap for you, in case you’ve missed the basics:

Ed and Elaine Brown (a dentist and his wife, who worked for him) did not pay income taxes for 10 years and do not believe their wages are taxable.

They went to court to argue their case, but were not allowed an impartial trial, judge or jury, and were not allowed to cross-examine witnesses or even bring up the constitutionally questionable issue of income taxation.

Fed up and in disgust, they quit participating in the trial, and were sentenced in absentia.

Federal agents are involved in a virtual siege which included alleged firing of weapons, APC carriers, and armed incursions into the Ed Brown property in an obvious attempt to elicit a response, which was foiled by a friend of Ed’s who was walking the dog and alerted them to the police presence.

Transmissions from Ed Brown and his wife (via the Internet, Satellite Phone, and HAM radio) indicate that everyone on their property is in good health as of this time.

The mainstream media hasn’t said a word....""

no mention that the deal guarenteed that they would not lose equalization.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/nova-scotia/story/2007/06/11/macdonald-budget-070611.html

CBCpravda "All Liberal , All the time" , generally they would have a quote from Dion , but the Liberal party has muzzled Borat. even Pravda cant translate.

Some dozen rollercoaster thrill riders with a frozen hour of suspense hanging upside down 150 feet above ground.

Funny how we put our life and future in the hands of gum chewing twenty something guys living in the fast lane.. eh?

This was a power outage though, not operator fault. [ 6 uncommon photos ]

http://tinyurl.com/26cbwj

news.aol.com

=TG

WLMR, re: Brown. He, and you, seem a little over the top on this one, IMO.

Quote of the day:

**I'm waiting to find the space aliens that kidnapped the president that I grew to admire after September 11 and left this tool behind.**
--Talk-radio host Tammy Bruce, appearing last week on Fox News Channel.

RLGoodson = TG

Looks like Ed Brown has a problem. He's not a Mohawk Warrior Society member.

Maybe he could join up and apply for special DCE-style treatment.

In news directly from The Front, seems the Mohawks are cruising the Caledonia area looking for construction to disrupt. Friend of mine works landscaping down that way, he's seen trucks with Warrior Society flags on them drive real slow past where he's working with a Bobcat. Then turn around and drive back again, real slow. For like 20 minutes at a time. Day after day.

So far they haven't decided to disrupt landscaping work at people's houses, but I'd guess anyone planning an addition might want to put it off a while.

Al Queda inspired militants. ? is that down a grade from militants? insurgants? terrorists?

http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/06/11/lebanon.html

nothing in CBCPravda today about GWB being greeted as a hero.

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Who says Palestinians aren't... thoughtful and courteous?

"The latest ceasefire was called to allow pupils to take final
school exams."

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GWB being treated as a hero didn't happen as far as CBC PRAVDA is concerned.
Wonder what the Assholes would do if Bush were a Democrat and went to war against Iraq? No doubt they'd be speechless.

It's just a whole lot of Conservative against Liberal politics, there are no REAL principles involved when we look at lard butt Moore and all and sundry has-beens and wannabes in the entertainment world. News Media across the board as well.
Tiresome lot.

re: Belgium conservative shift. It is not clear that this result will result in any substantial political shift, as the right wing Vlaams Belang group, which should long ago have had some degree of policitical power in Belgium, has been successfully shut out for many years by successive coalitions of left wing and centrist parties, with an "anyone but VB" policy.

However, it is possible that it will initiate the process of eventual Flemish separation from Belgium (although I can't imagine it would actually happen short of civil war).

The VB would have been much more electable long ago if they did not have a strongly Christian anti abortion anti-Gay and other standard very socially conservative platform planks, and the other parties exploited this to maximum effect among Belgiums fairly secular populace. Had the VB been less socially aggressive, the real issues of immigration policy, social welfare, education reform etc would have been addressable over a decade ago. Now they risk losing it all due to massive immigration of people who will only vote for socialists in order to maintain the welfare state and suicidal immigration policy.

The socialists are now 1/3 to 1/2 Islamic now.

I think many Canadian conservatives need to learn this lession. It's like those American Republicans who would rather not vote than vote for Rudi Giuliani because of his pro-choice position. Instead, they will get Obama or Hilary, who will be far worse for them. It's called shooting off your nose to spite your face. The Reform and PC party did this for years, while the cretin laughed.

oh oh, maybe the kings of the duffsitters will have to putup or shut up, Big Mouth Danny Duffsitter Williams and Rodney (95 million more ) McDonald will be hoist on their own petard.wonder when CBCpravda will give equal time to hardworking taxpaying Canadians that send Danny and the Rock sitters 50% of their GDP in transfers through EI , welfare, and miscellaneous other schemes. Nfld is one big white reserve , with the same palm up handshake.

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/06/11/harper-equalization.html

The Hill Times, June 11th, 2007

Harper's media strategy not playing well with voters who are aware of it:
I BET IT IS PLAYING WELL WITH ALL THE REST WHO DON'T GIVE A RAT'S A** ABOUT THE DISPUTE AND HENCE ARE NOT PAYING ATTENTION TO IT.

An exclusive poll
DOES THAT MEAN NO ONE ELSE CAN SEE THE DATA ? OR THE LIST OF WHO WAS "CHOSEN' AS A PARTICIPANT ?

Of those who have heard of the PMO-Parliamentary Press Gallery dispute, 67 per cent blame it on the PMO
COULD MOST OF THE ONES IN THIS GROUP HAVE SOME KIND OF ASSOCIATION WITH THE MEDIA ITSELF ? SELF INTEREST ? THE REASON THEY PAY ATTENTION?

By Simon Doyle
HILL TIMES AUTHOR

Although the Prime Minister's ongoing war with the Parliamentary Press Gallery is mostly unknown among the public PERHAPS BECAUSE MOST DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PPG , voters WHICH ONES? MEDIA CONNECTED ONES? are concerned about media access on the Hill and the issue could damage the government's image among key swing voters if the issue were to become widely known, a new poll for The Hill Times shows. IF IT BECAME WIDELY KNOWN THE MAJORITY MAY SIDE WITH THE PM.

The poll, by Innovative Research Group, found that only 24 per cent of respondents are aware of the war for media access between the PMO and the Parliamentary Press Gallery, but among those who are familiar with the dispute–including swing voters and Tory supporters–they side with the media, not the PMO. AND IT IS JUST AS REASONABLE TO ASSUME THAT THE OTHER 76 PERCENT WOULD SIDE WITH THE PM?

"This is an inside the beltway issue, which is good for the Prime Minister," Greg Lyle, managing director at Innovative Research, said in an interview. "But the fact is that the Prime Minister is losing the fight among those who are paying attention." THOSE PAYING ATTENTION ARE LIKELY MEDIA TYPES, ASSOCIATES --- VESTED INTEREST. CAN NEVER WIN THE FIGHT WITH THAT GROUP.

The poll results show that the Prime Minister's strategy of avoiding the national media is not going to come back to him politically–so long as the issue remains under the radars of most Canadians. AGAIN, PERHAPS MOST CANADIANS DO NOT CARE ABOUT THE PPG. However, they also show that, contrary to what Conservatives have said, the public is concerned about media access to the federal government in Ottawa. THE MEDIA TYPES MAY BE CONCERNED.

"It's not that they're particularly fond of the media, NO KIDDING !! but they think they have an important role IF DONE WITHOUT BIAS, even if they don't do a perfect job at it WHICH THEY DO NOT, and that the Prime Minister should find a way to accommodate them," Mr. Lyle said. WHY? SO THEY CAN PRINT MORE BIAS?

Mr. Lyle pointed out that among swing voters, or the "non-aligned" electorate, 53 per cent of those who heard of the dispute said they view the government as "more secretive than previous governments" and only five per cent said the government is "more open." Those who had not heard of the dispute responded more favourably, with 24 per cent saying they view the government as more secretive and 15 per cent saying the government is more open than previous governments. THE LESS PEOPLE PAY ATTENTION TO THE PPG THE MORE FAVOURABLE THEY ARE TO PMSH. WONDER WHY?

Overall, 46 per cent of the 1,067 people polled said that the Conservative government is "more secretive" than previous governments, 34 per cent said the government is about the same, and 15 per cent said the Tories are "more open." A MAJORITY OF PEOPLE THINK PMSH IS THE SAME OR BETTER IN THE OPENESS CATAGORY. AND THESE ARE FROM THE MEDIA'S OWN, PROBABLY RIGGED, POLL. TELLING.

Of all respondents who had heard of the dispute–a sample of 272 people nationally–67 per cent said they place the blame on the PMO, 18 per cent blame the press gallery, and 15 per cent said they don't know. AND IF THE OTHER 76 PERCENT HAD THE PPG 'SNIT' EXPLAINED TO THEM WHO WOULD THEY SIDE WITH? THE SULKERS?

The dispute between the PMO and press gallery is now long standing. LONG STANDING? THE PPG HAS BEEN YAKING FOR DECADES. A FEW MONTHS IS A NICE BREAK :) After the Conservative government won power in January 2006, the Prime Minister's Office cancelled post-Cabinet meeting scrums with journalists, stopped taking questions at photo-ops REDUCED BLATANT MEDIA SPIN AND BIAS AGAINST HIM and restricted cameras from accessing the third floor of Centre Block when Cabinet meetings are taking place. THE BEST TREATMENT FOR SH** DISTURBERS :) Cabinet meetings now go on unannounced on the Hill and it is easier for ministers to avoid the national press. MOST CANADIANS WANT TO AVOID THE PRESS LIKE THE PLAGUE.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper (Calgary Southwest, Alta.) MEDIA NEVER MISSES A CHANCE TO PLAY THE DISUNITY CARD does not use the National Press Theatre, where the press gallery controls the news conferences and the order of questioners AND THE AMBUSH. Instead, he has avoided the national media on Hill, where news conferences have become unusual if not rare events. ONLY THE PPG THINK THEY ARE IMPORTANT. At news conferences outside of Ottawa, the PMO controls the agenda and selects who asks the questions. National reporters say they are baffled by a PMO that appears to have contempt for the Parliamentary Press Gallery AS DO MOST CANADIANS and whose controlling media strategy does not make sense. IT WOULD HAVE MADE SENSE TO EXPOSE AND CONTROL THE PROPAGANDA OF PRAVDA AND TASS ALSO.

"Those people MEDIA HACKS who are aware can see that something's not right FOR THEIR CAUSE," Richard 'the Badger' GOOD MONIKER !! Brennan, the press gallery president, said in an interview last week. "I've argued this in the past. Everybody's reluctant to write stories about this stalemate, because they all thought it looked like whining. THAT IS WHAT IT IS. I can understand that, but it isn't whining. IT IS. All we're trying to do is inform MISINFORM the public, period. We're not whining. SURE ARE. This is the way conditions are."

The Prime Minister has referred to the national media as acting like an official opposition and having a liberal bias. AN UNDERSTAEMENT IF I EVER HEARD ONE. However, contrary to that view, the poll WHOSE POLL? THE MEDIA'S POLL? also found that the public does not view the media, generally, as having a bias. GIVE ME A FRIGGIN BREAK !! Rather, 55 per cent of respondents said Conservative or Liberal biases depend on the media outlet, and 18 per cent said "there is no consistent bias" in the media. Only 13 per cent said the news media favour the Liberals and only eight per cent said the Conservatives. LIBERAL BIAS IS PROVEN DAILY AT smalldeadanimals.com AMONG OTHERS. MEDIA POLLS ARE FOR THE BENIFIT OF THE MEDIA AND, IN MY OPINION ARE EASILY CORRUPTED.

"We live in a bubble up in Ottawa THE PPG ARE and outside that not too many people are paying attention," TOO BUSY WORKING. Mr. Brennan said. "But I say that with some reservation because I think more and more people are paying attention. HA HA HA. Ordinary folks who I know, who have no interest in federal politics, have mentioned to me, 'What is this all about with the press gallery and the Prime Minister?' YA, LIKE I HEAR IT ON THE STREET ALL THE TIME. They may not know much about it, but they know there's something not right." IT IS STARTING TO PILE UP AROUND YOUR FEET BRENNAN !!

In addition, 36 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement that "the members of the national media are too full of themselves WELL, FANCY THAT and are over-reacting NO KIDDING in this dispute," with which 23 per cent disagreed. THE REAL NUMBERS ARE PROBABLY EVEN WORSE FOR THE MEDIA.

At the same time, 66 per cent of respondents THE MEDIA TYPES agreed with the statement that "the media are the public's eyes FILTERED EYES on the government, and therefore the Prime Minister should be more responsive to the needs of the media," AS OPPOSED TO THE NEEDY? with which 16 per cent disagreed. Similarly, 57 per cent of all respondents agreed with the statement that the PM's "fight with the national media leaves me questioning whether he is really committed to openness in government," with which 18 per cent disagreed. AND THE MEDIA IS ABOVE BOARD WHEN IT COMES TO ACCURACY? MOST CANADIANS HAVE EXPERIENCE WITH THE MEDIA SCREWING UP A STORY. ON PURPOSE.

"The public does see the media as their eyes on the Prime Minister and they do expect the Prime Minister to be open to them. SO THINKS THE MEDIA. So, overall, this looks like an uphill struggle for him," Mr. Lyle said. MORE LIKE CLEAR SAILING, I WOULD SAY.

Innovative READ RIGGED Research surveyed 1,067 members of a national polling panel WHO CHOOSE THE MEMBERS? between May 31 and June 4. The sample sizes for swing voters and Conservatives supporters were 97 and 240 respectively, so that although these samples are significantly smaller WHY? than the national sample of 1,067, a clear pattern emerges, WELL, NATURALY WHEN 730 ARE OF THE SOCIALISTIC/JOURNALISTIC PERSWASION. SIXTY NINE PERCENT !! showing that those who have heard of the dispute side with the media and view the government as more secretive. IT'S CALLED PUSH PULL POLLING.

For instance, Mr. Lyle noted that only about 25 per cent of Tory supporters are paying attention to the issue, BETTER THINGS TO DO "but among those who are aware, this is not good." Among Tory supporters who have not heard of the dispute, only 11 per cent said the Conservative government is more secretive than past governments. However, that number increases to 27 per cent among Tory supporters who heard of the dispute. SEVENTY THREE PERCENT A CLEAR MAJORITY THINKS PMSH IS LESS SECRETIVE. "It goes from being a strength to treading water in their own base," Mr. Lyle said. TREADING WATER? MORE LIKE WALKING ON WATER.

Although voters want the media to have access to the PM, at the same time they do not trust the media. NOW WE ARE GETTING SOMEWHERE. The poll found that significant portion–67 per cent of respondents–said they trust only "some of what" they see in the news media, and 26 per cent said they trust most of what they see. Six per cent said they trust none of what they see. OR PUT ANOTHER WAY, ONE HUNDRED PERCENT (100%) OF CANADIANS DO NOT BELIEVE EVERYTHING THE MEDIA PUTS OUT. AMEN.

Peter Donolo, former communications director to prime minister Jean Chrétien A CLEAR UN BIASED CHOICE FOR AN INTERVIEW, EH? UGG. and now an adviser at the Strategic Counsel in Toronto, said that any problems for Mr. Harper as a result of his media strategy are less likely to come from the opinions of voters than they are from the reporting of the national media. YOU SAID IT. THE VINDICTIVE MEDIA, ALRIGHT.

"My view was always that the fight wasn't harmful to him because Canadians would take the side of the media. It's more that it poisons the messengers," Mr. Donolo said, adding that the recent media pile-on over the treatment of detainees in Afghanistan seemed like a press gallery looking to make amends. HAVE NO IDEA WHAT DONOLO IS TRYING TO SAY THERE.

"While it may be kind of under the radar screens of most Canadians, a vast majority of Canadians, it doesn't mean that it doesn't have an effect. What's happening is that the media, they find ways to pay you back. VINDICTIVE IS A GOOD QUALITY FOR A JURNO? Where they might have given the government some slack or the benefit of the doubt, they didn't." UNBIASED ? WE REPORT, YOU DECIDE?

The Prime Minister's Press Office did not respond to a request for comment on the poll. NEITHER WOULD MOST CANADIANS.

sdoyle@hilltimes.com

The Hill Times

Lefty loon YayaCanada has pictures of the leftist/Islamist alliance protesting Jew-owned Chapters-Indigo on Saturday. I think she's proud of this display, but I can't imagine why:

http://yayacanada.blogspot.com/2007/06/photos-ottawa-montreal-jun-9-boycott-of.html

never the use of "alleged" in a CBCpravda story on Black.

http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/06/11/blacktrialjune11.html

Haven't we all noticed that whenever a woman is on a panel discussion, she monopolizes the air time. The host is too polite to tell her to SHUT UP once in a while. There is also a problem when Sue Barnes and Libby Davies are seated side by side on a panel. My TV can't accommodate them both on one screen. (Maybe they should skip a meal once in a while)

Other World people are so advanced. They certinly deserve our respect when you consider how they flit about the galxy using force fields instead of burning old fashioned solid rocket fuel as we do.

We have a looong way to go and now with over a one million mark for Prius hybrid sales this year, another step forward. We are advancing at least.

France is making smart use of 10,000 battery run pick-ups for mail delivery. The French are also using *compressed air* for Paris taxis and exporting thousands of compressed air vehicles to India.
http://BendGovernment.blogspot.com

Hummm, The French are so, uh, unpredictable? Can magna-force space travel be far off? = TG

Here's a political hot potato.
Opec squirming?

According to SeekingAlpha, a stock market opinion and analysis site, the Secretary-General of OPEC has taken a stand against American and European ethanol plans, warning that the moves will send oil prices *through the roof.* Abdalla El-Badri said that the move to make more ethanol means *you don't get the incremental oil and you don't get the ethanol.* (huh?)

SeekingAlpha's Todd Sullivan takes this, OPEC's first public concern over biofuels, to be *proof positive that oil production is currently at a peak level. If OPEC could, it would flush the world with oil, dampen its desire for alternative sources and make them less profitable. The fact that they haven't means they can't.*

[ You knew Brazil is already on 80% (cane based)bio-fuel..eh? TG]

But what do you think? Is Sullivan on to something here? Is OPEC actually worried we'll put a dent into their profits with ethanol (something not even the biofuels strongest supporters are saying will undoubtedly happen)? I'm interested to hear our readers' takes on this.
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= TG

"WLMR, re: Brown. He, and you, seem a little over the top on this one, IMO."

Ad hominem attacks without supporting reasoned argument is as valueless as a trouser sneeze.

Shamrock: If you like what the coercive collectivist state is doing to Ed Brown , you'll love the way they deal with democratic dissenters in China.

TG, OPEC is certainly smart enough to understand that corn-squeezings can make a dent in the fuel consumption needs of the world. If not for government subsidies, the moonshine market would dry up real quick.

Ethanol is for drinking, not running cars on.

TG, OPEC is certainly smart enough to understand that corn-squeezings can't make a dent in the fuel consumption needs of the world. If not for government subsidies, the moonshine market would dry up real quick.

Ethanol is for drinking, not running cars on.

OPEC makes even more $$s and sells even more barrels of oil with every ethanol and biodiesel plant that comes on stream.

Cause it takes more energy to make biofuels than they are worth.

That 'more energy' part means more fossil fuel sales. (BTW, it also means less food for the hungry.)

Being "green" does not have to make sense. Take a look at the messengers :)

Palestinian Civil War Watch

At what point will the media start calling this what it is—a civil war—and stop trying to hoodwink the public with this ridiculous “truce” nonsense? Militants fire on Palestinian government.

GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip - Militants battling on the rooftops of Gaza fired on the Palestinian government headquarters on Monday, forcing the ministers to flee the building. The unusually brazen factional fighting left seven Palestinians dead, including three killed in a hospital gunbattle.

Fighting between Fatah and Hamas forces resumed over the weekend, and the attacks have grown bolder. Prime Minister Ismail Haniyeh’s home was shot at early Monday, and hours later a Hamas supporter was killed in a firefight near Beit Hanoun Hospital, witnesses said. The fighting shifted into the hospital, where three people with ties to Fatah were killed.

On Sunday, two militants from the rival sides were dragged onto high-rise rooftops and thrown to their deaths.

Lovely people. That’s the same way Uday Hussein used to murder his victims. Let’s give them a state! ...-
http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/

In an attempt to get a real picture of the AGW problem that Laurie, Al and the rest tell us is happening now, I'm trying to find any reliable stories about climate catastrophes occuring anywhere on the planet. Background information and sources would be helpful.

So far, every "catastrophe" that has been related to me has been either false or rediculous. Like people living on an island only inches above sea level. Ok, who would be stupid enough to live on an island that would be swamped regularily by passing boats let alone a small wave?

There must be credible, verifiable evidence out there, it can't all be waiting for "ten years from now." James Hansen at NASA says that sea levels are going up, by 80 feet, shouldn't we be seeing demonstrable proof of that now? Or is it all going to happen at midnight December 31, 2099?

I'd ask that any such info be depositied at http://blue-marble-climate.blogspot.com/ or here if Kate don't mind.

Find the acronym: CBC, aka Pravda.
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CBC sez: 40% of military contracts non-competitive: report

Pomo Christian has a very interesting post on that CBC story that appeared this morning:

The CBC is reporting that 40% of military procurements are non-competitive. The facts say otherwise. The story is based on a report by the Canadian Center for Policy Alternatives, a leftist lobby group whose basic policy on all matters military in nature is that we shouldn’t have a military.

However, if you scratch the surface on the supposedly ‘non-competitive’ contracts, you’ll find that the reason they are non-competitive is because no one makes a competing product. They cite the purchase of 16 Chinook Helicopters. Well, there are only two manufacturers that make aircraft in that class: Boeing’s Chinook, and MIL, a Russian based company. The sole purpose of purchasing the heavy lift choppers is to have something that will operate in the high altitudes of Afghanistan, and that is capable of carrying the IFV’s that Canada has in theatre underslung. The Chinook can carry 28000 lbs of payload in this manner. By contrast, the Center for Policy Alternatives cites the rejection of the EH Industries 101 helicopter as proof that the contract was ‘non-competitive’, but the EH-101 in its cargo configuration is only capable of lifting 12 000 lbs, which those of you skilled with math realize is less than half the capability of the Chinook. Also, remember that those numbers are sea level numbers. The published specifications are always going to be done at sea level where a helicopter has its best performance because the heavier air gives the rotor better lift. So, in short, the CCPA would have us believe that the contract is uncompetitive because the Canadian government rejected a much less capable aircraft.

[…]

Citizen journalism at it’s very best. Read it all! ...-
http://www.jacksnewswatch.info/

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Re: The ceasefire continues...

One small correction here... regarding previous reports
of a man tossed off a 12th floor building.

"The battles came a day after two men were thrown
to their deaths from high-rise rooftops, signalling a
rapid descent into all-out confrontation."

As always, Allah is in the details.

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Maz2, are you saying the Policy Centre for Policy Alternatives is comparing the Chinook with the EH101? What are they smoking? They are nowhere near the same helicopter, with quite different roles and missions. To put this into context, imagine using Chinooks as your main Search & Rescue helicopter.

Chinook is a tactical lift aircraft, while the EH101 takes on many roles, such as search & rescue, utility, anti-submarine, transport, airlift and so on.

I wonder what their take is on the 1993 cancellation of the EH101, and subsequent breaking up of the various procurement contracts to ensure it was not picked to replace Sea King; instead they bought a helicopter that hasn't been built yet and is already obsolete.

I agree, these are not the people to rely on for analysis of military policy of any kind.

On a different subject, I recall them years ago publishing "The Deficit Made Me Do It," arguing that higher interest rates led to inflation, completing ignoring the dynamic nature of an economy and how behaviour changes.

They assumed economic activity wouldn't change, therefore, higher interest rate costs would be passed on and therefore, be inflationary. Let me see, if mortgage rates went from say 5% to 10%, then according to these guys, everybody would go ahead and buy the house anyway. That's not what happens, some people get out of the market, and some bid down the price of housing, given higher contribution of interest over principle in mortgage payments.

They lost me that day and I haven't given them any credibility since.

Two poll results here:
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Canadian Stocks Rally on Profit Optimism, Rising Bullion, Oil
-- Canadian stocks rose for a second day, extending their rebound after the benchmark index's biggest two-day loss in almost a year, as investors bet company profits will withstand higher borrowing costs. (google news)
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Big majority wants Afghan mission to end on schedule in 2009: poll
Canoe.ca - 37 minutes ago
By BRUCE CHEADLE OTTAWA (CP) ...-

Unrelated:

Shamrock asks: "What are they [the CCPA] smoking?" Socialist hptdadkwt.

Ok, that's it, when this lust for moonshine to run our cars cuts into my tequilla drinking, I'm smoking mad.

MSNBC ran a story from Reuters on May 29, 2007 saying that Mexican farmers [are]burning agave fields and replanting them with corn. Now there won't be enough agave to make tequilla and the fields that are left are not being cared for sufficiently to keep them free from disease.

Ethanol is for fueling hangovers, not for fueling cars!

On the same web page they ran a video report on the rising cost of food because more corn is being planted to make corn squeezins. Also, since animals are fed corn, eggs, beef, pork and other meats are becoming more expensive. Corn-based products are rising in price too beause so much corn is headed for the moonshine for our cars. A loaf of bread, its up too, more corn cultivation means fewer fields of wheat.

So, less tequilla and higher food prices, you just have to love the logic in that one. Its almost enough to make me drive less.

How Tyranny Came to Zimbabwe

Jimmy Carter still has a lot to answer for.

In April 1979, 64 percent of the black citizens of Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) lined up at the polls to vote in the first democratic election in the history of that southern African nation. Two-thirds of them supported Abel Muzorewa, a bishop in the United Methodist Church. He was the first black prime minister of a country only 4 percent white. Muzorewa's victory put an end to the 14-year political odyssey of outgoing prime minister Ian Smith, the stubborn World War II veteran who had infamously announced in 1976, "I do not believe in black majority rule--not in a thousand years." Fortunately for the country's blacks, majority rule came sooner than Smith had in mind.

Less than a year after Muzorewa's victory, however, in February 1980, another election was held in Zimbabwe. This time, Robert Mugabe, the Marxist who had fought a seven-year guerrilla war against Rhodesia's white-led government, won 64 percent of the vote, after a campaign marked by widespread intimidation, outright violence, and Mugabe's threat to continue the civil war if he lost. Mugabe became prime minister and was toasted by the international community and media as a new sort of African leader. "I find that I am fascinated by his intelligence, by his dedication. The only thing that frustrates me about Robert Mugabe is that he is so damned incorruptible," Andrew Young, Jimmy Carter's ambassador to the United Nations, had gushed to the Times of London in 1978. The rest, as they say, is history.

That second election is
widely known and cited: 1980 is the famous year Zimbabwe won its independence from Great Britain and power was transferred from an obstinate white ruler to a liberation hero. But the circumstances of the first election, and the story of the man who won it, have been lost to the past. As the Mugabe regime--responsible for the torture and murder of thousands, starvation, genocide, the world's highest inflation and lowest life expectancy--teeters on the brink of disaster after 27 years of authoritarian rule, it is instructive to go back and examine what happened in those crucial intervening months. ...-
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/013/746zsgtg.asp

Headline rewritten:

Muslim father found guilty of ordering daughter's murder

AP, aka Associated Press, omitted this pertinent detail: Muslim father. Why?

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Father found guilty of ordering daughter's murder
By PAISLEY DODDS

LONDON [England] (AP) - A father who ordered his daughter brutally slain for falling in love with the wrong man in a so-called "honour killing" was found guilty of murder on Monday....-
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/06/11/4252419-ap.html

Ron in Kelowna said. . .

** OPEC makes even more $$s and sells even more barrels of oil with every ethanol and biodiesel plant that comes on stream.

Cause it takes more energy to make biofuels than they are worth. **

Partly true Ron, except that bio-fuels allow governments to substitute Hydro energy for Oil energy, thus easing oil dependancy.

Current Large format battery design is now advanced enough to provide a far more efficient Hydro energy for automotive use than Bio-fuels do.

Bio-fuels do keep the old fashioned ICE in use, thus preserving engine systems employment.

Bio-fuels bring a superior return as Vodka and gin while compressed air and advanced LiON battery are the best auto-motion choices today.
BendGovernment.blogspot.com

= TG

2EVbatteryYouTube

You may want to see these again later. Bookmark is a good idea because there is more info here than first meets the eye.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1J5f9x_RfHI&NR=1

Why is there no Bio or LPG turbo car with hot exhaust cooled by a heat exchanger making electricity for the battery pack? The technology exists today. [ Smooth Wankle like power ]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ykdtbq90R50

= TG

2EVbatteryYouTube

You may want to see these again later. Bookmark is a good idea because there is more info here than first meets the eye.

youtube.com/watch?v=1J5f9x_RfHI&NR=1

Why is there no Bio or LPG turbo car with hot exhaust cooled by a heat exchanger making electricity for the battery pack? The technology exists today. [ Smooth Wankle like power ]

youtube.com/watch?v=Ykdtbq90R50

= TG

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-- BEIJING -- In a new twist on a widening scandal,
China admitted Monday that unscrupulous dealers
had sold fake blood protein to dozens of hospitals
and pharmacies, threatening the lives of patients
and reportedly killing at least one person.

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