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Isomerization Unit Explosion at the BP Refinery, Texas City, Texas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=c9JY3eT4cdM

Vinyl Chloride Explosion at Formosa Plastics, Illiopolis, Illinois
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IRbC4kowrrY

Acetylene Explosion at ASCO, Perth Amboy, New Jersey
www.youtube.com/watch?v=kOKBL1XHcB0

Ethylene Oxide Explosion at Sterigenics, Ontario, California
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_2UnKLm2Eag

Propylene Explosions at Formosa Plastics, Point Comfort, Texas
www.youtube.com/watch?v=gDTqrRpa_ac

Daytona Beach Wastewater Plant Explosion
www.youtube.com/watch?v=65wrGV3AEiA

Some socialists are unhappy with the CBC's The Great Canadian Wish List contest:

From the Tyee: Is CBC’s New Populism Perverted?:

"What rankles is that CBC’s blatant populism is so easily perverted. Sure, this contest sparks debate around obviously contentious issues, but at what price? Do we jettison the CBC’s long history of progressive values because a few very loud voters demand it? I hope not."

Sheesh, so much for representing all Canadians.

The UK: Christianity BAD, All others GOOD

"The school prohibits all jewelry except for ear studs as part of its uniform policy, but it does permit Sikhs to wear steel bracelets. The school makes no exception for chastity rings on the grounds that they do not form an integral part of the Christian faith."

“Lydia really is in many ways a microcosm of something much bigger that’s happening in our culture, where in the U.K., Christians’ views and values are being sidelined,” he said.

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/06/22/4282308.html

I am not happy about the government making a trade to get the budget passed by the Senate unamended. I'd rather the Senate held it up or tried to change it. It would have made for a stronger case for reform.

But to agree to the implementation of the "Kyoto" bill in exchange for the budget was a bad move imho.

http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=cf4a7f2b-ab26-4daa-8cfb-3b8a6575449e

Putting the " 800 pound gorilla " on a diet will remove more carbon dioxide from the atmosphere than
tropical reforestation ?

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=9a134bc9-e20a-4287-86ed-760f67d3f6fd

What American accent do you have?

Like pigs at the trough? More like at home in bed with an IV.

"Senate records show him to be the only senator who has failed to file attendance sheets for this past April and May, and also disclose he was absent all but one Senate sitting day in June and November last year because of illness.

Lavigne, 61, was a Montreal Liberal MP from 1993 to 2002, when he was named to the Senate to create a vacant seat for former heritage minister Liza Frulla."

http://tinyurl.com/3as9ss

Canada the brave

[...]

If it were not so sad, it would be laughable. With great fanfare, the supposedly reformed UN Human Rights Council just finished its first year of operation, a year in which its structure and agenda was to be determined. The new council replaced its predecessor, the discredited UN Human Rights Commission, infamous for being chaired by such lights as Libya, and for singling out Israel for abuse.

So how does the new council conclude this pivotal year? By removing two known human rights abusers, Cuba and Belarus, from its roster of "special mandates," and by enshrining Israel as the only country in the world to receive permanent scrutiny. [...]

This is certainly true, but the question remains who is to blame for this mess and what can be done about it. The answer lies in two small flashes of moral courage that should be recognized and built upon.

The first is the laudable pluck of Canada, the single nation that fought to the end against the outrageous "consensus" that was reached. First Canada opposed the package deal that included the singling out of Israel and the rewarding of Cuba and Belarus. The council chair ignored this, moving the item forward as if consensus had been reached.

Next, Canada, unbowed, called a point of order against the chairman's action, forcing a vote. Finally, the council voted 46 to 1 (Canada), in effect retroactively and falsely deciding that consensus had been reached and blatantly violating, as Canada's ambassador put it, "more than 60 years of established practice of the UN, which is based on the fundamental principle of equality of all of its member states."

We can only hope that all who care about human rights and the integrity of the international system, for that matter, come to Canada's defense. To their shame, democracies such as Germany, the UK, France, the Czech Republic, Poland and Japan were among the 46 nations who did not. ...-
http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1182409609694&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Like pigs at the trough? More like at home in bed with an IV.

"Senate records show him to be the only senator who has failed to file attendance sheets for this past April and May, and also disclose he was absent all but one Senate sitting day in June and November last year because of illness.

Lavigne, 61, was a Montreal Liberal MP from 1993 to 2002, when he was named to the Senate to create a vacant seat for former heritage minister Liza Frulla."

Posted by: Alan at June 22, 2007 3:14 PM

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So Alan, I'm sure you are even more outraged by the behaviour of the unelected Minister of Public Works, Senator Michael Fortier. Right?

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"Stephen Harper committed his first - and one of his biggest - flip flop aboutfaces on his very first day on the job by appointing an unelected senator despite promising never to do so and appointing this unelected senator to his cabinet even though he would be unaccountable to the House of Commons and our elected representatives despite running a campaign all about accountability.

The Prime Minister's defenders said that it was OK, not to worry, it will be ok, yadda yadda yadda... because Michael Fortier, newly minted Minister of Public Works, would be accountable in the senate Question Period.

Deceivin' Stephen strikes again, folks.

>>"(Public Works Minister Michael Fortier)'s view on the legitimacy of the Senate can probably be divined from his voting record. He has voted just five times (all on the same day) in 102 sitting days."

More.

Seems that extremist Muslim indignation does not apply to the Prophet's image being mocked by French satire. God knows there are enough of them there to have noticed by now.

The Guignols is probably the most incisive show produced by Western media for those who don't know it. French only, sorry. Open the small video screen below the text. A gem!

http://www.canalplus.fr/pid1672-cid38202.htm

Photographers:

This seems to be a photo-opportunity forcasting site. Could be handy for photo bugs. Sorry about the topic in this case but seems like a worthy tip for those who want to know where photo-ops are about to happen.

WHAT: Photo opportunity at the Trojan Pleasure Palace, staffed by Trojan 'warriors', in costume, upon a lush day bed. WHERE: Trojan booth, located on Church Street, south of Wellesley Street. WHEN: Saturday, June 23, 2007, 2:30 p.m. to 4 p.m. >> About Trojan Condoms:

WHERE: Church Street south of Welsley Street

WHEN: Saturday, June 23rd 2:30 to 4:00pm

www.cnw.ca/fr/releases/archive/June2007/21/c7431.html

================= CNW Telbec

= TG

Spot the error here:

It says ex-PM Liberal P. Martin, Jr., "launched the partnership", etc.

Must be a disinformation/ruse by that deceivin' BusHarper.
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Experts debate U.S.-Mexico-Canada 'partnership'

One News Now ^ | June 22, 2007 | Jim Brown
A forum has been held in Washington to discuss the "Security and Prosperity Partnership," a White House-led initiative critics claim undermines national sovereignty by creating a North American Union with open borders and a common currency. President Bush, Mexico's Vicente Fox, and Paul Martin of Canada launched the partnership in March 2005 ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1854771/posts

gene pool- funny and can sing

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070622/scary_spice_070622/20070622?hub=TopStories

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"Hey guys... if there's some sort of problem here... how exactly does holding an
impromptu "Academy Awards of Jihad" set things right? This silly piece of
tit-for-tat theatre has all the social dynamics of a nursery school recess, without,
I might add, any of the mostly good intentions."

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Rewrite headline:

60 Muslim Islamist murderers, aka taliban, killed by NATO forces.

More, and faster.
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60 insurgents killed near Pakistan: NATO (AP)

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/War_Terror/2007/06/22/4282754-ap.html

Why E-85 and never E-100 in the US and Canada?

What I wanted to share with you was one little bit of information about how GM's flex-fuel systems work in Brazil. It's a system that would not be possible in the US, thanks to differences in emission and safety laws, but it's both clever and annoying in the world's Number One ethanol-using country, Brazil.

The problem with E100 is that you can't start a car with it in the cold, anything below 40-42 degrees Fahrenheit because there isn't enough vapor pressure.

So, to start the E100 cars when it's chilly out, the Zafira and other Brazilian flex-fuel models have a six ounce reservoir that holds standard gasoline/petrol that is used to fire up the engine when necessary. This is also where the annoying part comes in:

GM's number one customer complaint in Brazil comes because people forget to fill this tiny gas tank up and can't start the car. In the photo gallery below, the reservoir is the thing with the little red cap.

This fact about E100 explains why E85 was developed in the first place. With E85, you don't need the dual-fuel system and can start the car in a wider range of temperatures. And now you know.

============= AutoBlogGreen.com

= TG

Socialist-Liberal Citoyen Dion: It's not fair.
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Joe Comuzzi to join Tories

Former Thunder Bay-Superior North Liberal MP Joe Comuzzi has agreed to join the Conservative Party of Canada, The Chronicle-Journal has learned.
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Ottawa names ADQ founding member to Quebec Superior Court

OTTAWA -- Stephen Harper's Conservative government has appointed the architect of the Action Démocratique du Québec's autonomist constitutional platform to the Quebec Superior Court. (G-M)

Via Bourque Newswatch: GREEN LEADER: TORY NASCAR PLAN IS GENIUS
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NASCAR Dads: The Political Genius of Conservatives

Gentlemen, start your engines. The federal conservatives caused waves last week when they unveiled their newly sponsored NASCAR at a public event -- set to proudly race across Canada this summer and in the fall.[...]

t was designed to change perceptions about the party to those who vote/should vote Conservative. The grits have labelled them (often falsely) as the 'elitist party' or 'big corporate party'. Tories are keen to point out that working class Canadians who share the same economic and family values policies would find better results with them, than say the NDP or Liberals.... Personally, I think it's genius.[...]
http://victoriabound.blogspot.com/2007/06/nascar-dads-political-genius-of.html

19 comments:

Anonymous said...

You should not give credit to Prime-Monster Harper, he is killing our planet. All you talk about is winning and new-greens. what about all of the old ones at your base? Don't forget us either, Mr. Leader

Sandy Epstein-Roth
June 22, 2007 8:20 AM

so.... Gauvin (of RCMP Inquiry infamy) has resigned but wouldn't you know - apparently he is going to continue being paid from taxpayers money in a different capacity. Others complicit have already been promoted/gone to full pension etc. despite their three monkey's stances and yet others may be..... what, transferred (hidden) to other positions somewhere in the bureaucracy. B. George is still incognito but no doubt receiving full pay and benefits.

How does any of this clean up the hierarchy of the RCMP or instill faith in the decision makers that are still choosing to shield these people.

Nice of Joe to join the Conservatives but isn't he quitting Politics?