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  2. The University of Victoria student society has banned military recruiters, calling them ‘war-criminals’.
    The defining quote:
    “A lot of students don’t know about the issues and don’t know about the facts,” she said. “We have to make this decision for students.”

  3. Sept. 10, 2007 — Colorado State University’s method for manufacturing low-cost, high-efficiency solar panels is nearing mass production.
    …
    Produced at less than $1 per watt, the panels will dramatically reduce the cost of generating solar electricity and could power homes and businesses around the globe with clean energy for roughly the same cost as traditionally generated electricity.
    http://www.industryweek.com/ReadArticle.aspx?ArticleID=14932

  5. Treason of the Intellectuals is not new. It’s an old story; but, it’s true.
    …-
    Columbia University Cozied up to Hitler and Nazis in the 1930s
    Seventy years before this week’s invitation to Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Columbia rolled out the red carpet for a senior official of Adolf Hitler’s regime. The invitation to Iran’s leader may seem less surprising, but no less disturbing, when one recalls that in 1933, Columbia president Nicholas Murray Butler invited Nazi Germany’s ambassador to the United States, Hans Luther, to speak on campus, and also hosted a reception for him. Luther represented “the government of a friendly people,” Butler insisted. He was “entitled to be received . . . with the greatest courtesy and respect.” …-
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901238/posts

  7. Understandable that U of Vic would do something like that, it’s referred to as Bull Bitch U out here.

  8. This article by a conservative philosopher tells you what fills the craniums of intellectuals. They cannot even get/see a joke. The intellectuals cannot understand why lowbrows mock and ridicule them.
    The intellectuals live in the clouds, aka Erewhon*. They think they are safe there in their towers, spinning their fantasies while they hope to make the world go away. Until an Imajihad breaks in and … then, the joke is on them.
    …-
    Art, Beauty, and Judgment
    By Roger Scruton
    A CENTURY AGO MARCEL DUCHAMP signed a urinal with the name “R. Mutt,” entitled it “La Fontaine,” and exhibited it as a work of art. One immediate result of Duchamp’s joke was to precipitate an intellectual industry devoted to answering the question “What is art?” …-
    http://www.spectator.org/dsp_article.asp?art_id=11879
    *H/T Samuel Butler

  9. Intellectual Dion is not a member of the Academie Francaise. He is hereby nominated for full membership. Aux armes, Citoyens.
    Check out these bon mots: dogmatic, aka Kyoto, the bammed dog; nuance, aka horse feathers.
    Remember Willy Graham with the white feathers in his mouth? That’s nuance. Watch a male dog and you will soon discover what being dogmatic means.
    Citoyen fears the decentralizing of Canada. That means PM Harper is on the right track.
    …-
    “But Dion, while saying he doesn’t want to be “dogmatic” about the whole thing,”
    Star reads/knows Dion’s mind: “That is why he’s being careful to nuance his opposition, questioning the idea in practice instead of in theory.” …-
    Dion fears result of bid to limit federal powers
    Ottawa’s ability to act on environment would be hurt, Liberal says
    (Delacourt at TO Red Star)

  10. Kate, I think you should link to or copy Tom Flanagan’s Ten Commandments of Conservative Campaigning and whenever one of our conservative posters gets huffy and indignant about Harper and state they will not vote for him refer them to the site for its required reading.
    Excellent anaylsis of how Harper is following the ground rules to properly establish the CPC for the long haul of becoming Canada’s dominant political party. Thanks Andrew, great link.
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070921.cover22/BNStory/National/home

  11. I found The Third Commandment to be particularly insightful:

    3. Inclusion The traditional Conservative base of anglophone Protestants is too narrow to win modern Canadian elections. While preserving that base, we have to appeal to francophones, Roman Catholics (44 per cent of the population, according to the 2001 census) and other racial and religious minorities. The key to the long-term success of the Liberals has been their cultivation of minority groups. Conservatives have to take away that advantage.

    Conservatives will not win a majority government simply by adding seats in Quebec, although that will be part of the formula. They also must add seats elsewhere and that means doing better with ethnic voters. The suburbs of Toronto, Vancouver and, to a lesser extent, other cities are now filling up with new Canadians who, based on their social values and capitalist work ethic, should be natural Conservative voters, but who are still emotionally tied to the Liberal Party.

    Conservatives must break the Liberal hegemony over Italian, Chinese, South Asian and other ethnic voters. That doesn’t mean getting all their votes, but it does mean getting a bigger share, in order to win the suburban ridings that a conservative party would ordinarily expect to win.

  14. WHERE IS BILL KLINTON AND HOW DOES HE KEEP CREEPING BACK INTO BUSH LEGISLATING?
    http://tinyurl.com/364jyt
    http://www.newswithviews.com/Pratt/larry81.htm
    “”Hundreds of thousands of veterans — from Vietnam through Operation Iraqi Freedom — are at risk of being banned from buying firearms if legislation that is pending in Congress is enacted.
    How? The Veterans Disarmament Act — which has already passed the House — would place any veteran who has ever been diagnosed with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) on the federal gun ban list.
    This is exactly what President Bill Clinton did over seven years ago when his administration illegitimately added some 83,000 veterans into the National Criminal Information System (NICS system) — prohibiting them from purchasing firearms, simply because of afflictions like PTSD.””

  15. Hey, have you guys been watching the situation in Myanmar with the protesting monks? Speculation, of course, but this has the potential to get ugly fast.

  17. Kate,
    If you haven’t already, take a peek at the online version of the latest issue of Maclean’s. It features a doctored photo of George Bush dressed up as Saddam Hussein. I perused the headlining article by Patrick Graham, and found it to be one of the worst pieces of journalistic garbage I’ve ever read.
    The main thesis is that the Bush administration is making a huge mistake by “reaching out” to former allies of Saddam. The intent of the cover photo is demonstrate, graphically, that this strategy makes George Bush morally equivalent to Saddam Hussein. In the course of reading the article, I ran across the following statement:
    “This was as great a mistake as disbanding the Iraqi army, which the U.S. did in May 2003, or perhaps even greater, since it led to the sectarian downward spiral that has destroyed the country.”
    Amazing. In the same article in which Bush is taken to task for building bridges to former Saddam allies, he is then pilloried for not reaching out to the same allies that once populated the old Iraqi army. This isn’t the only instance in which the author contradicts his own thesis. One gets the impression that he couldn’t care less anyway.
    A semblance of logic might get in the way of showing how the Bush administration has never, ever, ever, done anything right in Iraq.
    The whole article is nothing but a stream-of-consciousness rant. Blatant editorializing disguised as “objective” journalism that redefines the meaning of shrill.
    I had thought that Maclean’s had made significant strides in shedding its old image as a rag that catered to the Canadian left, but the latest issue indicates that they’ve abandoned that tack.
    If you subscribe to Maclean’s, I’d consider cancelling. If you don’t subscribe, don’t bother.

  18. The Garthster tests the waters on what the public feels about the whole Khadr mess.I guess he needs to see which way to swing!

  19. The call of the Moonbat is heard at the UN: ki-ki-ki …
    Churchill-FDR set up the UN hoping that worldwide tyranny would never again imperil humans.
    Sadly, the UN has been subverted/stolen by the left-liberals/socialists/Muslim fascists and their fellow-travellers.
    Today, the UN is leading the march on the shining path to a world government/tyranny. Mao Stlong’s dreams are becoming reality.
    Will you join the parade to Gaia’s camps? Are you a sheep? Will you gather obediently on the ramp awaiting placidly for your extermination? Moonbat says dissent is dead; that means coercion/death is next for you if you dissent.
    Moonbat is linking you to the unborn; Moonbat ignores the dead.
    Moonbat says the UN is leading, is the vanguard of the movement. Will there be a point in time when Moonbat’s minions will no longer be leading? will they will be driving the people/sheep to the Gulag/death camps?
    Down with the UN and Moonbat.
    …-
    Future generations will judge us on climate change: UN chief
    UNITED NATIONS (AFP) – UN chief Ban Ki-moon, opening a landmark summit on climate change, warned world leaders Monday they face condemnation by future generations if they fail to tackle greenhouse-gas pollution.
    “Climate change, and what we do about it, will define us, our era, and ultimately the global legacy we leave for future generations,” the secretary general said.
    He demanded a breakthrough at a key conference taking place in Bali, Indonesia, in December.
    “The time for doubt has passed,” said Ban, as he noted the grim 4th assessment on climate change by the United Nations’ top scientific panel this year.
    “If we do not act now, the impact of climate change will be devastating,” he added. “We have affordable measures and technologies to begin addressing the problem right now. What we do not have is time.” …-
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901377/posts

  20. Dennis – I wrote to Macleans telling them that IF I had a subscription, and I don’t, I’d cancel it because of that picture and article. You don’t need a subscription to write them!

  21. President Nicolas Sarkozy of France is sure taking a different stand than Chirac/UN/Maurice Strong/Desmarais did in dealing with Saddam. Perhaps it was not “The French” after all, just it’s Elite.
    [Specifically, Sarkozy said France was asking its own companies “to refrain from going to Iran.” France has already recommended to its oil giant Total and its gas firm Gaz de France not to bid for new projects in Iran and urged French banks to stop doing business there.] Elaine Sciolino and Alison Smale
    This guy does not seem to think much of “Intellectuals” either;
    [Sarkozy defended his decision to summer in America, and not somewhere in France, saying, “I don’t see why I should have given up going to the United States because a small part of the French elite professes an anti-Americanism that in no way corresponds to what the French people think — in no way at all.] Elaine Sciolino and Alison Smale
    http://www.iht.com/bin/print.php?id=7613101

  22. The Pope is a socialist? The RC Church will go on a crusade for Gaia? Is the Pope an apostate? The lights are going out; again.
    “The lowing herd winds slowly o’er the lea, The ploughman homeward plods his weary way, And leaves the world to darkness and to me.”*
    …-
    Pope to call for climate crusade
    THE Pope is believed to be planning to inspire world leaders to join the “moral” cause of fighting climate change and protecting the environment.
    It has been reported that Pope Benedict XVI may use his first address to the UN to appeal for sustainable development around the world. …-
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901385/posts
    *Gray’s “Elegy Written in a Country Church-Yard”.

  23. CTV McGuinty Scorecard test only displays “positive” or “YES” results !!!
    Go to this link at CTV:
    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070924/religious_school_funding_070924/20070924?hub=TopStories&s_name=
    Try the Dalton McGuinty Broken Promises Scorecard test. It asks about 10 questions which you answer Yes/No to.
    For some reason, known only to CTVTass, even if you vote NO, it only gives you the YES totals ???
    Even if you answer YES, you only see the YES totals.

  24. *
    “NDP Leader Howard Hampton said Monday that the party’s platform
    would need to be completely implemented in return for his support
    after the Oct. 10 vote.”
    Howie, are you really saying your master plan is that he’ll kiss your ass
    and turn the Conservative Party into a wing of the NDP?
    You might wanna dust off “Plan B”.
    *

  26. Anthony Watts 1577 — Alby 0.0002
    Posted by: Anthony Watts at September 23, 2007 12:00 AM Sounds Of Settled Science

  27. http://www.homelandsecurityus.com/090907Flt1824%20
    New tactic by terrorists on planes: greasing themselves up with Vasoline
    Due to the multiple independent “hits” for traces of SEMTEX, TSA authorities emptied the luggage in a secured area, and were astonished by what they found. Authorities found 3 jars of Vaseline duct taped together to make one large cylinder. An inspection of this Vaseline-filled cylinder determined that someone had previously removed the Vaseline and replaced it back into the containers, something that was proven by air pockets left within the containers. Based on a thorough inspection of all the luggage belonging to these Middle Eastern passengers, authorities also found multiple strands of electrical wire with the ends stripped of the insulation, thus exposing the copper wire, small eyeglass screw drivers, clocks, cocoa butter, 2 tubs of butter, batteries of various sizes and types, a computer laptop, and multiple bottles of hydrogen peroxide – 144 ounces in all.
    Even more disconcerting, TSA and security officials observed that two of the Middle Eastern men intended for the flight had smeared Vaseline on their arms and neck areas – a common tactic among hand-to-hand fighters who want the advantage in the event someone tries to grab them or put them in a headlock. Covered by the greasy agent, they are better able to extricate themselves during close-quarters, hand-to-hand fighting.
    ==================
    Matt sez: kick ’em in the nuts.

  28. “New tactic by terrorists on planes: greasing themselves up with Vasoline”
    ” Not a problem.” said Sky Marshals, Smith & Wesson.

  30. Just watched President Imastinkinislamofascist’s speech at Columbia.
    An excellent lesson on the muslim values of taqiyya, kitman and deception.
    However, when asked about how gays are treated in Iran, he replied with the truth:
    “We don’t have homosexuals in Iran.”
    Have to give Columbia’s president credit for how he speared the creep in his introduction, though.
    Meanwhile KOS has posted a poll where 45% of its readers would prefer Ahmadinejad as president of the US, versus Bush.
    Right in keeping with the left’s love affair with fascism, totalitarianism and genocide. End of argument.

  31. What to do …..If you ever run into a vaseline slicked islamofascist intent on mayhem ?
    Push your thumb into the eye socket and don’t stop until you feel the digit pop through the back and into the brain pan.
    For good measure wiggle it around a bit!

  32. It seems American bureaucrats are just as worried about the possibility of hurt feelings as are Canadians.
    And I thought DINK meant double income, no kids.
    http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/localnews/2003898448_webplates23.html
    “Oregon family’s name deemed offensive — on their license plates
    “MERLIN, Ore. — A Merlin family has been ordered to turn in the vanity license plates for their cars because the state finds their Dutch name can be interpreted as offensive.
    “The plates, UDINK1 UDINK2 and UDINK3 are on the vehicles of Mike and Shelly Udink and their son Kalei.
    “Two of the plates are 5 and 7 years old. One was issued last year.
    “Last summer Kawika Udink’s application for Udink4 was rejected and the state ordered the other three plates returned…
    “…’DINK has several derogatory meanings,’ wrote panel member Yvonne Bell. She said it also can be a racial slur, especially toward Vietnamese.
    “House said the ‘U’ in the front could be construed as ‘You.’
    “It seems unreal to Mike Udink, whose name is Dutch. He says it is a common name in the Netherlands.”
    […]

  33. Bruce Allan(the manager for Bryan Adams, Anne Murray amd many more artists) has stirred up a hornets nest in Vancouver with his daily “Reality Check” on CKNW radio by suggesting that immigrants who don’t want to follow the rules in Canada should go home. Although he didn’t mention any particular countries or races the east Indian community has reacted and are in an uproar. Apparently they think that Allens comments were directed at them and that they are immune to having to conform to Canadian laws when they move to Canada. They are trying to get him fired from CKNW and removed from the Olympic panel in charge of opening and closing ceremonies.(after that horrible spectacle at the Winter Olympics in Italy. Vanoc finally decided to get professional help-thus Allens apointment to the committee)There is also a big facebook thingee as well(sorry, but I’m not familiar with this facebook thing).
    Check it out. Basically he said publicly what is not PC but that the vast majority of Canadians feel.
    Horny toad

  37. Whom would you choose as speaker? Ahmadinejad or Vaclav Klaus?
    …-
    Presented at last week’s UN climate meeting.
    Global Warming Hysteria or Freedom and Prosperity?
    One can tell – with a high degree of confidence – what topics are expected to be raised here, this morning when it comes to discussing the key challenges of today’s world. The selection of the moderator and my fellow-panelists only confirms it. I guess it is either international terrorism or poverty in Africa. Talking about both of these topics is necessary because they are real dangers but it is relatively easy to talk about them because it is politically correct. I do see those dangers and do not in any way underestimate them. I do, however, see another major threat which deserves our attention – and I am afraid it does not get sufficient attention because to discuss it is politically incorrect these days.
    The threat I have in mind is the irrationality with which the world has accepted the climate change (or global warming) as a real danger to the future of mankind and the irrationality of suggested and partly already implemented measures because they will fatally endanger our freedom and prosperity, the two goals we consider – I do believe – our priorities.
    We have to face many prejudices and misunderstandings in this respect. The climate change debate is basically not about science; it is about ideology. It is not about global temperature; it is about the concept of human society. It is not about nature or scientific ecology; it is about environmentalism, about one – recently born – dirigistic and collectivistic ideology, which goes against freedom and free markets.
    I spent most of my life in a communist society which makes me particularly sensitive to the dangers, traps and pitfalls connected with it. Several points have to be clarified to make the discussion easier: …-
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901489/posts

  38. It is so telling when the President of the Czech Republic makes more sense than all the Gores, Suzukis, Dions and media combined.
    And all my life I was lead to believe we were smarter than them. That twice in my lifetime — the Big Wool.

  39. A tidbit here from the loony left city counsel in Vancouver that is considering banning all smoking of legal tobacco products inside and outside everywhere. If you take a cab from another city and pass through Vancouver it will be illegal to smoke tobacco in that cab even if everyone, including the driver, has no objection. Sadly this new law likely won’t apply to the illegal crack and crystal meth smokers on the streets of Vancouver. Why? My guess is it’s much easier to control and penalize the law abiding folk who tend to have known addresses, jobs with which to pay the fines and…they’re mostly good little sheeples.

  40. Bob Fife was more inchoherent than usual at the UN.
    Probably because he sees it all falling apart — Senate seat n’ all.
    One could almost see in the back of his mind — the by-election results, in which Quebec voters gave the boot to Kyoto Dion and Green May. PM Harper recieved an astonishing 36% of the popular vote. (Libs and Greens — much, much less than the fake media “opinion” polls were reporting)
    No wonder Fife was wetting himself.
    See Mike Duffy Live.

  42. The Sideline Group of climate change countries are the “Kyoto lite” countries:
    Latvia, Fiji, Grenada, Monte Carlo, Siam, Togo, and Canada.
    …-
    NEW YORK — Canada has signed on to a sideline group of climate change countries that has been bitterly criticized by environmentalists as “Kyoto lite.”
    Harper, climate allies leave critics cold
    By KATHLEEN HARRIS, NATIONAL BUREAU
    The Toronto Sun
    http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Science/2007/09/25/4524042-sun.html
    “Prime Minister Stephen Harper announced Canada has received an invitation to join talks with the Asia-Pacific Partnership, a coalition that includes the U.S., Australia, China, Japan, India and Korea.”

  43. Israeli Dates Flood Morocco in Ramadan
    IMRA ^ | 9-25-07
    “The “Made in Israel” label is obviously seen on the packages.
    “We used to buy dates from Arab countries such as Tunisia,” said hajj Mohamed, a dates vendor.
    “I myself would not buy dates produced by our enemy,” he said.”
    …-
    Mao Stlong say: No wolly, Mohamed. Dates come flom China.
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1901793/posts

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