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Ignatieff on how to win the West?????
By calling the oil sands a messy goose and a NATIONAL resource (it is provinciual jurisdiction) and then by insulting Calgarians???
That’ll do it Iggy. Have fun at the Stampede breakfast at the Calgary Zoo this week – they just might throw you to a few hick lions after this. Sheeesh. This poseur bad actor is a loaded cannon even when he is trying to be “nice” to woo the silly stupid “west”.:
Ignatieff today:
“The alternative [Mr. Harper] is a politician formed and shaped in the radical conservative ideological world of Calgary and Calgary think tanks,” Mr. Ignatieff said.
“To the degree this is about my patriotism and devotion to Canada, frankly, get lost.”
Read all: http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/ignatieff-on-how-the-west-will-be-won/article1201354/
Someone in another thread said something to this effect: Ignatieff at a Gay Pride parade wearing a picture of Trudeau – you expect to win the West doing that??
He makes some good points in this essay.
Tyrannies
By David Warren
One of the truest things said about Iran under the mullahs is “nothing in that country is quite as it appears.” This is something journalists should know about Iran, or about any country where ideological misrepresentations of reality have been introduced, on a huge scale, for the very purpose of altering reality.
http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/
You ever feel like you are on teh outside looking in? That is how I am feeling with these comments… what am I missing? Or do people just like ranting about Ignatieff?
Well things aren’t all bad. Sri Lanka (Ceylon to us old guys) managed to totally destroy an ongoing terrorist group (by destroying them, totally) and the courts and the people of Honduras sent their El Presidente into exile when he tried to do what the commie bastard in Venezuela pulled off, basically making himself dictator for life.
Jacksonville: a friend who had moved out West from Newfoundland remarked to me once that although he had only loved out here for three years he felt that the East were foreigners; or words to that effect.
The West has been treated like a colony for so long. And know what? Most of us have roots in the East.
And in furtherance to my earlier comment: My hackles
bristled when I heard that the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (re: residential schools)was to be headed by an aboriginal judge named Murray Sinclair, with a seat going to an ex-MP
and lawyer by the name of Chief Wilton Littlechild, with the third seat to a Marie Wilson, a bilingual ex CBC employee. Things looked gloomy until I read that Sinclair says that he wants to hear also from those who had positive experiences from the whole affair, many of whom expressed sadness that the public was made to think that everybody in the schools was abused. Sinclair is quoted (in the B.C. Catho-
lic) as saying, ” the Catholic entities have not been treated fairly by the press.” And I might add, by the likes of such self-righteous talking-
heads as Kevin Newman and his ilk.
As if you hadn’t already guessed:
“Oil sands to take hit from U.S. bill”
Second half of a special same-day Globe and Mail juxtapose:
“Obama’s willing to spend political capital on climate change. Why isn’t Harper?”
[Because he’d like to keep his seat?}
I don’t think there’s any comment necessary for this one:
“Vancouver Humane Society sets sights on Stampede for calf-roping protest”
Except for this: the Alberta Humane Society is choosing the better part of valour.
my take on the mikey jackson story?
’twas the doctor who juiced him up having been unable to resist the charismatic and beguiling manner of his new patient roster of 1.
it all fits:
-he walked away from a cardiology clinic, enticed doubtless by the lure of the easy life (as long as he observes the non-disclosure agreement reinforced by doctor-patient privilege) and by
-an offer to multiply his income by some integer
-the doctor was unaccustomed to a patient with such forceful demands/pleas/threats/whatever (brought on by decades of hundreds around him catering to everything he wanted)
– mikey weighed in at what, 120 pounds? oops with the typical dosage !!!
-mikey was a druggie, but not a heavy user, thus not a high tolerance to demerol or [insert strong analgesic name]. double oops !!!
– the doc vanished for a time whilst in panic mode KNOWING he had done the deed accidentally
– rigorous rehearsals (emphasis on ‘hearse’) which are now the last recordings of his act, providing PROOF of the physical demands also lead us to believe mikey was exhausted, ie temporarily weakened by the exertion, and experiencing some level of pain ergo the need for fast pain relief for the next day’s refinement of the act (it happens to 50 year olds).
and other indicators I am confident will come to light with time.
lets see if Im right. you saw it here first at smalldeadanimals.com !
Mr. Ryan; perhaps Jeffrey Simpson is hoping to pro-
voke some kind of trade war? Harper is conservative
not provocative. “We all know that … the primaryr
reason for a tariff is to enable the exploitation of
the domestic consumer by a process indistinguishable
from sheer robbery.” Albert Jay Nock,
The correct response to Obama RE: Canadian Oil Sands. Just ask that the US pay for energy in Euros or Pound Sterling…… Why should Canada
risk a US default when the bully days are over…
Iggy would like to win the parts of the west that are like Toronto.
Hell, they already have those two ridings, don’t they?
LEGENDARY SINGER PAT BOONE WANTS OBAMA TO PRODUCE REAL BIRTH CERTIFICATE
http://thecanadiansentinel.blogspot.com/2009/06/pat-boone-wants-to-see-obamas-real.html
This guy has worked with Elvis.
Pat says:
Was Obama born in America or not? Why doesn’t HE have to prove it? Why is it that Arnold can’t run for President because he wasn’t born in America, but Obama gets to actually be President without having proven that he was born in America? WTF?!
The Gay business is exposed for what it is: a criminal conspiracy run by grotesques.
The Gay business is an attempt at shakedown.
The Gay business is now passe, has run its course; has turned to dust with the death of the uber-Grotesque Michael Jackson.
The shakedown by the Gayers has ended.
Goodbye to all that.
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Ezra Levant’s “Shakedown” here described.
Just by reading, in a serendipitous manner, this is found.
This is the HRCs/tribunals and the Lynch mob and the K-Tell goons and etc., in two sentences.
The HRCs are naught but a Pyramid Scheme brought to you by the socialists/leftists. Of course, socialism is an old Pyramid Scheme/Wayback Machine going way back
to Egypt.
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Dave the Kapampangan said:
“So, if you’re a member of an “aggrieved group” you get awarded Nazi Goon Squad special status to shake down “less aggrieved” people? And they in turn get to shake down even less aggrieved people, with the bottom of the barrel being people who never complain?”
http://pajamasmedia.com/richardfernandez/2009/06/29/carnival-of-grotesques/#comments
Roger Simon.
“My liberal friends don’t want to talk about global warming anymore
All of a sudden… well, not quite all of a sudden, but recently… I have noticed my liberal friends (except for the most extreme and knee-jerk) are not very interested in discussing man-made global warming.
The subject rarely comes up and, when it does, it is passed over quickly, given only a nod. It’s as if that was last year’s – or last decade’s – fad, at the very moment the House of Representatives has been browbeaten by LaPelosita into voting for a cap-and-trade bill no known person has read, let alone understood.
Scratching my head, I watched CSPAN when John Boehner read a bit of it on the house floor. Then my local congressman Henry Waxman received his plaudits as sponsor of the bill. I wondered if, somewhere deep inside him, Henry was worried. I know he has virtually no scientific training. He has even admitted in hearings that he relies on “experts.” Doesn’t he ever wonder if he picked the wrong ones? Is he aware of accusations the EPA just suppressed a skeptical global warming report from a graduate of CalTech and MIT? (Yes, I know his MIT degree is economics, but the CalTech is physics. Henry’s degree is in poli sci from UCLA.) Oh, well, history will resolve this – or not. In the short term I suggest Waxman et al have a read of Brecht’s Galileo. [Useless. They’ll probably think they’re Galileo and not the reactionary prelates.-ed. You’re right. My bad.]
Anyway, it’s clear that the natives are restless. According to The Hill, One Democrat was upset that his leaders would needlessly force vulnerable Dems to vote for a bill that will come back to haunt them. Mississippi Rep. Gene Taylor (D) voted against the measure that he says will die in the Senate.
“A lot of people walked the plank on a bill that will never become law,” Taylor told The Hill after the gavel came down.
It will be interesting to see whether Obama will really put his weight behind this one – or if he will let LaPelosita twist.”
urlm.in/crdm
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“Carbongate
By INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Friday, June 26, 2009 4:20 PM PT
Climate Change: A suppressed EPA study says old U.N. data ignore the decline in global temperatures and other inconvenient truths. Was the report kept under wraps to influence the vote on the cap-and-trade bill?
This was supposed to be the most transparent administration ever. Yet as the House of Representatives prepared to vote on the Waxman-Markey bill, the largest tax increase in U.S. history on 100% of Americans, an attempt was made to suppress a study shredding supporters’ arguments.
On Friday, the day of the vote, the Competitive Enterprise Institute said it was releasing “an internal study on climate science which was suppressed by the Environmental Protection Agency.”
In the release, the institute’s Richard Morrison said “internal EPA e-mail messages, released by CEI earlier in the week, indicate that the report was kept under wraps and its author silenced because of pressure to support the administration’s agenda of regulating carbon dioxide.”
Reading the report, available on the CEI Web site, we find this “endangerment analysis” contains such interesting items as: “Given the downward trend in temperatures since 1998 (which some think will continue until at least 2030), there is no particular reason to rush into decisions based on a scientific hypothesis that does not appear to explain most of the available data.”
What the report says is that the EPA, by adopting the United Nations’ 2007 “Fourth Assessment” report, is relying on outdated research by its Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). The research, it says, is “at best three years out of date in a rapidly changing field” and ignores the latest scientific findings.
Besides noting the decline in temperatures as CO2 levels have increased, the draft report says the “consensus” on storm frequency and intensity is now “much more neutral.””
http://ibdeditorials.com/IBDArticles.aspx?id=330911757213432
Boy! That Errol Garner’s no languid lounge lizard. What a virtuoso performance!! Thanks, Vitruvius. I’ve inherited a lot of musical preferences from my grandmother, born at the turn of the century: While other little girls were listening to Romper Room records, I was imbibing Noel Coward, Bing Crosby, Jane Froman, Errol Garner, and Fats Waller. ‘Not a bad musical legacy. I find I grow in appreciation of them the older I get.
This is not a complaint! The Errol Garner song I’m most familiar with, the one I remember best from my childhood, is Moonglow:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yLWbuDFSZ58
Re Larry Bennett’s comment @ 11:48 p.m.: I appreciate it as there’s been way too much emphasis on the “victims” of the residential schools and the hullabaloo’s been going on for a protracted period, so much so that a great many Canadians (Dave in another thread is typical) think that most religious — priests and nuns — are abusers.
At the beginning of the investigations, a few Natives were actually interviewed on the CBC, saying that they were treated far better at the residential schools than on their reserves, where they were abused and hardly had enough to eat. They said they were GRATEFUL for the schools. This balanced reporting was soon put an end to, and all we’ve heard for the past 10 years is the negative impact of the schools which, of course, is very real for some of the students — but not all.
I’d welcome the stories of Natives who don’t call themselves “survivors” but beneficiaries of the often sacrificial care of priests, nuns, and teachers at the schools and the education they received. Although he considers himself a survivor, Chief Phil Fontaine wouldn’t be where he is today, with a law degree, etc., if he hadn’t been plucked from poverty on his Manitoba reserve and placed in a residential school.
Let’s not forget that 80% of Native Chiefs at the time, ASKED the federal government to provide education for their children and willingly sent them to the residential schools. This is a “minor” detail that most Canadians don’t know.
Genuine reconciliation can happen only when the full truth is known.
What was the message the Libranos were trying to put out by decorating themselves with pictures of Trudeau around their necks for gay pride?
Is he the Patron Saint of Gay Pride or something?
As far as I know, Liz, and I’ve never had it denied, Trudeau swung both ways — if you know what I mean …
CBC, broke but paying for 10 years of surveilance: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/canada/story.html?id=1745190
O’Swinger has swung the left way and will pay for it as American liberals turn their backs.
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Liberal New Republic Article Actually Makes Sense on Honduras ‘Coup’
The left can try to brush off articles in the Wall Street Journal or the National Review about the “coup” in Honduras as “rightwing propaganda.” However, they will have a much harder time applying such a label to an article about the ouster of Honduran president, Manuel Zelaya (in photo with Hugo Chavez), which appeared in the very liberal New Republic.
President Obama and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton should have read Festishizing the Presidency by Francisco Toro before being so quick in joining Chavez in denouncing the removal of Honduran strong man Zelaya who was acting unconstitutionally:
Sunday’s coup in Honduras has been portrayed as a throwback to the bad old days when Latin American armies got drafted in as the ultimate umpires of political conflict. But in arresting president Manuel Zelaya in his pajamas and putting him on the first plane out of the country, Honduras’s generals were acting out of fear of a genuine and growing threat to Latin Democracy: the looming prospect of unchecked, hyper-empowered executive power held for life by a single, charismatic individual.
Seen in context, Sunday’s military powerplay was different in important ways from the traditional Latin American putsch. The generals move came at the unanimous–yes unanimous–behest of a congress outraged by Zelaya’s not-particularly-subtle attempts to extend his hold on power indefinitely. It followed a series of clearly unconstitutional moves on Zelaya’s part, including his attempt to unilaterally remove the chief of the army, which, according to Honduras’s Constitution, can only be done by a congressional super-majority.”
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2282342/posts
Obama is anti-democracy. This is apparent in his behaviour with the US Congress, where he has attempted to bully through his Bills on the Stimulus, Health Care, etc, in such a manner that he disables the actions of Congress.
That is, Obama sets up an apocalyptic scenario, where his bills must be passed immediately. He disables the Congress’ duty and right to READ the bills. He disables their duty and right to debate, question, analyze, change and refuse the bills. This is a rejection of democracy and the American people’s right to have legitimate representation.
And Obama’s constant going before the public to misinform and manipulate the people, telling them that his actions have created jobs (they haven’t); have done such and such, will do such and such – are all empty rhetoric that removes debating power from Congress and instead, inserts yet another emotional manipulative force on Congress – the mistaken will of the people to do as ‘their President’ asks.
Iran? Obama utterly ignored the people’s dissent and their demands for democracy and freedom. He even equated Ahmadinejad and Mousavi, which wasn’t the issue – and thus said that the people’s choice was irrelevant, since both were the same.
Honduras? The current President is attempting to remove the democratic infrastructure, and set himself up as a dictator. The Congress, using the army, removed him and installed his second-in-line as interim president, with elections to take place in November. In other words, the Honduran Congress worked to ensure the continuance of democracy. Obama? He rejected their action and sided with the would-be dictator.
Obama is anti-American. And anti-democracy.
http://atrueobamanation.blogspot.com/
A new regular stop for me.
Toronto’s Miller cancels Canada Day But allows the Gay Pride Parade to go ahead!
Canada Day truce!
Toronto Sun – Joe Warmington
*When it was put to Miller yesterday Why Pride was a go & But not Canada Day?
the civic leader responded: “Its just not possible for the ciry to support” some events “Because they need intensive city staff” and that allowances are being made where it’s possible For Example “Ribfest”
***So the Socialist Politicians & Unions Deprive Toronto Taxpayers of celebrating the Founding of Canada for the Sake of not upsetting Special Interest Groups. WTF!
RE: Joe Warmington’s column Toronto Sun
A must read too is the Comments related to the article.
Miller lashes out at the inside workers
G&M 6/29/09
*the mayor says local 79’s foot dragging is delaying a resolution to the strike..
*Funny how he has lashed out at the Unions, the Day after a Parade that he Attended & Supports!
Yet he dont have a problem with Canceling Canada Day in favor of holding Special Interest Parades & Ribfest!
http://market-ticker.org/archives/1174-Starve-The-Beast-July-4th,-2009.html
The best idea I have heard in ages.
Susan Arterian-Chang, Toward a Renewables-Friendly Grid
A great deal of money and deep technical expertise are now in place to get the U.S. transmission system ready for lots more wind and some more solar. But radical reform of management and regulation will also be required
From the beginning of this century, the U.S. utility industry has been developing the conceptual framework for a smarter electricity grid that would be self-healing, interactive, and interoperable, open and communicative in real time, and green friendly. Now, nearly 10 years later, a dozen or two buzzwords more, and after a great deal of serious technical study, suddenly it’s real. The U.S. stimulus legislation adopted earlier this year allocates US $4.5 billion in grants for smart grid projects…
Off With The Green Mask.
Lowell Green at CFRA brought this forward today.
The news item below** does not mention specifically who/what is behind the Green Mask.
The WWF*, aka World Wildlife Fund, an avatar of the Red-Green Show, is behind the Green Mask.
Green is a fraud/scam.
The Red-Green Show and Loblaws, etc., are under surveillance.
**”The fees should not be allowed to “hide behind a green mask,” said Michael Flavell, a senior Ottawa-based trade and competition lawyer.
“This is a complex area that should be examined carefully,” Mr. Flavell stated. “The Competition Bureau must not hesitate to delve into the details of new ‘green’ initiatives to uncover their true intentions and consequences, and ensure they are not masking anti-competitive manoeuvres.”
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**”Plastic-bag initiative fails to catch on
Toronto’s 5¢ fee remains local; legal issues arise
A shopper carries a plastic grocery bag from a Toronto Loblaws location. Toronto now requires all retail stores to charge a nickel for single-use plastic bags. Calgary and Hamilton have rejected similar measures and Vancouver sent such a proposal back to its legal department for further study.
Photograph by: Aaron Lynett/National Post,
A month after Toronto enacted a bylaw that forces businesses to charge customers 5¢ per pastic bag, other Canadian cities seem disinclined to follow suit, yet the measure continues to generate controversy.
Calgary and Hamilton have rejected similar measures and Vancouver sent such a proposal back to its legal department for further study — possibly with good reason.
Toronto’s own legal department has expressed concerns about whether the bylaw would withstand a court challenge, because it involves a municipality ordering businesses to charge a specific fee for a product.
The fact that some retail chains have decided to impose a 5¢ fee on bags outside of Toronto may also violate competition laws.
The fees should not be allowed to “hide behind a green mask,” said Michael Flavell, a senior Ottawa-based trade and competition lawyer.
“This is a complex area that should be examined carefully,” Mr. Flavell stated. “The Competition Bureau must not hesitate to delve into the details of new ‘green’ initiatives to uncover their true intentions and consequences, and ensure they are not masking anti-competitive manoeuvres.”
A spokeswoman for the federal Competition Bureau responded to questions about the bylaw by saying only that “we are aware of the issue,” and said she could not comment further.”
http://www.canada.com/news/story.html?id=1745191
*WWF – Loblaw’s logic in the bag
24 Apr 2009 … Loblaw will donate part of the proceeds to WWF-Canada, and has committed …
wwf.ca/takeaction/blog.cfm?3540″
The Itchy & Scratchy Show*.
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“Animal-rights groups at odds over Stampede
A British Columbia animal-rights group is at odds with its Alberta counterpart over claims of animal cruelty at Canada’s largest and most famous rodeo.”
urlm.in/crep
(*H/T Matt Groening)
News to turn your stomach.
http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D9955MVG0&show_article=1
What a joke.
Liberal Dionk, er I-Iggy says,
That’s not fair; Moi’s staying in Canada.
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“Disposable income rises faster in Canada
Canadians’ real disposable income grew twice as fast as that of Americans’ in the last four years – a trend that will continue in the post-recession economy, finds a new report from CIBC World Markets.
Since 2005, per capita real disposable income in Canada has risen by $2,600, whereas in the U.S. it has risen by just over $1,300. This is a complete reversal of the trend seen in the 1990s when Canadian income stagnated compared to surging U.S. earnings.
The report notes that personal income is derived from four categories: labour income; transfers from government; interest and dividends; and other.
The key driver behind Canada’s outperformance was in labour income which saw an 11 per cent increase (inflation adjusted per capita) over the past four years – far outstripping the two per cent increase south of the border. In fact, the outperformance of labour income in Canada has accounted for the entire widening income gap between Canada and the U.S. since 2005.”
urlm.in/crfb (Not the dead freak media*H/T SDA)
And this from Hot Air:
“…perhaps Obama should learn from Stephen Harper instead of fighting him…”
Heh.
“http://hotair.com/archives/2009/06/30/canada-the-new-tax-haven/”
Who should go down in history as the best PM? rank the PMs. Harper is leading the pack right now. Scroll down…
//www.ctv.ca/canadadaysurveys/#jump
h/t frmgrl @ Blue Like You.