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Reminder: Another zealot waiting in ATF wings

By Michelle Malkin

Thanks to vigilant pressure from 2nd amendment bloggers and House GOP Oversight and Reform Committee chairman Darrell Issa, the White House is set to throw acting ATF director Kenneth Melson under the bus over the Project Gunrunner/ Fast and Furious scandal (all background links below). Internal documents released this week show he was intimately involved in overseeing the program and screened undercover vid of thousands of straw purchases of AK-47s and other high-powered rifles — some of which ended up in the hands of Mexican drug cartel thugs, including those who murdered Border Patrol agent Brian Terry.

http://michellemalkin.com/

Peggy Joseph was right...alternatively...Barry finds his stash...

http://www.boston.com/Boston/businessupdates/2011/06/help-for-jobless-homeowners-arrives/lo3uAgO77k6CL93p3y4sEO/index.html

If you can handle a sad story, here's another great stop motion video:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P8cAU475dQo

Nominate your choice of the best 3 Canadian books written in Canada in the past 25 years. My picks: The Trouble with Canada by William Gairdner, Left Out by John Gormley and Dances with Dependency by Calvin Helin.

http://www.samaracanada.com/Best_Political_Books

Nominations close at the end of June.

Poll on saskatoon.ctv.ca:

"With all the wet weather this year and last, do you think the climate is changing on the prairies?"

"With all the wet weather this year and last, do you think the climate is changing on the prairies?"

Question I'd like to see:
Does growing rice look like more profitable crop than wheat?

Bwahahaha! I found this on Ace of Spades. John Doyle in the Globe, on how the Vancouver riot was the fault of conservatives.

Link.

(Do the Irish have to send us all their jack@sses?)

A comment of mine with a link just got caught in the filter. I think it was a good link. Anyone? Halp?

Run the link through bit.ly and then post the shortened link.

Thanks, foobert (and Robert W.).

Seriously, is Doyle... undergoing a course of medical treatment which might be affecting his mood and judgement? Just curious. I mean, a couple said "Why don't we do it in the road?" and this proves that "...the now-iconic [!?] image of the couple kissing on the riot-torn streets of Vancouver captures precisely what saves us from true embarrassment, in the end. There was much coverage of the mystery of the two people involved and the meaning of the image was lost. The photo captures how Canadians think of themselves and want the world to think of Canadians – decent, sweet-natured people, non-violent, much less aggressive than our crazy, violence-prone neighbours in the United States. Lovers and peace-keepers, not warriors and warmongers."

Can we ship him back?

Murry Totland, city of Saskatoon manager is quoted in the star pheonix, Taxes will have to increase substantially next year unless cuts made. The city of Saskatoon is looking inward at program spending. This is a f'n laugh. The very people that have spent taxpayer money like DRUNKEN SAILERS will now look to cut. Lets see what a drunken sailor buys. RIVER LANDING, 100,000,000 DOLLARS AND GROWING. The city still does not have a private land owner on the site paying taxes to offset the 1 million dollar cost to look after the site year to year. 2 million dollars for LOW INCOME HOUSING. Enough said about that complete waste of money. 2 million dollars per month to subsidize the transit department. 2 million dollars per year foR TEACHERS CREDIT UNION PLACE. 2 million dollars for the Mendel Art Gallary. Meanwhile the streets crumble before our eyes. FIRE DON ATCHISON AND MURRY TOTLAND.

The article that Black Mamba gas linked to is worth reading if only to remind one how out of touch some of the media can be.

I blame the riots on the 60%(maybe as high as 74%) of Canadians who didn't stop the conservative vandals. Hell,they had them outnumbered,woosies.

That should read " Black Mamba has" . I really have no idea what BM gas would be.

This article says exactly the same thing I said on SDA last week regarding the relationship between violence in the NHL and the riots:

http://www.vancouversun.com/business/Time+join+soul+searching+over+Stanley+riot/4984278/story.html

Black Mamba: "Can we ship him back?"

I don't think so. He has been here longer than the last leader of the libs. By all accounts, he speaks the language of the overwhelming majority of Canadians better than the last, last leader of the libs.

The only chance is getting the HRC on his case for not giving equal, or greater than equal, pictures and verbiage to a resident/visiting gay couple hockey fans.

An excellent music vid about the war on drugs from over at rational review.

paramilitary police on parade,

http://youtu.be/pV7u91A3KGQ

Her Morning Elegance, what a kickin' video. Thanks Robert! That was kewl. :)

Mark Steyn defends Andrew Bolt. Steyns provide the best defence of free speech I've heard or read in some time.

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/mark_steyn_on_free_speech_while_he_still_has_it

I read the article Black Mamba linked (about how "The Kiss" redeems Vancouver from the stigma of hockey hooliganism). My Irish ancestors were masters of fiction and fabrication known as "blarney". (It something in the water.) However, you were supposed to know they were talking purely for entertainment and respond in kind. Doyle has strayed into fiction writing and been mistakenly published as an opinion columnist. His version is a kind of "Day of the Triffids" with evil warrior conservatives stalking the land.

Stealing is a pretty simple concept. If it is not yours don't take it.

No, Christopher Schneider, assistant professor of sociology at UBC, don't excuse Camille Cacnio's theft with "mob-mentality". The vast majority of people didn't set fires or steal as they know in their hearts that it is WRONG and just would never do that. We all meet people through our lives that are opportunists, lying, cheating, stealing, whatever, when they figure they can get away with it. Its their nature. Our instinct is to put out a fire not start one. I have read that the man charged with setting a police car on fire wasn't just a one off, he set several fires that night.

Just as the Black Bloc are anarchists as that is what they do, the hangers-on are opportunists waiting for their moment beating those, as we saw in Toronto and Vancouver, who would stop them from their criminal acts.

No excuses, Camille Cacnio, you are a thief and no amount of lefty dialogue will remove that stain.

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/06/22/adrian-humphreys-post-riot-electronic-justice-shows-that-actions-are-hard-to-take-back/

Her morning elegance is fantastic. Thanks, Robert.

Here, by the great Mark Steyn, is a great defence of the rule of law and a repudiation of “group rights”:

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/mark_steyn_on_free_speech_while_he_still_has_it

If any of you have been keeping up with the spectacle of socialist governments imploding in Europe, here's some info on Greece's future government in waiting, the one who might just fight back and keep Greece out of the hands of European bankers, Communist mobs and Islamist invaders---and set an example for patriots throughout the civilized world determined to save their countries while they still can.

http://bit.ly/mO7mGG

They might even turn the economy around too:

The 1967–1973 period was marked by high rates of economic growth coupled with low inflation and low unemployment. GDP growth was driven by investment in the tourism industry, loose emigration policies, public spending, and pro-business incentives that fostered both domestic and foreign capital spending. Several international companies invested in Greece at the time, including the Coca-Cola Corporation.

The Agonizing Slow Death of AGW.

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"Facepalm: More casual death wishes from Australia"

"Guest post by Alec Rawls"

"Jill Singer, long time Aussie talking head:

I’m prepared to keep an open mind and propose another stunt for climate sceptics – put your strong views to the test by exposing yourselves to high concentrations of either carbon dioxide or some other colourless, odourless gas – say, carbon monoxide.

You wouldn’t see or smell anything. Nor would your anti-science nonsense be heard of again. How very refreshing.

Her mind is OPEN to wishing for the deaths of those who disagree with her ignorant presumptions. All in good fun of course! But this totalitarian closed-mindedness really does seem to strike her as a kind of open mindedness. She finds the thought “refreshing.”

http://wattsupwiththat.com/

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"Budget Cuts"

"Tory axe hits ‘muscle and bone’ of climate science, Elizabeth May says"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-notebook/tory-axe-hits-muscle-and-bone-of-climate-science-elizabeth-may-says/article2070874/

Today's photo at the Bing homepage is a target rich environment!

over at FOX there is an article about a group suing NASA for information concerning Hanson receiving moneys for his lies

Another CPC attack on freedom: C-51

http://walkersunknownthoughts.blogspot.com/2011/06/bill-c-51-quite-possibly-most-illiberal.html

By David Warren

“Guilt and Shame”

“. . . They were taught ‘self-esteem’; and they were taught that guilt and shame are evils. They were taught that they have ‘rights,’ without regard to duty, and that they are entitled to ‘respect’ which they need never earn. They were taught that religion is the principal oppressor of mankind, and that all forms of morality are bogus, especially the sexual.

“And all of these ideas were expressed in the course of the rampage. To the older and more bourgeois, the principal imagery was of these children hamming it up before the cellphone cameras, and through all ‘social media.’ Far from expressing anger and rage, they were striking happy poses. They were enjoying themselves, on a large scale, as we see them enjoying themselves towards closing time in almost any campus pub. . . .”

http://www.davidwarrenonline.com/

Barbara Yaffe, columnist and editor of the Vancouver Sun, once again, carries water for the Liberals.

She wrote: "Canadians were dismayed in the late '90s to hear about one senator, Andrew Thompson, who had taken off to live in La Paz, Mexico. Another, Raymond Lavigne, was sent to prison last week for defrauding the public purse.

Then there was the absurd case of three defeated Conservative candidates in the May 2 election being appointed to the Senate by Stephen Harper."

First she describes two instances of Senator's abuse of power (one going to jail) without mentioning their party (Liberals) and uses the only descriptor "dismayed".

She then uses much stronger terms "absurd" while mentioning legal and normal actions regarding Conservative senators.

Read more: http://www.vancouversun.com/news/Future+Senate+should+subject+national+referendum/4985292/story.html#ixzz1Q1uspKHu

Yaffe is far from balanced and has made the Vancouver Sun among the most socialist papers in Canada. I was a long term subscriber until Dec 2008, Yaffe came out for the coalition of losers, while the paper carried no dissenting opinion whatsoever.

GYM refers to this:

Hansen's larder overfloweth:

"Gifts, speaking fees, prizes and consulting compensation include:

-- A shared $1 million prize from the Dan David Foundation for his "profound contribution to humanity." Hansen's cut ranged from $333,000 to $500,000, Horner said, adding that the precise amount is not known because Hansen's publicly available financial disclosure form only shows the prize was "an amount in excess of $5,000."

-- The 2010 Blue Planet prize worth $550,000 from the Asahi Glass Foundation, which recognizes efforts to solve environmental issues.

-- The Sophie Prize for his "political activism," worth $100,000. The Sophie Prize is meant to "inspire people working towards a sustainable future."

-- Speaking fees totaling $48,164 from a range of mostly environmental organizations.

-- A $15,000 participation fee, waived by the W.J. Clinton Foundation for its 2009 Waterkeeper Conference.

-- $720,000 in legal advice and media consulting services provided by The George Soros Open Society Institute. Hansen said he did not take "direct" support from Soros but accepted "pro bono legal advice."

Hansen did not respond to Fox News' request for comment."

"NASA Scientist Accused of Using Celeb Status Among Environmental Groups to Enrich Himself"

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/06/22/nasa-scientist-accused-using-celeb-status-among-environmental-groups-to-enrich/

This is brutal. A UBC student visits back home and a disagreement erupts over the education of their daughter.

I don't think that which pre-school program would be most beneficial for the daughter was the issue.

Islam is mentioned,though in this context it would be foolhardy to draw a connection to the religion of peace.

http://www.canada.com/news/university+student+beaten+blinded+husband/4983797/story.html

Pertaining to my above post;

Women's and human rights groups across Canada have taken a vow of silence to protest this 'totally unacceptable' violence.

Of socialist death threats & socialist suicide and leftist MSM.

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Taliban Jacques Bloc Separatist MartiNDP:

"“We may not be able to abolish the Senate by constitutional amendment, but we can cut off its blood supply,” he told The Globe."

"If Harper can’t hobble
or kill it, NDP hopes
to bleed the Senate dry"

urlm.in/ibsd

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"Papandreou Budget Hole Threatens to Swallow Europe, Defies Debt-Crisis Fix"

"Don’t “overrate” the problem, said German Chancellor Angela Merkel, later to play a pivotal role in the debt saga that continues to rock the 17-nation euro area. “There are deficits in other parts of the world as well.”

That initial reaction foreshadowed European leaders’ failure to tame a crisis that is entering its 21st month and has world leaders growing anxious over the prospect of a new financial tsunami as they shake off the effects of the last one. On June 7, President Barack Obama told Merkel it was her job to stop an “uncontrolled spiral of default.” China’s central bank warned on June 14 of a “major risk” incubating in Europe.

“This has unravelled badly,” said Paul de Grauwe, an economics professor at the Catholic University of Leuven in Belgium and a two-time candidate for a European Central Bank post. “The most favorable scenario is that we can bridge the next six months. The less favorable scenario is this gets out of control.”"

http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-06-22/papandreou-budget-hole-threatens-to-swallow-europe-defies-debt-crisis-fix.html

Globe-Mail/MSM needs/asks for your help.

Help expose the Mohammedan murderers? Not.

Leftists are allies of the Taliban Mohammedan murderers.

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"Raw documents Read the Afghan detainee files and flag important passages"

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/read-the-afghan-detainee-files-and-flag-important-passages/article2069992/

Ben's Intuition/Trust Me.

This is the left's visions/dreams, aka Big Lie.

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"Full Transcript Of Ben Bernanke's "I Have No Idea Why The Economy Will Get Better But It Will"

As noted in the title, for all those who wish to reread how Bernanke justifies the fact that he has no idea why the economy will improve, but it just will, damn it, here it is, complete with the full Q&A."

http://www.zerohedge.com/article/full-transcript-ben-bernankes-i-have-no-idea-why-economy-will-get-better-it-will-speech-and-

The natural end result of a post office job: Death.

"``Come rain, sunshine, winter, we break our backs,'' said Olumade. ``We fall. Many people face oppression. By the time people retire, some of them don't even last long.''"

"MPs to extend sitting to debate postal back-to-work bill"

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9021227.html

GreekSpeak: Is it all Greek; or, is it pc? Greek Economics? Panic? WTF?

What is?

Will Turkey help?

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"major Greek credit event".

"“a disorderly default".

"Greek tremors,".

"a credit event".

"Greece needs ‘firewall,’ Flaherty says"

http://business.financialpost.com/2011/06/22/build-a-firewall-to-contain-greek-crisis-flaherty/