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QOTD filched from Christopher Taylor at Word Around The Net:

How many of those on the left crowing in delight that they’ve finally got a blond, blue-eyed, white male 'Christian conservative' nationalist murderer to wave around like a bloody shirt have images of Che Guevara on their walls or clothing?" -- Andrea Harris

I don't know too much (well, nothing) about Ernesto Calindri, but the youTube thingy led to Caterina Valente singing, "I Wish you Love" ..beautiful!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LLnOhTRk-Is&feature=related

EBD, can I make derogatory comments about Scandis again yet, or is it too soon? (Especially now that Lance is in charge... he's a Gundarsenn or something, isn't he, bless him, bless you all?)

Going from the ridiculous to the sublime. Where do they get these nutbar judges. No doubt Jema54 will have some thoughts on this.

http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/07/28/court-orders-yukon-to-build-15m-school-for-41-francophone-students/

Excluded Middle School
Louis Markos on Why C. S. Lewis Was Right About Chests

Though public education in the United States has not fully abandoned the concept of ethics and morality, it has quite clearly abandoned what C. S. Lewis dubbed the Tao. As Lewis explained it in The Abolition of Man, the Tao is the universal moral law code known and understood by all peoples at all times through the dual media of natural reason and divinely revealed law codes. Although the Tao has always played a central role in the education of the young, modern Western educators have, in defiance of both our Greco-Roman and our Judeo-Christian heritage, rejected it as the basis for education.

Read more: http://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=18-06-016-v#ixzz1TSuJ7BWR

Earlier today, Reuters reported that Libyan rebel General Abdel Fattah Younis had been pulled from the front line of the conflict. Now it's been confirmed that Younis has been shot dead, possibly by his own forces.

http://tinyurl.com/3dk8ttv

These are the guys that NATO recognizes as the legitimate government of Libya?

You've gotta post this song, it sums everything up in under 3 minutes.

"They love our milk and honey and preach about some other way of living."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZHAFmFsb9XM&feature=related

Rob Ford is "hell-bent"....at least we don't have to worry about biased media in T.O.....

http://ca.news.yahoo.com/toronto-residents-come-droves-defend-services-cost-cutting-221559327.html

Who would have known? Thomas the Tank Engine is running-dog capitalist,imperialistic agitprop!

http://www.slate.com/id/2299653/

"Two guards [who worked at Toronto Immigration Holding Centre on Rexdale Blvd.], who are described as single moms, were allegedly paid $10,000 each to travel to Jamaica and the U.S. to marry deportees in a bid to sponsor them back to Canada, the former female officers with 10-years of experience at the centre said."

http://www.torontosun.com/2011/07/28/jail-guards-paid-to-marry-deportees

Neo-AGW Progress Report.

Speaking of Big Bears vs Big Oil vs Big AGW?

MSM spins in orbit near Ursa Minor; avoids Ursa Major.

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"Report on Dead Polar Bears Gets a Biologist Suspended"
"New York Times - Felicity Barringer - ‎9 hours ago‎"

"The federal government has suspended a wildlife biologist whose sightings of dead polar bears in Arctic waters became a rallying point for campaigners seeking to blunt the impact of global warming."

"Polar bear climate scientist investigated over 'misconduct'" "Telegraph.co.uk"

"Arctic scientist who exposed climate threat to polar bear is suspended"
"The Guardian"

http://news.google.ca/news?pz=1&jfkl=true&cf=all&ned=ca&hl=en&q&js=0

"GROSECLOSE: Pernicious effects of media bias"

"Liberal press accustoms public to its leftward influence"

"It is a well-told story that the mainstream media - at least to a small degree - have a liberal bias. It’s surprising, then, that few people have examined, or even asked, a potentially more important question: Does the bias matter? If the media reports the news with a certain slant, how does it affect those who take in the content?

For the past several years, I have researched this question, trying to solve the following thought experiment: What if media bias were suddenly to disappear? In such a world, how would America look and act politically?

The answer is, approximately like Texas."

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2011/jul/26/pernicious-effects-of-media-bias/

Toronto’s 22-hour council meeting ends with one message: don’t cut

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/torontos-22-hour-council-meeting-ends-with-one-message-dont-cut/article2114033/

What that means, of course, is that the majority of people making their opinions known want to pass on massive debt to our children. They don't seem to care that their legacy is unbridled greed and hardship to the next generation, who will not have the resources to live anywhere near the affluent lifestyles of their parents.

I thought parents were supposed to care about their kids and grandkids and be willing to sacrifice in order to make their lives liveable. I guess I was wrong.

Mayor Ford's job is to lead. So, while he's given the citizens of Toronto their day in the s(S)un, he's under no obligation to follow the directives of a bunch of entitled, me-first-and-me-only parasites.

Whoops!

Link to above comment:

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/national/toronto/torontos-22-hour-council-meeting-ends-with-one-message-dont-cut/article2114033/

A group, called Samara, is doing a poll. This topic has been posted here before, but Samara’s asking for more votes:

[Begin quote]

In celebration of Canada’s 144th birthday, we announced an online contest to find the Best Canadian Political Books of the Last 25 Years.

Our readers nominated almost 200 books, from which we identified twelve fantastic finalists: a comedic novel (The Best Laid Plans), a Canadian classic of political writing (One-Eyed Kings), two biographies of prime ministers (John A. and Trudeau and Our Times), two insider looks at elections (Fights of Our Lives and Right Side Up), three “big ideas” books (While Canada Slept, A Fair Country and Shakedown), two inside looks at prime ministers (On the Take and Harperland ) and one book about the history of Canada's constitution (1867).

Throughout July, we asked the twelve authors to tell us about how the books came to be written and to reflect on the current and future state of political writing. You can read their fascinating answers here.

We asked you to read a few of the books and cast your vote for your favourite.

So far, we’ve had more than 3000 people participate. If you haven’t voted, the deadline is approaching fast: The polls close on August 1st at midnight.

[End quote]

Ezra’s “Shakedown” is about the only conservative book on the list. It got my vote!

If this link doesn’t work, Samara has a web site.

http://www.samaracanada.com/Best_Political_Books

This under-reported murder;

http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/07/28/bc-surrey-newton-incident.html

Along with this one;

http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/article/1029511--husband-charged-after-woman-found-dead-in-scarborough

may be honour killings.

Tarek Fatah has this to say about the one in Toronto;

" Friends, once this story unfolds you will be shocked to read what really transpired. The politically correct Toronto Star leaves out much of the details. Trust me, this is another Aqsa Pervez tragedy, an honour killing of the worst sort. Ya Allah, what a mess we Muslims create for ourselves."

The one in Vancouver has an estranged husband using an axe to dispatch her at her workplace shortly after she left him.

In both cases,the men arrested were not Christians,so don't expect too much from the media.

"Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, my client's account of the events of the evening of November 3rd was, as you have just witnessed, not thoroughly unpersuasive and highly illogical. Therefore, you must acquit…"

"Stanford University is training student jurors in sexual misconduct cases to believe that 'act[ing] persuasive and logical' is a sign of guilt..."

h/t.

Leftist death struggle featuring "Thomas Mulcair or Libby Davies".

>>> Here is the rub: "Mr. Topp told reporters that any MPs who are seen as jockeying for Mr. Layton’s job “would probably regret it.”"

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"NDP tries to quell rumours of a coup in Jack Layton’s absence"

http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/07/29/jesse-kline-ndp-tries-to-quell-rumours-of-a-coup-in-jack-laytons-absence/

lookout, done. I also like Christopher Moore's "How the Father's Made A Deal", but preferred to support Ezra.

Neo-AGW Progress Report.

Our Comedy writers have been busy.

H/T Who's on first*?

Cue the music: If you go down in the woods today, you better not go alone ...-

"Inspector general’s transcript of drowned polar bear researcher being grilled"

"Posted on July 29, 2011 by Anthony Watts"

"This fellow, Charles Monnett has been suspended pending an investigation into his polar bear research. You may recall that he single-handedly inspired Al Gore (not that it takes much) into producing this piece of science fiction for his even larger fiction, An Inconvenient Truth. Gore cited Monnett’s research.

Only one problem now, his “research” is collapsing, and as you read the transcript, you’ll see why even the simplest of queries get Monnett flustered. Yet this was peer reviewed published science.

Never Yet Melted writes:

The Inspector General interview transcript (excerpts) had me, for instance, in stitches.

Disclosing as it does the level of rigor of methodology being employed:

ERIC MAY: Well, actually, since you‟re bringing that up, 18 and, and I‟m a little confused of how many dead or drowned polar bears you did observe, because in the manuscript, you indicate three, and in the poster presentation –

CHARLES MONNETT: No.

ERIC MAY: – you mentioned four.

CHARLES MONNETT: No, now you‟re confusing the, um, the estimator with the, uh, the sightings. There were four drowned bears seen.

ERIC MAY: Okay.

CHARLES MONNETT: Three of which were on transects."

http://wattsupwiththat.com/

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*Not The Who:

"Who's on first

LOU: The fellow playin' first base for St. Louis. BUD: Who. LOU: The guy on first base. BUD: Who is on first. LOU: Well, what are you askin' me for? ..."

http://www.psu.edu/dept/inart10_110/inart10/whos.html

This definitely fits in the 'totalitarian/democracy' category. The Egyptians have gathered again,this time to cheer the change of seasons.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/world/story/2011/07/29/egypt-rally.html

PET Cemetery Report.

More cuts to the left-liberal arts.

It's the law.

>>> "Canada" means the taxpayer$ of Canada are off the left-liberal hook.

Leftists claim this is a victory; it's a defeat for the left-liberals.

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"Canada not on hook in tobacco lawsuits: SCOC"

http://www.montrealgazette.com/health/Feds+hook+tobacco+suits+court/5178626/story.html

Battleground Europe.

"'This was an attack on the Labor Party.'"

Quote:

"Asked if the rampage was aimed at the Labor Party or at Muslim immigrants, Mr. Lippestad said: 'This was an attack on the Labor Party.'"

Leftist New York Times disappeared the words. Shades of the Slimes' pervert Walter Duranty who was the lap dog of Stalin's communist pervert lberia.

Confirmed: The socialist brothers are locked into a death struggle.

The socialist brothers: Adolf's Brown National Socialism, aka nazis, vs., Red Joe's communists, aka Labor Party.

Socialists have been locked into their death struggle for 100 years. Their mutual century-long suicide appears to have no end in sight.

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"The Spinning Of The Norwegian Massacre

From the desk of Diana West on Fri, 2011-07-29 00:03

On Tuesday, I read a New York Times online report about a press conference held by Geir Lippestad, the defense lawyer for admitted Norwegian mass murderer Anders Breivik. I found one of Lippestad's statements of interest, and saved it for future reference. Little did I know it would disappear from the news website.

Asked if the rampage was aimed at the Labor Party or at Muslim immigrants, Mr. Lippestad said: 'This was an attack on the Labor Party.'

The lawyer's statement is the first credible assessment of motive, and as such it is a significant piece of the story. So why did The New York Times cut it from the final version of the story online and in Wednesday's newspaper?

The answer, I think, has much to do with how Lippestad's opinion fails to accelerate the rush of Times insta-spin, and could even slow what looks like a swift-moving drive to limit free speech about Islamization in the West.

The "updated" Times report that omits Lippestad's statement now features comments from Jonas Gahr Store, Norway's foreign minister. Sure, Store's comments are significant, but why they obliterated the defense lawyer's statement, I don't know. But I can guess."

http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/4786

http://tribune.com.pk/story/218250/honour-killings-man-guns-down-six-daughters

FAISALABAD:

A man gunned down six of his daughters on suspicion that two of them were in relationships with boys in the neighbourhood.

On Tuesday morning, Arif Mubashir called his teenage daughters to his room and shot them while the rest of the family, including their mother, watched. His wife Musarrat called the police after the incident.

CAIR-CAN has warned their people to be extra careful because of the Norway slaughter. They have issued a safety kit.
One of the steps to ensure safety is
" DEVELOPING POSITIVE RELATIONSHIPS WITH LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES."

http://www.caircan.ca/downloads/CAIRCAN_Community_Safety_Kit.pdf

old Lori - the comments are very interesting. It seems to be a Pakistani paper and most of the comments are from Pakistanis. Emphasis mine:

Feroz
Jul 27, 2011 - 11:42AM
"Reply Killing daughters on hearsay without adequate proof is a dastardly act. This man has dishonored himself, his family, his culture as well as his Religion. Give him punishment as per Sharia Laws."

Amjad
Jul 28, 2011 - 4:22AM
Reply @Ken: "You are pretty confused man. Go and check history- the most killing has been done in the name of Christianity – we are not talking thousands or hundreds but millions. Not only European Christians were masters at exterminating native races in North America, South America Africa and Austrailia but they mass murdered each others in World Wars to the tune of tens of millions. Why so hard to swallow the truth? Then you ask why most Europeans no longer believe in Christianity? Why are they all secular and areligious? They saw the killing done in the name of Christianity."

And I have to hope that this guy is just playing around:

Allah Akbar
Jul 27, 2011 - 8:39PM
"Reply It is perfectly fine and correct to kill the children who turn from the way of Islam! This is the fault of the West! Don’t cry for our children, cry for your own. Allah will be merciful for His children, but on the children of the infidel, there is only the fires of hell! AllahuAkbar!"

(They also bring up Gharbi/Lepine.)

The legislation, denounced earlier by President Barack Obama who had admonished lawmakers to stop wasting time and find a way "out of this mess,"...

I thought Obama was "The One" who was going to lead the United States "out of this mess"?? Silly me.

Full article here: http://www.reuters.com/article/2011/07/29/us-usa-debt-idUSTRE7646S620110729?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+reuters%2FtopNews+%28News+%2F+US+%2F+Top+News%29&utm_content=Google+International

Battleground socialist EU.

H/T Brothers Joe and Adolf.

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"Hell Is Re-Breaking Loose In Europe, As Bailout Fund Gets Closer To Blowing Up"

"This is a bad, bad news day.

There are signs that hell is really about to re-break loose in Europe, barely a week after the continent thought it had successfully bailed itself out.

There are reports that the European Financial Stability Fund may not be ready to loan Greece its next bailout tranche, in part because weaker European contributors (like Italy and Spain) may not be able to afford their payments into it.

In other words: A fund that's comprised of a bunch of sub-AAA nations may actually be... sub-AAA."

http://www.businessinsider.com/efsf-may-not-be-ready-to-lend-out-next-greek-tranche-2011-7

CBCpravda calms their headlines ,instead of the usual "critics say"

anyway one has to read the article for a laugh and the comments for another 50.
they start comparing the water licence to swimming pools instead of saying the withdrawal licence amounts to less than 1000th of a percent per year. useless journalism at a cost of 1.3 billion. yes CBC I got that number correct

they cant even spell frac right. its short for fracturing boys. fracturing the friggin' rock.enhancing what is already done.

http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/story/2011/07/29/bc-talisman-fracking.html