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"Sen. John McCain has hired Elizabeth O'Bagy, the Syria analyst in Washington who was fired for padding her credentials, The Cable has learned. She begins work Monday as a legislative assistant in McCain's office.

"O'Bagy was a young but well-respected advisor at the Institute for the Study of War and had emerged quickly as an important voice among those arguing in favor of intervention in Syria. McCain and others had cited her work publicly before her nascent reputation collapsed when it was discovered that her claims to having a combined master's/Ph.D. were false and that in fact she had not yet defended her thesis."

Ahhh, Islam , the religion of peace. Makes one wonder why Britain hasn't slammed the door shut and sending boat loads back where they came from. I'm sure Canada would welcome them.

http://www.express.co.uk/news/uk/432258/Target-Britain-Islamic-fanatics-behind-Kenya-massacre-in-massive-UK-terror-plot

.... just in case you need to take a break from the news....

http://www.poopourri.com/

(one of the greatest ads ever)

Like taking candy from a baby! Whoo-hoo! High-five!

Uh-oh. Bad news for the Canadian housing market?

Check out the top line in the latest total household credit numbers from the Bank of Canada. The rate of increase in the total household credit numbers is really starting to slow down.

http://credit.bankofcanada.ca/householdcredit

A story about the press agents for the current occupant of the White House.

“Seymour Hersh on Obama, NSA and the 'pathetic' American media”

http://www.theguardian.com/media/media-blog/2013/sep/27/seymour-hersh-obama-nsa-american-media

…………….the New York Times which, he says, spends "so much more time carrying water for Obama than I ever thought they would" – or the death of Osama bin Laden. "Nothing's been done about that story, it's one big lie, not one word of it is true,"

"It's pathetic, they are more than obsequious, they are afraid to pick on this guy [Obama],"

"Like killing people, how does [Obama] get away with the drone programme, why aren't we doing more?”

"I'll tell you the solution, get rid of 90% of the editors that now exist and start promoting editors that you can't control,"

Sounds here as though a journalist is talking.

And more.
You’re welcome.

Anyone want to lay bets that Israel won't fall for this phishing expedition ?

http://jordantimes.com/israel-must-declare-nuclear-bomb----rouhani

Anyone want to lay bets that Greenpeace will be spending a long time in jail ?

http://www.themoscowtimes.com/news/article/greenpeace-to-appeal-jailing-of-activists/486736.html

Lil' Kim's understanding of economics is much like Obama's. Anyone want to lay bets that the UN will give him the hundred million dollars he's requesting to ward off starvation ?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/northkorea/10335601/Kim-Jong-un-orders-spruce-up-of-worlds-biggest-stadium-as-millions-starve.html

And last but not least, anyone want to bet that this will turn into a monumental disaster ?

http://news.nationalpost.com/2013/09/27/canadas-human-rights-museum-was-meant-as-a-unifying-force-but-so-far-has-only-inspired-criticism/

A feel good story

Mom Jogging With Baby in Stroller Fights Off Attacker With Bike Pump

http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20130927/washington-heights/mom-jogging-with-baby-stroller-fights-off-attacker-with-bike-pump

Margaret I-don't-open-my-mouth-to-speak Atwood on the Gilmour/Uof T fiasco (http://www.randomhouse.ca/hazlitt/blog/david-gilmour-building-strong-stomachs):

Atwood said universities are places for “free expression, free exchange of opinions. Somebody is free to express their opinions and the exchange part is that other people are free to object to what they have said. Back and forth, that’s what it is.”

http://www.torontosun.com/2013...

My question to Peggy is, how come, if you really believe this, did you sign the George Soros/Moveon.org sponsored Avaaz petition to keep Sun TV off the air? Methinks Peggy speak with forked tongue.

And so does Paul Stevens, acting chair of U of T’s English department:

“Like all those of you who have seen David Gilmour’s comments in the Hazlitt magazine on teaching literature at U of T, I was appalled and deeply upset,” he said. “They constitute a travesty of all we stand for. ..."

What constitutes a travesty is this attitude held by a member of U of T's academic community. To be deeply upset and appalled by David Gilmour's freedom of speech and expression rights betrays Stevens' transparent politically correct bigotry and academia's actual modus operandi, which is to criticize, harass, and punish employees who depart from the feminist, LGBTQIA, multi-culti cant.

If Obama had a city, it would look like Detroit.
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WASHINGTON — Nearly $300 million in aid for Detroit — from federal and state coffers, private businesses and charitable foundations — will be announced Friday as Obama administration officials visit the city to discuss what can be done to help eradicate blight, improve transportation, encourage new business and make residents safer.

http://www.freep.com/article/20130926/NEWS01/309260199/white-house-bankruptcy-aid-for-detroit-blight-removal

I could not listen to this piece. "Rubber biscuit" is the most irritating music ever written and sung by a human being.

A couple short clips demonstrating Freedom of Expression:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bEx5vPNy38k
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8SHscX5kuRc

Sort of entertaining as well.

via Vlad Tepes

After last week's election in Germany, where Merkel was victorious and the Greens were trounced due to their pushing of 'Veggie Day', this paragraph in Bloomberg magazine stands out. (Bloomberg Businessweek, May 10 to May 16, 2010):

"A real campaign to end childhood obesity will entail nothing less than "a complete social transformation as to how the American family eats," Ezekiel J. Emanuel, a special adviser on health policy to the White House, said at a Bloomberg-sponsored forum in Chicago on April 27 (2010). That may be more than the industry can swallow." (Kate Andersen Brower and Matthew Boyle.)

Poll alert.

http://www.ctvnews.ca/