On the "Lighter side" Sir Paulie and his bridezilla are splitting up! We should have to worry about them sticking their nose in our country's business anymoe.

oh, missed the "r" anymore. Guess need more coffee, still blind!

Arafat ( curses be upon his name ) ran the terrorist's AdScam and Gun Registry. Arafat (curses be upon his name) died of some mysterious ailments; his aides continue dying in a Civil War in Gaza.

Arafat (curses ... name) was the evil monster with whom Svend Ali Baba Robinson consorted. ...

Ex-PA paymaster: Arafat used foreign aid to buy weapons
Posted by Alouette
On 05/17/2006 7:47:46 AM PDT · 8 replies · 106+ views

Jerusalem Post ^ | May 17, 2006 | Yaakov Katz
Former Palestinian Authority chairman Yasser Arafat ordered millions of dollars, taken from international aid funds, tax money transferred by Israel and from Arab countries, to be used to purchase weapons and ammunition, it was revealed on Wednesday These weapons were then provided to Palestinian terrorists from the Tanzim and al Aksa Martyrs' Brigades. The information came from the interrogation of Fuad Shubaki, the Palestinian official who was arrested by the IDF two months ago in a raid on the Jericho prison where he was held together with the assassins of former tourism minister Rehavam Ze'evi. Prior to his imprisonment, Shubaki... freerepublic.com

...and, MaryM, you missed the "n't" after "should". Maybe add some sugar to the coffee, too. ;)

Polygamist family lashes out at Ottawa
BOUNTIFUL, B.C. - Canada's best known polygamist family went on the offensive Tuesday, accusing Ottawa of discrimination and the RCMP of obtaining information under false pretenses...

...Winston Blackmore the patriarch of a family that includes 20-some wives and more than 102 children...

...Three of Blackmore's American wives have been ordered to leave because they've failed to meet Citizenship and Immigration Canada criteria for staying on humanitarian and compassionate grounds....

http://tinyurl.com/oyssl

So, our Seal Hunt has claimed another victim. If Paul watched videos of the LK show, and the stupidity of his wife, (no longer a lady) no wonder he said goodbye. Now, he will be skinned alive to the tune of 400 million dollars. I wonder if he will bleed.

Angry Unions

Oil faces labour crunch
...oilsands employers have taken steps to bring in foreign nationals, many on one-year permits, as a way to alleviate an expected shortfall in Alberta of as many as 100,000 workers over the next decade...

...Gil McGowan, president of the Alberta Federation of Labour, the province's largest union group, charged that the foreign-worker strategy, aided by governments, aims to undermine unionized labour in Alberta's booming oilsands industry. "It's not about temporary foreign workers," he said. "What this is about, from our perspective, is union busting, plain and simple,. "There is no shortage of tradespeople," said Mr. McGowan, who claims there are thousands of skilled tradesmen out of work in Edmonton. "What there is a shortage of is non-unionized workers willing to work for the substandard wages and conditions that Canadian Natural is offering."...

http://tinyurl.com/e8j2r

1) Re Gassy Jack's opinion on the Vote for the Troops; what did you expect? This is typical socialistic approach to screw up whatever useful things that the government might bring forward. Look for the NDP to descend even further into the realm of uselessness.

2) Re Alberta Unionist reaction to the "foreign worker strategy" is more of the same protectionist crap you'd expect. I guess we should all starve until there's sufficent union workers to do a job. NFL!

3) Look for the polygamist thing to end up in the Supreme Court where the charges will be dismissed based on a Charter Rights interpretation. In other words, if it's OK for the gays and lesbians to marry what's to stop a guy from having 5 wives if he wants to.

4) Re Paul: Too bad, but Paul lost his icon status some time back. Who cares?

5) Arafat is probably roasting in hell without the ministrations of any virgins. Serves him right.

CBC's Reality Check in need of a reality check.

www.molarmauler.blogspot.com

I rewrote this for Paul.

eleanor rigby wearing her leg that she keeps in a jar by the door. who is is for.

Sir Paul McCartney,writing the words to a song that no one will hear. no one comes near.
look at him working , laying on icefloes and laying about in the snow.
what do we care?

all the lonely rich boys
where do they all come from
all the lonely rich boys
do any of them belong

Reading leftist comments here and letters to the editor at the Globe and the Star makes me believe that Tommy Douglas' 'Problems of the sub normal family' may be a seminal work, prescient even.

Saudi king calls for female picture ban
King Abdullah of Saudi Arabia has told newspaper editors to stop publishing pictures of women as they could lead young men astray...

..."one needs to think if he would want his daughter, sister or wife to appear like that. Of course, no one would"...

...Abdullah also advised newspapers to ignore foreign media organisations, especially when their stories are "against Islam or against Arabs".

http://tinyurl.com/ewpla

Pinocchio McGuinty will be the third-round draft pick for the coach's job of the federal Lieberals. ...

Ontario premier plans equalization road show
TORONTO (CP) - Ontario Premier Dalton McGuinty plans to travel across Canada to fight proposed changes to the country's equalization program ... cnews

Why should we ever trust the Liberals again?

But if the candidates for party leader would like also to be Prime Minister one day, or to see another Liberal Prime Minister in their lifetime, they would do well to address themselves to another question: why Canadians should ever trust their party again. nealenews.com

Me-thinks sir Paul doesn't like being labeled the "usefull idiot" his socialist wife wants to be!

Harper's gone over to the dark side: conservatives are fleeing to Mecca.

Liberals assume power; Allah/Mohammed ( and ASrafat ) jubilating with Jack My-Head-Exploded as Min. Defence/Sponsorship Ass't to W. Grahamm. ...

Harper's Publishes the Heinous Line Drawings

Now that Muslim rage has quieted somewhat over the dreaded cartoons of blasphemy, American media are suddenly finding the courage to publish them. The new edition of Harper’s features the cartoons with commentary by leftist illustrator Art Spiegelman: US satirist takes on Danish cartoons. (Hat tip: Michelle Malkin.)

NEW YORK - Controversial Danish cartoons of the Prophet Muhammad have been reprinted in a U.S. magazine with commentary by leading American cartoonist Art Spiegelman, who offers what he calls a “fatwa bomb meter” to rate their offensiveness.

Harper’s Magazine published the article by Spiegelman in its June edition, available on newsstands Tuesday. It joins only a handful of U.S. outlets that have printed the cartoons, which provoked furious protests that killed 50 people.

In his attempt to distribute blame evenly to all sides, Spiegelman offers up a complete distortion of the reasons why Jyllands-Posten published the cartoons:

“The Jyllands-Posten — a newspaper with a history of anti-immigrant bias — seemed somewhat disingenuous when it wrapped itself in the mantle of free speech to invite cartoonists to throw pies at the face of Muhammad,” Spiegelman wrote. ...
via LGF

Liberal Party of Canada

...oh look, a shiny object!

Kate,

What is so draconian about wanting to reduce dog attacks on unsuspecting adults and children?

On "CBC News: Today from Toronto", just before 1300 EDT, Peggy Mason of the Polaris Institute had a lengthy interview with Nancy Wilson in which Ms Mason expressed her opposition to the Canadian Forces' mission in Afghanistan. The fact that the Insitute is rather, shall we say leftish, was naturally not mentioned.

One of her key points was that our forces are now under US Operation Enduring Freedom (true) and that we don't know when they will transfer to NATO control. Totally false. The transfer is scheduled for July 31.
http://news.scotsman.com/latest.cfm?id=667782006&source=somnia

If Ms Mason does not know this simple fact she has no business commenting on Afghanistan, or else she is dissembling. And the ditzy host, Nancy Wilson, should have known enough (good luck!) about the subject to call Ms Mason on her misrepresentation.

Sadly, this is all too typical of the sort of "journalism" one has come to expect from the CBC.

Mark
Ottawa

In search of the real Iraq

I can't link to it yet, but the June issue of Commentary contains an excellent piece by Amir Taheri called "The Real Iraq." Taheri, a scholar who has witnessed Iraq first-hand over the course of 40 years, found upon returning here from a recent visit that he was "confronted with an image of Iraq that is unrecognizable" because the impression one gets in America "grossly ... distorts the realities of present-day Iraq."

Among his findings are these:

Jihadists and residual Baathists] have failed to translate their talent for mayhem and murder into political success. Their campaign has not succeeded in appreciably slowing down, let alone stopping, the country's democratization. Indeed, at each step along the way, the jihadists and Baathists have seen their self-declared objectives thwarted.

For almost three years, the insurgency worked hard to keep the Arab Sunni community, which accounts for some 15 percent of the population, out of the political process. But that campaign collapsed when millions of Sunnis turned out to vote in the constitutional referendum and in the second general election, which saw almost 11 million Iraqis go to the polls. As I write, all political parties representing the Arab Sunni minority have joined the political process and have strong representation in the new parliament. With the convening of that parliament, and the nomination in April of a new prime minister and a three-man presidential council, the way is open for the formation of a broad-based government of national unity to lead Iraq over the next four years.

The new strategy [of fomenting sectarian violence], like the ones previously tried, has certainly produced many deaths. But despite countless cases of sectarian killings by so-called militias, there is still no sign that the Shiites as a whole will acquiesce in the role assigned them by the insurgency and organize a concerted campaign of nationwide retaliation.

Taheri concludes that the situation in Iraq, though certainly "messy," is far from the disaster or failure that most Demcrats and their MSM allies depict.

Without visiting Iraq oneself, it's difficult to form a firm judgment as to the situation there. However, I'm far more inclined to believe Taheri than the Bush-hating, left leaning MSM whose claims now constitute the conventional wisdom....
powerlineblog.com

EDITORIAL: Liberals, where do you stand?
Toronto Star | 2006-05-17 | (editorial page)

Posted on 05/17/2006 1:03:48 PM PDT by Clive

We support Canada's military mission in Afghanistan and we urge Parliament to extend it to 2009 tonight.

Canada must help ensure that Afghanistan never again becomes a failed state, led by religious fanatics who give aid and comfort to terrorists, while turning innocent men, women and children into slaves.

It will be unfortunate if the opposition parties decide to cut and run now.

But it will be unconscionable if the Liberals do so, since they committed our troops to Afghanistan and to their current assignment in Kandahar just a few months ago.

Not after 15 [16] of our soldiers have died and dozens more have been injured doing the work the previous Liberal government sent them to do. ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1633920/posts

Human nature, Sometimes, persons who feel inadequate or who would like to exercise some vestage of personal power, tend to do so through the ownership of a dangerous dog.

Once, in a golf course, I met a fellow in a navy trench coat who had a vicious German Shepherd on a leash. It was clearly evident he was relishing his *personal power*.

That was in Vancouver. Similarily, here on Vancouver Island we see people who more often than not look as one may presume a drug dealer or dangerous dude to look and they have a Pit Bull on leash.

Double edged sword really. The leash is always mandatory as the Pit would kill other dogs. For that reason, it is extremely rare that we ever see a Pit Bull being walked in the local park where we locals walk our dogs. TG

I have looked for a copy of Tommy's thesis online a number of times without success. If it is available can someone please direct me to it?

Hassel, That was an understatement! Needed a double sugar!

"Ralph Goodale, the Liberal House leader, brought proceedings to halt when he interrupted to say that one of the Liberal MPs was surreptitiously using a Blackberry to pass on everything that was being said to CTV reporter Robert Fife, according to one participant."

Emphasis mine.

http://thestar.blogs.com/notebook/2006/05/broadcast_news.html

If you take The "L" out of Layton, and put in the "S" What does that spell ?

Toronto, C.C. for year's and then Leader of the N.D.P.

Two year extention just passed in the House of Commons.

Not sure I follow the logic of the labeling dog breeders thing. My wife and I have three Welsh Corgis (2 Cardis, one Pem, for those in the know) and are quite involved (although novices) in the dog show world in Eastern Ontario. All of our dogs came from 'responsible breeders' meaning that they were all checked for dysplasia and genetically transmitted diseases, were all raised on the couch and underfoot as puppies, well socialised, etc. Did we do wrong? Is it not correct to 'label' these breeders as responsible in comparison to the puppymillers just across the river in Quebec who sell any and all breeds of dog from a barn that nobody is allowed to see, and who 'register' them with a scam body that issues papers based on 'who you think the parents of the puppy were'? I'm not sure I really see how wanting ethical breeding practices and good animal husbandry can be considered detrimental to dogs in general. Perhaps someone can explain.

To David Brown; the pit-bull ban is draconian because it tars all dogs of a certain breed with one brush and is as effective, if not less so, than the gun registry. A dog of any breed can be dangerous; the issue is the owner's level of responsibility, the care, socialisation and training of the dog. Problems are seen more often with pit-bulls because of media hype, and also because there is a class of people who want to own these dogs precisely as aggressive animals, with the status that brings. Banning pitbulls will only cause these people to switch to other breeds, but the problem will remain. Legislation should focus on ownership and husbandry standards and while Ontario has woefully weak animal cruelty and care laws and basically no enforcement, there will continue to be problem dogs of all breeds. Most bites are from labradors...

Watched the Afghan vote on CPAC.

It's uncanny how Jack Layton always seems to know what "Canadians think".

Geez,with that kind of knowledge I'm surprised he didn't win the election with about 200 seats!

Ahhhh yes.
Let it Snow, indeed...
http://www.exposetheleft.com/2006/05/16/snow-cancer/

Here is the scoop on AdScam Martin: Commenter says Martin is "a piece of skvt."

He does not show up for the vote in the House of Commons.

What can be added to the following?

Martin: "I love Canada."

"This morning I'm told Stephen Harper had a little difficulty saying this, so I'll say it. I love Canada," he [Martin] said to the cheers of Liberal supporters.
http://www.politicswatch.com/martin-nov29-2005.htm

Subject: Martin doesn't bother to show

Author:
Up for vote

What a piece of shit he has become or always was. He left the Conservatives with this issue and in the end he ducks out - Shame

http://www.voy.com/178771/13187.html

"Most bites are from labradors"
Clive, I have been paying attention to this issue, And ill admit that i am not knowledgeable on the subject. I can only go with whatever i am able to glean from media reports. I have not been able to determine the severity of attacks by dogs. Bites mean nothing to me, my granddaughter has a chiuahua (SP) who could gnaw away for a while without causing severe injury.
Seems to me that when pit bulls attack, it is with the intent to kill, and they succeed sometimes.
Any info on this?

Most terriers as a breed were bred as attack dogs. That is working dogs who were bred with the sole purpose of relentlessly persuing their prey usually farm vermin that if unchecked would cause havoc with livestock and farming in general.

These dogs do not make very good house pets as their nature is to track and kill. In a cosmopolitan environment they are out of place and can frequently display bad attitude.

When you take this bad canine attitude and add an owner who also has attitude problems the mix can lethal or destructive.

It is my opinion that terriers with few exceptions be banned from urban areas and the owners who have little understanding of the nature of this class or breed be banned from ever owning a dog.

Bruce,

I like that. Jack Sayton.

Civil Servants around the world being victimized

City's blue-collar workers harassed: study
May 16 2006
Montreal
...Soares says depression, health problems and suicidal thoughts are rampant among the blue-collar workers who responded to his survey, and he blames city managers....
http://tinyurl.com/f4eod

EU executive tackles harassment
Nearly a fifth of the European commission’s 26,000 staff have experienced “psychological harassment” at work...
http://tinyurl.com/jrfy8

David Brown : I think we can safely call both McGuinty's and your own solution to the largely fictitious pit-bull problem 'draconian' :)

To make an analogy: Let's suppose that one year, the majority of deaths caused by drunk driving in Ontario are caused by people driving Fords. The McGuinty Liberal solution? Ban Fords. The smart solution? Step up drunk driving enforcement.

All dogs have breed dependent traits, but all dog behaviour is heavily influenced by training and socialisation. Responsible owners make for safe dogs. A well bred terrier, properly raised and controlled, need pose no threat to anyone. Responsible, in this context, means owners stepping up and correcting problem behaviours before anything happens, and, in extreme cases of aggression, that can mean euthanizing the animal. Responsibility and control are key, just as in driving. Banning a breed does nothing to educate or enforce responsibility on people who own dogs.

Clive,

You're half right.

Let me give you a personal observation. A few years ago I witnessed an older Boston Terrier make several attempts at pushing a mix-breed 12 week old puppy over a cliff. If I hadn't seen it myself I would never have believed it.

The terrier owner was a responsible dog owner neighbour of mine.

The point being is, that vetrinarians will tell you there is this concept of nature and nurture. The dog was well nutured but it's nature was to dispose of anything it saw as some kind of threat.

Terriers with the exception of Schnauzers were all bred as ground dogs and will display these characteristics every chance they get. Sometimes that means attacking an innocent child.

I have yet to form a definite position on this topic,there are no easy solutions.Here are a few of my thoughts,be they intelligent or not.

First,as long as dogs are part of our society,and indeed families,dog bites will be a fact of life.
I believe it is maulings that society must be focused on eliminating!The question is how do we do that without stepping all over the RIGHTS of responsible dog owners.I was once bit by a doberman,he went for the family jewels but luckily just got my hip(WHEW!).After that I would have called for the execution of all these dangerous animals.Two years later,I met a future close friend who happened to own a dobey.WITHOUT question,one of the most loveable pets I have ever known,nothing but a big muscular marshmallow.
I have yet to meet a pit-bull I trusted,personally,I believe their history should disqualify them as family pets.Yet some swear they have no such inclination,it is insecure thugs who raise the"bad"ones.

I suspect anyone here of any conscience would agree the #1 priority should be to protect our citizens,especially our kidlets,from dangerous animals.Municipalities have been weighing these rights for years,many going similar routes,hard to fault them if it saves one person from a horrible fate.Better safe than sorry,and all that.
I wonder why anyone would be as selfish to raise any large breed dog in the city.In many cases it seems unfair to the dog and surrounding neighbors.
Since most maulings and killings seem to be committed by a few breeds,it does not seem unreasonable to restrict them in major cities.

Finally,I believe our utterly useless justice system should be HAMMERING those who willfully create monsters living among us.Dangerous dog owners face virtually no sanctions for their irresponsible actions.That must change!

Oh,one more thought,if I may.When I see a pitbull owner who is using their dog SOLELY as a fashion statement of toughness,I always think the exact same thing.It must really suck to have a tiny little dick!

Tiny-dicked malcontents should first demonstrate responsibility by caring for a 'rescue dog' until it's natural death.

Press Release:

Over the past few weeks Bob Runciman, MPP Leeds & Grenville has taken up the fight over intrusive regulations of Ontario Farmer's Markets.

Today, it appears that Minister Smitherman, has realized the resolve of rural Ontario, exempting farmers markets from this needless legislation.

Congratulations to the Leeds & Grenville Landowners and the Ontario Landowners for bringing this to the forefront!

Jacqueline Fennell

President, LGLA

658-2724

May 17, 2006

LIBERAL GOVERNMENT ACCEPT RUNCIMAN’S PLEA ON FARMERS’ MARKETS

(Queen’s Park) – After a flurry of press coverage following Leeds Grenville MPP Bob Runciman’s criticism of the government’s plan to impose regulations on the province’s farmers’ markets, Minister George Smitherman announced an exemption for the markets.

"This is a great win for rural Ontario," exulted Runciman. "The government was feeling the heat for moving ahead with an assault on rural traditions and thank goodness the media attention has forced common sense to prevail."

Today’s announcement marked the third time in less than a year that Runciman has raised concerns that have resulted in policy reversals by the McGuinty Liberal government – 1000 Islands Premier Destination status, fish sanctuary denigrations along the Rideau, and now farmers’ markets regulations.

"It indicates that opposition members can play an effective role on behalf of Ontarians," concluded Runciman. ...
http://www.ruralrevolution.com/website/

Harper may snub annual press gallery dinner
Posted by fanfan
On 05/18/2006 1:19:49 PM PDT · 5 replies · 73 views

CTV News | Thu. May. 18 2006 | David Akin
Ottawa -- The prime minister may snub the annual Parliamentary Press Gallery dinner this fall, a move he's considering in order to register his displeasure with an ongoing disagreement his office has with Parliament Hill journalists over the way his press conferences ought to be conducted. CTV News has learned that Stephen Harper plans to tell his caucus at a future meeting that he will not attend the dinner, to be held Nov. 25 at the Canadian Museum of Civilization in Gatineau, Que. He will not insist that other caucus members boycott the Press Gallery dinner but many Conservative MPs...

Pierre Trudeau is believed to be the last prime minister to snub the gallery dinner. Trudeau was unhappy at the time about press reports describing his marriage to Margaret Trudeau. ...
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1634559/posts

Excerpt:

It used to be said that the "pen was mightier than the sword". A ban on swords means it makes even greater sense to ban pens. If Koranic bookstores were held to the same standard as gunstores there would probably be an outcry in Europe. But if the authorities inexplicably decided that books, not people, killed people then authorities might get a running start on their campaign by adapting the messages from the Brady Campaign.

Why Should I Have to Wait to Buy a Handgun?

Why Should I Have to Wait to Buy a Koran?
How many times have you seen the phrase "in a jealous rage" in newspapers reporting about a homicide in your area? Or "a crime of passion"? They may seem like clichés, but clichés are born out of fact. And surely using a gun in the act of committing a crime of rage or passion happens far too often in this country.

Why is it necessary to be able to buy a gun - the only commercially marketed product designed solely to kill - with so little restrictions, precautions, safety requirements or investigation to determine whether or not the purchaser has a history of crime or violence? Yet for most of this nation's history, this has been the case. And daily headlines betray our lack of concern for this tragically preventable loss of life. ...

The Gun Control Act of 1968 established categories of prohibited gun purchasers and possessors, including convicted felons, fugitives from justice, minors, individuals with a history of mental illness, anyone dishonorably discharged from the military, expatriates, and illegal aliens. But, until the implementation of the Brady Law in 1994, gun sales operated on an "honor system." A prospective firearm purchaser merely had to sign a statement attesting that he or she was not legally forbidden from purchasing a firearm. In most states, no follow-up was conducted to make sure the statements made on the form were true. ...
How many times have you seen the phrase "Allah made me do it" in newspapers reporting about a beheading in your area? Or "a punishment for blasphemy"? They may seem like clichés, but clichés are born out of fact. And surely using a Koranic verse in the act of committing a crime of rage or passion happens far too often in this country.

Why is it necessary to be able to buy a book - designed solely to inspire killing - with so little restrictions, precautions, safety requirements or investigation to determine whether or not the purchaser has a history of crime or violence? Yet for most of this nation's history, this has been the case. And daily headlines betray our lack of concern for this tragically preventable loss of life.

The Koran Control Act of 2008 established categories of prohibited book purchasers and possessors, including convicted terrorists, fugitives from Guantanmo, IED manufacturers, individuals with a history of mental illness, anyone dishonorably discharged from penitentiaries, known to insert explosives in their shoes, or with a pathological hatred for Jews. But, until the implementation of the Koran Control Law in 2008, sales operated on an "honor system." A prospective purchaser merely had to sign a statement attesting that he or she could write. In most states, no follow-up was conducted to make sure the statements made on the form were true. ...

This is parody but I'm not exactly sure why. This parody is in fact the actual argument made for banning "hate speech", except "hate speech" only seems to apply to people like Paul Belien of the Brussels Journal but hardly ever to the ...
http://www.fallbackbelmont.blogspot.com/

http://www.theinfozone.net/salw-news.html#thailand

May 18, 2006

UN Gun Conference -- Thailand

As reported May 12th, Professor Gary Mauser's comments on Earl Turcotte, who chaired a
recent Canadian UN Committee meeting appear very accurate.

Leading to the June UN Small Arms Light Weapons Conference, Aiming to prepare for an
upcoming United Nations conference on illegal gun trafficking worldwide, some 70
participants from governments and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) across South
and Southeast Asia have gathered in Thailand for a two-day workshop on specific aspects
of the problem.

The discussions in Bangkok will help lay the groundwork for the Review Conference on
eradicating the illicit trade in small arms and light weapons, to be held in New York from 26
June to 7 July. Topics include the implementation of an international pact on marking and
tracing, export/import controls, and supply and demand.

Organized by the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific of the
Department for Disarmament Affairs, the workshop is sponsored by the Governments of
Canada, Japan and Thailand, along with the UN Development Programme (UNDP). The
June conference will review progress since an international action plan was adopted in
2001 to fight the menace posed by small arms and light weapons. Among other provisions,
countries agreed to ensure that licensed manufacturers apply an appropriate and reliable
marking on each small arm and light weapon as an integral part of the production process.

They also committed themselves to keeping comprehensive and accurate records for as
long as possible on the manufacture, holding and transfer of small arms and light weapons
under their jurisdiction. In addition, countries agreed to strengthen their ability to cooperate
in identifying and tracing illicit small arms and light weapons and guaranteed that all
confiscated, seized or collected small arms and light weapons should be destroyed.

As reported, Gary Mauser recently wrote the Chairman of Canada's Foreign Affairs
Committee after attending a meeting of Canada's SALW Committee.

Mauser stated, ""The Canadian National Committee on SALW has spent tens of millions of
dollars - possibly hundreds of millions -- on a large number of vague "feel good" projects
around the world. At least 24 different international programs and initiatives are listed as
being funded or largely funded by them." It appears that while Canada's goverment is
moving to stop the waste from Canada's gun registry, the bureaucrats in the Department of
Foreign Affairs have choosen "even though they do not have a mandate from the new
Conservative government, they intend to continue acting as if they had," as Mauser noted.

Canada's Minister for Foreign Affairs, Peter MacKay, could not be reached for comment.

Clive says ** More bites by Labs than any other dog.** Apples & oranges.

Pitt Bull jaws are locking steel clamps and the very hard muscluar body enables them to end human life, like no other dog can.

Dalmations, the friendly fireman*s friend can be very vicious and unpredictable. One is in our area, and I have seen people look amazed when their concepts are shattered. TG

Get another 30 years out of your life span.

Be Smart! Wear a hat and sunglasses.
Keep hot sun exposure to 20 minutes sessions and less.

You are young and hate hats. .. Adjust, you will get used to it.

Avoiding the sun is like banking for a healthy future. Otherwise, study the following. You may need it. Do not be a sun worshipper. Tooo costly!

http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=27106&pageIndex=1

http://tinyurl.com/e89dq

It's like a tree with roots, explains Dr. Kriegel. *If you cut a tree down and leave part of the roots behind, over time those roots are going to cause the skin cancer to grow back. At that point, it's a much more difficult treatment plan because the tumor is much larger. That's where Mohs surgery comes into play.*

Mohs micrographic surgery, mostly used for recurring basal and squamous cell carcinomas, combines the removal of the tumor and the lab work at the same time. It's a multistage process, which can mean a long day for the patient, but at the end of it, all the cancer is gone.

Here's how it works: After the lesion is identified, the doctor will inject a local anesthetic and then remove the entire lesion. It goes to the laboratory, where the tissue is sliced and slides are prepared.

Then the surgeon examines the slides under the microscope, looking for the skin cancer cells. Sometimes that first cut, or layer, will completely treat the cancer.

*But getting back to the example of the tree,* says Dr. Kriegel, *often there will be roots, or cancer cells, left behind. We map the roots, then go back to the patient and remove that area of tissue without removing any normal skin.* The process is repeated until the slides indicate that all is clear.

In my case, the surgeon removed the lesion, and I was shocked at the silver-dollar-sized crater on my forehead. Luckily, the microscope slides gave an all clear from that first round, so the doctor bandaged me up, and I headed to the office of my brother-in-law, the plastic surgeon.

He explained that he would be able to stretch and pull the wound up into my hairline for a minimally visible scar, but I was concerned about looking lopsided.

He assured me that my elastic, young skin would even itself out. After the surgery, I looked a tad asymmetrical for a while, and was sore and swollen too. But eventually my eyebrows did level off. Was all this worth the sun-worshipping I'd done in my younger days? Not on your life.

Part of a Readers Digest piece. / TG

Baathed in Blood
Chronicling the horror, and scope, of Saddam's tyranny.
by Gerard Alexander
05/22/2006, Volume 011, Issue 34

Le Livre noir de Saddam Hussein
Edited by Chris Kutschera
Oh! Editions, 701 pp., 29.90 Euros

IN A BRIGHT ROOM IN Baghdad, Saddam Hussein is on trial. In the din of America's public square, so is the invasion that overthrew him. An international stable of writers argue that the only evidence that matters, in both trials, is of Saddam's horrifying human rights violations. Nine years after the acclaimed Black Book of Communism appeared, another French publisher has issued a 701-page "black book of Saddam Hussein" that pushes to the background all talk of WMDs, skewed intelligence, terrorism, and democratization, and focuses our attention on the atrocities of a tyrant of historic proportions.

The book's editor, veteran French journalist Chris Kutschera, concludes that while "the American war may not have been the ideal way to put an end to Saddam Hussein's dictatorship," there was no better one, because overthrow was simply no longer possible from within a savagely repressed society. So: No invasion, more Saddam. And that was an outcome these authors--an array of Middle Eastern, European, and American journalists, academics, and activists--could not bear. ...
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Utilities/printer_preview.asp?idArticle=12218&R=EC643701F

(Check out the "Fort Jesus" in the story.)

The Koranic Fish Caper

We have civil war in Gaza, North Korea threatening to light off a long-range ballistic missile, Iran threatening nuclear holocaust, and now, on top of all that, the Koranic tuna has been stolen, pilfered right out from under the noses of Islamic experts trying to determine if it was a hoax or a genuine, gill-breathing, very tasty when broiled or barbecued, sign from the Almighty. (Hat tip: Killian Bundy.)

A fish with markings that resembled a Koranic text has disappeared from the Kenyan Fisheries Department in Mombasa.

The tuna fish, which had provoked intense interest from Muslims, was apparently stolen by people posing as National Museum officials.

The theft was discovered when the real official from the museum, based at Fort Jesus in Mombasa, came to get the fish.

The fish was being studied to find out if the Arabic inscription “You are the best provider” was natural or a hoax.

Sceptics say the writing was the work of someone who caught the fish and then threw it back into the sea. But others say this would be impossible, and local imams are said to have been talking in the mosques about the fish. ...

Officials from the museum and the country’s fisheries department have launched a low-profile search for the stolen fish, fearing possible anger from Muslims if they hear it has been stolen.

But we’ll always have this picture, sure to inspire learned treatises for decades:
via LGF

This guy seems to understand what ails the liberal party.
Lets not clue them in though okay? I'd like to see a "decisive Harper" majority.

http://lfpress.ca/newsstand/Today/Columnists/Brown_Dan/2006/05/18/1586404.html

“Televised singing contests may be silly. But at this moment in our country’s history, American Idol and its other iterations are succeeding in getting a disengaged and disenchanted electorate excited. Bob Rae can’t say he’s doing the same.”

Get another 30 years out of your life span.

Be Smart! Wear a hat and sunglasses.
Keep hot sun exposure to 20 minutes sessions and less.

You are young and hate hats. .. Adjust, you will get used to it.

Avoiding the sun is like banking for a healthy future. Otherwise, study the following. You may need it. Do not be a sun worshipper. Tooo costly!

http://www.rd.com/content/openContent.do?contentId=27106&pageIndex=1

http://tinyurl.com/e89dq

It's like a tree with roots, explains Dr. Kriegel. *If you cut a tree down and leave part of the roots behind, over time those roots are going to cause the skin cancer to grow back. At that point, it's a much more difficult treatment plan because the tumor is much larger. That's where Mohs surgery comes into play.*

Mohs micrographic surgery, mostly used for recurring basal and squamous cell carcinomas, combines the removal of the tumor and the lab work at the same time. It's a multistage process, which can mean a long day for the patient, but at the end of it, all the cancer is gone.

Here's how it works: After the lesion is identified, the doctor will inject a local anesthetic and then remove the entire lesion. It goes to the laboratory, where the tissue is sliced and slides are prepared.

Then the surgeon examines the slides under the microscope, looking for the skin cancer cells. Sometimes that first cut, or layer, will completely treat the cancer.

*But getting back to the example of the tree,* says Dr. Kriegel, *often there will be roots, or cancer cells, left behind. We map the roots, then go back to the patient and remove that area of tissue without removing any normal skin.* The process is repeated until the slides indicate that all is clear.

In my case, the surgeon removed the lesion, and I was shocked at the silver-dollar-sized crater on my forehead. Luckily, the microscope slides gave an all clear from that first round, so the doctor bandaged me up, and I headed to the office of my brother-in-law, the plastic surgeon.

He explained that he would be able to stretch and pull the wound up into my hairline for a minimally visible scar, but I was concerned about looking lopsided.

He assured me that my elastic, young skin would even itself out. After the surgery, I looked a tad asymmetrical for a while, and was sore and swollen too. But eventually my eyebrows did level off. Was all this worth the sun-worshipping I'd done in my younger days? Not on your life.

Part of a Readers Digest piece. / TG