Oh no, not again...
Climate change destroys a dynasty. I blame the SUV's!
Prairie Policy Centre presents the next in a discussion series, "Oil - What does it mean to Saskatchewan?" ( January 10th at the Willows Golf & Country Club, Saskatoon) Registration form
The planned American University of Iraq
...is modeled after the famous private universities in Cairo and Beirut. The project’s managers have a board of trustees; a business plan recently completed by McKinsey & Company, an international consulting firm; three candidates for university president; and $25 million, much of it in pledges from the American government and Kurdish sources. To fulfill their dream, they need much more: $200 million to $250 million over 15 years, said Azzam Alwash, the board’s executive secretary.
"bomb, bomb Denmark, bomb, bomb USA" - It almost reads like a bumper sticker.
This isn't your father's Momobile.
Add yours in the comments.
I jusr read on another blog that a fellow ,Richard Coles,a prominent liberal from P.E.I. has been arrested on charges of break and enter nad sexual assault. Anyone hear anything about this?
Posted by: wallyj at January 3, 2007 8:01 PMLoopie Louise does not swing:
"UN rights chief asks Iraq stop executions"
http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070103/wl_canada_nm/canada_iraq_saddam_arbour_col_1
"United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Louise Arbour on Wednesday appealed to
Iraq not to execute two ex-officials from the administration of former president Sadam Hussein.
An earlier appeal from Arbour not to carry out a death sentence on Saddam himself, executed last Saturday, was brushed aside by the authorities in Baghdad.
Arbour said she had sent her latest appeal -- referring to Saddam's half-brother and former intelligence chief Barzan al-Tikriti and a former chief judge, Awad al-Bander -- directly to Iraqi President Jalal Talabani.
"International law, as it currently stands, only allows the imposition of the death penalty as an exceptional measure within rigourous legal constraints," said the former Canadian High Court justice.
She said concerns that she expressed about the fairness and impartiality of Saddam's trial applied equally to the other two men, whose appeals against sentence -- like that of Saddam -- have been rejected.
"I have therefore today directly appealed to the President of the Republic of Iraq to refrain from carrying out these sentences," Arbour declared.
Under Iraq's international obligations, she said, the Baghdad government was bound to give the two men the opportunity to seek commutation of the sentence or pardon."
Her view of reality:
http://www.damianpenny.com/archived/007145.html
Mark
Ottawa
New York Times headline generator.
http://thepeoplescube.com/red/viewtopic.php?t=463
The site is kinda like The Onion.
Here are a few sidebars:
Scientists: kicking Rosie's ass might shift Earth's orbit
Trump to sue Rosie after she eats all next season's Apprentice contestants
Miss Teen USA dropped by MADD, finds new contract with "Mothers For Drunk Sluts"
Putin set to announce next year's election results this Tuesday
Posted by: Stan at January 3, 2007 8:38 PMRe: Chinese cars in NA
I thought free trade and globalization were good things.
Posted by: lberia at January 3, 2007 8:44 PMRevenge Is Justice
Front Page Magazine ^ | January 3, 2007 | David Horowitz
It's a pinch myself day when the lead news story is about recriminations and regrets that Saddam Hussein, a man who incarnates evil, was not treated more decently at his belated hanging. And the editorial hand-wringing is that this was revenge not justice. As though being nice to someone who put human beings in plastic shredders -- head first -- and boiled even his relatives in oil, would make us more civilized rather than less.
Revenge is justice. Saddam should have been drawn and quartered. The best thing about his execution was the presence of Shi'ia muslims taunting him with the memory of one of his Shi'ia victims.
The shameless left and shameless liberals who would have kept this monster in power and are now shedding tears over the fact that he was killed should have the decency to let the Iraqis have their moment of revenge, pitiful as it is compared to the crimes this monster committed.
Thankfully, at least one liberal -- the editor of the New Republic Marty Peretz -- has had some sensible things to say on this subject in today's Wall Street Journal....-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762090/posts
Cbc news has the story on this liberal who was arrested. I don't know how to provide links,so if you go to cbc news,then PEI,you should be able to find it. He was arrested a couple of weeks ago,but I guess in the hustle and bustle of the holiday season the msm failed to notice until now.
Posted by: wallyj at January 3, 2007 9:03 PMthey only notice it now because Kate and co made it so.
...and slimberia having the commies in china take our money is NOT a good thing. unless your mo strong and get a cut?
Posted by: FREE at January 3, 2007 9:11 PMCanwest/MSM puts up this headline:
Bedard blames Canada
...-
Rewrite headline:
Bedard blames Quebec
Quote:
"In the missive, Ms. Bedard said she and Mr. Mazhari were leaving Canada for Washington, D.C., to escape "bureaucratic terrorism" in the Quebec justice system."
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/story.html?id=99125c2f-9663-4d36-b778-dbeb46097857&k=0
Posted by: maz2 at January 3, 2007 9:11 PMRe: Muslim: I didn't mean bomb U.S.
"...He denies soliciting murder and using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior with intent to stir up racial hatred..."
I have to wonder: is he any relation to Robert McClelland?
Posted by: just sound bites at January 3, 2007 9:25 PMJaved says he got carried away. Hopefully the Brit justice system will see that they carry the carrying to it's logical and sensible conclusion, and carry him away for a long time.
Posted by: Len Pryor at January 3, 2007 9:28 PMHATE IS NOT JUST "OVER THERE" --
COMMENTS FROM "RAW STORY" ABOUT MICHELLE MALKIN
MY EMAIL TO EDWARDS, US presidential candidate:
MR. JOHN EDWARDS: You advertise on the RAW STORY for your 2008 presidential campaign. Here is a sampling of comments from a Jan 3, 2007 article about Michelle Malkan (are you sure you want to advertise here?):
FROM:
http://www.rawstory.com/comments/25036.html
Comments: [Add New]
January 3rd, 2007 at 13:03:30 From: Tom3
No body armor for Malkin.
If she got blown up and killed, it would be a great day for America. That skanky conservo-whore is a disgusting piece of shit. She supports illegal detention of US citizens. Malkin is a fucking cunt.
January 3rd, 2007 at 13:11:27 From: Bobo the Clown
HI-larious
It's nice to see a true chickenhawk venture into Iraq, protected as she will be and not in the military. But it's all for show. Malkin is a P.O.S. whose only followers are slack-jawed, knuckle-dragging rethugs and christofascists.
January 3rd, 2007 at 13:12:07 From: Bobo the Clown
I hope she gets fragged....
January 3rd, 2007 at 13:47:40 From:
January 3rd, 2007 at 13:51:35 From: Jeanne
embedded...
So does this mean I get to see her on the Sean Hannity throne? Don't these people realize they are not considered reporters and they just look like dumba**es trying to get some attention? Who respects what they write or have to say? Embedded...bullshyt. Doesn't the military have better things to do than show these doorknobs around the greenzone?
January 3rd, 2007 at 13:56:28 From: Free thought
PLEASE GOD!
Three little letters: I E D And FUCK AP!
January 3rd, 2007 at 14:01:41 From: Jeanne
January 3rd, 2007 at 14:21:28 From: X
Bush only needs 19,999 more conservative keyboard commandos
If Malkin happens to not return I for one won't shed a tear. She's evil. That said, she's of military age and supports the folly, so get her into action!! Bush will only need 19,999 more conservative keyboard commandos.
January 3rd, 2007 at 14:54:27 From: FilthyGOPpederasts
CNN is paying for her security?
Michelle should be fighting on the front lines and let her family pay for her body armor and body bag, just like so many troops are forced to do so. Being that she is such vocal cheerleader for this war, she wont need counseling after getting gang raped in appreciation for her war cheerleading skills.
January 3rd, 2007 at 15:14:54 From: pious pete
to free thought
So you think the Party of Life is a big joke? Careful, or you may be laughing all the way to Hell. Fear not my young cherub, for the POL, fortified by it's holy warriors like Father Dobson and Rev Falwell, can save you. Note that everyone here wants Malkin to die over there. Amybe they are just jelious of both her journalistic entegrety as well as her courage and bravery. Remember, don't balme the messenger if she uncovers the left leaning AP for what it really is, a tool for wiccan satanist tofu eating baby slaughtering liberals
January 3rd, 2007 at 15:17:42 From: pious pete to January 3rd, 2007 at 15:14:02
Right on about WJM. Did you catch his admission of being a "closeted gay satanic seditionist"? To be fair, maybe someone hyjacked his handle, hopefully WJM will clear this up for us all today
January 3rd, 2007 at 15:27:18 From: Bobo the Clown
I don't have any damn kids
Nor would i be so irresponsible to bring them into this fucked up world. Pious, just STFU and return to your mom's basement where no doubt a huge stack of Big Macs, supersized fries and a bucket of KFC await you. Then again, maybe you are in a food coma now, what with the extra-inane babbling, there must be a reason. Malkin is evil, and SHE is the racist. She was in favor of the Japanese internment camp, one of the most embarassing episodes in the U.S.'s history. What would Father Dobson say? Oh yeah... probably that Jesus hates Japanese too...
January 3rd, 2007 at 15:34:12 From: madamab
get a clue wingers
Malkin is a pathetic loser. She doesn't have one scrap of integrity, and the only journalistic skill she has is being one of the few good-looking "conservative" women on TV. Thus, she deserves whatever she gets if she's stupid enough to go to Iraq. Here's a thought: since you all love her so much, why don't you join her? I'll bet your support of the war would last up to the exact moment you exit the Green Zone and the first IED blows your arm off. Awwwww, sorry, I was wrong to suggest you actually accept the consequences of your warmongering!!! What was I thinking?!!! It's okay, wingers, you can all stop crying and sucking your thumbs now... MORONS.
January 3rd, 2007 at 15:34:48 From: loretta
we can only hope
for some more "friendly fire"
January 3rd, 2007 at 15:40:33 From:
Malkin should make herself usefull
Malkin should "service" our troops while she is there. So heres a leftie that doesnt want her to die....I want to see her on her knees slurp slurp
January 3rd, 2007 at 16:02:02 From: GAG!
Oh Gawd!!
Who is the LOSER that thinks Malkin is "good-looking"? GAG!!! BARF!!! Malkin is a fucking chihuahua!!! I E D!! I E D!! I E D!! I E D!! I E D!!
January 3rd, 2007 at 16:15:04 From: Tom3
Michelle Malkin is good looking???
http://www.rodneyanonymous.com/archives/m3.jpg That ugly bitch whore is NOT a looker.
January 3rd, 2007 at 16:16:03 From: Tim
I don't wish for Malkin's death, that would be too easy, I want her to be maimed with loss of limbs and just enough brain damage so that she knows she is fucked up. That would be proper punishment for her spewing propaganda that helped kill and maim more than 25,000 of our guys.
January 3rd, 2007 at 16:22:16 From: NEVERVote RepublicanAgain
There is no place like Iraq for Michelle. May she provide cover to one of our troops and stop the bullet before it kills our troops. Take one for the military, Michelle, otherwise, STFUYSI and stay over there. We don't need unAmerican people like you here so just go away and hold the cross for the Bush crusades.
January 3rd, 2007 at 16:54:13 From: Bobo the Clown
Dobson is a pervert and an abuser
self-admittedly. And January 3rd, 2007 at 16:42:13 if you actually think there is GOOD NEWS coming out of Iraq, you must be on crystal meth. But then, most trailer trash is. I'm sure you're no different. Why don't you go look at the horror that is Iraq, pics are available everywhere on the web, and after you see a few blown up kiddies and mourning, screaming people, report back here and tell me what "good" is going on. And whoever above suggested I stop name-calling, go fuck yourself. My personal style is to call a spade a spade. If you don't like it, don't read it, moron.
January 3rd, 2007 at 17:26:47 From: Bobo the Clown
We're all grownups are we not?
Who cares about a little cussing? Get over it. The biggest intellectuals on the planet cuss so what's your point, anon at January 3rd, 2007 at 16:58:36, hmmmm? Do you think Henry Miller is a simpleton? Well, if not, then your cute lil' quote is invalid. Grow up. Swear words and name-calling is fun! Enjoy some yerself!
January 3rd, 2007 at 17:28:09 From: Tom3
AP told the truth
They're real journalists. Malkin, OTOH, is a neocon whore from the reich-wing noise machine and has zero journalistic credentials and zero credibility.
January 3rd, 2007 at 17:39:20 From: IEDs for Malkin!
IED! IED! IED!
Three cheers for Malkin: I-E-D!! I-E-D!! I-E-D!! Hooo-rah!!!
January 3rd, 2007 at 18:02:09 From: FU
I luv when wingnuts flock to this message board. It means they're scared shitless and on the run. 295?? sheesh, have some more fried chicken, lots more.
January 3rd, 2007 at 18:09:10 From: bb
Making a bad situation skankier.
January 3rd, 2007 at 18:11:07 From: Independent 295?
Sounds like you've gained some weight over the holiday's there Petey; doesn't look like Raw is getting too serious about their comment standards yet.......they're still letting you and that other no-name projectionist on here to make asses of yourselves. Hypocrites you say? Don't make me laugh. As for Malkin, she doesn't realize the AP is corporate conservative media......she better be careful and watch her back- the neo-cons are known for eating their own. A fragging of her would make the world a much better place. While she's at it, why don't we have her take Laura Engram along, too. Those are two bitches I wouldn't miss.
January 3rd, 2007 at 18:12:07 From: Yu Stin Ki Pu
FU as in fu*k you or in "it was" in manda rin ?
January 3rd, 2007 at 19:13:06 From: Bercebu48
Hope we don't see your face again. Go back to the Phillipines.
January 3rd, 2007 at 19:26:45 From: Malkin Hoe Patrol
Take Jeff Gannon.
Gannon made a claim he was a Marine on his male prostution resume. Jeff and Michelle can turn tricks for stray Iraqi farm animals and pets.
iberia
It's not a good thing when the recipient of our wealth and raw material is making warlike noises, not only with respect to its neighbours, but through a senior Chinese general who recently made some not too oblique references to China's capability to drop missiles onto the U.S.A.
We learned a hard lesson when we helped to build the Japanese and German war machines by selling them the metals that they needed. In the first months of the war, Germany even continued to acquire Canadian nickel from Sweden. Apparently, the hard lesson has been forgotten except by a few old farts like me.
The worst part of all this is that, because Chinese goods are "cheap" we have allowed the North American industrial base to decay to the point that, if war breaks out, China will be in the position of America in WWII, when U.S. industrial might was the key to allied victory. Imagine China able to turn out an endless stream of war material while North American industrial plants are in ruins. The term "rustbelt" is no exageration and, to me, it's scary as hell.
Posted by: Zog at January 3, 2007 9:46 PMMy tip for today is this classic youtube.com/watch?v=D1vb8RwZxR4 video, which I nominate for the theme music for Small Dead Animals, like this:
Come ride a little train that is rolling down the tracks to the junction.
Forget about your cares, it is time to relax at the junction.
Lotsa curves, you bet, even more when you get, to the junction.
Blogosphere Junction.
There's a little hotel called the S-D-A at the junction.
It is run by Kate, come and be her guest at the junction.
And that's Uncle Joe, he's a movin' kind of slow, at the junction.
Blogosphere Junction.
My apologies in advance to anyone who doesn't appreciate the humour I see in this. My intentions are purely honourable and good-natured; y'all know I'm a long-time Friend of Small Dead Animals. Oh, and I get to be Uncle Joe ;-)
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 3, 2007 9:55 PMCheck out this headline from the Toronto Star: "Liberals, PCs in dead heat: Poll."
They ain't talking provincially.
thestar.com/News/article/167555
Forget bias -- it's beginning to look like the media's new problem is stupid and careless mistakes.
Posted by: Kerry at January 3, 2007 9:56 PMHistory about to repeat itself? Ann Coulter on how Iraq could turn out to be like Vietnam.
http://www.humanevents.com/article.php?id=18768
Posted by: Fritz at January 3, 2007 9:56 PMOh no, not again...
No not "again"..... "Still" as in Never Stopped!
The narrative has been decided by the leftstream media hacks and continues to follow their bent.
So Mo Strong and George Soros are going to save the world by building cars in China where there are no enviromental laws to interfere with their profits.
They will likely decimate the US auto industry which builds cars in relatively enviromentally friendly North American auto factories.
Net gain for Mo and Soros; lots of dirty capitalist dollars.
Net gain for the enviroment; lots of polluting Chinese automobile factories.
The dummies in the MSM will help them every step of the way.
Re: nickel
Sorry, brain fart. The nickel stocks were in Norway - not Sweden. (The biggerst supply was in German, at I.G. Farben, the principal pre-war importer.)
Posted by: Zog at January 3, 2007 10:18 PM"But the Democrats turned their backs on South Vietnam, betrayed an ally and trashed America's word. Within a month of Ford's last appeal to Congress to help South Vietnam, Saigon fell."
Ann Coulter ...-
Fritz, aka lberia, aka Lavrenty Beria said:
"History about to repeat itself? Ann Coulter on how Iraq could turn out to be like Vietnam."
Misinformation by Lavrenty Beria, aka Fritz: The Democrats, as pointed out by Coulter, cut off funds for the Vietnam War; the US retreated shortly after.
Democrats and Taliban Jack and Citoyen Dion are the cut'n'runners. And lberia, aka Fritz, were in the first chopper out of Saigon. ...-
Posted by: maz2 at January 3, 2007 10:20 PMMo sets up Kyoto. Canada sends money to China. China and mo make cars. China and mo make more money.The enviroment gets worse.Now why is Kyoto such a good thing? Because mo sends money to the liberals.
Posted by: wallyj at January 3, 2007 10:36 PMRe: my 8:44 pm post
I was being sarcastic about free trade and globalization being good things. Just think how globaliztion has been promoted by big corporations for a long time, telling lies about how it's better for everyone, while in reality the philosophy was "screw the local economy because profits trump everything." And now it appears that this greediness will come back to haunt them. The rest of us too, unfortunately.
Posted by: lberia at January 3, 2007 10:41 PMDespite my being criticised for having brought cold, dull, weather to Australia, the local met office reports 2006 as being the hottest year since 1904.
So, it was hotter in 1904. So?
Sweltering in Darwin.
Posted by: Wimpy Canadian at January 3, 2007 10:58 PMzog: re 9:46 pm comments
I think you'll find this article interesting...
http://www.goiam.org/uploadedFiles/Pick_A_Fight/SURGE/SURGE_Summer.pdf
Posted by: lberia at January 3, 2007 11:14 PMah petticoat junction. that brings memories keying on a trio of cute occupants of the water tower. mr drucker the variety store owner/postmaster was my favorite hick.
anyway, regarding iraq and troop levels, lemme see if Ive got the equation right here:
3,000 dead american armed forces personnel =
economic rebirth etc and much expanded liberty for iraqis
is that it in a nutshell?
who made the deliberate calculated decision that this was the way it was going to be?
was rumsfeld horror of horrors, WRONG in his sales pitch/assessment of the time frame? cant have it both ways folks !!! so is it or is it not the methods selected to free iraq from saddam ???
a continuing daily sacrifice of american lives so that a lot more iraqis can engage in business and not fear saddam will target them for his next mass murder spree?
if thats the case, what's 'in it' for the americans other than some brownie points and a lot of flak ???
O-I-L
got that? OIL. and lots of it.
cant have it both ways !!!
either rumsfeld fuked up the estimates (or lied about his real plans) or the decision has not been fully and openly acknowledged that THIS is going to be the M.O. in iraq, continue to give up a couple dozen americans every month so that iraq can have free elections and economic renewal.
which is it?
and another thing: saddam is kaputnick and no wmds threaten if there ever were any in meaningful numbers.
why not gtf out then ??? like the carrier banner said: "mission accomplished". or do americans just like to pick a fight?
"Just think how globaliztion has been promoted by big corporations for a long time, telling lies about how it's better for everyone, while in reality the philosophy was "screw the local economy because profits trump everything." And now it appears that this greediness will come back to haunt them."
milton freidman is having a wet dream right now over this.
if the big players are so unhappy with the status quo, howcum legions of trade delegations constantly hike over to beijing to ink deals???
why do we periodically here of yet another international opening shop in the most populous nation ???
why do we turn over half the friggin middle of the road every day type merchandise, from tools to kitchen gadgets to plumbing fixtures and electronics and see "made in china" ???
could it be part of a bigger plan to seduce us first with low prices then they buy up our major mfging and resource industries with the money we gave them for these 'trinkets' ???
reminiscent of what the early explorers did with the native north americans ....
just wondering....
Posted by: bollocks at January 3, 2007 11:53 PMUm, Robert, or should I call you Mr. Haney, there were four cute occupants of the water tower.
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 3, 2007 11:53 PMIt would appear Mr. bollocks is off his meds again.
(Am I alone in detecting a certain histrionic style similarity between Mr. bollocks and a certain obnoxious leftard who Kate 86'ed from this blog a few months back?)
Posted by: Dave at January 4, 2007 12:33 AMwhat it boils down to is mo' money for mo. he don't care where it comes from as long as it comes. kyoto ain't workin out like it's supposed to so he moves to china and starts building cars...american named cars. the chery. the conspiracy theorist in me smells a rat
Posted by: kelly at January 4, 2007 12:42 AMYou are not alone, Dave, it is indeed the once-BA/BSc who hasn't yet figured out Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction. But Kate doesn't like us to go on about these sorts of things here, so I'll leave it at that.
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 4, 2007 1:21 AMgo on about things like that vitruvius please. it's hard to tell the leftard from the not sometimes
Posted by: kelly at January 4, 2007 1:34 AMthe twerp we have been entertaining, aka bollocks,
aka, robert mcl?!! and he compares us to native americans? guess we're in for a comeuppance.
FFB.
http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xtxev_insurgent-toast-in-afar-iraq
Posted by: toasty at January 4, 2007 1:58 AMWell, it's against my better judgement, Kelly, but since you ask I will admit that ET and I are the gal and the guy in this video: www.youtube.com/watch?v=9OnS3P01lwM&NR
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 4, 2007 2:15 AMiberia
Thanks for the Surge link. Damned good stuff. That article should be nailed to the door of every WalMart, CrappyTire, Future Shop etc. and tatooed on the belly of every North American politician. Without the factories for small stuff, our entire manufacturing base will ultimately go down the toilet. Will? Shit, we already don't import just consumer goods but heavy equipment. Even Paul Martin's ships are built in China now.
Rome became weak and vulnerable when its proud and independent citizen farmers were impoverished and moved to town to live more or less on the dole, while defense of the empire was relegated more and more to mercenaries. North America is becoming vulnerable because young people who can't find high-paying jobs making steel or building ships aren't learning to do anything but flip burgers and guide tourists!
It's interesting that people as politically opposed as you and I, plus the machinists union and, I presume, D.J. McGuire et. al. are on the same page on this, so maybe there's still hope, but I don't count on it. Anyway, the balloon won't go up for a few years yet, and by then I'll be on the wrong side of the grass, so F*** it.
Hey, McGuire, check out this link.
http://www.goiam.org/uploadedFiles/Pick_A_Fight/SURGE/SURGE_Summer.pdf
bollocks said:
"if thats the case, what's 'in it' for the americans other than some brownie points and a lot of flak ???
O-I-L
got that? OIL. and lots of it."
Let me get this straight. You're saying that America sent 150000 troops halfway around the world of oil. Sent them to a country where very few people speak English, where most of the residents of the region are anti-USA. And then, rather than simply surrounding and defending the oil fields and pipelines, the American soldiers spent their time placating the cities. Also, rather than taking all the oil for the USA, they made sure that the oil profits went to the Iraqi people.
Now contrast that idea with this: Alberta has more than half of the world's supply of oil. The USA could roll the tanks north from Montana for about ten hours and take over the Athabasca fields with little resistance. The population speaks English and is mostly pro-USA. Alberta is easily reachable from dozens of existing military bases on US soil.
If it was all about oil, wouldn't they invade Alberta rather than Iraq? and wouldn't they, you know, keep the oil themselves no matter where they invaded?
Sheesh. Learn to use Occam's razor.
Posted by: Ed Minchau at January 4, 2007 2:34 AMEighty-Six Billion$. Seems heavy-weight to me.
Too Heavy in fact. That*s the power and size behind the recent Rogers AT*T and South Bell merger.
I mentioned this merger and suggested signing the Consumers Union petition.
**The nation's soon-to-be largest telephone company may have caved to certain Net neutrality commitments for the sake of a merger blessing, but a renewed push for more sweeping rules could return to Capitol Hill as soon as this month.**
http://tinyurl.com/y96cxo
====From: CNet
If Rogers AT&T get their way, their paid services will run *Hi-speed* while other services like Skype and blogs like SDA will get *Snail-Paced* service.
Next thing you know they*ll ask to set up worldnet toll-booths. = TG
Posted by: TG at January 4, 2007 2:50 AM
,
You may know about this, but if not, it could be worth a look.
This is Jihadism by stealth.
**
They are trained missionaries who have dedicated much of their lives to spreading Islam across the globe. The largest group of religious proselytizers of any faith, they are part of the reason for the explosive growth of Islamic religious fervor and conversion. Tablighi Jamaat neither has formal organizational structure nor does it publish details about the scope of its activities, its membership, or its finances. By eschewing open discussion of politics and portraying itself only as a pietistic movement, Tablighi Jamaat works to project a non-threatening image. Because of the movement’s secrecy, scholars often have no choice but to rely on explanations from Tablighi Jamaat acolytes. **
www.bloggernews.net/13512
gabriellecusumano.townhall.com/g/f02b98cc-f158-42f3-ad9c-c61fa5ae6d65
= TG
Ed Minchau:
That's some pretty strong kool-aid that your drinking.
Enlighten yourself with this antidote...
http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/2006/12/it-was-always-about-oil-dots-part-1.html
Posted by: lberia at January 4, 2007 3:16 AMthe oil belongs to the people of Alberta and Canada...and there's lots and lots of it. but the uranium in Saskatechewan is a precious mineral also...think about investing!!!
Posted by: kelly at January 4, 2007 3:54 AMHere's part 2, Ed:
http://thegallopingbeaver.blogspot.com/2007/01/it-was-always-about-oil-crossing-lines.html
Posted by: lberia at January 4, 2007 4:01 AM2006 Was Good. 2007 Will Be Better.
Written by William E. Demers:
Canadians have a lot to be proud about this new year and a lot to look forward to for 2007.
Excerpt:
This past year has been one of true Canadian action both at home and abroad. Harper is well on his way to untying the statist knot that is suffocating Canadian potential and ambition. Since 2006 Harper and his new Conservatives have done the following:
* Passed the Accountability Act.
* Lowered the GST from 7% to 6%.
* Invested in childcare through the private sector to match natural market trends, instead of artificially driving them (while allowing parents to make the choices, not the government).
* Given tax credits to Tradespeople, Transit Users and Families who spend money buying equipment for their children who engage in sports, dancing and other physically engaging activities.
* Continued our mission in Afghanistan and supplied our military with the funds and resources they need to keep our men and women safe and to keep peace in Afghanistan.
* Raised the age of consent to protect children and punish child molesters.
* Tackled drugs and gun related crimes by imposing sentencing suitable to destructive members of society who pose great risk to law abiding Canadians.
* Ended the income trust tax loophole, thereby preventing corporate tax burdens to fall onto the shoulders of individuals.
* Proposed Canada's first Clean Air Act.
* Cut wasteful spending to special interest groups that served select Canadians, instead of all Canadians.
* Ended our affiliation with the outdated Kyoto Accord that the Liberals neglected for so long, and that would have sunk our country to third world status (had we actually fulfilled its requirements).
* Stood up for our NATO allies, as well as our Israeli friends and Lebanese-Canadians.
* Committed themselves to examining the harmful chemicals that most Canadians ingest and taking appropriate measures to prevent this.
* Invested in a National Cancer strategy.
* Proposed to reform the unelected Senate.
* etc., etc., etc. The list could go on forever.
In 2007 we shall see some significant additions to this list, many which Conservatives have been trying to bring to Ottawa for ages....-
http://torontotories.blogspot.com/2007/01/2006-was-good-2007-will-be-better.html
Posted by: maz2 at January 4, 2007 6:05 AMThe Red-Green nexus: World Governance and the destruction of capitalism. ...-
REPORT OF THE UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON
ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT
Mao Strong's Manifesto (1992): Agenda 21*.
1.1. Humanity stands at a defining moment in history. ...
...-
Manifesto
of the Communist Party (1848)
A spectre is haunting Europe -- the spectre of communism. ...-
*Agenda 21:
http://www.sovereignty.net/p/sd/a21/
On another topic, did anyone see the Trudeau love in on the front of the globe homepage...apparently sascha is back from cuba and has a new baby boy. This deserves perhaps a paragraph however the article goes on in painful detail about who visited, how the name was selected...Uncle Fidel appears to not have made it to the birth.
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070103.wpierre04/BNStory/National/home
Posted by: small c torontonian at January 4, 2007 7:40 AMIs there any way we can get these cheap Chinese cars to Pairis for the annual new years Car bonfire?
Posted by: WL Mackenzie Redux at January 4, 2007 8:53 AMThe reason that cars cannot not be built in North America has more to do with Management inthe pas 40 years at GM and Co. that the mortagaged the future with very generous pension schemes, etc... to buy labour peace then.
Look at the balance sheets of GM and Co. It's kinda shocking, these aren't car companies anymore, they have become pension funds / financial companies with an incidental car building arm.
Their cost base is so high that they make a lot less money per car than the competition ... and so the amounts left over for R&D, re-investment,(quality - though they have improved) are strongly squeezed.
How long will it be before Chinese auto-makers decide: "F-it, let's export our cars direct." and set up their own dealership networks... which is what the US Car makers are selling right now with Chery.
I give it 15 years.
Posted by: Fred at January 4, 2007 9:27 AMLawsuits have B.C. veterinary association facing ruin
The B.C. Veterinary Medical Association is facing possible financial ruin and the resignation of its staff and volunteers because of lawsuits, and a punishing new insurance policy that calls for a $50,000 deductible for each new claim....
At issue are lawsuits launched by B.C. Veterinarians for Justice, an association of 37 predominantly Indo-Canadian and foreign-trained veterinarians, formed in 2002.
They claim the BCVMA discriminates against Indo-Canadian vets by demanding they pass English-language proficiency tests before being granted licences to practise.
Those vets say the tests were introduced because BCVMA members were angry that Indo-Canadian veterinarians were charging significantly less for basic veterinary procedures, such as spaying or neutering a dog or cat, than other BCVMA members were charging...
tinyurl.com/ykb2oq
Here come the Democrats.
Proposed changes to the US Constitution (from the gates of Vienna):
"If you think I’m being paranoid or overreacting, then you haven’t seen Rep. John Conyers’ proposed kid-gloves-for-the-Koran resolution, H. Res. 288:"
Be it resolved, that the House of Representatives —
1. condemns bigotry, acts of violence, and intolerance against any religious group, including our friends, neighbors, and citizens of the ISLAMIC FAITH;
2. declares that the civil rights and civil liberties of all individuals, including those of the ISLAMIC FAITH, should be protected;
3. recognizes that the QURAN, THE HOLY BOOK OF ISLAM, as any other holy book of any religion, should be treated with dignity and respect; and
4. calls upon local, State, and Federal authorities to work to prevent bias-motivated crimes and acts against all individuals, including those of the ISLAMIC FAITH.
"This is pernicious on so many levels that it’s hard to know where to start. It asserts that one person’s right to be respected overrides another person’s right to speak freely. It singles out a single religion, Islam, for special treatment. It accords the holy book of the Muslims more respect than is owed the flag of the United States.
This is a CAIR-sponsored Trojan horse, ready to be rolled through the gates into the First Amendment. And its sponsor is about to become chairman of the House Judiciary Committee."
I'd say this is particularly galling, when like the British Muslim on trial, hate crimes are far more prevalent amongst Muslims than any other group.
an ugly chapter repeats itself.
http://www.cbc.ca/canada/story/2007/01/04/trudeau-baby.html
Posted by: cal2 at January 4, 2007 10:45 AMQuebec cuts greenhouse gas emmissions, be happy greens!!!!!
http://www.cbc.ca/money/story/2007/01/04/goodyear.html
Posted by: cal2 at January 4, 2007 10:50 AMCastro is being treated in Spain. So much for that world-class health system in Cuba that the leftards keeps bragging about...
Good thing Canada shares that wonderful communist system with Cuba and North Korea!! Wouldn't want a US-style health system where dear leader has to stay home and receive the best care on earth!
3w.dailymail.co.uk/pages/live/articles/news/worldnews.html?in_article_id=426119&in_page_id=1811&ito=1490
Posted by: Warwick at January 4, 2007 10:59 AM
Earth sculpture collapses
ATLANTA (AP) — A million-dollar stone sculpture, intended to remind future generations of the Earth’s fragility, made its point a bit early — just three months after it’s unveiling, it collapsed.
The 175-ton “Spaceship Earth” lay in ruins at Kennesaw State University after mysteriously falling to pieces last week.
The engraved phrase “our fragile craft” was still visible amid the debris.
“Kind of ironic,” said Mary-Elizabeth Watson, a university employee. “I had no idea it was made up of so many pieces.”
University officials say they suspect water damage or glue failure, but agents with the Georgia Bureau of Investigation are also looking into the possibility of vandalism, said Frances Weyand, a spokeswoman for Kennesaw State.
The Finnish-born sculptor who goes by one name, Eino, had called the work “Spaceship Earth” to honor environmentalist David Brower, a leader of the Sierra Club. It depicted a bronze figure of Brower standing atop the globe. The founders of California-based PowerBar had paid for it.
“How can stone collapse by itself?” Eino asked. “I’m devastated.”
He said he used a resin made specially for stone, worked with an engineer and was assured that the globe would stay in one piece.
Eino, who lived in Georgia in the late 1990s and now lives outside Las Vegas, vowed to restore “Spaceship Earth” to its former glory, with structural modifications. Rebuilding will start as early as next month, he said.
“I want to rebuild it and build it stronger than ever,” Eino said. “It has to be made safe.”
Reported under Weird News, canoe.ca.
Where is Mao Strong's Ark?
Here:
http://www.endtime.com/magarchive.asp?ID=21
Posted by: maz2 at January 4, 2007 12:22 PM
"Um, Robert, or should I call you Mr. Haney, there were four cute occupants of the water tower.
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 3, 2007 11:53 PM "
well ya at one point there was 4 of them but then I took the 4th out on a date where we had sex the next 24 hours straight and she never went back to the show. LOL !!!
also: "Faraday's law of electromagnetic induction" merely gives the mathematics to calculate what to expect given an induction system.
it doesnt explain the essence of what induction IS or how it WORKS any more than 'work = force X distance' tells us ANYTHING about where the force precisely originates. so why dont you enlighten us BA BSc types and ANSWER THE FUKING QUESTION FINALLY as to how megawatts of power can pass thru the insulators in a transformer. how mr st vistus dance???? hmmm ???
also mr minchau:
"If it was all about oil, wouldn't they invade Alberta rather than Iraq? and wouldn't they, you know, keep the oil themselves no matter where they invaded?"
simplistic simplistic simplistic.
the reason they dont invade alberta is we're not a hostile nation putting the supply at risk. we freely sell the stuff to them, cripes they have owned most of the wells at some point anyway.
furthermore, it has been murmured in the past by powerful american senators that canada does present a juicy target if at some point we withold vital resources. you up to speed on 'manifest destiny' yet???
also: " You're saying that America sent 150000 troops halfway around the world of oil. Sent them to a country where "
Im not saying that. Im asking if that is the equation that explains american intervention in iraq. do you deny that 3000 american mil. personnel are now dead because of iraq war II ??? do you deny that it has been repeatedly put forth in this blog that there is big progress in other areas of iraq society, complaining that it is not properly reported by the MSM ???
Im merely trying to find out if there is a connection and if so, who in the white house decided to make bring about that cause and effect.
in the mean time, drink up !!!
and dave here is also in denial regarding the veritable tsunami of chinese merchandise showing up on the shelves:
"certain histrionic style similarity between Mr. bollocks and a certain obnoxious leftard who Kate"
pointing out this factoid apparently causes my GPS bearings to suddenly be in the left of the political spectrum.
and while I have your attention o entrenched dyed in the wool righties, who among you still uphold the exclusively rightist support for monarchy?
(it sure aint mr piroette turdeau and I very douby the new democraps maintain support for qe II and gilles duceppe's bunch never have either)
support for monarchy has always been the domain of conservatists.
well I got news for ya, monarchy is the single biggest fraud and scam imposed on the human race in all our history.
quick version:
go back back back hundreds of generations and you bump into Adam & Eve in the garden of eden or one of the monkeys whose ancestors scampered about said garden.
neither of which were royalty, altho I can think of certain royals nowadays who act like a bunch of monkeys.
so, we seem to have a dilemma here seeing at royalty is based on 'blue blood'. BOTH the parents have to be royals and thus ALL the grandparents and now we're up to EIGHT great grandparents have to be royals. see where this is leading?
it is mathematically impossible to create and sustain a royal lineage.
or maybe the trick is to do like napoleon or some mongol invader and pull off spectacular conquest and simply declare yourself royalty.
is that the trick?? but no longer an option ?? just what are the rules going back to antiquity as to how to git yerself in the blue blood lineage and thus number such-and-such in succession to the throne???
its all a collosal FARCE AND SCAM and her majesty elizabeth 2 is the WORST con artist alive.
but right wing conservatists choose to ignore this unpleasantness eh ?
deny deny deny.
gotcha !!!
Bollocks: Plebeian (have you learned how to spell it yet?)
Posted by: irwin daisy at January 4, 2007 1:12 PM" do you deny that 3000 american mil. personnel are now dead because of iraq war II ??? "
Iraq War II? Are you under the impression that the invasion of Iraq in the early 90s and the invasion of Iraq in 2003 are somehow separate wars?
They are not. There was a 12 year ceasefire (contingent on Saddam doing things like allowing the UN full access to inspect for weapons of mass destruction, among other conditions with which he did not comply), and then the war simply resumed. There was never a peace treaty signed, and the US was technically still at war with Iraq throughout the entire Clinton administration.
Posted by: Ed Minchau at January 4, 2007 1:37 PMThe fourth cutie in the water tower was literally a dog -- youtube.com/watch?v=D1vb8RwZxR4 -- so I guess, folks, well, now we know.
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 4, 2007 1:38 PM...."Things are getting tighter," Ms Stronach said. "We need a competitiveness strategy to keep and create jobs. We rely on a resource-based economy. Manufacturing is going to countries where it can be done less expensively. We need to manufacture here, keep and create jobs here....
yorkregion.com/yr/yr4/YR_News/Newscentre/Era_Banner/Aurora/story/3781341p-4373321c
Magna Part of China's Booming Auto Sector
...currently Magna International Inc. has 18 production facilities in China, said Mr. Rogers. Seventeen of the facilities are focused on manufacturing components for consumption on vehicles made in China. One plant is an export facility where more than 70 per cent of its output is sold to the North American market. The rest is shipped to other countries in Europe and Japan, according to Mr. Rogers....
embassymag.ca/html/index.php?display=story&full_path=/2006/november/1/magna/
Posted by: JM at January 4, 2007 2:06 PMPet Owners . . . Dog owners . .
JM*s Excellent find above . . .10:15am
**Those vets say the tests were introduced because BCVMA members were angry that Indo-Canadian veterinarians were charging significantly less for basic veterinary procedures, such as spaying or neutering a dog or cat, than other BCVMA members were charging...
tinyurl.com/ykb2oq
Posted by: JM at January 4, 2007 10:15 AM **
======== JM
And not just in B.C., but other provinces as well. The *accented language trick* was used on a Vet in Quebec to kill off his lower priced practice. I heard his accent on TV and he was easy to understand.
Why do we allow these Dental, Medical, Chiropractic, Physiotherapy, Vetrinary and other groups to fix their own prices at the highest possible levels that the *Wealthy* can bear???
$750 for a small tooth drilled and stuffed with rubber, [root canal = 30 minutes]. Seems high to me. Other patients also being served in other rooms. $1500 per hour. Where does it stop? = TG
Socialist support for Muslims, the French and how things are done. . . This says it all.
*Most of the Muslims speak French and vote for the Socialists, and Ms. Onkelinx needs their votes to stay in office,* he says.
Ritual Sacrifice?
Not on My Street,
Some Belgians Say
Muslim Tradition Stirs
Ire of Animal Activists;
Seat-Belting a Sheep By MARY JACOBY
January 4, 2007; Page A1
BRUSSELS -- At a slaughterhouse here last week, Mohamed Mimoun wrestled a sheep between his legs and took a number. He gasped: It was a two-hour wait to sacrifice his animal for Eid al-Adha, an important Islamic religious festival.
"I should have done this at home, like everyone else," he moaned.
That would have saved Mr. Mimoun a long wait in drenching rain, but it would have been against the law. Killing an animal at home to eat it is legal in Belgium. But a 1988 law expressly forbids the ritual slaughter of animals at home.
Living cheek by jowl in Brussels with the many bureaucrats who run the European Union, Muslims in the city turned an estimated 25,000 sheep toward Mecca this year and cut their throats to celebrate the story of Abraham's willingness to sacrifice his son to God. Eid al-Adha commemorates God's reprieve which allowed Abraham to kill a ram instead of his son. While some, like Mr. Mimoun, head to official slaughterhouses, many Muslims, fearing long waits, kill their sheep illegally in their backyards and basements instead.
Whether at a slaughterhouse or at home, the practice raises the ire of animal-rights activists. For years, they have held anguished protests against the manner in which the sheep are slaughtered, arguing that the sheep should be stunned first to lessen their pain. "It's not normal to have thousands of sheep slaughtered like this in the middle of a major European city," says Ann De Greef, a Belgian animal-rights campaigner.
On his way to the slaughterhouse, Mr. Mimoun was fined by a policewoman for transporting a live sheep in the closed trunk of his Toyota. By law, it should have been in the back seat.
"She told me I needed to have a seat belt on the sheep," Mr. Mimoun said. The policewoman later said she was joking about the seat belt.
Brussels' Muslim population has grown to more than 15% of the city's one million inhabitants, and what began two decades ago as a debate over animal welfare and hygiene has been transformed into a test of political might. The result is a stalemate.
"We have the right to practice our religion," says Coskun Beyazgül, head of the Muslim Executive Office, a state-sponsored Islamic authority.
While Muslim authorities in France sanction the use of electronic stunning methods, Muslim authorities in Belgium forbid it. For the sacrifice to be completed in accordance with Islam, says Mr. Beyazgül, the lamb must die from a loss of blood while its head is turned toward Mecca in Saudi Arabia, birthplace of the Prophet Muhammad. Stunning the animals before slitting their throats, he says, could lead to the animal dying prematurely, against Islamic principles.
Mr. Beyazgül is also against making donations of money to charity in lieu of sacrificing a live animal, as many Muslims do in the U.S. and other countries. He adds that Muslims here ignore the home-slaughtering ban because Belgian authorities aren't willing to invest in enough capacity at legal slaughtering facilities.
While similar conflicts play out across Europe, the tensions are particularly acute in Brussels, Europe's political capital. Unlike France and other nations with large Muslim minorities, Muslims in Belgium aren't concentrated in ghettos outside major cities; they often live side-by-side with EU officials and other professionals in gentrifying urban neighborhoods.
One man got his lamb home last year on a leash. "It looked like his pet," says Pierre-Yves Lambert, a local political commentator and social worker. "But everyone knew where it was going."
To ease the strain on slaughterhouses, city leaders have suggested the Muslim community spread out the sacrifice over the three days of the festival, which ended this year on Jan. 1. Nothing doing, says Mr. Beyazgül. "Everyone wants to kill their sheep in the morning of the first day," he says. "They want to eat their sheep for lunch."
The rush to slaughter so many sheep within hours led to catastrophe during last year's festival. A temporary slaughterhouse became overwhelmed with long lines and malfunctioning water and drainage systems. In a hurry to get home, some celebrants began slaughtering sheep on top of live sheep as large pools of blood formed.
In response, Belgian politician Jean-Marie Dedecker last year introduced a bill that would have required Muslims to stun the sheep before killing them. Muslims protested, and the bill died.
Mr. Dedecker, who hails from Belgium's Dutch-speaking North, blames Laurette Onkelinx, Belgium's Justice Minister and a French-speaking Socialist, for its defeat. *Most of the Muslims speak French and vote for the Socialists, and Ms. Onkelinx needs their votes to stay in office,* he says.
Representatives of Ms. Onkelinx did not return phone calls.
Ms. De Greef and her group, Global Action in the Interest of Animals, scored a win in 2003, when they successfully sued to stop municipal authorities from placing collection bins on city streets for animals' remains. Providing such bins is tantamount to sanctioning illegal home sacrifice, she says.
"The Muslims portray this as an attack on their religion,* says Ms. De Greef. "But we think the law is for everybody.*
Still, authorities in several towns outside Brussels continued to provide waste bins for last week's festival, drawing protests from Ms. De Greef's group. More than 100,000 sheep were sacrificed in Belgium this year for the religious festival, Mr. Beyazgül said.
But for Muslims like 48-year-old Mr. Mimoun, who want to slaughter their sheep in legal facilities, the annual festival can be costly.
Mr. Mimoun paid a farmer $230 for his sheep. Then he paid $60 to have a certified Muslim sacrificateur perform the ritual killing for him at the slaughter facility. And he'll have to pay a fine -- the amount of which will be determined by a judge -- for transporting the animal in the trunk of his car.
But Mr. Mimoun, who moved to Belgium from Morocco when he was 4 years old, said it was worth it. "I am a Belgian. This is Europe. I respect the law," he said.
Besides, he added: "I don't like blood."
Write to Mary Jacoby at mary.jacoby@wsj.com
=========== Mary Jacoby
= TG
The Totalitarian Template
Saddam's place in the pantheon of modern dictators.
By Anne Applebaum
Hitler shot himself before capture, Stalin received a grand state funeral, and Pol Pot died while under house arrest. In late December, the brutal leader of Turkmenistan, Saparmurat Niyazov, died of natural causes. In fact, when the noose tightened around his neck early Saturday morning, Saddam Hussein became one of a surprisingly small number of modern dictators actually executed by their own people: Benito Mussolini, Nicolae Ceausescu—and now the man who once called himself Iraq's president for life. Of those three, Saddam is the only one who had anything resembling a trial.
Other than that, though, there is no reason to view Saddam as an exceptional or unusual heir to the 20th-century totalitarian tradition. He saw himself as part of the pantheon of modern dictators. Allegedly, he boasted to KGB agents in Baghdad of his personal admiration for Stalin.
...
Even now, in the wake of his execution, our instincts are to argue about what Saddam meant to us, not what he meant to the Iraqis. His death is being analyzed for its impact on Iraq's civil war and therefore for its impact on our troops. The chaos of his trial and execution are another excuse to attack the White House. Write that Saddam really was an evil man, and you'll be thought an apologist for George Bush. Write that Saddam's regime resembled Stalin's, and you'll be called a right-wing ideologue. ...-
http://www.slate.com/id/2156767/?nav=ais
L. Beria also admired Stalin.
He denies soliciting murder and using threatening, abusive or insulting words or behavior with intent to stir up racial hatred ...
Well, y'see, that's what the jury gets to decide, bubela.
Posted by: mojo at January 4, 2007 4:49 PM"That would increase U.S. energy reliance on Canada, which already supplies 16% of its imported oil and oil products and about 85% of its imported natural gas."
Energy From Another Backyard
Wall Street Journal ^ | January 4, 2007 | Norval Scott
The oil and natural-gas industry is increasingly looking to Canada as a home for big energy projects Americans don't want in their backyards.
A patch of coniferous forest near here, on Canada's Atlantic coastline, represents both the promise and the challenges of that approach. The land, owned by closely held Canadian energy company Irving Oil, is earmarked for the possible construction of a 300,000-barrel-a-day crude-oil refinery that would cost $5 billion to $7 billion -- the first new refinery in the U.S. or Canada in more than 25 years. Irving hopes a refinery, if it chooses to build one, would be operational by 2013. ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1762491/posts
one for the x-dictator
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5HDL5fb7TTI
Just remember, Mo . . . mo' money, mo' problems.
Posted by: Meg Q at January 4, 2007 7:59 PMBushism. Good one. ...-
Bush talks about Iraq war plan, Saddam
AP
President Bush said Thursday he wished the execution of Saddam Hussein "had gone in a more dignified way."...-
Posted by: maz2 at January 4, 2007 8:12 PM
AP Locates Jamil Hussein?
The Associated Press says the Iraqi Interior Ministry has confirmed the existence of police Capt. Jamil Hussein—and they’re planning to arrest him for talking to the AP: Iraq threatens arrest of police officer. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)
BAGHDAD, Iraq - The Interior Ministry acknowledged Thursday that an Iraqi police officer whose existence had been denied by the Iraqis and the U.S. military is in fact an active member of the force, and said he now faces arrest for speaking to the media. ...-
LGF
The 2006 LGF Award Winners
I’m pleased as punch to announce the winners of the Idiotarian (the “Fiskie”) and Anti-Idiotarian (the “Fallaci”) Awards for 2006. In a rather felicitous juxtaposition, both of these proud recipients worked at the United Nations. Ladies, gentlemen, and lizards, I give you: ??
(Thanks to Cox & Forkum as always for their excellent illustration.)
Posted by: maz2 at January 4, 2007 8:30 PMCanada continues its headfirst plunge down the slippery slope:
http://tinyurl.com/y86m87
"Battle lines forming after court condones three-parent family
TORONTO - Critics are calling it unnecessary judicial activism, another attack on traditional values by a court that took it upon itself to redefine the family.
Same-sex parents say it is simply a reassuring recognition of reality.
But for an Ontario woman known only as A.A., this week's decision bestowing her with the status of mother means much more than mere legal acknowledgement of her practical, but non-biological role in a five-year-old boy's life."
Posted by: Ed Minchau at January 4, 2007 9:39 PMThe fourth cutie in the water tower was literally a dog -- youtube.com/watch?v=D1vb8RwZxR4 -- so I guess, folks, well, now we know.
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 4, 2007 01:38 PM '
well I got news for you st vitus dance, IM A CANINE TOO.
you been arguing with a 4 legged critter with powerful jaws that can outrun a 10 speed bike at full tilt.
the boss rigged up a touch screen sose I can upload all manner of sarcasm aimed at the likes of you.
so far its working.
meanwhile when the fuck are you gonna answer the question about precisely how induction works by somehow conveying millions of watts of power across the insulators in a transformer.
any chance of progess there ???
you dont know do you. you smarmy right wing moonbat havent got a clue how it works just that it does and only because someone else told you.
har har har !!!
woof woof woof !!!
p.s. I ate the queens corgies for xmas dinner !!! woof woof woof !!!
Posted by: bollocks at January 4, 2007 10:38 PMpt I:
The fourth cutie in the water tower was literally a dog -- youtube.com/watch?v=D1vb8RwZxR4 -- so I guess, folks, well, now we know.
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 4, 2007 01:38 PM '
well I got news for you st vitus dance, IM A CANINE TOO.
you been arguing with a 4 legged critter with powerful jaws that can outrun a 10 speed bike at full tilt.
pt II:
the boss rigged up a touch screen sose I can upload all manner of sarcasm aimed at the likes of you.
so far its working.
meanwhile when the fuck are you gonna answer the question about precisely how induction works by somehow conveying millions of watts of power across the insulators in a transformer.
Posted by: bollocks at January 4, 2007 10:40 PMpt II:
the boss rigged up a touch screen sose I can upload all manner of sarcasm aimed at the likes of you.
so far its working.
pt III
meanwhile when the fuk are you gonna answer the question about precisely how induction works by somehow conveying millions of watts of power across the insulators in a transformer.
any chance of progess there ???
pt IV:
you dont know do you. you smarmy right wing moonbat havent got a clue how it works just that it does and only because someone else told you.
har har har !!!
woof woof woof !!!
p.s. I ate the queens corgies for xmas dinner !!! woof woof woof !!!
"Um, Robert, or should I call you Mr. Haney"
feel free.
and I will henceforth address you as Arnold Ziffel. he was the pig. oink oink.
So there you have it folks. When considering the opinions of Mr. Bollocks in the future, you can now keep in mind his behaviour here, and the legacy of Robert. Sorry for skating on the margins of the SDA comment policy, Kate.
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 4, 2007 11:40 PMa couple other things there st vitus, what do YOU find 'cute' about a dog??
it was meredith mcrae I shagged all night not the dog by the way.
and we can all consider that it was YOU st vitus that absolutely had to dredge up past grievances back here:
"Um, Robert, or should I call you Mr. Haney, [as in country bumpkin] there were four cute [his words not mine st vitus finds dogs 'cute' in the same context as humans]occupants of the water tower.
Posted by: Vitruvius at January 3, 2007 11:53 PM "
cant resist the urge to make it personal eh st vitus?? and you get it right back eh ???
answer the question st vitus, what is the mechanism by which induction works. how does electric power somehow breach the insulators or air gaps or other separation in transformers, induction motors, flourescent ballast and any and all other electrical devices where there is a discontinuance in the conductors but the device still functions ??? hmmm ????
ah, he doan wanna answo. mebee he stoopid.
remember st vitus and all who peer at the exchange: YOU STARTED IT.
Say it isn't so.
Suzuki is the new motorcycle at 24 Sussex, Ottawa.
Has Harper swallowed the Red-Green swill?
Will Mao Stlong return to Canada with the victory of Kyoto in a Chely?
Will Canada become the rice bowl for China and its population of 1.3 billion appetites/stomachs to feed?
Will Canadians send billion$ to China with nothing in return but an economy in thrall/enslaved by the Red-Greens of Mao Stlong? Will Canada become an hollowed out shell with its economy/prosperity moved offshore to China?
Will Mao Strong's visions/dreams of the destruction of capitalism be realized in Canada?
Say it isn't so, Mr. Harper, Mr. Baird.
...-
The coming Tory war on prosperity
Terence Corcoran
Financial Post
Who would have thought that a vote for Harper's Conservatives would turn into a vote for David Suzuki's warped war on modern prosperity. That Prime Minister Stephen Harper is now openly flirting with Suzukiism was reinforced yesterday as he explained his Cabinet shuffle and the government's new environmental focus. He said he aimed to tackle long term environmental issues that have been badly neglected. "Most Canadians simply don't understand how far Canada is behind on major environmental indicators compared to other developed countries -- not the developing world -- compared to other developed countries we are behind."
In a newspaper interview just before Christmas, Mr. Harper said Canada's environmental record is "the worst in the developed world ... in just about every measure." In an interview with CTV, he said Canada's environmental performance "is, by most measures, the worst in the developed world. We've got big problems." Now defunct Environment Minister Rona Brockovich made the same claims earlier in the year.
There is only one study model by only one group in the world that ranks Canada as the worst environmental performer among developed nations, and that's the work of David Suzuki and a collection of academic activists associated with Simon Fraser University and the University of Victoria. The latest in the line landed last month from the Suzuki Foundation, a report that begins: "Canada has among the worst environmental record of any developed country, ranking 28th out of 30 OECD countries."
Authority for this claim, absurd on its face -- ranking Canada behind the likes of Greece, Poland, Turkey and Mexico--is a 2005 report, The Maple Leaf in the OECD, produced by the Suzuki Foundation and environmental academics from Simon Fraser. That report in turn draws on Canada Vs. The OECD: An Environmental Comparison, a 2001 work by David R. Boyd, eco-research chair of environmental law at the University of Victoria.
The 2001 Boyd report, the founding catalogue of misleading indicators, warped assumptions and outrageous conclusions should send the Harper Tories running for cover. Instead, the government has adopted the report's methodology as legitimate foundation for political policy....-
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=c93a911d-bb49-4c86-9827-5792654fa6d0&p=1
Good year expected for market
Calgary Sun
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Montreal Gazette | Layoffs batter town
Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.’s Valleyfield plant will cease manufacturing tires and cut 800 workers this summer, in the latest blow to Quebec’s troubled manufacturing sector.
Posted by: maz2 at January 5, 2007 8:06 AMYell asked. . . .
Why can't we blow up their oil industry and bankrupt them? Seems like something we could do within the 72-hour window granted by the War Powers Act.
Posted by: The Yell at January 3, 2007 10:48 PM
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The last thing we want to do.
The majority of Iranians may not be fond of the US, but they do want to lead a free and democratic life.
Oil and infrastucture belong to Iranians and our target is only the minority of extremist Mullahs.
There may be reasons to prescision bomb a nuclear consentrating plant if it can be singled out , but any damage to citizens and their resources would only turn world opinion against the West.
A better way to devalue oil and reduce Iran*s , Venezualas,[and Alberta*s] vast profits is to switch to hybrid, electric, and hydrogen power use.
This is well underway, as a fleet of GM hydrogen vehicles are in use by the Ontario government .
You can see the EV [electric vehicle], situation through;
TonyGuitar.blogspot.com
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Posted by: TG at January 5, 2007 1:25 PM**
Earlier this month, Nawaf Obeid, an adviser to the Saudi embassy in Washington, spoke of *massive Saudi intervention to stop Iranian-backed Shiite militias from butchering Iraqi Sunnis* if the United States withdraws from the country.
Saudi citizens are also reportedly raising funds for Sunni insurgents in Iraq.
Earlier this month, about 30 prominent Saudi Wahhabi clerics called on Sunni Muslims around the Middle East to support their brethren in Iraq against Shiites and praised the anti-American insurgency.
Thousands of Iraqis have been killed this year in sectarian bloodshed between the majority Shiites and the Sunni Arab minority, who lost their dominance after the fall of Saddam Hussein.
Saudi Arabia, like most Arab countries, is predominantly Sunni but has a significant Shiite minority.**
canadafreepress.com/2007/cover010207.htm
====== The hatred between Shiites and Sunni tend to make Iraq difficult to sort out, however, if a charismatic Islamic leader could get both factions to bury the hatchet, would we have a more focused, more severe problem with terrorism? = TG