Mind-blowing markup for medicinal pot...http://www.thestar.com/News/article/203446

"Records obtained under the Access to Information Act show Health Canada pays $328.75 per kilogram of bulk medical marijuana produced by Prairie Plant Systems Inc. It has a $10.3-million contract with Health Canada that expires Sept. 30, to grow standardized medical marijuana in an abandoned mine shaft in Flin Flon, Man.

Health Canada, in turn, sells the pot to a small group of authorized users for $150 (plus GST) per 30-gram bag of ground-up flowering tops, with up to 14 per cent THC, the main active ingredient. That works out to $5,000 per kilo, a markup of more than 1,500 per cent.
"

Mind Blowing? Who makes up these headlines? Hehehe

It's GW's fault. G.W. Bush, that is; not Global Warming.

It's a "U.S. storm": CBC, aka Pravda.

Toronto calls in Army?
...-

CBC | U.S. storm to deliver snow to Ontario, Quebec

A storm from eastern United States is expected to bring snow to eastern Ontario and Quebec by Monday morning. ...-
jack's newswatch

Hijab martyrs Part II

Evil Quebecers at it again...

"Muslim girls barred from martial arts tournament"

http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/news/story.html?id=32ba29c6-3133-42e7-a6e9-ab7e60ccc7dd&k=69497

Is it me, or are Quebecers growing a backbone?

Three cheers to Quebec. Perhaps they could export their backbone to the ROC.

Has anyone seen this pathetic bit of TOStar blather - "Belinda Acccomplished Much..." ?

http://www.thestar.com/Business/article/203405

Unbelievable.

I'm getting more and more respect for those frogs every day.

David Olive - TO Star

"After Stronach's 2005 defection to Paul Martin's Liberals on those grounds, which ended her relationship with MacKay, Stronach was not given the chance by the Martinites to prove her mettle in the ballyhooed "democratic renewal" cabinet post with which she was rewarded for her defection."

David Olive - Toronto Star Liberal lickspittle.

Funny article in National Newswatch-Dion inspires others---, go over and read. Watch your coffee cup so you don't spill it on the keyboard. Also, Susan R has a weird column re the red/green show.

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/story.html?id=483f7694-599e-41ee-9466-41347b057acd

Now Elizabeth May has decided Kevin Potvin, the candidate who cheered when he heard about 9-11, is too controversial to run as a Green Party candidate.

He wasn't rejected for any "moral" reasons, it's just that it made for poor optics. Sigh.

‘Kalashnikov Sharia’ = Muslim Islamist Terrorists.

Mao China said: Mao Zedong's famous maxim that political change must always come from the barrel of a gun. ...-

Left liberals + socialism + Islamism = Kalashnikov Sharia.

Down with Muslim hijabs. Down with Sharia. Down with socialism.
...-

Massive rally against ‘Lal Masjid Sharia’ (Ordinary Pakistani's stand up to Jihadi's)

KARACHI, April 15: The Muttahida Qaumi Movement on Sunday staged a massive rally in the city against what it called the threat of ‘Kalashnikov Sharia’ of Islamabad’s Lal Masjid clerics and asserted that Islam did not allow enforcement of Sharia by force and Pakistan had not been created to be turned into a theological state.

In a telephonic address from London, party chief Altaf Hussain quoted profusely from the Holy Quran and Hadith to substantiate his attack on religious extremism. He said that extremists were defaming Islam and maligning the name of Pakistan and because of their acts of violence and terrorism, India, Afghanistan and other countries were describing Pakistan as a sanctuary of terrorists. He described the scholars supporting the Sharia of Lal Masjid and Jamia Hafsa as “Ulema-i-Sou” and said they were misleading the country and the people. ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818089/posts

Wish I had the local Kelowna radio station audio.

Dion; "It is nice to be in 'Koe-lin-a." &*???

Say what you like Dion, and say it how you want.

But what is really scary is the Susan Rileys of the world siding with a Kultist.

If Dion had brains he would be dangerous. The media, however, may well be the substitute for brains.

One thing liberals and conservatives can agree on - Bob Cole is awful. Last night's game might have been his worst ever.

Dion has told liberals to vote for the Greens, and today Jason is having a hissy fit, and suggests that all old liberals no longer belong in the party. Someone wrote that the riding assoc in Central Nova was involved in the decision.
Another lie in the headlines, 15 years for Afgan mission. Yesterday, on QP, O'Connor said that Canada might be in the field for up to 15 yrs, Somalia, Darfur ect. He did not say we would be in Afgan for 15 years. He did state we are there till Feb 2009 only. Any extension would be decided by the Government, after discussion in the HofC.

newsflash...that storm is hitting eastern ontario all right....school buses cancelled....hwy 401 closed....I just drove from hwy 401 to hwy 7 and back...it is total winter, and I mean TOTAL!!!!!
where is my global warming????dr fruit fly and his merry band of leftards owe me a refund!!!!

Now this is some Cool Britannia

UK Government to Break Into Homes Over Parking Tickets
The UK parliament is considering legislation to allow forcible entry into homes to recover parking ticket debt.

http://www.thenewspaper.com/news/16/1699.asp

I think what we are seeing in Quebec is the pendulum swinging hard the other way....the pequistes and the libranos have been shoving leftard social engineering down the average Quebecer's throat for so long, that this is just a natural reaction to runaway socialism.....expect the same in Ontario in the not too distant future....for us Ontarions do not have the nuts to lead, we just need to see some backbone from our neighbour to the east

Gee KingstonLad, did your really mean 401 and 7?
I'm just west of there and there's nary a flake in sight. Sorry, let me correct that. Nary a SNOWflake in sight. Lots of flakes on the road though.

mary T,
I heard those comments too by O’Conner on QP. But both on the radio today and in headlines, the media twists O’Conner as if he said 15 years in Afghanistan.

Our problem in the West is dealing with what Rummy said a couple of years ago; we don’t have metrics or measurements to offer the public as to whether or not we are winning the War or even battles.

Sending tanks to Afghanistan to protect our troops becomes “escalation” not peacekeeping as the NDP whined on QP. Peacekeeping is such a misnomer to begin with … if things are so peaceful why would we be there?

I sure hope in 2008 the US elects Fred Thompson or Rudy Giuliani who can articulate what we in the West are up against. As much as I admire Bush’s backbone on not cutting and running; it would be nice if the next President (leader of the free world) were able to give the West a fireside chat about Islamofascists and what it will take to win.

hwy 38, north of Kingston, is a complete whiteout....moving at 50kph

The weather: I blame conservatism.

Totally off any topic but fun:
My Generation YouTube Video.

"Native embarrassed by actions"

Sachem
April 13, 2007

Let me start with Douglas Creek Estates. There’s no reason for the natives to be still occupying the disputed land. The land has been bought out by the provincial government.

What are we proving by occupying land that no developers can build on anyways? We got what we wanted; we stopped Henco Industries from building. What more do you want?

We call ourselves a sovereign nation, pure and respectful people but that’s far from the truth. I live with the so called sovereign nation. Alcohol , drugs, greed and jealously run rampant within this nation. I’m sick and tired of all the cigarette shop owners opening up in almost every other driveway. Do all these cigarette shop owners think about what they are making our reserve look like. This is where the greed and love of money come into play. What a disgrace!

I quit attending longhouse myself due to the unfaithful clan mothers, faith keepers and chiefs that ‘don’t practice what they preach.’ Mostly everyone attending bootlegs sells drugs or owns a cigarette shop. I’m almost ashamed to be a native.

Why are so many native people uneducated when we have our education paid for? Non-natives work tow or three jobs to pay for their education. If more natives attended post secondary school we could change our statistics on native unemployment and education.

Last but not least, we need to do some housecleaning with the police force. I have absolutely no respect for our peacekeepers. When you see them disrespecting themselves along with their integrity by being intoxicated among the general a public,(off-duty, of course), but also the other stories. How could anyone have respect for such a corrupt police force?

I am currently attending and obtaining my post-secondary education. I’m not into politics, so I can say whatever I please. It’s called freedom of Speech.

http://www.caledoniawakeupcall.com/updates/070413sachem.html

Great poll results in G&M today..on who benefits most from the Red Green ,held together with duct tape deal
Libs-24%
Green-5%
Cons-63%
NDP-8%

Another blow to female liberal candidates. Lethbridge just nominated the same male that ran last time against a female. Rick Casson-35,500 votes, ndp-7900+ votes, liberals 5000+votes. I don't think Rick has to worry about.

Dion says to Quebecers, "Canada doesn't want you in our constitution."

Dion says to the ROC, "if you vote for the LPC we will keep Canada divided for it's own good."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070416.wquebec16/BNStory/National/home

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/story.html?id=46334f84-3568-4ec3-bd79-fd1832fea92b&k=65206

Heavy snow brings cancellations, frustration
Ottawa Citizen
Published: Monday, April 16, 2007

The massive storm that had been dumping heavy rain and floods on the U.S. brought several centimetres of snow to Ottawa early Monday, making a mess of the roads and cancelling some school buses.

...

In the U.S., the storm was called one of the nastiest spring nor’easters in years. It roared over the East Coast early Monday, bringing umbrella-breaking wind and relentless rain that forced evacuations from New Jersey to West Virginia.

Of course it is all my fault as I summoned this storm in the run up to Easter to prevent the "Goreacle" from preaching his nonsense. Lets keep the Goreacle's plane grounded.

Cheers

Always nice to see my prayers answered!!

Amen, Alleluia

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht BGS, PDP, CFP

Commander in Chief

Frankenstein Battalion

Knecht Rupprecht Division

Hans Corps

1st Saint Nicolaas Army

Army Group “True North”

And ANOTHER blow to female Lib candidates.
Larry Dianni, former mayor of Hamilton has been nominated as the candidate for Hamilton East-Stoney Creek. This is currently being held by the NDP, however it was formerly solid Lib territory held by such bandits as Tony Valeri and Sheila Copps.
The whole area is crawling with liberals. You'd think they could find a qualified female amongst the herd.

...From Captain's Quarters

http://www.captainsquartersblog.com/mt/

...what we will get from this process of multiculturalism is precisely the kind of 'separate but equal' facilities struck down by the Supreme Court in Brown v Board of Education in 1954. These Muslim activists want to create a separate society within the United States for Muslims, and they want the US to provide them the facilities with which to create it. Separate dorms, separate cafeterias, Muslim-only physical-education classes -- they want a separate Muslim college at MCTC and everywhere else.

It's self-initiated apartheid.

Eliz May:

"Once in Cape Breton, her family suffered a reversal of fortune due directly to involvement in protest against an environmental abuse."-Wikipedia

Yep, Canada will be a riches to rags story if the Libs-Green get in.

Midnight blogger exposes a scandal

Online journal credited with breaking case against Duke lacrosse players ...
(national post) ...-

[...]

http://durhamwonderland.blogspot.com/

Name: KC Johnson

Monday, April 16, 2007
Herald-Sun [newspaper]: Biased to the End

The Herald-Sun remains faithful to its astonishingly biased agenda until the end....-

Green Party talking points in the 2006 election:

Paraphrased by a university student who was involved in the party:

"If you HATE the government and HATE old style politics vote Green and skrew the government.

For every Green vote we get $1.75 to lobby the suckers. Your Green vote is a protest and they PAY us for it."

Sooooo, dear taxpaying friends - the suckers (that's US) PAID more than $1.4 million for the Green Party lobby protest group posing as a political party to skrew us.

Dear Elizabeth May is doing that quite nicely already don't you think.

In my opinion May is one of the most sinister kinds of lobbyists. She "feigns" tht she is some kind of country bumpkin political neophite all giggly and soooooo "sincere". Very Clinton-ish. Good old girl.

This "political neophyte" was born into an American Democrat family of political activists. She has been "lobbying" and politicizing all her life no matter what the cause. Clinton and Gore are "close" family friends. Her giggle girl persona is an act.

And this American poseur now wants to tell all of us rubes that our political system stinks and SHE wants to do things differently!!!!

If she really really wanted to enact change instead of just being one of a long long list of special interest and one trick pony lobbyists she would help support PM Harper with his attempts to reform goverment - one step at a time and in keeping with the constitution - not hurdling over it while WE pay for her to have a loud mouth and stamp her little foot demanding "entitlements" and for all to bow because she is "leader" of a rudderless vacant party of social misfits.

Pollsters have also commented that the percentages of people who say they will vote Green are basically anti-society protest voters who would choose "don't vote" or "none of the above" but the Green Party is about the same anti-government statement.

If one of those radical over the top rhetoric loony tunes, and I put May in that category, looked like they were going to end up being your MP I think people would be very very upset.

Breaking News: a shooting at Virginia Tech University.

"BLACKSBURG, Va. — Shootings in a dorm and classroom at Virginia Tech left at least one person dead and seven or eight more wounded Monday before police arrested the suspected gunman, officials told the Associated Press.

"Police confirmed they had a suspect in custody, the university said on its Web site..."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070416.wvatech0416/BNStory/International/home

Garth Turner sat as an independant, Chuck Cadman sat as an independant, and there are others. Deb Grey was the lone Reform MP for a long time. How often did you see them ask a question in the HofC, or hear of any involvement on committees etc. So, if May ends up as a lone red/green MP, how often will she be heard or seen. Only in close votes of confidence do these lone MPs get any attention. Of course, electing her might be a good way of silencing her and seeing she is ignored. What does she really think she could do or influence in the HofC. She would have to cross and sit as a liberal to have any input, so why not be honest and tell the voters and her party members, I AM A LIBERAL IN HIDING & WAITING TO BE A MINISTER IN DION'S CABINET.
To sit as a green MP, she will have absolutely no power, or influence.

Storm in eastern Canada: "The Gore Factor", is in full effect. Pray for Calgary he is coming here on April 23rd to spout his lies and nonsense and then we will feel the mirth of God. The golf courses just opened ,well alot of them, some are still closed due to an unusually cold and wet April. With Gore coming here we are likley in for golf club closures.

More news on Virginia Tech shooting, which I just got from BNN: a police officer has estaimated the number of fatalities at twenty now. It's turned into a massacre.

A student seemed to have been behind it; he's now dead.

The Globe now has an estimate of 22 murdered, which they got from Associated Press.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070416.wvatech0416/BNStory/International/home

21 now...sad sad sad.

AP reporting 22 dead...a further 21 wounded...

No matter how many times O'Connor and Harper reiterate we are committed to Afghanistan to February, 2009 the gawd-damned media and Dipsticks keep asking. What part of the answer can they not understand?

What on earth is Albert Gore going to Calgary for?
Surely they will boot him out of town! Don't they prefer real folks over Charlatans? He's about as phony a windbag as we've seen in recent times.

Are Dion and his admirer Lizzie May going to be sharing the stage with him? Great photo op for Loonies.

22 including the gunman,21 wounded.How in hell did he get from one building to another without any warning? And what was he using to take 21 innocent lives? Special forces only wish they could as well. Sad beyond my comprehension.

Ahhhhh jeeze....a "reporter" on Fox news just said it has been "one heck of a day at Virginia Tech" One heck of a day? Guess it beats spetacular(sp?)

How long before calls for teachers to have guns. And, how come, not one male made any move to tackle this killer. Remember LETS ROLL. I know the students were in shock at the guy with a gun, but when will students start to take action, other than protesting Bush. Sympathy to all the parents and family of the deceased. The shooter is dead, but his ethnic origin has not been announced. Calgary stopped a plot to kill students.

I heard there were two shooters. They do not know if they were related.

Hans Rupprecht at April 16, 2007 11:21 AM,

I hope you don't have the same thing in store for my friends in Regina. I appreciate that the Goracle fully deserves every winter storm that can possibly impede him. But Regina doesn't really need a winter storm on April 23. Do you think you could arrange for it to happen in whatever city he uses for his departure on that day instead?

I wonder how many of forty-two (twenty-one dead so far) victims were in favour of gun control.
At least in Canada, the Liberals, NDP, Green and the Bloc have the good sense to push for both gun control and registration.

albatros:

How exactly did Canada's gun registry stop Kimveer Gill? His guns were legally registered and some were even "controlled" as restricted weapons.

Apropos of nothing... from http://www.roanoke.com/news/roanoke/wb/wb/xp-50658

Gun bill gets shot down by panel
HB 1572, which would have allowed handguns on college campuses, died in subcommittee.

By Greg Esposito
381-1675

A bill that would have given college students and employees the right to carry handguns on campus died with nary a shot being fired in the General Assembly.

House Bill 1572 didn't get through the House Committee on Militia, Police and Public Safety. It died Monday in the subcommittee stage, the first of several hurdles bills must overcome before becoming laws.

The bill was proposed by Del. Todd Gilbert, R-Shenandoah County, on behalf of the Virginia Citizens Defense League. Gilbert was unavailable Monday and spokesman Gary Frink would not comment on the bill's defeat other than to say the issue was dead for this General Assembly session.

Virginia Tech spokesman Larry Hincker was happy to hear the bill was defeated. "I'm sure the university community is appreciative of the General Assembly's actions because this will help parents, students, faculty and visitors feel safe on our campus."

The Conservatives are in favour of tougher regulations, restrictions, background checks, registrations and tougher laws to control "gun OWNERS'.

So which is more rational?

Guns don't kill people. Gun OWNERS kill people.

Well well.It did not take long for the Mop & Pail to shut down their comments section on the VA Tech story. Glad they a pushing free speech.
Albie39...name me ONE gun-related crime that has been solved by the Registry.And oh,BTW,criminals DO NOT register their guns.Guess that's why we call them criminals.You don't have the balls to arm yourself and protect yourself and your family,that's actually a good thing.One more idiot down to Darwin's Law.

Dear eliza and felis corpulentis:

The "Goreacle" will need to tend his own hypocritical estate. Carbon credit fraudster!

You will need just a little faith to 'move mountains'
so what is up with a mighty wind from the "True North , Strong and Free"?

I have put my ORDER in but you will be required to assist by your own little prayer and we will get a nice blast from the wilds of HANS ISLAND.

Cheers

Amen, Alleluia

Hans-Christian Georg Rupprecht BGS, PDP, CFP

Commander in Chief

Frankenstein Battalion

Knecht Rupprecht Division

Hans Corps

1st Saint Nicolaas Army

Army Group “True North”

"At least in Canada, the Liberals, NDP, Green and the Bloc have the good sense to push for both gun control and registration."

Ya know Albatris you're so fXXXing ignorant of realities and facts that you are a danger to yourself, your family and your society.

Please seek professional mental health care and stop confusing leftist activism with the personal demons that plague your ability to reason.

[ Blatant trolling deleted - ED]

Turns out Canadians spend more on taxes than they do on food, clothing and shelter.

http://taxpayersfederation.blogspot.com/2007/04/consumer-tax-index.html

I heard the shooter was an Asian male.

"Turns out Canadians spend more on taxes than they do on food, clothing and shelter.'
Ummmm Dave. Your group does great work,but I have known this ever since I started slaving in this great socialist country.My question....how can we reduce it. And please don't give me this "free" medical care crap,or a social safety nets,etc.
Don...your response to MaryT was no better then her comment.Frankly,I don't care if he was a little green mouse from the Moon. He murdered 21 innocents,and we will never know what was going on in his mentally deficient brain. What does his race have to do with anything?

Liz J: Afstan and another mendaciously spinning Globe headline and first two paras:
www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070416.wdefence16/BNStory/International/

'O'Connor envisions conflicts lasting 15 years

BRIAN LAGHI

Globe and Mail Update

OTTAWA — Canada needed to acquire 120 new tanks to deal with another 10 to 15 years of conflicts in Afghanistan and other countries, Defence Minister Gordon O'Connor said Sunday, amid opposition concerns that the war is escalating.

“Afghanistan and these type of engagements are the future for 10, 15 years,” Mr. O'Connor told CTV's current affairs program Question Period.'

The underlying facts are buried very deep in the story:

'“When I talk about 10 or 15 years, I'm saying that's an assessment from defence and government that if we were to go to other ventures like Somalia, or, I don't know, Darfur or whatever,” the new tanks will be needed, he said.

He insisted he was not referring specifically to Afghanistan, saying “our commitment militarily is to the end of February '09,” and cabinet wasn't scheduled to discuss the matter until next year.'

That's not what the average reader would think from giving the story a quick glance. What gutter "journalism".

Mark
Ottawa

Liz J---the Chamber of Commerce invited the Goracle to come to Calgary. They sure do not have the welfare of Calgarians in mind when they did this senseless act.
[ Trolling and flame wars will not be tolerated here - please stop it.

Please don't feed the trolls here - ED]

being on the hot seat

http://www.cbc.ca/cp/Oddities/070416/K041608AU.html

Another side to the Wolfowitz/World Bank story:-

http://www.opinionjournal.com/editorial/feature.html?id=110009948

Via normblog.

Schools are so difficult to protect, mainly because such large numbers of people must move in and out of many entrances quickly so as not to be late for class.

At military bases, the guard house is effective because people do not come and go en mass.

An electronic ankle bracelet for kids may work. Those entering the *scan zone* without one would be restricted to a visitor*s room with reception behind armor glass.

Guess that would not work if one of the students became postal. = TG

Harper urges Canadians to remember Holocaust victims

OTTAWA - Prime Minister Stephen Harper bore witness to the millions of Jews killed during the Holocaust in a memorial ceremony Sunday, vowing to oppose anyone who advocates the "destruction of Israel."

"It has been said that lies become truth if they are repeated often enough. That's why truth is so precious. That's why the truth must be repeated, over and over and over, to protect us from lies," Harper told a couple of hundred people gathered on Parliament Hill on Sunday to commemorate Holocaust Memorial Day.

"So let us plainly state the awful, incontrovertible truth that brings us here today: Millions, including six million Jewish men, women, and children were murdered by the Nazis during the Holocaust." ...-
http://www.canada.com/topics/news/politics/story.html?id=34991afb-6ff3-4484-a019-d367c00800bb&k=12512

Just read an article about the wacko Kevin Potvin at the National Newswatch. They had a picture of him and my first thought was, he looks just like that attention ho Garth whatever.
Maybe it's just me.

Thanks for posting that maz2. The more PMSH speaks on important matters such as this and at the Vimy memorial rededication, the more proud I am to have him as Canada's Prime Minister. On the international stage he conducts himself, on our behalf, in a dignified and stately manner. Something that's been sorely lacking in our last 2 Prime Ministers.

Jim:

Canadian Blue Lemons made that same observation.

http://canadianbluelemons.blogspot.com/2007/04/separated-at-birth.html

"About 20 minutes into the attack, civilians started to arrive with deer rifles. They helped police return fire."

The shots fired came from a lone gunman.

This happened before "Gun Free Zones".
...-

The Tower Shooting - 40 Years Later ("armed citizens shot back with their deer rifles")

At about 11:45 a.m. on Monday, Aug. 1, 1966, it was hot on the University of Texas campus.

About 96 degrees.

But other than that, nothing seemed unusual about that summer school day to newly elected student body president Cliff Drummond.

And then, shots broke the morning calm.

"As I was walking toward the Tower on the West Mall, I was hearing the reports of the rifle, but it was not clicking [in my head] what was going on," Drummond said.

Gunfire on a college campus? It didn't make sense. It didn't seem possible.

"There were some students along the south wall of the Texas Union Building and they were all standing hunkered down, next to the wall. And they were shouting at me," Drummond said.

KTBC reporter Neal Spelce was about to be involved in the biggest story of his career. At first it wasn’t obvious to police, bystanders or the media if there was more than one person shooting from the Tower.

"Nothing like this had ever occurred anywhere before! This wasn't an event where you said, ‘Oh, this is just like so and so’ therefore you had a frame of reference. Everything was unfolding, new and fresh at the time amidst chaos, bullets, sirens, screaming, shots fired, people yelling. You were seeing people screaming, dodging and diving and hiding," Spelce said.

The only clear thing was that whoever was shooting from up there was an incredible shot.

The first victim from the Tower was the fetus of an 18-year-old pregnant student named Claire Wilson. ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818290/posts

Where was the Leader of the RED GREEN party today?, Not in House for Question Period. You would think that he should be there afterall it is the first day back.

bryanr:

The leader of the Red-Green party was in the HOC today. Elizabeth May was pointed out by the Conservatives up in the gallery.

"But the Martin cabinet authorized the redeployment, and one of the ministers voting in favour of it was Stephane Dion."

...-

Why is Canada in Afghanistan? Because we're not in Iraq.

That's the short answer. Canada played a minor role in the eviction of the Taliban and Al-Qa'ida in the fall of 2001, and deployed a few hundred soldiers in 2002.

It was only when Canada declined to join the U.S.-led coalition in the invasion of Iraq in March 2003 that the Chretien government suddenly announced Canada would be stepping up its commitment in Afghanistan to 2,000 troops, based in the capital of Kabul.

As Brian Stewart's CBC documentary made clear last week, this commitment by the civilian leadership was several times the troop strength recommended by the military command at the time. The mission was clearly politically motivated, so that the Chretien government could say to the Americans that Canada was doing its part in the war on terror, in a different theatre, one approved by NATO and the UN.

It was only in the spring and summer of 2005 that the Martin government took the decision to redeploy Canadian troops from the relative safety of Kabul to an offensive role in the disputed and dangerous Kandahar province in the south. It was well known in military circles at the time that the new chief of defence staff, Rick Hillier, a former field commander in Afghanistan, lobbied hard for the redeployment.

But in the summer of 2005, no one in the government, other than then Defence Minister Bill Graham, bothered to warn Canadians of the increased risk. While it was obvious that confronting an insurgency in the countryside was different from patrolling the streets of the capital, the then prime minister was nowhere to be seen or heard on the subject. Hillier was sent out as the government's public-relations surrogate, a political role he had no business playing but a political vacuum he filled quite capably.

But the Martin cabinet authorized the redeployment, and one of the ministers voting in favour of it was Stephane Dion....-

Dion's comments are way out of line
It isn't his timeline that's inappropriate; it's his timing and his choice of words

L. IAN MACDONALD, The Gazette
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=19bcb84a-4c84-42b5-aed9-af7946a5c507

Thanks to Mark R. for conclusively proving that no one at the Toronto Star bothers to read what goes into the paper before publishing it. They don't know it, but they're better than The Onion, somedays.

When Iggy gave his response to the US shootings, there were a lot of empty seats in the liberal benches.

“Did that creep Albatross dare equate this to Afghanistan? That's low, even for him. Way to go ED for booting him off.
Posted by: The Phantom at April 16, 2007 3:26 PM “

You’ll never know, because that post was deleted. The post was in fact a criticism of SDA in it's lack of handling the story about dead Canadian soldiers and instantly posting a story about dead Americans. Apparently who ever is playing “ED” today didn’t like SDA being criticized. But I guess you’ll never know for sure.

"I'm pretty sure that ED is Kate. ED being Editor of the site...

Posted by: Warwick at April 16, 2007 3:29 PM"

Well who ever is acting as "ED" today is terribly afraid of a bit of criticism of SDA along with it's support of racist comments found on SDA. I notice criticisms of Iraq, or Harper and the Conservatives are often frequently deleted here too.
Controlling free speech and opposing viewpoints is a very cowardly tactic too often used by right-wing fascists the world over.
That's quite all right as I take screenshots of my comments on SDA and will post them on another web site to show how right-wing fanatics handle opposing viewpoints.
ED, better delete all the posts that commented earlier on my deleted posts because if you don’t people here will see that you’re controlling of the information of what they are allowed to see.

This sounds like the work of the same childish mind behind the Suzuki poll manipulation a few weeks ago.
Oops, this could be considered another criticism, how long until this post is deleted too?

Albatros39, your song and dance is getting old so why don't you take it over to babble.ca or where ever you find kindered spirits.

Albatros39, I suggest you review the comments policy and don't post here again until you fully understand it.

Now stop trolling here and go post whatever you want on your own site.

Any idiotic comments talking about what Kate has failed to cover will certainly be deleted, 'cause as you know perfectly well Kate has not been here the last few days.

IIRC, a commenter said that Bourque is paid to post stuff. If so, who paid for this?
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Gumdrops
Superstar Dion blogger Jason Cherniak is calling on "Nincompoop" Ray Heard, the senior Liberal strategist who shocked the political world this weekend by belling the cat about a frothing family feud over Stephane Dion's dubious leadership qualities, to quit the Liberal Party ... Longtime marijuana advocate Marc-Boris St-Maurice is abandoning his quest to run as a Liberal party candidate in the thanklessly separatist riding of Laurier-St-Marie in urban Montreal. Word is he might have been pushed out by pro-Dion operatives worried about stirring up media interest in the party's position on the abolition of marijuana laws ... and Bourque has heard there is a move afoot in the rural Nova Scotia riding of Central Nova by disenfranchised Liberals to run a so-called "independent" Liberal candidacy against the Dion-May cabal. On the one hand that would mean another non-Mackay name on the ballot to draw votes away from Green party leader Liz May. On the other hand, it means a likely reduction in the number of potential volunteers from Liberal ranks who might otherwise find themselves working the trenches for Ms. May during the upcoming election. Developing ...

reid: i noticed their were several comments made about the RED GREEN PARTY in Question Period with Moore having the best refering to the visitors section where she was seated(did you see him trying not to laugh,priceless) You would think though the "Official Leader of the Opposition" would be there after the break or was he away getting B**** Slapped by party brass there were some interesting memos flying on the weekend backberries according to some releases.

Albatross,
Kate is perfectly capable of neutering you on her own and does not need anyone coming to her defense. However, it should be obvious that is not a news service, it is a blog. She lives a life in between posting and is not available to post for days at a time depending on her schedule. It is also not her responsibility to post threads that suit your fancy but hers. Get lost and go join you ideological buddy Kevin Potvin and start your own blog. I think "Verbal Vomit From Pond Scum" would be an appropriate name.

Chuckercanuck said...

[...]

check out Calgary Grit in the latest thread --- "jimtan" is "cheering" the mass murder because it will hurt Harper on gun control.

sick, sick, sick.
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https://www2.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=17821047&postID=5008120865268910809

Warning: The original Red-Green, (Search SDA), aka Joe Green, who dribbled-commented here years ago, is dribbling drivel on Chucker's blog. Joe Red-Green and jimtan are perfect exemplars of the: Left-liberalism is a mental disease. They are members of the Kevin Red-Green Potvin fanclub. Sociopaths; all three of them.
Strong language there.

"Turns out Canadians spend more on taxes than they do on food, clothing and shelter."

Why for heaven's sake, would you find this surprising? Every time I hear someone describe our medical system as "free" I need to take medication for high blood pressure. By my estimate, based on income taxes, I pay about $7,000/yr (plus BC Medical Premiums)for 'health care' that offers generally sub-standard and slow medical care.

Give me choices, please. I'll pay my own insurance and choose the caregiver and level of service I can afford/desire. My taxes will still continue to care for the poor and the stupid.

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New CBC "Blogger/Reporter" in town... and she wants to know
if I'm part of the International Zionist Conspiracy.

"The Angry Reporter/Reporter en Colère also said...PS, you say
you're Scottish-Irish. Can I assume you're already drunk?

hah, that's a good one, a real kneeslapper... now, if i had said
i was black... would you have made a crack about watermelons?

i'm guess just lucky you're a professional... and not one of
those damn racist conspiracy-nut bloggers.

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The Earnscliffe Investigation: Flawed competitions, excessive payments, unnecessary work, and political connections

In a very long post, I review the Earnscliffe story going back ten years. I refamiliarize myself with the major players, the timeline, the allegations, and the unanswered questions. With the Conservatives initiating an investigation into the polling contracts, this might be of use in the weeks to come. ...-
http://stevejanke.com/archives/222855.php

The title of the piece comes from Warren Kinsella's testimony to the Public Accounts committee. It describes what he thought of the polling contracts handed out by Paul Martin's Ministry of Finance. ...
http://stevejanke.com/archives/222855.php

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Librano$

AdScam Martin: I knew nothingk; ask AdScam MayDion. He wrote the cheque$$$$$$$$$$$

Did I read somewhere that Dion called the actions of our brave troops in Afghanistan as "incompetent"?

Can someone point out where he said this???

Also, we visited friends on the army base near Edmonton this weekend. It was very telling about how they feel about Jack Layton and the NDP's woosy hippy unrealistic and downright disgusting attitudes about our role with NATO in helping the Ghani people.

They had a blow up picture of DAWN BLACK, NDP Defence hippy peacenik whiner on their dart board!

Nuff said about how the military families feel about the NDP so called speaking up for THEM. In their opinion the Taliban TARGET Canadians so they can get good woosy NDP snivelling with the help of the CBC to back off their good work.

In fact, some military families will openly say that Jack Layton and some of the CBC type reporters have CAUSED our military deaths.

For the Taliban - Kill a Canadian soldier - you get a bigger bang for your bomb right here at home.

Now Layton wants an emergency debate - 8 lives lost and nice big NDP political games headlines.

The Taliban and Al Queda must be just so happy with Jack and his band of wimps.

And now Dion calls our soldiers incompetent???

Sickening isn't it?

I hate the idea of being on albies side but whenever kate goes away she leaves this place in the worst of hand.

It truly is sad that this best of the best gets turned into this.

I saw Al Gore's academy award winning science fiction scare the sheeple people espeically the children until they pay big bucks to the commie countries and I'll come in person to scare you for $125,000 plus expences Inconvenient Fabrication on sale for $19.99 plus tax at Wal-Mart!!!!

Don't you despair that we are witnessing full scale world wide brainwashing and there is NO organized counter to this?

And then there is Elizabeth May and Dion who are out to save the planet !!!!! and there are millions of people who agree with them!!!!

I say to Dion - if the end of the world will happen because of Stephen Harper instead of YOU as Prime MInister and Missy May as your green giggly girlie sidekick why oh why would you not insist right now to have an election!!!]

The planet is at stake!!! Or are you waiting for the polls as all good opportunistic Liberals always do.

Pull the plug, 007 Dion. Put on your green cape and save the planet. Do it now before it is too late.

Or, was that just over the top lying rhetoric you and May were spewing in Nova Scotia?

So much for Albert Gore Warms science fiction.

Now for some pretty snazzy REAL science. Have you seen the Ford Escape Hybrid?

I am not normally a Ford guy, but they seem to be getting serious at last, or once again. You would be surprised what the Escape hybrid offers for about 25k. check it at:

TonyGuitar.blogspot.com

The 8 and ten year warranty on the NiMH battery and EV controller seems pretty solid.

It is just that longevity that scares Ford and others when it comes to pure EVs = TG

Appeasement is pure folly

Conflict never tamed by tolerance
By PAUL JACKSON

A remarkable document came into my hands the other day from a Republican friend in Washington and it is something that should be read by all patriotic Americans and Canadians.

It should also be read by lib-lefters, appeasers, sell-out artists and cowards in all western democracies who want the U.S. and Britain to pull out of Iraq, and the U.S., Britain and Canada to pull out of Afghanistan, and the West to just give in to the demands of fanatics such as Iran's Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and North Korea's Kim Jong Il.

It's entitled Europe -- Your Name is Cowardice and was written, strangely, by a German, Mathias Dapfner, CEO of the huge publishing house Axel Springer (AG) and published in Germany's largest newspaper Die Welt.

As most know, Germany, like France, has been one of the great nations of appeasement against Islamic terrorism.

Not so Dapfner. He noted a week or so ago, commentator Henry Broder wrote in the German newspaper Welt am Sonntag an article entitled Europe -- your family name is appeasement.

It's a phrase, says Dapfner, one can't get out of one's mind.

"Appeasement cost millions of Jews and non-Jews their lives, as England and France, allies at the time, negotiated and hesitated too long before they noticed Adolf Hitler had to be fought, not bound to toothless agreements." ...-
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/Columnists/Jackson_Paul/2007/04/15/4023441-sun.html

I just watched Elizabeth May on CPAC.

I am just absolutely shaking with rage at this absolutely glib lying fabricating opportunistic sham shyster radical close minded lobbyist front for the environmental loonies who want to bleed us dry for their "causes".

This is a dangerous woman. For any of you who are trained in media relations, interview techniques, spin doctoring and reading body language this woman is a 100% packaged and professional scam artist.

Think - preachers who sucker their congregations and are soooo sincere and believable.

This woman is spit and polished and practiced at pretending she is the "anti-politician".

I am enraged that she is even getting media play without interviewers asking the hard questions. Giggle, giggle, smile and wink.

She is suckering them all.

We started with 132 movies, then whittled the list down to 32, then 8, and now only four movies remain. Be sure to vote in the semifinals of the Great Science Fiction Movie Poll:

http://robot_guy.blogspot.com/2007/04/great-science-fiction-movie-poll_16.html

"our results find that the only policy factor to influence multiple victim public shootings is the passage of concealed handgun laws."

Scholarly Article: "Multiple Victim Public Shootings..."
Social Science Research Network ^ | John Lott and William Landes

Few events obtain the same instant worldwide news coverage as multiple victim public shootings. These crimes allow us to study the alternative methods used to kill a large number of people (e.g., shootings versus bombings), marginal deterrence and the severity of the crime, substitutability of penalties, private versus public methods of deterrence and incapacitation, and whether attacks produce copycats. Yet, economists have not studied this phenomenon. Our results are surprising and dramatic. While arrest or conviction rates and the death penalty reduce normal murder rates, our results find that the only policy factor to influence multiple victim public shootings is the passage of concealed handgun laws. We explain why public shootings are more sensitive than other violent crimes to concealed handguns, why the laws reduce both the number of shootings as well as their severity, and why other penalties like executions have differential deterrent effects depending upon the type of murder. ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818437/posts

Here's a thought on future posts about school shootings:

Facts About Plug-in Vehicles

Battery Electric Vehicles (EVs) are by far the most efficient vehicles in the world.

According to the Department of Energy, enough excess generating capacity exists at night in the U.S. to charge 180 million EVs without adding any new capacity.

All of our electricity is domestic except for a small percentage from Canada.

Most Americans waste more electricity in their homes than they would use to drive their cars.

We will never fight a war over electricity.

Driving on electricity from the U.S. grid is far cleaner than driving on oil.

A survey of EV owners found that 48% of them used solar energy to power their houses and cars.

EVs by the millions could be built today.

Plug-in cars capable of 50 miles per day would meet the needs of 80% of the American driving public. Source: U.S. Department of Transportation.
============ PlugInAmerica.com

=TG

Tony Guitar - are you running a car dealership on your site?

Posted Friday, April 13th
Dion event cancelled, can't sell tickets ...
dryden seems more popular than dion ...

Interested in attending a $225 per ticket fundraising reception featuring federal Liberal leader Stephane Dion and Surrey candidates Sukh Dhaliwal, Judy Higginbotham and Brenda Locke tomorrow evening? (Sat. April 14th)

Well, not enough party members were. Because the fundraiser, scheduled to take place at the Coyoto Creek Golfcourse, has been cancelled.

Organizers made a push to sell more tickets on Thursday. But, by Friday, it had become apparent attendance at the event would be a bit lacking - which may have had something to do with the fact former party leadership candidate Ken Dryden had a fundraiser for Ms. Locke at the exact same location Thursday evening.

So Mr. Dion's Coyote Creek soiree has been rescheduled - at the request of the Surrey constituency associations - for the next time the leader visits British Columbia. .

HeH.

Lorraine,

I am an enthusiast but have always avoided product buying, selling or stock on hand. Too much investment / overhead.

Business has always been in the low overhead services.

Converting late model vehicles to battery EVs could be an enjoyable enterprise though.

leftcoastelectric.com/

= TG

Gun-loving student wrongly accused (VA Tech)
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1818579/posts

Kilimanjaro's ice set to linger

A fresh assessment suggests the famous ice fields on Africa's tallest mountain will be around for decades yet. [...]

"Glacier recession has been a feature on Kilimanjaro for more than 100 years, but this is the first time we really have a precise understanding of the physical processes that control the glacier-climate interaction on Africa's highest mountain," said Dr Moelg." [...]

The recording effort was in position late last year to witness heavy snowfall, which will have led to a slight increase in Kilimanjaro's overall ice volume. [...]
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/6561527.stm
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From 580 CFRA

http://www.cfra.com/headlines/index.asp?cat=1&nid=48733

Outaouais School Scrapping English Courses: Citizen

Does this mean English Canada no longer needs to fund this racist crap?

How many Canadian taxpayers' $$$$$ did CBC pay Ad$cam Chretien, aka Son of Trudeau, for this bs?

Down with Trudeau's Charter of Wrongs.

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CBC | PM’s snub of charter anniversary ’shocking’: Chrétien

Jean Chrétien says he is shocked that the federal Conservative government has no plans to commemorate the 25th anniversary of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms....-

"It's time to ask what secret agendas exist on the left."

The left is: MayDion's Liberals, Taliban Jack's NDP, The Green party, the Bloc: The Red-Green Alliance.

Ottawa Citizen editorial board has had an epiphany; praising Reform, Manning, Harper, etc.
Amazing!
Liberal MP Coderre is alluded to; but, not named. His name is Denis Hezbollah Coderre; defence critic for MayDion's Red-Green Liberal party.
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Extremists in our midst

The Ottawa Citizen

Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Many Canadians have always assumed that political extremism, insofar as it exists in this largely centrist country, resides on the political right. That's a wrong assumption. The Canadian left is just as likely -- even more so -- to be infiltrated by radicals who promote intolerance, hate and even violence.

The case of Kevin Potvin is instructive. Mr. Potvin had planned to represent the Green party in the next federal election, in the riding of Vancouver-Kingsway. His ambitions for higher office, however, were interrupted last week when it emerged that he once described the 9/11 attacks as "beautiful." Not only, by his own admission, did he thrill at the sight of the twin towers coming down, but when the Pentagon was attacked he "felt an urge to pump my fist in the air."

Twenty years ago when the Reform party was established as a new voice in Canadian conservatism, founder Preston Manning knew that people would try to discredit the new entity as a collection of right- wing crazies. For years he fought to keep out any would-be members who harboured fascist or racist tendencies -- and he did. Yet to this day, conservatives associated with Reform, including Prime Minister Stephen Harper, all of whom are perfectly mainstream in their thinking, have to fight off accusations that they have "secret" right-wing agendas.

It's time to ask what secret agendas exist on the left. Green party leader Elizabeth May is no doubt repulsed by Mr. Potvin's views on 9/11, but how many others in her party are sympathetic to Mr. Potvin's crazed anti-Americanism? And what about that demonstration in Montreal some months ago in which members representing the left wing of the Liberal party marched alongside people with Hezbollah flags?

Political extremism, clearly, is an equal opportunity phenomenon. ...-
http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/editorials/story.html?id=f4da2c1e-a235-492b-b946-2e87e00d5c07

lorraine ask's about Dion making a comment about our forces calling them incompetent.
Has anyone found this ? I have looked & can't find it but would sure like to find it as that could be just the nail that drives him to the bottom.
I watched a portion of CPAC last nite with comments being made that Rowdy Caucas Meeting with Dion, Some threaten to Quit. Anymore on this?

Liberal ex-PM AdScam Chretien appointed "Z".

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Zaccardelli admits cancelling criminal probe of pension fund

OTTAWA — Former RCMP commissioner Giuliano Zaccardelli admitted yesterday that he "cancelled" a criminal investigation into irregularities in the administration of the Mountie pension fund in 2003.

"When I heard that somebody was trying to have a criminal investigation, it was inappropriate at that time and that's why I cancelled it," Mr. Zaccardelli told reporters after a heated session of the House public accounts committee in which three witnesses contradicted various aspects of the former commissioner's testimony.

At one point during the hearing, former staff-sergeant Ron Lewis, the Mountie who initiated the criminal investigation, turned to Mr. Zaccardelli and said: "He's telling lies. I'm sick of him, and he's doing it under oath."...-
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070417.wxrcmp17/BNStory/National/home

Knut blogs.!?

Beats the chimps at the keyboard.
URL?
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So great is his appeal that zoo attendance has roughly doubled to a daily average of 15,000 since his debut, officials said. He has his own blog ...-

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2007/04/17/4045269-ap.html

CPAC now...10:15 AM Ottawa time...

Question of Privilege on the CPC boxes that Mark Holland and Jennings paraded down the streets.

BryanR, Dion made "incompetent" comments when he was arguing for pullout of Cdn troop from Afghan in 2009. Of course, he said the government was getting "bogged down" with incompetent operation, not to be confused with not supporting the troops.

Who does Dion think is planning and fighting the mission on a tactical level, every day? He would have us believe troops are doing a great job, but somewhere along the line, the mission is being run incompetently. As usual, no specifics, just vague emotive terms.

This from a man who wouldn't know the difference between a military campaign and a sociology lecture. Has he bothered to go to Afghanistan, to talk to those he "supports," who are incompetent?

No, he sits in his comfortable armchair, with Coderre (another with zero military expertise) as defence critic, talking about "escalation," of war declared on us, never giving a single constructive idea (how could he?). We're supposed to believe he will save us all the minute Harper is gone as PM.

As one earlier poster said, if Harper such a disaster for environment and military, why not force election today?

Why not - because he wants it both ways - he wants to tell us Harper imminent disaster, with him as saviour, with no new ideas at all, just complaints about being out of power.

Noticed in media Tories set to snooker the Red Green party on environment. Oh yeah, I forgot, Harper is incompetent.

Bourque now has the goods on Ray Heard's movement to dump Dion.

Funny that the MSM hasn't reported on this. I recall when Conservative nobody Carol Jameson wanted to dump Harper as Conservative leader she was front page news for a week.

Why are Dion's internal troubles being given a pass by the MSM when Harper's non-troubles were front page news?

Earlier someone challenged me on fleet sales of EVs, [Electric Vehicles], and correctly so.

I wish I knew about the PhoenixMotors sales to municipal governemnts at the time.

The best possible endorsement for any utility vehicle are the sales to governments where people*s jobs are on the line for their wise decisions.

Phoenix Motorcars Takes First Fleet Pre-sales Orders
for its All-Electric, Sports Utility Truck

Company on Track to Sell 500 Zero-Emission Vehicles in 2007

ONTARIO, Calif. - January 12, 2007 - Phoenix Motorcars has announced the receipt of 75 fleet orders from
several municipalities and an utility company for its new zero-emission, all-electric, freeway-ready sports utility truck.

The company, which is on target to manufacture and sell 500 fleet-ready vehicles by year's end is very busy in Ontario Ca.

Photo, [Excellent 4 door short box], at my website, click on namelink below. = TG

Islam: a religious cult of the veil; hatred of women.
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Danish Imam: "All Women Should Wear a Veil"

Mostafa Chendid, the new leader of the Danish Islamic Society, says that not just Muslim women but all women should wear repressive, ugly clothing—because if they don’t, five to ten percent of men will lose control and fly into a rape frenzy: “All Women Should Wear A Veil”.

Mostafa Chendid ...
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http://littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/