It's a small item, but I noticed this article yesterday in our local paper on US tourism dropping 34%. From the second paragraph:

The Canadian tourism sector -- ravaged in recent years by the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, the war in Iraq and the SARS outbreak in Toronto -- has experienced a 34-per-cent drop in U.S. travellers since 2000.

I can understand SARs and the 9/11 attacks affecting tourism. But the war in Iraq? Are all the Americans that would otherwise visit going to Iraq? The article does go on to say Canada isn't being marketed as an adventurous destination.

http://www.canada.com/victoriatimescolonist/news/business/story.html?id=501ba16f-9e45-459e-8791-b9f206d68b25

"Dion en chute libre." (Dion in free fall.)

Quebec polls should ring alarm bells for federal Liberals

One survey even has the Tories beating the Liberals among anglos
L. IAN MACDONALD, Freelance
[...]

As for Dion, his leadership numbers were captured in Le Journal's banner headline: "Dion en chute libre." (Dion in free fall.) Asked who would make the best prime minister, 36 per cent of Quebecers replied Stephen Harper, 16 per cent said Gilles Duceppe, 16 per cent said Jack Layton, while only 12 per cent chose Dion. (Nationally, the numbers were no better for Dion, who scored 13 per cent to Harper's 34 per cent as best PM). ...-
http://www.canada.com/montrealgazette/columnists/story.html?id=a0c676a1-aa5f-412a-96ca-cddec70ed2d2

Under the criminal inadmissibility clause of Canada's Immigration Act, convicted foreigners may only be allowed into this country if:

* They meet the legal requirement to be deemed rehabilitated;

* They apply and are approved for rehabilitation

* They obtain a temporary resident permit

* They obtain a foreign pardon recognized in Canada.

This is typical of anything done by lawyers, enough "weasel" clauses to allow political interference if the person in question is favored by the government of the day.

This time, this Government didn't favor the applicant, Winnie Mandela, nor should they.

But next time, under a different regime, the rules can be interpreted differently.

"Memo to certain Ottawa company: you’re going to have to kill me to shut me up." - Warren Kinsella

Looks like our boy has gone completely starkers. He thinks he's being stalked.

Warren Kinsella is so wrapped up in himself he's lapsed into a state of paranoia. That's where self importance can take you.
Must say Warren is mighty subdued since he goofed by supporting Dion for the leadership of his party, not such a clever move as it's turning out. Poor Dion even has to have sidekick Iggy to help him in QP and god knows where else. They've become quite the spectacle in the HOC.

The most hypocritical display in memory is the standing ovation given Dion in QP. What a pack of phonies.

63 years ago today,our Forces stormed the beaches of Normandy at one called Juno,among them both my grandfathers.
To all veterans both serving,retired, and gone, God bless, some of us will never forget your sacrifice.

Naming names: The Saddam-al Qaida connection
Captured Baathists reveal alliance with Islamo-terrorists

WASHINGTON – It has been denied, downplayed, overlooked, forgotten, disregarded and omitted from the public record.

But a thorough review of open-source material demonstrates conclusive and widespread cooperation between former members of Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime and terrorists from the Iraqi al-Qaida network.

Dozens of former Saddam Hussein loyalists captured by U.S.-led coalition forces in Iraq were found to be working with al-Qaida or linked to their operations.

Here are some notable players in that alliance:

# Muhammed Hila Hammad Ubaydi, aka Abu Ayman, was the former aide to the chief of staff of intelligence during the Saddam regime for 30 years. Ubaydi later led the Secret Islamic Army in the Northern Babil Province and was said to have had strong ties to the former terror leader Abu Musab Al-Zarqawi. He was captured April 6, 2006, in southern Baghdad.

# Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri is "the former vice chairman of Saddam's Baathist Revolutionary Command Council who swore fealty to Zarqawi and provided funding for al-Qaida and significant element of the Baathist/al-Qaida converts and collaborators.

# Abdel Faith Isa is a former Iraqi army officer who was later identified as an al-Qaida emir. He was captured May 6, 2004.

# Abu Abdullah Rashid al-Baghdadi is [...]
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=56020

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The fact that CTV chose to publish an article yesterday,
which made no reference to Winnie Mandela's complicity
in a murder, shows you how far they are willing to go
to twist public perceptions.

It also shows how easily the sheeple can be herded.

*

Justthinkin: Thanks for the reminder & thanks to all that served

At the going down of the Sun We will Remember Them

Sorry maz2, but those al-Qaeda connections didn't develop until after the invasion and ouster of Saddam.

Like his counterpart in Syria, prior to the invasion the last thing Hussein wanted was a bunch of Jihadists operating in Iraq. It would have threatened his grip on power. He DID support Palestinian terrorists and actively fund their activities, as well as some terror groups active in Iran. Not the same as al-Qaeda though.

The current al-Qaeda in Iraq developed as a strange union between secular Baathists and religious Jihadists sharing a common cause - defeat and ouster of the U.S.

Life in Sderot, Israel, Today

http://thecanadiansentinel.blogspot.com/2007/06/life-in-sderot-israel-today.html

You can hear the silence of the leftists when Israel is the victim and when Lebanon kills lots of "Palestinians" with a wholesale bombing campaign...

PRAGUE DOCUMENT
Whereas we believe that all people have the right to live in free societies, that free societies
are anchored in freedom of thought and expression, and that institutions such as a free
press, representative legislatures, accountable executives, independent judiciaries and market
economies protect this core freedom, as well as many other freedoms;
Whereas we recognize that there is a profound moral difference between free societies and
societies ruled by fear and repression where human rights are systematically abused and where
there is no recourse to correct those abuses;
Whereas we recognize that the protection of human rights is critical to international peace and
security and that countries that do not respect the rights of their people are unlikely to respect
the rights of their neighbors;
Whereas we are committed to building and maintaining free societies through non-violent,
democratic means;
Whereas we believe that the free world can play a critical role in helping those who are struggling
for freedom in non-democratic countries;
We, the undersigned, have gathered together in Prague in the spring of 2007 in order to call
upon governments and peoples throughout the free world to help those trying to build free
societies elsewhere by doing the following:
1. To demand the immediate release of all non violent political prisoners in their respective
countries.
2. Instructing diplomatic emissaries to non-democratic countries to actively and openly seek
out meetings with political prisoners and dissidents committed to building free societies
through non-violence.
3. Raising public awareness, through institutions in their own countries and through
international bodies, of human rights abuses under non-democratic regimes.
[more ...]
Václav Havel Natan Sharansky José María Aznar
http://www.democracyandsecurity.org/doc/Prague_Document_Final.pdf

Sentinel, you must know by now that the media and the left (I guess that is the same thing really) do not care when they are killing each other over there if the West or Israel are not involved.

No moral high ground for them to take.

The real face of the New world order

http://www.opednews.com/articles/opedne_rory_win_070603_g8_2c_bilderberg_and_t.htm

"While European conspiraloons tend to focus, quite understandably, on Bilderberg the Trilats are very rarely mentioned.
Why is this so, especially when it is the Bilderbergers who are the more secretive of the two?"

More leftist hysteria and extreme anti-Americanism from the masters...er mistresses..of moonbat spin: Frances Russell and Linda McQuaig. For them the existence of any military contingency plan justifies their reflexive anti-American paranoia. From the Winnipeg Free Press:

"The Canadian-American war that never happened

Wed Jun 6 2007

WHILE Nazi and fascist jackboots were marching across Europe, the U.S. cabinet approved a U.S. Defense Department plan to use poison gas to invade and conquer Canada....

McQuaig says her reason for raising Plan Red is to note "how utterly disrespectful, to say the least, the U.S. has been of our sovereignty as recently as the 1930s... Secondly and more importantly, Plan Red illustrates something about the U.S. that Canadians often prefer to ignore: that there is, somewhere deep in the American psyche, a profoundly militaristic and aggressive bent."

Now, more than ever, Canadians need to remember that we are not dealing with a best friend, but with a superpower that has never abandoned its dream of Manifest Destiny."

When it comes to the Taliban, I'm not picky about how they meet their maker as long as they don't take any of our guys with them - drowned works for me.

US REJECTS GERMAN G8 CLIMATE GOAL
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/europe/6725801.stm

""There is significant agreement that those should be established on a national basis, and the only area of disagreement is that the G8 should dictate the national policies of its members,"

>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
Finally a government which is resilient in its own sovereignty and requires democratic mandate to make agreements with foreign governing bodies....unlike the wishy washy half-liberal we sent to G8 to pay lip service to global regulation of Canada's climate policies.

the media think they have it tough here because the prime minister got sick of their spin .bunch of whining prima donnas.
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070606/afghan_journalists_070606/20070606?hub=World

Right on queue, the leftist UN trots out a global warming report that the leftist MSM can use to bash Harper and Bush at the G-8.

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070606/white_north_070606/20070606?hub=World&s_name=

Arctic browning thanks to global warming: UN

OTTAWA -- Temperatures in the Canadian Arctic have been rising at almost double the global rate, mainly because of greenhouse-gas emissions, says a United Nations panel.

Lest we forget. Seems that almost everyone in the MSM did. I just checked the CBC website: nada, CTV: nada, Canoe: nada, National News Watch: nada. Thank God for Hot Air and 'Justthinkin'. At least some don't forget.

AP in the U.S. has the D-Day story.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20070606/ap_on_re_eu/gates_d_day_remembrance;_ylt=AhhKwUK7dwObCrf0darXh0LMWM0F

Didn't see anything in Canadian news.

Why is the danming Paula Todd off-camera sound bite gone from YouTube ??

sda archives 'They All Look Alike To CTV'

'The 19-year coma' story rubbished

~~~snip~~~ However, Mr Grzebski, who saw his story unfold first in the Polish media and then saw it repeated around the world, has now said he was never in a coma for 19 years.

"I never said any of those things, I was not in a coma for 19 years, I only spoke to one journalist and what they wrote was not true - and every time the story was printed new things emerged," he added. ...-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1845864/posts

Flash back~

“It is not incumbent on journalist to confirm that a story is true, it is the responsibility of the public to prove that it is not”

Mary Mapes – Dan Rather’s producer
[ibid ]

*
I can see the Russian flight instructors not wanting to
get into any weapons training with these mopes.
Let's remember we're talking about people who think
automatic weapons should be fired straight up into
the air at family celebrations.

*

Re: D-Day. I was just wondering what it would take for someone at the Trawana Red Star to publish column pointing out ,thanks to the Allies,they are free to spout whatever they want,without fear of prison/execution??
Mind you, I am also disappointed like Texas Canuck. Haven't heard a peep on ANY Canadian MSM about today and its historical significance. Thank you Kate,for letting it get out here.

Well, "something" woke up CTV. Maybe they spend their time reading Kate's blog, just so they don't miss any news stories. DDay was just mentioned, a little late in the day..... How pathetic! It just shows you how much they really care. We need a private news station in this country.

The MSM may have forgotten D-Day, but the milblogs haven't.

ron in kelowna, CTV is claiming copyright infringment!!!!!!!!!

Time for an email to the ugly step-sister of the mother corp. It will be ignored, of course, but what the hey!

"Muhammad is No 2 in boy's names
www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/uk/article1890354.ece

Muhammad is now second only to Jack as the most popular name for baby boys in Britain and is likely to rise to No 1 by next year, a study by The Times has found. The name, if all 14 different spellings are included, was shared by 5,991 newborn boys last year, beating Thomas into third place, followed by Joshua and Oliver.

Scholars said that the name’s rise up the league table was driven partly by the growing number of young Muslims having families, coupled with the desire to name their child in honour of the Prophet...

Overall, Muslims account for 3 per cent of the British population, about 1.5 million people. However, the Muslim birthrate is roughly three times higher than the non-Muslim one..."

Mark
Ottawa

Belisarius said: "Sorry maz2, but those al-Qaeda connections didn't develop until after the invasion and ouster of Saddam."

Stephen F. Hayes said:

The Missing Link
What the Senate report really says about Iraq and al Qaeda.

[...]

"Imagine for a moment that we had not gone to war in Iraq in March 2003. And that Washington, D.C., had been attacked using five pounds of Iraqi anthrax--a development that William Cohen, secretary of defense under Bill Clinton, said would "destroy at least half the population" of the city. Imagine, too, that Iraq had supplied the deadly substance to al Qaeda terrorists, the kind of collaboration a 1999 Congressional Research Service study called "likely" if Saddam were to attempt a strike inside the United States. That report, some readers may recall, also presented a scenario eerily similar to the September 11 attacks. Democrats and journalists used the report to suggest the Bush administration had done too little to prevent those attacks.

Rather than speeches about a needless war to counter an exaggerated threat, we would almost certainly be hearing something like this: This administration had 12 separate reports that Iraq had provided training in chemical and biological weapons to al Qaeda. Yet it refused to act. This administration knew of numerous high-level meetings between Iraqi Intelligence and Osama bin Laden and his top deputies. Yet it refused to act. This administration had been told by the CIA that Iraqi Intelligence had become increasingly aggressive throughout 2002 in targeting U.S. interests. Yet it refused to act. This administration knew that Saddam Hussein had made Osama bin Laden a standing offer of safe haven. Yet it refused to act.

The Bush administration--with the support of John Edwards and John Kerry--did act. And despite the misreporting from the mainstream media and the criticism from these onetime war proponents, "Iraqi support for terrorism" as enumerated in the Senate Intelligence Committee report make it clear that the war was both necessary and justified."...-
http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/004/339finwc.asp?pg=2

Anyone have email list for ombudsmans, or whatever, for; CTV, CBC, Global, G&M, T-Star, CPAC, NP, Sun, The Weather Network, ----- The editors, the boss,

I think, for the Weather Network, you pretty much have to deal directly with God to get anything done.

unless your name is SUZUKI

["I am being hounded by the current government because I have a foundation that has my name and so they're trying to take away my charitable [status]," he said in a speech on Monday in Toronto at a conference of the American Public Transportation Association. David Suzuki, Globe]

//www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070606.wsuzuki06/BNStory/National/home

In the past Corporations have been audited for "stretching the truth" or "promoting a fraud" or "accepting money for a fraud" or "political activism" or "duping the consumer".

Imagine.

JustThinkin............thanks for the reminder.
Dad lost his twin brother that day.
Later lost his left leg.
Older brother wounded.
Grandma asked Dad to name his son after his twin.
Honour. Tradition. Remembrance.

Polls.

Should they continue to be quoted if they will not reveal their data ?? Does it exist ? How do they determined who is polled ?

Lots of questions. Wording of the actual poll question. Motivation.

So why do the media, including National Newswatch, keep on reporting on the major polling firms "findings" ??

Should they continue to be quoted if they will not reveal their data ?? Does it exist ? How do they determined who is polled ?

Absolutley NOT. But then, they can't spin it the way the people who paid for it want,if they had to reveal who they polled,now could they???

Mr. Basi and Mr. Virk are accused of accepting bribes for allegedly leaking confidential government information concerning the privatization of BC Rail, which was sold to CN for $1-billion.

A third man, Aneal Basi, a low-level government employee, is charged with laundering money.

During pre-trial applications, Dave Basi and Mr. Virk have been described as key government operatives who were engaged in political activities.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/LAC.20070606.BCBASI06/TPStory/TPNational/Politics/

Re: Frances Russell and Linda McQuaig regarding Plan Red and their assertion that "Now, more than ever, Canadians need to remember that we are not dealing with a best friend, but with a superpower that has never abandoned its dream of Manifest Destiny."

What a couple of bozos. If the USA wants Canada so badly what are they waiting for? If Americans want to take Canada there is only a much reduced Canadian military standing in their way and thanks to the Liberals and the NDP, Canadian private citizens are also disarmed. So does this mean Linda and Frances now advocate rearming Canada to defend against the coming invasion?

The Weather Network.

Global Warming -- Blah blah -- Suzuki Suzuki -- Blah -- Fraser River, BC will flood, just wait -- man made global warming -- Fraser will flood -- Kyoto -- Suzuki -- Fraser -- highest ever (?)

Ya ? But how come then, from City of Chilliwack, Fraser estimate for 2007, (June 2.)

Year Level at Mission (m) Flow at Hope (cms)
1894 8.9 n/a
1948 8.2 15,300
1972 7.4 13,000
1999 6.3 11,000
2007 Forecast 7.0-7.5 12,500

1972 was worse. 1948 was much worse. 1894 was the Grand Daddy of them all. (And bet the Aboriginals know of an even bigger event.)

Sooooo, next time ya turn on TWN, instead of a half submerged video of water against a sandbag the headline will be.

Fraser Flood Of 2007 Small Potatoes Of The Century

(A sruggle for those in the flood though. Been there)

And, in 2004, during a dry spell, the Kyoto Kalamiters;

Man Made Global Warming to cause BC forests to Burn --- Okanagan Lake to never recover lake level norm --- blah -- no more rain. Ever --

The Kyoto Kult can't loose. All bases covered.

"The Kyoto Kult can't loose. All bases covered.
Posted by: ron in kelowna at June 6, 2007 4:00 PM "
Gotta give them credit Ron...they have been playing the blame game to the sheeples longer then we have.
So. What do you think of the fact(?) that 20 years from now it may only be -20C in January instead of -20.8C? That is scary.Darn. I may have to fire up the BBQ to get it up to -19C!!!

And as an aside...only 22C in Edmonton today....right on the average for the last 56 years. Hey. I want 23C! C'mon Lizzie...where's my warming??

CTV propaganda: "to keep students busy and safe"?

In a school?

What does CTV know about keeping students "safe" in schools? Nothing. It's a CTV opinion. CTV does not say how this keeps students "safe".

"Jordan Manners was gunned down inside C.W. Jefferys Collegiate Institute on May 23, 2007."

Here is the payoff from Liberal Premier Liar-Liar McGuinty.

"Some 380 students will also be given part-time jobs that pay $12 an hour." Guilt money from Liar-Liar McGuinty.
...-

Ont. funding summer school programs in Toronto
CTV.ca - 2 hours ago

CW Jefferys Collegiate is one of about 150 schools located in Toronto's troubled and poverty-stricken neighbourhoods that will remain open this summer to keep students busy and safe...-
google news)

In the news today-
Oh Castro is looking good
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070606/castro_interview_070606/20070606?hub=World&s_name=

Oh but Harper isn't
http://www.panda.org/about_wwf/what_we_do/...?uNewsID=104660

Grits to derail PM's plan for Senate reform
(CP via canoe news)

[...]

"To break the impasse, Harper's government would have to agree to refer the matter to the top court."

The hierarchy in Canada, as per the Liberals:

Liberal Party Supreme Court...
Liberal MSM...
Liberal Party/Senate...
Liberal Party...
Liberal Bureaucracy/Civil Service.

Where is PM Harper's government?

There is no PM Harper's government.

Where are the voters/citizens of Canada?

There are no voters/citizens of Canada.

Where is the House of Commons?

There is no House of Commons.

Canada is ruled by a Liberal oligarchy/kleptocracy.

crime does pay and pay big

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2007/06/06/lafleur-fraud.html

Jack says:

"Bono is Paul Martin’s friend and we all know what happened to Paul Martin.
...-

Harper expected to decline meeting with Bono

KUHLUNGSBORN, Germany - Irish rock star Bono has requested a meeting with Stephen Harper on aid to Africa, but the prime minister will likely turn down the offer, CanWest News Service has learned.

The U2 lead singer will meet with U.S. President George W. Bush on the sidelines of the G8 summit, which started Wednesday at the nearby Baltic resort of Heiligendamm.
[…]

o Note: Bono is Paul Martin’s friend and we all know what happened to Paul Martin.
...-
http://www.jacksnewswatch.info/

A couple of retired, Manitoba visitors to the Okanagan (Winters, the last few years).

A few weeks ago, talking with me on the AGW calamity.......

Wow, your Lake Okanagan still is low, eh ?

Huh ?

Well, saw (TWN, CBC, likely ?) where Lake Okanagan was low, low in 2003, the Kelowna fire year, and it was still low last(2007) winter.

The lake level is regulated, lowered every winter, to make room for the snow melt. Lowered 4 to 5 feet. Prevents flooding, ya see.

But back then, they(media ?) said the level would not likely recover from the drought of 2003.

Look. I remember the hype also. (Dropped house values) The very next year, 2004, the level almost(within a foot) regained full pool. And in 2005 was over full. And in 2006 was almost flooding. Mucho runoff this year, 2007, also. Hope they lowered it enough to make room.

Oh, so man lowered the OK Lake. Not Man Made Warming ?

You got it. And ya say you both worked for the CBC ?

That's correct.

Mmmmmmm.

On the topic of D-Day:
This past Saturday, we laid to rest my neighbor of 36 years, Fred.
Fred served as a tanker with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, landed at Normandy, and was badly wounded when his tank took a direct hit during the action that followed.
He survived, raised a large, decent family, and at the time of his death, left 10 grandchildren and 11 Great-Grandchildren. He was a quiet, honourable man of many talents, and was a wonderful neighbor of ours for many years. May he rest in peace and may God bless his family. I will miss him.

This site makes me steam..since when do we let illegals dictate our immigration policy?

http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/

On the topic of D-Day:
This past Saturday, we laid to rest our neighbor of 36 years, Fred.
Fred served with the Sherbrooke Fusiliers, landed at Normandy, and was badly wounded when his tank took a direct hit during the following action.
He survived and went on to raise a large, decent family. At the time of his death, he left his loving wife, five children, ten Grandchildren, and eleven Great-Grandchildren. He was a quiet, honourable man of many talents and was a wonderful neighbor for many years. May he rest in peace and may God bless his family. I will miss him.

Leaders have failed Palestinians
By MINDELLE JACOBS

For almost 60 years, Arab countries and factions have pretended to help the Palestinians while using them as pawns to demonize Israel or as a pretext for tribal and religious infighting.

The clash between the Lebanese army and two shadowy radical Islamic groups is the latest calamity to befall the long-suffering Palestinians.

Little is clear about what goes on in the Middle East, but one thing is certain. The militants holed up in two of Lebanon's Palestinian refugee camps don't have the Palestinians' interests at heart.

REFUGEE CAMPS

The greater tragedy is the Arab world has left the Palestinians to fester in refugee camps, in the hope that Israel would be vanquished. A two-state solution to the Arab-Israeli conflict is the only route to peace.

Repeatedly, the Palestinians have had a chance for their own state, ever since the UN proposed dividing a small piece of what was formerly the Ottoman Empire into Jewish and Arab countries. The Jews agreed. The Arabs chose war. Think of what the Palestinians could have accomplished by now if they'd chosen state-building instead of war-mongering.

Their leaders failed them -- and continue to do so today -- and the Arab world has, by and large, left them to wallow in misery because of its undying hatred of a dynamic, successful democracy -- Israel.

Lebanon, for instance, confines its Palestinians to 12 refugee camps that have, effectively, become mini-states within a state. The Palestinians aren't allowed to own property or work in professions such as medicine, law, engineering and journalism.

Last year, the Lebanese government eased the restrictions slightly, allowing Palestinians to work in previously prohibited clerical and manual jobs, according to the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants (USCRI).

But the permit process is so burdensome and expensive that only two or three refugees had applied by late last year. ...- (more)
http://www.edmontonsun.com/News/Columnists/Jacobs_Mindelle/2007/06/05/4235398-sun.html

"This site makes me steam..since when do we let illegals dictate our immigration policy?

http://toronto.nooneisillegal.org/

Posted by: Kursk at June 6, 2007 5:24 PM "

Since 1986 and the "Charter Of Rights". Any more questions?? Oh. And it was the Liberals in charge. So go kiss your Liberal MP. He/she loves you,doncha know.

Mao Stlong orders you to choose your lobster, er, kidney. Now. One lobstel? Two lobstels?
...-

"A nurse told The Yangtze Evening News, that when a patient needs a kidney transplant, the transplant team will go to the Urological Team and request a healthy kidney."

China Kidney Transplant Expert Commits Suicide
The Epoch Times [...]

Committed Suicide While At The Peak Of His Career

The Shanghai Hospital website bio on Dr. Li notes that he graduated from No.2 Military Medical University in 1986. He traveled to the United States for two years of further study toward a postdoctoral degree.

Dr. Li was Shanghai No.2 Military Medical University Subsidiary Shanghai Hospital Deputy Director, Professor and Chief Physician of Kidney Department of Medicine, a member of China Dialysis and Transplantation Association, Shanghai Chinese Medical Association, Shanghai Chinese Medical Association Study of Kidney Disease Youth Group, and the Shanghai Chinese Medical Association Study of Kidney Transplant Youth Group.

He was also an expert for the State Nature Fund Association, State Nature Fund Association Kidney Disease Analysis, an executive member of the editorial board of China Blood Purification magazine and a member of Military Health Technology Qualification Test Committee.

Many of the people working at Shanghai Hospital believed that Dr. Li had a wonderful life. He had everything including an excellent professional reputation, benefits, social position, car, house, kids and a wonderful future. Dr. Li's co-workers also said that he was at the top of his career. Dr. Li was only 44 years old....-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1846071/posts

So Al Qaeda and the Taliban cut a 34% drop in both Canadian and US cross-border tourism eh?

Doesn*t that make you steamed enough to want to shoot a few of those tower terrorizing twits?

Tourism is just one sector, just think of the losses and damage they are causing on a daily basis.

Is the free world tolerant or just enjoying life in Temporary free society?

Or just TV dumbed down stupid? = TG

Harper declines meeting with Bono on Africa

Prime Minister Stephen Harper has given the cold shoulder at the G8 summit to a trio of celebrity anti-poverty activists led by Irish rock star Bono.
national newswatch ...-

The "trio of celebrity anti-poverty activists" are socialist parasites. Give 'em a lift with a cold, steel-toed boot.

http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2007/06/06/tech-sciencedirtysnowclimatechange-20070606.html
Dirty snow causes global warming.
Don't tell Al, he says the science debate is over.
Let's see, dirty snow cause global warming, so does the increased output from the sun. So how much can we actually blame on greenhouse gases, let alone manmade greenhouse gases?

Didn't Harper have some plan during the last election to reduce smog?

Does the sun really look like this in this CBC climate change story?
http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/kyoto/

That's right, Justthinkin, all comers, legal or not, just have to get their feet on our soil and they have every right all Native born or naturalized Canadians have.
They even get free health care, lodging and education and bring your Granny.

Hey, why should Harper, Prime Minister of Canada, have any need to meet a greasy Irish rock "star" and the rest of the has-been exhibitionists from the entertainment world ? Whose purpose would be served, who would it help?

Has anyone mentioned Suzukiz is upset that by making Ottawa mad (think it was posters) he is facing an audit that may lead to loss of charitable status for his org. (nationalnewswatch)

http://www.vivelecanada.ca/

"The Alberta Disadvantage in Higher Education

by Anthony J. Hall
Founding Coordinator and Associate Professor of Globalization Studies
University of Lethbridge
(original article, published with permission of the author)

June 4, 2007 The Alberta Disadvantage in Higher Education

In Alberta an attack is gathering force on the most fundamental principles essential to the academic viability of universities. This attack has implications that go far beyond the jurisdiction most stereotypically associated with cowboy culture and the lucrative vastness of this province’s oil and gas resources.

As demonstrated by the political genesis of Canada’s current federal government, developments in Alberta tend to lie at the origins of changes with broad ranging implications. Alberta has long been a laboratory for experimentation in right-wing techniques of political manipulation and governance. This experimentation is aimed most often at subordinating the activities of public institutions to the will and desires of the executive branches of private corporations, but especially the Texas-based energy conglomerates that dominate Calgary..."

Canadian Infidel -

A great many Americans have realized that Canadians are at best wishy-washy backstabbing false friends (on par with the French) due to the hesitation and backtracking of the Cretin and Dithers governments leading up to and during the Iraq conflict.

Who can blame them for finding Canada "dull"? Who wants to go "survival camping, dog-sledding or sea kayaking" when they can do the very same activities in their own country?

Wouldn't you rather go on trips to photo-hunt the elusive playtpus, the hordes of wallabies, the almost invisible koala, and dive off the Great Coral Reef in Australia?

I certainly would (and intend to, again)!

Face it: Americans have wised up to the inherent anti-ism that the great majority of Canadians harbour against them. Why should they bother to visit such a dull and unwelcoming place?

Think aboutit.. think again.

The vast majority of Americans are by nature some of the most good natured people anywhere.

You are confusing some pointed dislike of government groups with hate for the whole population.

A very common error. No doubt you hate all Iranians too, when they are ordinary day to day working stiffs like us.

Try to focus your hate on their *Mad Mullah dictators and *their religious police* who are opressing average Iranian citizens. = TG

Nations Abandoning US Dollar, A Dangerous Sign

More bad, bad news for the dollar.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is apparently moving away from the dollar.

Bloomberg reported that the UAE **may be the next Middle Eastern country to stop pegging its exchange rate to the U.S. dollar, according to trading in currency forwards.**

This is indeed worrisome in light of the fact several other nations are severing their ties with the dollar.

Countries such as Iran and Venezuela have been joined recently by Syria and Kuwait (which switched its currency peg away from the U.S. dollar on May 20) in divorcing themselves from the dollar.

This move by the UAE should therefore not be confused and likened to the dollar-dumping moves by countries such as Iran and Venezuela who virulently hate America.

As our readers may know, the UAE (includes Dubai) is ruled by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Prime Minister of the UAE. Like his late father, the legendary business entrepreneur, Sheikh Rashid, he is extremely pro-West and pro-capitalism.

Kuwait and the UAE make no bones why they are severing ties with the dollar. They say they are simply fighting inflation.

As we have said repeatedly here in MoneyNews and our sister publication Financial Intelligence Report, the dollar has been wildly inflated by the U.S. government - despite phony claims that official CPI is *low.*
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The rest of the world recognizes this inflation. That is why the dollar continues to tumble, despite Federal Reserve rate increases.

And it is also why the global cost of commodities measured in dollars continues upwards.

By turning away from the U.S. dollar, these nations are not just hurting its international value, they are also undermining the dollar's political power as the world's reserve currency.

This is a major threat to America's political *power multiplier* in the coming world struggle for power.

It is also a major threat to America's global economic strength, and most importantly your wealth as an American. [and Canadian ]TG

Nations Abandoning Dollar, A Dangerous Sign

More bad, bad news for the dollar.

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) is apparently moving away from the dollar.

Bloomberg reported that the UAE "may be the next Middle Eastern country to stop pegging its exchange rate to the U.S. dollar, according to trading in currency forwards."

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This is indeed worrisome in light of the fact several other nations are severing their ties with the dollar.

Countries such as Iran and Venezuela have been joined recently by Syria and Kuwait (which switched its currency peg away from the U.S. dollar on May 20) in divorcing themselves from the dollar.

This move by the UAE should therefore not be confused and likened to the dollar-dumping moves by countries such as Iran and Venezuela who virulently hate America.

As our readers may know, the UAE (includes Dubai) is ruled by Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid al Maktoum, the Prime Minister of the UAE. Like his late father, the legendary business entrepreneur, Sheikh Rashid, he is extremely pro-West and pro-capitalism.

Kuwait and the UAE make no bones why they are severing ties with the dollar. They say they are simply fighting inflation.

As we have said repeatedly here in MoneyNews and our sister publication Financial Intelligence Report, the dollar has been wildly inflated by the U.S. government - despite phony claims that official CPI is "low."

[Editor's Note: Bernanke's Inflation Lie: Discover the Real Truth]

The rest of the world recognizes this inflation. That is why the dollar continues to tumble, despite Federal Reserve rate increases.

And it is also why the global cost of commodities measured in dollars continues upwards.

By turning away from the U.S. dollar, these nations are not just hurting its international value, they are also undermining the dollar's political power as the world's reserve currency.

This is a major threat to America's political "power multiplier" in the coming world struggle for power.

It is also a major threat to America's global economic strength, and most importantly your wealth as an American.

[Editor's Note: 4 Foreign Currency Plays to Beat the Falling Dollar.]

Our government has engaged in some of the most profligate spending yet known to man, encouraging the creation of an unprecedented level of falsely low cost liquidity, expanding our money supply at an alarming rate, running up huge debts and borrowing (off balance sheet obligations) against the earnings of future generations.

The sad thing is that this has been seen before - during the Roman empire!

In addition, it is our Congress that placed upon our Fed the uncompetitive "ball and chain" of a dual mandate: to control inflation and to encourage growth.

Today, both are mutually exclusive.

The Fed is unable to defend our dollar against the rising interest rates of other nations. If Bernanke and the Fed raise rates, the U.S. economy moves quickly into recession.

The bond markets appear to be indicating a 40 percent chance of a Fed rate increase in June, up from zero percent in the last quarter of 2006. Perhaps the markets recognize the Fed will have to raise rates to keep the dollar from collapsing.

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The Bears Sharpen Their Claws
Joshua Lipton
The Dow falls by triple-digits on renewed concern about inflationary pressures.

* Bad Week For U.K. Private Equity
* Adviser Soapbox: Don't Discount Inflation

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