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July 26, 2007

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But if you take away their white serial killers, what will they have left?

Toronto who?

Neighbours said the man sold drugs but was the "nicest person."

Egalitarian epistemology.

A retired police officer on the dumbest editorial by the Toronto Star in years.

Add yours in the comments.

Posted by Kate at July 26, 2007 9:29 AM
Comments

JihadWatch.org widely blacklisted as hate speech site:

www.jihadwatch.org/archives/017242.php

"The perception of the West as mostly a "knight of democracy" has given way to the disappointing conclusion that Western policies are build on pragmatism, often cynical and selfish," Solzhenitsyn said. "For many Russians it was a hard experience, a collapse of ideals."

www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/07/24/europe/EU-GEN-Russia-Solzhenitsyn.php

Chinese gub'mint flush with tax cash, attempts to become as communist as Canada:

China plans to set up a comprehensive medical insurance program over the next three years that will cover all urban citizens, including children and the unemployed.
...
"China's rapid economic growth and increasing government revenue have provided sound basis for adopting this program," Wen said.

In the first half of this year, China's government revenue topped 2.6 trillion yuan (342.56 billion U.S. dollars), a year-on-year rise of 30.6 percent.

english.people.com.cn/90001/90782/6223565.html

Posted by: Andrew at July 26, 2007 9:58 AM

Yet another misinformed sideswipe at postmodernism. As a right-wing postmodernist and admirer of other right-wing postmodernists, such as Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr., the critism is misplaced. Thompson would do well to read Holmes of Charles Sanders Peirce. The postmodern epistemic claim is that humans have no access to reality other than through socialially mediated experience and knowledge achieves its degree of epistemic reliability (i.e., justified as a true belief) only to the degree it has been tested through social experience. Put another way, you cannot know the ideal A a priori (as a justified belief), so the strategy of imprioving the current state of knowledge (B) by measuring A-B begs the question. Knowledge improves as science does, through the community enterprise of testing hypotheses with experience and continually mioduifying B to reduce errors that matter. This is how science works, this is how common law works. (Indeed, Lord Francis Bacon was both chief justice of England and the writer of Novum organum.) The fact that many on the left exploit the subtlety of the epistemology to mask a political agenda no more makes postmodernism a left-wing epistemology than Marxism and Rousseau make the Enlightenment a left-wing epistemology.

Posted by: murray at July 26, 2007 10:10 AM

Oliver Wendell Holmes the eugenicist?

Posted by: Kathy Shaidle at July 26, 2007 10:13 AM

Hop to your frog gigging gear before the fungus gets em.
But be sure to disinfect your tyres before your next gig.

http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2007/02/20/a-fungus-brings-dinosaurs-fate-to-frogs/

Posted by: richfisher at July 26, 2007 10:27 AM

The broken promise that just won't go away. Someone should remind Atlantic Canadians that they are supposed to have a defeatist attitude.

http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=23a56240-8858-4d50-a9bc-4b53a37d6e60

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/849457.html

Think I'll take Kate's advice and make a donation to Michael Totten instead of to the CPC as I received yet another letter from Don Plett asking for mo money. I promised to pledge during a phone solicitation recently but haven't sent the money yet. I'm claiming that no promise has been broken and that I have held up my end of the bargain.

When the next election is held Peter McKay will be the only CPC re-elected from Atlantic Canada. All for 4-6 billion over a 16 year period between 2 provinces. Who will be the next leader of the CPC after they fail to get a majority in the next election? Benier and Prentice are my front runners.

Glenn

Posted by: Glenn at July 26, 2007 10:32 AM

Actually Holmes was not a eugenicist-eugenics was more of a progressive Democrat agenda at the time. His general views are clearer from his letters. The reference in querstions comes from an 8-1 USSC decision upholding a state law that declined to use the federal constitutuion to strike a state law permitting sterilization after three generations of imbecility. Holmes, who was thrice wounded in the Civil War (gfighting in principle against slavery) and saw most of his friends killed sacrificing for social causes, was sensitive to irresponsible drains on society. Having children you could not possibly take care of was something he would not have seen as a unqualified entitlement. Still, he and 7 other USSC justices (including Brandeis) made the decision and must endure criticism for it. However, to characterize Holmes is a eugenicist is an ill-informed ad hominen attack.

Posted by: murray at July 26, 2007 10:41 AM

Ill informed ad homs are my spec-i-al-i-tee.

Posted by: Kathy Shaidle at July 26, 2007 10:47 AM

Michael Coran gets "hate mail"

http://tinyurl.com/2o9fqe

"
I received an e-mail last week from someone called Yusuf Patel, which read, "You are a crypto-Jew on top of being a little piece of (expletive). You love money more than anything because of your Jewish origin. You talk about fairness the same way FOX news is fair and balanced.

"You are out and out racist you little piece of (expletive). You came out of the gutters of England and you show your origin as soon as you open your (expletive) dirty mouth. You have no self-respect, but how can I expect that from a crypto-Jew! You have no sense of shame because you are a psychopath that means you have no conscience you donkey.
(...)
We found Yusuf Patel closer to home, in Mississauga, Ont.
(...)

There was no sense that he thought he had been in any way abusive or unfair, no willingness to apologize, no acknowledgement that such hatred was unacceptable in a pluralistic and tolerant society.

Nor is Mr. Patel some young thug, but a soft-spoken senior citizen. "

Posted by: WL Mackenzie Redux at July 26, 2007 10:58 AM

Glenn,

You can take your Atlantic Accord and shove it. I'm so sick of hearing Danny Williams and the others whine about not getting more of Canada's money. Here's an idea: Start developing economies that don't rely on dead industries and/or make-work money from the feds.

By the way, your analogy would only work if you promised the CPC $100, but then promised to give them 11% of $1000 instead. The CPC, using the logic of the gimme-gimme Atlantic premiers, would then demand to get both payments.

Posted by: Yukon Gold at July 26, 2007 10:58 AM

this hasnt been the same since Lance Armstrong said "thats it , Im taking my ball and going home"


http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070725/tour_resumes_070726/20070726?hub=TopStories


Posted by: cal2 at July 26, 2007 11:06 AM


'Opposition Parties team up to block human rights bill for aboriginals'

http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/canada/story.html?id=c69110bb-2fe5-494a-8db7-fd40cd0a2da3

The Liberals/NDP/Bloc want to stop the government from passing legislation that would give basic human rights to aboriginals subject to the Indian Act.

It appears that Indian Chiefs, their lawyers and all the rest of the high paid help are worried that their gravy train may come to a screeching halt if Chiefs and band councils are no longer allowed to trample on the human rights of ordinary aboriginal serfs.

It is a bit stunning that in a civilized 'first world' country an entire group of people are simply not given basic human rights protection - and even more stunning that powerful political parties desperately want to keep it that way.

What is going on here?

Posted by: philanthropist at July 26, 2007 11:06 AM

Woman peppersprays boyfriend in face while he is driving and their two kids are in back seat:

www.sptimes.com/2007/07/26/Pasco/Pepper_spray_is_last_.shtml

An inmate who was stabbed 21 times at the Ottawa Regional Detention Centre is suing the provincial government for $60,000.

www.ottawasun.com/News/OttawaAndRegion/2007/07/26/4368789-sun.html

Residents with objections to a proposed wind plant on Wolfe Island have won important changes to the mega-project after an agreement was reached yesterday at an independent hearing.

The changes will mean that Canadian Hydro Developers Inc., which is planning to erect 86 turbines over the western portion of the rural island, will have to position the tower-like structures further away from wetlands, roads, homes and schools.
...
News of the compromise brought tears of relief to the eyes of several islanders who attended the hearing.

"Yes, thank God," said Janet White, in a loud whisper as tears streamed down her face.

"Our children can be safe now."

Several other spectators hugged at the end of the hearing.

www.thewhig.com/webapp/sitepages/content.asp?contentid=627805&catname=Local+News&classif=

Posted by: Andrew at July 26, 2007 11:06 AM

PetroCanada bends over for native area project. Fort McKay / Fort McMurray.

Petro-Canada Promise

petro-canada.ca/en/about/3194.aspx

Respect and follow the First Nations approach to bridging western and traditional knowledge.

Relocate fish species desirable to First Nations, such as lake whitefish and burbot, into end-pit and *no net loss* lakes.

Work with First Nations to ensure that reclamation planning and design meets their needs and expectations.

Provide ongoing funding and sponsorship to the Fort McKay First Nation daycare facility.

Work with the Fort McKay community to increase access to regional educational initiatives.

Participate, through funding, in an Aboriginal Summer Student Program for Mikisew Cree First Nation students in Fort Chipewyan — aimed at older students to help them with employability skills.

Work with the Fort McKay School Industry group to identify areas to provide funds and resources for projects such as Science Fair, Year Book, Reading Program, Winter Carnival, Earth Education Camp and other special events.

Provide funding to Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation to support development of the Community/Youth Camp.

Contract various camp services subject to competitive pricing and acceptable partnership agreements.

Maintain the stability of the Athabasca River valley wall by sufficiently distancing the mine from the 100-year high water mark.

Ensure wildlife use of river valley habitats isn’t disrupted by setting back the mine.

Maintain a visual buffer of vegetation between the Athabasca River and mining operations to minimize the aesthetic effects of the mine for river travelers.

Provide First Nations community representatives with a detailed reclamation plan for the first phase of mining.

Provide transportation to and from Fort McKay for employees and contractors from the community working at the Fort Hills mine site.

Manage activities to prevent contributing to potential tainting of fish in the Athabasca River and its tributaries.

Plan final post-reclamation land use in accordance with First Nations expectations.

Manage the protected unmined portion of the McClelland Lake Wetland Complex such that it remains a peat-forming rich fen with similar plant species and soil characteristics to predevelopment conditions.

Provide funding in support of First Nations Elders’ Committees.

Improve habitat on the Fort Hills leases through the reclamation of traditional exploration trails outside of the mine footprint.

Assist First Nations with educational transition programs for students entering high school in Fort McMurray or leaving the community to pursue post-secondary education.

For more information on our promise to the people of Fort Hills contact us.
================================= Petro-Canada.ca

In other words, generally shower money on all Native groups for friendly outcome. = TG

Posted by: TG at July 26, 2007 11:28 AM

Oh yeah, and do not mention Burnaby / Ioco oil spill mess, what ever you do. = TG

Posted by: TG at July 26, 2007 11:34 AM

Questioning immigration: "They're pulling the economy down"
(from the Star)

"It always surprises Don drummond, chief economist of the Toronto Dominion Bank, when business leaders tout immigration as the key to Canada's economic success.

Their information is at least 25 years out of date.

Since the early 80's, immigrants have done less well than their Canada-born peers. Each year, they fall further behind.

What is even more worrisome is that their children are dropping out of school, creating an intergenerational cycle of poverty.

"They're pulling the economy down," Drummond said. "I don't think people have really understood that."

Commentators blame the decline on a shift in immigration flows. They contend that recent newcomers from Asia (don't think they're talking about non-Muslims here), don't adapt to life in this country as well as their European predecessors."

The last paragraph being the main point, although given this was printed in the Star, they go on to explain the 'real' reasons, such as employers aren't hiring certain people because of skin colour; government skimping on language instruction - essentially racism and bigotry as the root cause. No, no, never the immigrants, or a cultural problem.

It goes on - "But many of them are failing at school, living in poverty and feeling the tug of gangs and crime."

Of course, rather than offering up the correct answer, the answer is to blame employers. "...if his Bay Street colleagues really wanted to stoke Canada's economic engine, they'd hire more immigrants, invest in their children..."

Six months ago, the Star reported that immigration is now costing taxpayers $5 billion a year. The absolute reverse of the objective.

It's time immigration was thoroughly examined, based on proof of performance, rather than foisting this insidious notion of cultural relativism on us all and then blaming us for failure. Adding stricter measures, such as fluency in the English language and compatible values and beliefs might help as well.

As well, trades are extremely important. A friend of mine told me about a Scottish master mason who after having lived and worked in Canada for some time was declined citizenship and sent packing. And although his sons were born here, his family is following him back. His comment was, "Most of the bricklayers in Canada are not trained properly in the trade. In fact, many are from South East Asia. They have no idea about how to properly lay bricks for a northern climate, which could prove disasterous."

Posted by: irwin daisy at July 26, 2007 11:37 AM

Senior Tories say Flaherty on way out:

http://thechronicleherald.ca/Canada/849457.html

Which Senior Tories? Of course, not one Tory quoted directly, just "sources." More anonymous "quotes" for our GIGO MSM. Apparently, rumours constitute attributable, legitimate news.

I don't trust MSM to differentiate between rumour, bitching and real story. We are giving these twerps license to make up the news as they go along.

As for "source," this is not some person doing undercover work, so let them step up and voice their objections, rather than hiding behind anonmymity.

Otherwise, zero credibility, shouldn't be reported at all. What garbage journalism.

Posted by: Shamrock at July 26, 2007 11:38 AM

What goes around comes around Yukon gold.

Economic development dollars to Bombardier. Check

Economic development dollars to farmers. Check

Economic development dollars to oilsands companies. Check

Economic development dollars to automotive industry. Check

Economic development dollars to logging industry. Check

Economic development dollars for vote rich Ontario and Quebec. Check (How's that working for ya?)


So tell me Yukon Gold, who's your pick for the next leader of the CPC?

Two non-partisan economists from Dal and MUN crunched the numbers and found it to be 4-6 billion less than what was promised and agreed to in a bi-lateral binding agreement between 2 levels of government over a 16 year period. Google economist Wade Locke and see for yourself. The spinners in the PMO and finance dept. can spin till they are blue in the face. Where the rubber hits the road the CPC will not be able to get their majority. I dis-assembled the seat numbers a month or 2 ago showing the relative ease with which the CPC could have garnered 22-25 seats in Atlantic Canada for a generation if they had not of re-jigged the Atlantic accord formula.

I too am tired of the whining over the Accord. It was an unnecessary move on behalf of the CPC, PMO, and the finance dept. If everything is all and good, like you and Flahtery claim, why the ongoing negotiations for a side deal? The original Accord intent could have been passed in the budget and we wouldn't be wasting our time discussing this. Instead we'll(conservatives) reap what we have sown.

As an aside, the feds have netted, yes netted, 678 million dollars over the past 8 years from the Hibernia project alone. This does not include income taxes and gst revenues on the project, this number is profit from its initial investment in Hibernia when other stakeholders pulled out, which at the time was highly regarded as a make work project by the red star and G&M scribes. The economic development dollars that the Accord would produce would be funneled back into projects like provincial equity positions in Hebron & Hibernia south oil plays and the Lower Churchill and Muskrat Falls hydro projects for example.

Do these sound like dead industries to you? Take care YG.

Glenn

Posted by: Glenn at July 26, 2007 11:39 AM

Citoyen Dion, Librano$ cash-meister, a la AdScam, demands you vote Librano$. It's da Canadian Values Accord.
Get in on the pyramid scheme. Vite.
...-

Arrest made in missing Liberal cash
Forged Checks Alleged; Tory MP Charges Party 'Cover-Up' Inwakeof Fraud

A former Liberal riding association treasurer has been arrested for stealing more than $13,000, and a senior federal party official is accused of attempting to cover up the alleged crime....-
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/canada/story.html?id=4c3802b3-8193-481b-b52b-1345fbde8d5c

Posted by: maz2 at July 26, 2007 12:37 PM

Egalitarian Epistemology?
Blah Blah blah blah.... and so on!
Summary...
You can make up whatever asinine set of arguments you want and declare that it is truth.
But in the end it is just BS that you made up.


Posted by: OMMAG at July 26, 2007 12:40 PM

In the Toronto Star today, James Travers says that 2000 handguns are stolen or lost by registered owners each year. I suspect that this is totally incorrect. Does anyone have the true figures of handguns lost and stolen? Also, how many of those weapons were used in a criminal act?

Posted by: john in east van, help! at July 26, 2007 12:49 PM

Go back to sleep, Jack. It's just Jane Churley blabbering.
...-

'More Janes, fewer Dicks' needed in provincial politics: former cabinet ministers

TORONTO (CP) - A former New Democrat minister says it's time for "more Janes and fewer Dicks" in provincial politics. ...-
canoe news

Posted by: maz2 at July 26, 2007 12:53 PM

Arrest made in missing Liberal cash
Forged Checks Alleged; Tory MP Charges Party 'Cover-Up' Inwakeof Fraud
Craig Offman, National Post
Published: Thursday, July 26, 2007
http://www.canada.com/nationalpost/news/canada/story.html?id=4c3802b3-8193-481b-b52b-1345fbde8d5c

Spell cheque.
Stolen Cash, thy name is "liberal."
Well they spelled "Liberal" correctly, but only the cash is liberal ,none of the thieves ,none of the liberal scumbags that tried to subvert justice.
Only the cash is liberal, does'nt all "missing" cash in Canada, end up being Liberal?

Posted by: richfisher at July 26, 2007 12:54 PM

No surprise here. Prohibition in the US was all about the tax money.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pittsburghtrib/search/s_518872.html

Posted by: Imethisguy at July 26, 2007 12:58 PM


Duoh!
Appologise to maz2 and all.

Posted by: richfisher at July 26, 2007 1:01 PM

[Nova Scotia] Tory newsletter 'a piece of tripe'

"At what point will the premier [Rodney MacDonald] learn that he got done dirty by Stephen Harper?" Corbett asked. "This is a case of the feds being mean-spirited, looking at where they could get political momentum, where seats were more advantageous and easier to be picked up, and they thought it was central Canada."

Better yet, at what point will MacDonald take the federal government to court ?

The whining is bad enough. But this useless trying to "win in the court of public opinion" is just becoming too unbearable. Who, outside of the Atlantic, has any sympathy for these guys ?

Put up or shut up. If your case is strong, then take it to court.

They are obviously deathly afraid of losing.

Posted by: Calgary Junkie at July 26, 2007 1:06 PM

One more P.O.S. criminal, thug-life gangsta wiped out.

Makes my heart just a little lighter. Good riddance scumbag.

Posted by: Lycan Stark at July 26, 2007 1:06 PM

Why doesn't Canada ban all gangs; if you are a member of a gang, you're sent to the cold arctic to count polar bears or clean sewers of rats or something. The drug trade would probably consequently take a nose dive too, at least for the short term.

Posted by: Joanne at July 26, 2007 1:22 PM

murray - I don't know what you mean by Holmes of Charles Sanders Peirce.

But, you are completely wrong about Charles Peirce. He wasn't a postmodernist - either as precursor or in his own work! He was a realist, and that means that he accepted that there was an objective reality. Postmodernism doesn't accept that there is an objective reality.

Peirce did not discuss any 'ideal a priori' for he was not a Platonist but an Aristotelian. He did say that one cannot directly access this objective reality but we can most certainly, over time, understand its nature and laws. He didn't say that one accessed it via socially mediated experiences but by reason. Reason enables one to understand Thirdness, the evolving normative laws of morphological existence.

As for postmodernism and its connections to the left, I strongly agree with that. I've never heard of a postmodernist on the right!

After all, postmodernism is nothing more than 'deconstruction' (Derrida), plus a focus on an essentialist 'will' (Derrida, Hegel). That's pure socialism, with its notion of an essentialist historicism of a utopian future purity.

john - I wouldn't trust anything Travers says. He's a Liberal and his agenda will be to strengthen the Liberal political arm. He won't advocate stronger sentences for the use of guns, because that's a Conservative policy; instead, he'll advocate going against the registered owners of guns - that's the Liberal policy. He utterly ignores the individual who CHOOSES to use a gun, and the fact that there isn't a criminal on this planet who would register their gun.

Therefore, the law that says that all handguns must be registered (a law since 1934) doesn't mean a thing to a criminal. A new Liberal law that bans handguns also won't mean a thing.

Posted by: ET at July 26, 2007 1:51 PM

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/calgary/story/2007/07/26/loose-migrants.html

"Waterton RCMP said five men, who police describe as Hispanic and not dangerous, illegally crossed into Canada Tuesday."

The U.S.'s illegal immigration issue is starting to become our issue as the illegals have been settling further and further north each year. I think it's time we build a fence along the border.

Posted by: Steve at July 26, 2007 3:13 PM

"I think it's time we build a fence along the border."

Great quip there Steve!
All we have to do is encourage the likes of Tom Tancredo .... they'll build it for us!!

Posted by: OMMAG at July 26, 2007 3:21 PM

Fred Thompson Deals With 9/11 Conspiracy Theorist

A member of "Houston 9/11 Truth" asks Fred Thompson about his membership in The Council of Foreign Relations and its backing of "The North American Union."

1) Watch how Thompson deals with her (in the first 1:00 or so)...

Thompson answers as the '9/11 Truther' heckles him over her conspiracy-minded question regarding the North American Union, "Now don’t fuss at me. You asked me a question. Let me answer it."

That's how it's done!

2) Then watch as the '9/11 Truther' is escorted out (about 4:00) at the end of the video, screaming, "What do you think about Trade Center 7? ... It was an inside job!"

What a bunch of wackos...-
http://www.theneweditor.com/index.php?/archives/6633-Fred-Thompson-Deals-With-911-Conspiracy-Theorist.html

Posted by: maz2 at July 26, 2007 4:08 PM

GOOD NEWS!!!
Good News!

Caution: this is a long article crammed full of facts; facts which will contradict the ‘stories’ being put about by politicians, journalists and anti-military academics and ‘peace activists.’ It might be dangerous, even subversive because it may cause some readers to actually understand what is happening in Afghanistan. It may shatter some belief sytems because the cold, hard facts are at odds with the prevailing 'wisdom' in Canada.

A few days ago The Ruxted Group provided a rather bleak assessment of the likely consequences of a precipitous (early 2009) Canadian withdrawal from combat operations in Afghanistan.

Today we offer a counterpoint: a catalogue of the ‘good news’ items which, we fear, are not sufficiently ‘newsworthy’ and, therefore, fail to make it on to our TV screens and, therefore, do not ‘inform’ Canadian public opinion. It is a long list but it barely scratches the surface. ...-
http://ruxted.ca/ (via jack's newswatch)

Posted by: maz2 at July 26, 2007 4:12 PM

The problem with Toronto leaving the collective consciousness of Western minds is they will undoubtedly stoop to new lows to get our attention again.

It is just a fact that insecure beings do irrational things to get the attention it craves.

Things like having epidemics, voting against the political good of a country, build very large monolithic buildings, try to brainwash the rest of the country via CBC, Globe and Mail and so on, and finally when that fails, try to drudge up old feelings of east vs west and so on.

On a serious note, it is indeed sad how far Toronto has slid. I remember being envious (nicely) of how clean and friendly the city was back in the 70's. Of how British Empire looking the city was. Of being the crown of Canada's value of fairness and hard work.

Now? I even ignore contest prizes to go there.

Posted by: tomax7 at July 26, 2007 4:17 PM

Ontario AdScam: Librano$. What's new? Watch Kinsella spin this until his wheels fall off. Free advice to AdScam McGuinty: Fire Kinsella.
...-

Sandy: The ON [Ontario] Liberal Sponsorship Scandal

Has a familiar ring to it doesn’t it? The Ontario Liberal Sponsorship Scandal! Same old, same old, just like the Federal Liberal Sponsorship Program. Maybe not as much money spent but still enough to help John Tory during this Ontario election campaign.

What is it about Liberals that they feel they own our money, that they are above the usual checks and balances? In Murray Campbell and Karen Howlett’s G&M news article “Slush fund decisions had no backing: Auditor,” they state:

“Auditor-General Jim McCarter said in a report released today that the process used to hand out $32 million in grants in the past two years was not open, transparent or accountable….[Moreover,] Mr. McCarter said staff in the Immigration and Citizenship Ministry right up to the deputy minister level raised red flags that many of the funding decisions were made in the minister’s office.”

And, where did the money go? “To ethno-cultural groups.” And who was supposedly responsible and who has resigned? Ontario Immigration Minister Michael Colle has apparently stepped down. Yet, it seems hard to believe that he made all those funding decisions on his own.

The Ontario government, like the Federal Treasury Board, has a ministry called Board of Management. They pay the bills. Even ministers need approvals. There is more to this story than meets the eye.

Whatever is found to be the whole story, this Liberal Slush Fund is another sponsorship scandal. With our money. ...-
http://www.jacksnewswatch.info/

Posted by: maz2 at July 26, 2007 5:27 PM

Just reported on Global News that the killer of three people in SW Ontario may be in the US! Now, with all the security, documentation etc how did he get across the border. He is thought to be driving a truck stolen from his last two victims. Why are millions being spent and so much disruption for honest travellers taking place and a killer can get across the border so easily?

Posted by: George at July 26, 2007 5:36 PM

http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070726/Toronto_stockmarkets_070726/20070726?hub=TopStories

Markets, dollar crash to earth on debt jitters

Stocks on sale!! Cheap, buy now!


A nice correction, providing value for commodity stocks which have been nicely beaten up...


I don't see world commodity prices heading significantly down in light of cheapening currencies and relatively robust demand.

Did I miss something or are people going to stop going to work tomorrow?

I thought fuel demand was robust during the nice weather season.


Cheers

Posted by: Hans Rupprecht at July 26, 2007 5:39 PM

*
"OMMAG says... James Travers says that 2000 handguns are stolen
or lost by registered owners"

SOME NUMBERS: Who's capping who

Of Canada's two million licensed gun owners... 0.00555%... used
their firearm to murder someone.

On the other hand, in 2005, 64% of accused murderers had a
prior criminal record, including 6% for homicide.

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Posted by: neo at July 26, 2007 7:25 PM

Joanne asks a good question: "Why doesn't Canada ban all gangs; if you are a member of a gang, you're sent to the cold arctic to count polar bears or clean sewers of rats or something."

Then, she draws a logical conclusion about what would happen if gang members were sent to the North Pole: "The drug trade would probably consequently take a nose dive too, at least for the short term."

And, therein lies the problem with getting tough on, and really serious about, the drug trade.

It's long been my supposition that there are too many "high ups" making BIG BUCKS off the drug trade--in every profession--for the little guys on the street to be cracked down on. The little guys will lead the authorities to the big guys and that's just a little too close for comfort...

I've sensed for a long time that there isn't the political, moral, or any other kind of will to win this "war on drugs." Too many influential people are making too much money from the selling of illegal drugs.

What a bummer, if I'm right. Too many lives are being ruined. I wonder how some people sleep at night...

Posted by: 'been around the block at July 26, 2007 7:37 PM

@maz2:

There's no need to wonder why Liberal, or Liberal-compatible, corruption flourishes in such places. The fact that PM Mackenzie King got out of a customs-house scandal by pulling out the "democracy" card has been built on by modern Liberals by pulling out the "patriot" card.

As long as those two worked like magic shields, what's to stop the fella that's looking for a nice, easy, accountability-free lifestyle from squatting behind the shield(s)? Simple common sense explains both the Adscam and the Ontariscam scandals; nothing more. Build a rock, and the toads will come.

Posted by: Daniel M. Ryan at July 26, 2007 9:34 PM

Hey! One of sda's favorite people is in the news again!

You can now see why Vito Rizzuto dragged his heels for so long to avoid extradition.

Congrats, Vito! Good to keep up with you!
http://www.cbc.ca/world/story/2007/05/25/rizzuto-sentence.html

Posted by: Greg in Dallas at July 26, 2007 11:28 PM

September 1 is shoot or jail for life a drug dealer day..pass it on!!

September 2 is Bury a dead drug dealer day.. pass it on!

September 3 to September 2 is "Enjoy (relatively) crime free, and nevermind the bleeding hearts and pussy politicians, days" 2007-2008.

Bring all the kids! About time! Pass it on

Posted by: eastern paul at July 27, 2007 1:34 AM

barb: "I wonder how some people sleep at night..."

Their conscious has been seared and given up to vile and reprobate mind.

Their end is not one I want to be around.

Posted by: tomax7 at July 27, 2007 3:56 PM

if handguns are banned, what measure will be effected to compensate those who spent thousands acquiring them LEGALLY ???

no one of miller's ilk touches that issue.

seizure?

what a precedent !!! its all locked down with the registry and mountains of paperwork, only to find out within the same decade, oops !! we'se mades a mistakes, gotta hand 'em over !!!

or if there is compensation, DO THE MATH. it will cost billions once all the receipts are tallied and matched against a master list of 'blue book' values of various makes and models.

where will that money come from ??? and if banning is the thing to do, wtf have a bloody gun registry ???

pisspoorplanning is why. non-existant cart before the non-existant horse.

its all smoke and mirrors, earmarks of some Criss Angel magician trick: poof!! and yer gun problems gone !!!

Posted by: pokemon at July 28, 2007 10:58 AM
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