“You can't say those words.Those words are illegal." Christie Blatchford is talking on her wireless to Rosie DiManno at an Air Canada gate at the Ottawa airport while waiting to board her flight:

It was at that point that the Air Canada clerk at Gate 27 approached me.

“Excuse me,” he said, “you can't say those words. Those words are illegal.”

“What words?” I asked, bewildered, given that by then I'd said probably 2,000 words.

“Suicide bombing,” he whispered.

That's indeed a great column DB. Christie Blatchford has always been a no-nonsense kind of columnist. Her point that being young and incompetent doesn't make them any less dangerous is well taken. Even if their plot had been a glorious failure, one heck of a lot of people would have died for the sake of it.

I admire Christie Blanchford... she, almost exclusively so, is worth reading in the Globe and Mail.

That is indeed an excellent essay by Christie Blatchford (or "Blatch", as she likes to call herself). I will note for the record that Rex Murphy is the one other columnist at the Globe and Mail worth reading and thinking about.

Where is Charlie Chan when we need him?

I greatly admire Ms. Blatchford. Mrs. DB and I also travel frequently, flying more than 100,000 miles annually to maintain the top elite tier on our airline of choice (when we're not living in our parents' basement, as some on the left would have it) and regret only that she got caught up in the excessive stupidity of the dog-and-pony show that passes for airport security.

An excellent article http://www.mercatornet.com/articles/who_needs_a_family_when_youve_got_a_government/

Instead of supporting the family, many governments are usurping its prerogatives

Corporal punishment, grounding, and free speech.

there's trouble brewing in russel township ontario
it's a french/english thing and howard galganov (ex-montreal language rights warrior) has been mixing it up over some municipal sign laws.

background: http://www.galganov.com/editorials.asp?ID=1003

in any case - there's a rumour floating around that a complaint has been made to an hrc about "hate crime" concerning the distribution of 6000 flyers asking people who disagree with the municipal "mandatory bilinguism" to boycott French-owned stores. this should provoke more lively debate with a twist as we see a politically and legally experienced individual possibly lock horns with the people you gotta love to hate.

the complaint may be coming from a group called French Quebeckers against Canadian francophobia. this will probably be as not very funny as what's happening to guy earle in vancouver. i'll try to keep up on this one.

some more recent info on the situation in russell township via howard galganov's site:
http://www.galganov.com/editorials.asp?ID=1007

Martian soil 'could support life'
Analysis of the soil has surprised and delighted Nasa scientists

Martian soil appears to contain sufficient nutrients to support life - or, at least, asparagus - Nasa scientists believe.

Preliminary analysis by the $420m (£210m) Phoenix Mars Lander mission on the planet's soil found it to be much more alkaline than expected.

Scientists working on the spacecraft project said they were "flabbergasted" by the discovery.

The find has raised hopes conditions on Mars may be favourable for life.

"We basically have found what appears to be the requirements, the nutrients, to support life, whether past, present or future," said Sam Kounaves, the project's lead chemist, from the University of Arizona.

Exciting data

Although he said further tests would have to be conducted, Mr Kounaves said the soil seemed "very friendly… there is nothing about it that is toxic," he said.

We were all flabbergasted at the data we got back
Sam Kounaves
University of Arizona

"It is the type of soil you would probably have in your back yard - you know, alkaline. You might be able to grow asparagus in it really well."

As well as being far less acidic than anticipated, the soil was also found to contain traces of magnesium, sodium, potassium and other elements.

"We were all flabbergasted at the data we got back," said Mr Kounaves. "It is very exciting for us."

news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/science/nature/7477310.stm

Yellow journalism was invented by editors who were more interested in selling papers than verifying truth. Today, it’s the rise of yellow science... more»
http://www.aldaily.com/

More science?
An inconvenient Gaia, bless hers soul.
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"The scientists say the heat released by the explosions is not contributing to the melting of the Arctic ice, but Sohn says the huge volumes of CO2 gas that belched out of the undersea volcanoes likely contributed to rising concentrations of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. How much, he couldn't say."

"Study finds Arctic seabed afire with lava-spewing volcanoes"
http://tinyurl.com/5fmoga (canwest)

Those peeples who said Ad$Cam had gone asleep are wrong.
Liberal Ad$Cam is alive and well.
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"Chretien, Martin still at it

Jean Chretien is tickled pink, they say, that the Federal Court has quashed Justice John Gomery's findings against him in the sponsorship scandal. Paul Martin, meantime, is stonily silent."(Michael den Tandt EdSun)
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Ex-Judge Gomery wants PM Harper to appeal. LOL
http://www.thestar.com/article/450179

Ad$Cam Citoyen Dion says, I know nuttink.

The arrogance of these a holes.
Afroze Edwards, a spokeswoman for the Ontario Human Rights Commission, said the case was not about marijuana but the "duty to accommodate" someone who has a disability.

She said the Ontario Human Rights Code SUPERSEDES all other legislation, unless there is a specific exemption to exclude it written into a law.
http://www.nationalpost.com/todays_paper/story.html?id=619135

Hilarious quote from Stephane Dion in today's Toronto Star:

"I will always have an accent, but I need to improve it," Dion says, "because my aim is to be sure that when you are listening to your radio, and you're in your car, and it's very noisy around, and you have a clip of Dion, you understand what he means."

James Walker is referring to this:

"Dion doesn't ask for much – he just wants people to understand him when he is on the radio."
"Dion smoothing his faux pas English"
http://www.thestar.com/News/Canada/article/451013
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""This is just the voice
of an ordinary Canadian
yelling back at the radio -
"You don't speak for me.""
(H/TSDA)
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Submit yours: Aidez/Help Citoyen.

The rain in Chicoutimi falls mainly on the plain.
En roulant ma boule roulant.
How much wood could a gopher chuck if'n a gopher could chuck wood?
Sur le pont d'Avignon ...
Now is the time for every good man/bonhomme to come to the aid of his countries.
Da proof is da proof and when it's proven Moi is not a crook.
Cal2 say, ????

I just want Borat Dion to say ,

"Da lieberal party hov Canada hoes da pipples of Canada fordy one millllllion dollars, an hi promise it back"

que? what?

er, never mind.

Brian and Joe Who? da Red Tory comedyians? YukYuks next venue? Juste Pour Rire? Ed Sullivan Shew?
(Is Brian serious? Joking?)

They will have to sort out their precedence firstly "with great specificity" (H/T Joe): Who is the struiaght man? Who's on first?
Their spiels/routines have been censored by HRC already yet.
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"He [Mulroney] further suggests that Joe Clark, given his prime-ministerial predecessor's vast experience in the region and the high regard in which he's still held there, be made a special ambassador to co-ordinate the vital rebuilding effort."
"Mulroney wants Canada to take lead role in Zimbabwe"
http://tinyurl.com/45um9m (wfp)

Stephen Harper: Is he a good prime minister, Yes or No?

A 10 second poll

Is he a good Prime Minister?

Townhall.com . . . right column

Fred Thompson sent me a heads-up email.

** As conservatives, it is our job to ensure that these principles are maintained and preserved for future generations. But increasingly these values are under assault. In foreign affairs, our political opponents ignore our progress in Iraq and want to return America to isolationism. Economically, they call for dramatic tax hikes and increased government spending. Judicially, they support activist judges who strive to make the law rather than interpret it.

[Sounds like Canada, even like the HRCs]

We recently saw the results of this last point with the Supreme Court ruling in Boumediene v. Bush. By a one-person majority, the court determined that the existing rules governing detainees -- the most generous ever afforded by a nation to non-citizens -- were insufficient. Instead, it substituted the judgment of the court for the accumulated wisdom of elected officials to produce a decision that makes America less safe. **
http://fredthompson.townhall.com/blog

=========== Townhall.com
= TG

I have heard and read various news reports about the Unity rally that Barack and the Clintons will hold to show their closing ranks to get a Democrat in the White House (by the way, isn't Hillary still a candidate since she just suspended for the moment her campaign as I understand in case something happens to Barack).

Everyone is reporting this without mentioning that Obama said he has asked his finance team to look into giving at least $10 million to the Clintons to help pay off their debt. This buys a lot of unity. Also do the Obama donors know and have okayed this switch of their money?

Warning... Do not take part in the Poll mentioned above... It*s a time consuming commercial trap.

There is no way to see results unless you give your personal information away.

Avoid it! Sorry, at least I*m humble enough to admit the error and save you the trouble. = TG

http://www.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/story.html?id=bf060f15-b262-49cc-9720-a216f9cf1ce4&k=42391

So much for worker rights. Apparently they are trumped by the union's rights.

What do unions fight for again???

Bill Clinton says 'Obama can kiss my ass!' Feels Obama CAN'T win.Link to story at Nat.Newswatch

CanCanSoc* is not mentioned.
The words "American researchers" starts the report.
Da#n those A&8(%*#@s.
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"'All the mice we treated were 100 per cent cured' lead researcher Dr. Zheng Cui told CTV News. 'So that was very surprising for us.'"

"Scientists to test if cancer cure can work in humans"
http://tinyurl.com/5zjg9p (ctv)
(*Canadian Cancer Society)

"Energy crisis supplants environment as top concern"

OTTAWA — Anger at soaring gas prices has supplanted fear about global warming as the No. 1 issue Canadians say is facing their country.'
"The environment, last year’s top issue, has been pushed to No. 3, with just 16 per cent of Canadians surveyed saying they now consider it their primary concern."
http://tinyurl.com/4tnq28 (g-m)
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Brakeing! This Justin!!

Libsocialist Citoyen Dion is no longer a Citoyen/Citizen of France.
Dion omits: I'm a proud Frenchmen.

He is now Clark Kent, aka Superman, from the [Daily] planet; from way out past Uranus even. From Krypton even!
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""The sense to be a citizen of the planet has always been, in my case, a strong motivation," Dion said. "Yes, I'm a proud Quebecer, a proud Canadian, but I'm a human being above all."
http://tinyurl.com/6npcm4 (canpress)

The natural end result of socialism: Zimbabwe.
Socialism is also the ideology of Taliban Jack Layton-NDP & Liberal Citoyen Dion.
Follow this link at your peril.
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"Robert Mugabe’s thugs shout: ..."
http://tinyurl.com/3tbqqt (times)

maz

they did a survey of car buyers here in Tarana (38,500 in fact) a year or so ago, environment ranked 23'd on a list of 25'd as a consideration when buying a car. So, iether lieberals and dippers didn't buy in that time, the survey was neo-con spun, or peeple are liar/and/or/stupid!!!!!

"She said the Ontario Human Rights Code SUPERSEDES all other legislation, unless there is a specific exemption to exclude it written into a law."

I'm not sure of the exact legal niceties, but unfortunately the Supreme Court has said as much as that the Human Rights Code has some kind of priority over other legislation, perhaps "quasi-constitutional".