Sorry,Mr.V,I haven't listen to your broadcast yet. I just listened to the other one,Sarah talk,and I have to say that what sruck me most was McCain coming on stage at the end. He actually seem embarrassed by the adulation. Unlike the other one,who soaks it up as if it is deserved,expected,and earned. Give me a humble man rather a vain man,every time. Go John,go Sarah.

I think the best shot would have been Mr. Palin on stage at the end. He could hugged his wife saying this is my babe,Sarah could hugged her child and say this is my babe,and the pregnant one could have rubbed her belly,smiled at the hockey guy and said this is our babe.SCHMALTZY,no doubt,but it would have been played over and over.....

Gosh, is there an election on or something?

By Andrew Coyne | Email | September 3rd, 2008 at 9:40 pm
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Filed Under: Andrew Coyne's BlogTags: big government • conservatives • consummate cynicism • Election Watch • pork-barrel politics • runaway spending • unmitigated gall

>> Quebec, Ottawa announce $4 billion infrastructure deal

>> Tories pledge $80M for reopening of Ford engine plant

>> Day gives Toronto $4.9-million to fight gangs

Just in case you thought there was anything still left of conservatism.

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Just keep repeating to yourself... at least he's better than the alternative, at least he's better than the alternative, at least he's better than the alternative... because that's the only way any real conservative can stomach Stephen "The Blue Chretien" Harper.

At 1:02, tell us again Gadaffi... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KSemkPChvHo&feature=related

ACH. I think you've found the winning election issue here. Stephen Harper just broke his biggest promise - no government spending whatsoever. That's what conservatism stands for, right? Or is it neo con? It's so hard to keep the slurs straight late at night.

"I looked like a body from WW2"

A bizarre story from the jungles of New Guinea...

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7595869.stm

This story would be interesting to see updated..

http://www.opti-grab.ca/kate/kate_stats.jpg

Snapshot as of 10 minutes ago. Page views are over 14 million. Still waiting for 10 million visits.

"CBC blocked listeners' e-mails: watchdog

TTAWA - A Canadian radio and TV watchdog is accusing the taxpayer-funded CBC of blocking e-mailcomplaints(sic) sent by listeners to the broadcaster's president and chairman.

Friends of Canadian Broadcasting, which launched a campaign on Saturday against the format overhaul of CBC's Radio Two, says complaints sent to CBC president Hubert Lacroix and the executive assistant to CBC chairman Timothy Casgrain were rejected. Each e-mail was bounced back with an automatic message saying the system sending the e-mails-- a message transfer agent or MTA -- has a "poor reputation.""
http://tinyurl.com/5twvr2 (np)

Jonathan Kay in the National Post today: "The CBC's bogus smear on Sarah Palin" courtesy of one of OUR employees, Weasel Neil MacDonald. As Kay says, " MacDonald has a history of Left wing smears for which the CBC has had to apologize...".

Commenter bob said:

"I think Penn Jillette summed it up nicely in an article on CNN.com:

"I don't want anyone as president [or PM in our case] who promises to take care of me. I may be stupid, but I want a chance to try to be a grown-up and take care of my family. Freedom means the freedom to be stupid, and that's what I want. I don't want anyone to feel my pain or tell me to ask what we can do for our country, or give us all money and take care of us."

Sounds good to me!"
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"NEWS RELEASE"

Trucking Alliance Says Dion’s Fisheries and Transportation Fund Doesn’t Take Away Carbon Tax Sting

(Ottawa, September 3, 2008) -- David Bradley, CEO of the Canadian Trucking Alliance says today’s announcement from federal Liberal leader, Stephane Dion, calling for a $250 million, four year fund to help the fisheries and transportation sector invest in green technologies is not likely to take away much of the sting from the carbon tax originally proposed in Dion’s Green Shift plan. “The trucking industry is already making the shift to smog-free engines, ultra-low sulphur diesel fuel and proven and available GHG busting technologies and devices,” he said. “What we need is a rebate program to accelerate the investment, especially during these tough economic times. “ In fact it has its own plan called enviroTruck which it says would remove the GHG equivalent of 2.6 million cars or 64,000 trucks from the highways.

Bradley says that it is not clear whether the fund announced today would be used for rebates or distributed some other way. In addition, he says "when the Liberal proposal is looked at over four years and spread across the all the freight modes and the fisheries industry it is unclear how much will really be available for the trucking industry."

He says that the trucking industry, which consumes just over 7 billion litres of diesel fuel per year to power its fleet of tractor trailers, is currently paying over $280 million a year in federal excise tax on diesel fuel – a form of taxation which is archaic and regressive and should have been repealed or reformed years ago. If according to the Green Shift plan a new carbon tax was to kick in and add another 7 cents per litre to the cost of diesel fuel, the additional tax paid by the trucking industry would be close to $500 million per year. "We still end up paying significantly more tax at a time when the industry is suffering from higher fuel costs, the appreciation of the Canadian dollar, border delays and a freight recession in both the United States and parts of Canada. Not to mention that trucks are responsible for the distribution of 90% of the country’s consumer products and foodstuffs as well as two-thirds of our trade with the US.”"
http://tinyurl.com/55cwmz
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"Canadian Trucking Alliance rejects Stephane Dion's carbon tax adjustment

Liberals are praising Stephane Dion as someone who listened to "suggestions" about his proposed carbon tax, and then acted on those suggestions to make his carbon tax "stronger".

To others, however, it looked more like some Liberal MPs were furious that they could lose their seats unless concessions were made, and they forced Stephane Dion to make those concessions.

Hey, is anyone listening to what the truckers -- one those groups who complained loudest -- are saying.

They don't like the carbon tax, and the adjustment hasn't changed their minds."
http://stevejanke.com/archives/272400.php

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1052344/Gang-warfare-streets-London-Asian-black-youths-battle-outside-Julie-Christies-house.html

Open gang warfare on London streets. Does no one have a clue about why this goes on?

I think Penn Jillette summed it up nicely

Penn Jillette may not appeal to everyone (Teller maybe does) but he doesn't pull punches either. No fancy-pants, woo-woo magic for him, he explains how it's done and THEN tricks you.

He inspired me to get into magic tricks but I can't figure out what to do with that thumb thing yet.

"Once we get annual means matching temperatures on the other side of 1998, global cooling will be undeniable."
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"August RSS Global Temperature - holding steady, still cooler than 1 year ago

Even though little change has been seen, there is some interesting news in the August RSS numbers. We are still cooler than one year ago, and the 12 month trend continues to drop."

"While is was going to do my own analysis of the numbers, Walter Dnes did an excellent job of summarizing it all in comments on another thread, so I’ll give him the honor:

This brings down the 12-month running mean to +0.086, which is very slightly lower than the +0.091 12-month running mean to the end of November 1987. That’s almost 21 years ago.

What I’m really waiting for is Hadley and GISS 12-month means to drop below their 1995 values. Hadley might make it in the next couple of months. GISS by year end. Once we get annual means matching temperatures on the other side of 1998, global cooling will be undeniable."
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/

"Once we get annual means matching temperatures on the other side of 1998, global cooling will be undeniable."
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"August RSS Global Temperature - holding steady, still cooler than 1 year ago"

"While is was going to do my own analysis of the numbers, Walter Dnes did an excellent job of summarizing it all in comments on another thread, so I’ll give him the honor:

This brings down the 12-month running mean to +0.086, which is very slightly lower than the +0.091 12-month running mean to the end of November 1987. That’s almost 21 years ago.

What I’m really waiting for is Hadley and GISS 12-month means to drop below their 1995 values. Hadley might make it in the next couple of months. GISS by year end. Once we get annual means matching temperatures on the other side of 1998, global cooling will be undeniable."
http://wattsupwiththat.wordpress.com/

Survey says:

Socialism is a dead end.
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"New report suggests gap growing between rich and poor in Atlantic region
HALIFAX - A new study on household debt, financial security and the wealth gap in Atlantic Canada suggests things have grown worse for the region's poor over the past decade." (canoenews)

Let's hope that some of the dead "locals" were in fact ISI operatives.

(Via CSP) U.S. Troops Crossed Border, Pakistan Says

Helicopters carried U.S. and Afghan commandos many miles into Pakistan on Wednesday to stage the first U.S. ground attack against a Taliban target inside the country, Pakistani officials said. At least 20 local people died in the raid, according to the officials...

U.S. forces based in Afghanistan have periodically conducted air and artillery strikes against insurgents across the border in Pakistani territory, and new hot-pursuit rules provide some room for American troops to maneuver during battle. But the arrival of U.S. helicopters in the village of Musa Nika, deep in undisputed Pakistani territory, would constitute a new tactic...

I noticed Kate has a link to sitemeter now.
gov.ca visited at 10:30 a.m.
Not surprised...

Linda has a link to The Australian...an interesting observtion from down under on the Palin speech, and leftogyny.

http://www.pumpkin-watch.blogspot.com/

Please do not mention "More women drawn to guns"
to Taliban Jack Layton. Jack said in 1999: "My head*
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"More women drawn to guns"

"City gun store owner Dianne Harnois said she's seen a 30% spike in the number of women coming into her shop over the past two years. And she's got a theory why.

"There's a lot of women out there who love to hunt," said Harnois, owner of P& D Enterprises."

Expert says: "some Alberta women may be learning to shoot to protect themselves."

"Len" says: ""If you go up to a gun store and say, 'I'd like to buy a gun to protect myself,' it's illegal for me to sell you that gun,""
http://tinyurl.com/66dfsq (edsun)
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*exploded that year."
http://www.gendercide.org/case_montreal.html

Mozi, Universal Love, and Christianity

Many observers of China do not know that before Confucianism, there existed an era - a Golden Age, even - of intellectual discourse comparable to that of ancient Greece. In this age, contending philosophers proposed a wide variety of theories and principles of social, material, and spiritual existence. The Legalists, for example, believed in the absolute rule of law (as opposed to Confucianism's focus on ritual and relationship) and progressive history. The Daoists, by comparison, were naturalists and individualists, who believed in relativism.

But if Legalism and Daoism are at least partly known in the West, one school of philosophy that is severely under-presented is Mohism...

"Palin Nabs Highest '08 Broadcast TV Convention Ratings (more than for 0bama's acceptance speech!)"

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074553/posts

http://www.pumpkin-watch.blogspot.com/

Posted by: bluetech at September 4, 2008 10:53 AM

Thanks for that outstanding piece, Bluetech. RTWT.

Sep 3, 2008 20:34 | Updated Sep 4, 2008 5:02
Shin Bet warns El Al about terror abroad
By YAAKOV KATZ

Fearing a Hizbullah attack and after a terrorist squad was spotted tracking an El Al flight crew in Toronto, the Shin Bet (Israel Security Agency) has issued new orders to Israeli airline companies to take extra precautions when operating overseas.

http://www.jpost.com/servlet/Satellite?cid=1220444321132&pagename=JPost%2FJPArticle%2FShowFull

Posted by: Any Conservatives Here? at September 3, 2008 11:40 PM

Funny, and sadly true. They're ain't many Conservatives around at all, and they've remained pretty much silent.

Aside fromthe usual vote buying actions that Andrew Coyne details, the Cons have not adjusted the $25 billion per year in direct and indirect subsidies given away by our government. Not one penny has been reduced. Some here may point out that the Cons have not raised the direct portions, aside from inflation adjustments. At least not until the $600 million in welfare announced this week.

Or maybe the $3 billion in unbudgetted spending announced during June. But hey, the Faux-Cons can take heart, they are better than the alternatives. No?

No. They are not. They are Libranos with blue ties.

The mindless partisans in here can snipe away, yet 12% of the budget of this country (having grown 20% in 3 years of Con rule), goes to private enterprise, and the connected vote buying machinations of party headquarters.

The same as under the Libranos.

Posted by: maz2 at September 4, 2008 7:13 AM

I'd be careful quoting Penn maz2, he's an honest to goodness conservative. And libertaran. And a really nice guy.

You'll scare all the so-cons and faux-cons here by bringing him up. Or telling them that his HBO show Bull$hit should be required viewing. Or suggesting that people listen to his radio show on the internet.

"Canwest News Service has learned."

Akin/Canwest/MSM gives no sources, no names, nothing.

Did PM Harper advise Akin/Canwest/MSM by e-mail?
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"Harper to launch election Sunday
David Akin , Canwest News Service"
http://tinyurl.com/6fpvju

Hurricane Harper blasts Librano$ chowboozefest out of the water.
Repercussions spreading to Gimli, Kenora and beyond.
Citoyen Dion's last words as recorded by CBC are:
It'snot fair.
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"Liberals adjourn caucus retreat early

Stephane Dion is adjourning a Liberal caucus retreat early, sending his MPs scampering back to their ridings to prepare for a weekend election call." (canpress)

Must see TV - Newt Gingrich slaps down MSNBC reporter who questions Palin's experience.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AjGhy8LVwAo

another poll going horribly wrong at Toronto sun .com
Who do you plan to vote for in this fall's federal election?
Conservatives 67%
Liberals 16%
NDP 6%
Bloc Quebecois 1%
Green 7%
Other 4%

Total Votes for this Question: 5859

Ronald Bailey, A 1-in-1,000 Chance of Götterdämmerung

Will the world come to an end on September 10? That fear is motivating two lawsuits—one American, another European—that aim to stop the physicists at the European Center for Nuclear Research (CERN) from switching on the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) on that day. The LHC is a $10 billion 17-mile long particle accelerator lying in a circular tunnel beneath the border of France and Switzerland. Its massive superconducting magnets cooled with liquid helium accelerate two beams of protons and lead nuclei to nearly the speed of light. These particle beams will eventually be crashed into each other to produce temperatures and particles not seen since microseconds after the Big Bang 13.7 billion years ago...

Related:

(Via Comment Central) Large Hadron Rap

Did the bigot Rev. Jeremiah Wright know that Michelle Obama's cousin is a rabbi?

'Nother female Lib cuts'n'runs.
Citoyen Dion's DreamTeam collapses.
The reason according to the MSMLib machine:
The eclipse*.
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"[Female] Liberal [Diana] MLA Whalen won't go federal

Diana Whalen is sticking with provincial politics.

The Liberal MLA for Halifax Clayton Park had been contemplating a run at the federal riding of Halifax, but announced Thursday she decided against it."
http://thechronicleherald.ca/Front/9008300.html
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*"Liberals eclipse Conservatives in attracting female candidates"
http://tinyurl.com/6lzb6x (citizen)

Over on the Warmitemongering rear: Yawnnn.
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"Melting ice shelves not affecting High Arctic hamlet: resident"
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/04/grise-shelves.html
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"Global sea levels not likely to rise as much as predicted by 2100: study

A study by U.S. researchers says global sea levels may be lower by 2100 than scientists have predicted because their projections are not physically possible, given the most likely conditions."
http://www.cbc.ca/technology/story/2008/09/04/sea-level.html

Peter Wehner, The Significance of Sarah Palin

There is a lot to say about Sarah Palin’s performance last night, but perhaps the place to begin is with this observation: Boy did Democrats choose the wrong hockey mom to pick a fight with...

It’s also worth pointing out that Governor Palin did what no one else, in 18 months, has been able to do: land clear and extraordinarily effective blows against America’s best known community organizer, Barack Obama. Governor Palin did it with mocking good humor, charm, and devastating lines. Not bad for a former mayor of Wasilla, Alaska...

The conclusion is inescapable:

Socialism is a death cult.
This is the reason socialists-left liberals have allied with the other death cult known as Islam.
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"Former Planned Parenthood President Says Sarah Palin Forcing Daughter to Keep Baby

Washington, DC (LifeNews.com) -- As news of the pregnancy of vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol makes the headlines, she is coming under attack from backers of pro-abortion candidate Barack Obama. But few have gone as far as former Planned Parenthood president Gloria Feldt, who suggested Palin is making her daughter keep the baby.

"She probably feels powerless right now," Feldt said on Tuesday responding to the news about Bristol Palin.

Feldt said Governor Palin’s pro-life views may have made it so she and her husband Todd prevented Bristol from getting an abortion.

"Because of her family's attitude she probably doesn't feel that she has a choice in terms of what will happen to her,” Feldt said.

Instead, the pro-abortion activist appears to say Palin wants her daughter to keep the baby to avoid the embarrassment and present a positive spin on the news in the media.

“Her mother is weaving a narrative that it's a heroic thing of course that she is going forward with the pregnancy, she's getting married and it will all be beautiful and rosy,” Feldt added."
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2074929/posts

Palin's speech last night reminded me of a Entertainment Tonight reporter making fun of a celebrity's designer dress. We have become so dumb as a society we think that these insulting jokes make a great speech. Obama's speech was ten times better and he will be president. Maybe Palin can take the job of that transvestite on ET who makes fun of celebrities.

"4th Tory MP to retire"
Joe Comuzzi packing it in after 20yrs

Has anyone noticed how our MSM is making a big deal about 4 conservatives retiring.

How many Liberals have called it quits up to now? or saying they will not seek re-election.