When Mark Steyn quotes Kate it's becoming my habit to send her a small donation:

http://tinyurl.com/22s87ef

Pithy? She's hit another one out of the park.

Hilarious, EBD; what a great setup and subsequent video clip. It was a little difficult, however, to distinguish between "Bob!" and "Help!". Made my day -- thanks!

After watching today's events in Toronto, with the police completely helpless against a group of idiots, radicals and punks, it was with even greater sorrow than usual that I have read of the death of two more of our soldiers in Afghanistan:
Master Cpl. Kristal Giesebrecht, 34 and Pte. Andrew Miller, 21. This just as another one of our brave soldiers was returned home.
Imagine taking his body up the Highway of Heroes and into the city past that crowd. A disgrace of such proportion I can't find a name for it.
God bless the families of these our brave soldiers.

Sometimes,I really miss vit. Other times ,I do appreciate the subtleties of absurdity.

Allahpundit:

"Via Innocent Bystanders, high drama from today’s board hearing in Milwaukee about whether to boycott the new reich in Phoenix. Meet Peggy West:

There was an odd moment during the debate when Supervisor Peggy West stood up and seemed to be confused about her geography. “If this was Texas, which is a state that is directly on the border with Mexico, and they were calling for a measure like this saying that they had a major issue with undocumented people flooding their borders, I would have to look twice at this. But this is a state that is a ways removed from the border,” West said during debate…

Rasmussen Reports:

"Nearly half of American Adults see the government today as a threat to individual rights rather than a protector of those rights."

(...)

"Most Republicans (74%) and unaffiliateds (51%) consider the government to be a threat to individual rights. Most Democrats (64%) regard the government as a protector of rights..."

gellen @ 11:53, agreed, God bless the troops and their families.

There is a segment of the demonstrators in the Toronto area who are there for more than just making a statement on a specific issue and they are there with the connivance and urging of some of the union leaders and educators.

Mayor Miller seemed upset about the violence. Those are crocodile tears as these are the people that support him and Taliban Jack.

I did a little digging tonight. Turns out that one of those arrested is Alex Hundert who works for the Rain Forest Network. Think he was the only one in that group involved in the damage?

Yet the Rain Forest Network is a Canadian not-for-profit which means that YOUR tax dollars are indirectly going to support these thugs. This is absolute insanity!

Out of the mouths of animals...they say the darndest things. Enjoyed the clip EBD.

I asked my wife who grew up in Sudbery and lived in Moosejaw why the Toronto cops didn't do a break dance on the Black Flag idiots.

"We're too polite sometimes."

Too polite? These bastards are breaking up businesses that employ people.

Sometimes, Canada, it's worth going full retard on people that are out of line. Like these thugs that are breaking up down town Toronto.

Sadly, had this occurred where I live and the police had been as lame as they are in Toronto the citizenry would have rose up...with all the ugliness that happens when the citizens have simply had enough.

The world's first bionic cat:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-CSoroo-bkg

via Hack a Day

Input:
"canadian deficit 2012"

Input interpretation:

* Mathematica form

Canada | government surplus | 2012

http://www.wolframalpha.com/

PET Cemetery Society Column.

Cream always rises to the top.

La Voodoo creme de la creme and its separatist husband.
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"Jean will likely settle in Rockcliffe
Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean and her husband Jean-Daniel Lafond appear headed to a home base in Rockcliffe Park after she leaves her post in the fall." (nnw)

Our Enemy, The State:

Ontario Premier Liberal McGuinty’s Police State.

>>> The latest disturbing development in McGuinty’s Ontario is the same unit of the Ontario Provincial Police charged with minimizing violence by highway-blockading native protesters and anti-G8/G20 radicals, is now phoning up and showing up at the homes of law-abiding, middle-aged rural folks opposed to wind factories.”

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“Anarchists leave trail of destruction

The streets of Toronto descended into anarchy Saturday as the city’s police chief warned of more mayhem on the last day of the G20 summit.”
(canoenews)

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“Wind opponents targeted by OPP: Goldstein

McGuinty ignores rural residents on green power

It’s time for the bullying of rural Ontario by Premier Dalton McGuinty on the issue of industrial wind farms to end.

Bad enough McGuinty’s “Premier Dad/Mr. Rogers” public persona hides a politically thuggish “green” energy agenda that makes no environmental or practical sense.

Bad enough our Dalton-come-lately to the issue of climate change, who didn’t know the difference between air pollution and greenhouse gases when elected in 2003, now has the gall to dismiss anyone opposed to having industrial wind factories rammed down their throats as NIMBYS.

Bad enough his Green Energy Act shredded normal legislative safeguards for approving such projects.

Bad enough his policies have created a “Wild West” atmosphere as wind developers scramble to secure the massive, multi-year subsidies his government is offering for unreliable energy that has to be backed up by conventional power sources.

Bad enough Liberal MPPs ignore the anger of their own constituents, responding to legitimate concerns with form letters and talking points.

Bad enough massive public subsidies of so-called green energy are falling into disrepute, as near-bankrupt governments in the wake of the global recession admit they can’t afford to subsidize unreliable power for the next 20 years, which is untenable without those subsidies.

The latest disturbing development in McGuinty’s Ontario is the same unit of the Ontario Provincial Police charged with minimizing violence by highway-blockading native protesters and anti-G8/G20 radicals, is now phoning up and showing up at the homes of law-abiding, middle-aged rural folks opposed to wind factories.”

http://www.torontosun.com/comment/columnists/lorrie_goldstein/2010/06/25/14520876.html

http://www.bluelikeyou.com/2010/06/24/the-price-of-freedom/#comment-84517

Wacko-commie editor of the Aylmer Bulletin, my community newspaper, on the issue of Sun TV: give the CBC more money!

"But since these big shots feel Canada’s news networks need a shakeup and a break with past blandness and political correctness – their words – why not propose to that same Mr Harper that the CBC be given more resources, not less? This is how to improve reporting, analysis, and news coverage."

RTWT...

Hurricane Barack Hussein Obama: Not satire.

"Tropical Storm heads for Gulf of Mexico

BELIZE CITY - Tropical Storm Alex headed toward the Gulf of Mexico on Sunday, but not before drenching Belize, northern Guatemala and Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula with torrential rains and forcing hundreds of tourists to flee resort islands.

Meteorologists project Alex, which hit Belize's coast late Saturday, will weaken as it passes over the Yucatan Peninsula but will regain strength once it emerges Sunday afternoon over the Gulf of Mexico, where warm waters could fuel its growth into a hurricane."

http://business.maktoob.com/20090000484478/Tropical_Storm_sets_sights_on_Gulf_of_Mexico/Article.htm

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"Is it Islamaphobia or simply garden variety American racism that causes important Muslim names to be ignored when it comes to violent, destructive acts?

"Why Does Naming of Hurricanes Exclude Muslim Names?
By John Lillpop Saturday, June 26, 2010

-Satire-

Sheila Jackson-Lee, Democrat member of the U.S. House from Texas, created somewhat of a row a few years ago when she chided bureaucrats who name hurricanes for failing to give African-American names equal time."

http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/24720

Steyn vis a vis Toronto's Finest (sic):

O Canada. We stand around for thee.

Touche.

And, yeah, vis a vis Tranna's brain-dead Moro ... er, Mayor Miller: He speaks with forked tongue. He supports the union thugs who are behind this violence, he invites protesters to come to Toronto to express their grievances to the G-20 leaders, and then he proclaims that he's fully behind the police -- yeah, behind their restraint.

The faster Toronto is rid of this pi**-poor excuse for a leader, the better. This disgraceful violence and vandalism on Toronto streets will be David Miller's legacy.

'Way to go, Mr. Moron.

CTV's Lisa LaFlamme should be ashamed of herself. I'm watching CTV NewsNet and she's calling in from the streets of Toronto, talking in an exasperated voice about the "poor, peaceful anarchists" who are being arrested.

Oui, oui Lisa, they must be completely innocent ... because YOU think so - IDIOT!!!

Weapons have been found at the University of Toronto, many arrests made - all related to the G20 »peaceful protesters».

Sorry no link, I heard this on BNN.

http://www.winnipegsun.com/news/g20/2010/06/27/14534661.html

TORONTO - In what appears to be the largest arrest of the G20 summit so far 70 protesters have been busted by police early Sunday.

Many speak French as a first language.

The G20 final announcement is a significant international win for Harper.

He has managed to get the G20 to agree to reduce deficits by half by 2013. That's what he wanted to achieve - and, despite the naysayers, he achieved it.

Oh - the 'protesters'. Hmmm. What have they achieved, apart from the fun-of-destruction? Destruction. That's all.

But they ARE complaining. Those released from the holding cells for protesters are complaining; tht the cells were 'cramped and cold'. Ahh, shucks - well, ALL hotels in Toronto were booked solid for the G20. That's why.

There's a protest march currently ongoing...but it has nothing to do with the world; they want more bike paths in Toronto.

So far, we've seen one legitimate protest - that was the Labour Unions, who always protest something, usually, that their public sector wages which are twice that of the private sector, aren't high enough. But..that's their view.

The rest - no legitimate protests. Just the fun of destruction. As pointed out, a LOT came in from Quebec. And the 'follow the mob' mentality sucked up the rest of the mindless students in the crowd.

There's another protest - about the 'bad jail conditions'. Heck, what about the bad costs of the broken windows, burnt police cars? Hmmm?

But what is interesting is the real lack of interest by the thugs (I won't call them protesters) in the ISSUES being discussed by the G20 leaders. No interest whatsoever.

Again, the police must be commended for their professionalism and work.

CBC clobbered by friends of CBC.

Full inquiry demanded by Canadian taxpayers.

Fire. Them. All.

http://www.newswatchcanada.ca/cbc2.jpg

http://www.newswatchcanada.ca/

I once heard a distressed sheep cry out "Obama!"

Conservative PM Harper and Canada lead the world.

BTW, socialist Keynes is buried in the PET Cemetery.

Who knew?

Now we know why Liberal Ziffy is AWOL from TO. Ziffy’s incognito somewhere on Bloor Street.

As Ziffy has said, Moi-I am “Just Visiting” “The Canadians”.

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“The Keynesian Dead End

Spending our way to prosperity is going out of style.

Today’s G-20 meeting has been advertised as a showdown between the U.S. and Europe over more spending “stimulus,” and so it is. But the larger story is the end of the neo-Keynesian economic moment, and perhaps the start of a healthier policy turn.

For going on three years, the developed world’s economic policy has been dominated by the revival of the old idea that vast amounts of public spending could prevent deflation, cure a recession, and ignite a new era of government-led prosperity. It hasn’t turned out that way.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328981319857618.html

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“G-20 Leaders in Canada Urged to Cut Deficits

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the world’s economy remains fragile and still needs stimulus, but countries need to move on a specific time line to cut their deficits in half by 2013.

Addressing G-20 leaders seated around a large circular table, and with U.S. President Barack Obama to his left, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said to sustain recovery, nations must follow through on existing stimulus plans they committed to during the last summit in Pittsburgh.

Harper said ongoing instability in world markets sends a message that more balanced and coordinated actions are required.

G-20 nations are walking a “tightrope”, said Harper, requiring them to follow through on existing plans, but also send a clear message that as stimulus measures expire they will focus on getting their fiscal houses in order.

“We should agree that deficits will be halved by 2013. We should also agree that government debt to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio should be stabilized by 2016 at the least or put on a downward path,” Harper said.

Harper said nations also need to follow through on steps to strengthen financial system regulatory reforms and act against protectionism, and take concerted action to deal with unacceptably high unemployment rates and reduce global poverty.

He pointed to International Monetary Fund projections that effective action could boost global output by $4-trillion during the next five years, create 52-million jobs and lift 90-million people out of poverty.”

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/World-Leaders-Gather-for-G20-Economic-Summit-97257039.html

“The Keynesian Dead End

Spending our way to prosperity is going out of style.

Today’s G-20 meeting has been advertised as a showdown between the U.S. and Europe over more spending “stimulus,” and so it is. But the larger story is the end of the neo-Keynesian economic moment, and perhaps the start of a healthier policy turn.

For going on three years, the developed world’s economic policy has been dominated by the revival of the old idea that vast amounts of public spending could prevent deflation, cure a recession, and ignite a new era of government-led prosperity. It hasn’t turned out that way.”

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052748703615104575328981319857618.html

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“G-20 Leaders in Canada Urged to Cut Deficits

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said the world’s economy remains fragile and still needs stimulus, but countries need to move on a specific time line to cut their deficits in half by 2013.

Addressing G-20 leaders seated around a large circular table, and with U.S. President Barack Obama to his left, Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper said to sustain recovery, nations must follow through on existing stimulus plans they committed to during the last summit in Pittsburgh.

Harper said ongoing instability in world markets sends a message that more balanced and coordinated actions are required.

G-20 nations are walking a “tightrope”, said Harper, requiring them to follow through on existing plans, but also send a clear message that as stimulus measures expire they will focus on getting their fiscal houses in order.

“We should agree that deficits will be halved by 2013. We should also agree that government debt to GDP (Gross Domestic Product) ratio should be stabilized by 2016 at the least or put on a downward path,” Harper said.

Harper said nations also need to follow through on steps to strengthen financial system regulatory reforms and act against protectionism, and take concerted action to deal with unacceptably high unemployment rates and reduce global poverty.

He pointed to International Monetary Fund projections that effective action could boost global output by $4-trillion during the next five years, create 52-million jobs and lift 90-million people out of poverty.”

http://www1.voanews.com/english/news/europe/World-Leaders-Gather-for-G20-Economic-Summit-97257039.html

It's PM Harper's fault.
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"Central banks turning to Australian and Canadian dollars

The Australian and Canadian dollars are becoming reserve currencies for central bankers seeking alternatives to deteriorating government credit quality in Europe, the United States and Japan.

"They'll gain an increasing place in reserves because of diversification," European Central Bank governing council member Christian Noyer said in an interview with Bloomberg News in Paris.

Russia, IMF looking

Russia may add the Australian and Canadian dollars to its international reserves for the first time after fluctuations in the U.S. currency and euro, Alexei Ulyukayev, the first deputy chairman of the nation's central bank, said in Moscow recently. "Adding the Australian dollar is being discussed," he said. "We have added the Canadian dollar but haven't yet begun operations" in the currency, Ulyukayev said.

Meanwhile, strategists at UBS, the world's second-largest foreign-exchange trader, predict that the International Monetary Fund may add the Aussie and loonie to a basket of currencies it uses in transactions."

http://www.mercurynews.com/business-headlines/ci_15380402?nclick_check=1

@Maz2

Is Sheila an African-American name?

Hurricane Shoniqua

Hurricane Jamal

Hurricane Taz

Hurricane Tameka, or is it Tomeka, Dameka, Tamika, Tameeka, or Topeka?

Hurricane Mohammed and his brother Hurricane Mohammed.

Hurricane Prisoner 6532478

The Wildrose Party rejects deleting section 3 of the Alberta Human Rights Act? What!?! From the article: "And it stepped back from demanding that Section 3 of the Alberta human rights code (which deals with publications and free speech) be axed. Some Wildrose supporters, Tory MLAs and other groups believe Section 3 of the act is providing unjust censorship powers to the Alberta Human Rights Commission, a quasi-judicial agency."

Read it here: http://www.nationalpost.com/news/Wildrose+members+reject+controversial+policies+annual+meeting/3208320/story.html

How did repealing censorship laws become repugnant to Wildrose values? Something is in the water for sure.

Hurricane Obama Watch:

Hope and Fear are watching:

"there are fears it could seriously disrupt cleanup efforts in the Gulf."

Note the note of certainty from the weather modellers: "it will be far from the BP oil leak."

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"Gulf coast still on alert as storm gains strength

A tropical storm bearing down on Belize and Mexico isn't taking direct aim at the massive Gulf oil spill, but the U.S. Coast Guard says the storm could change course and speed up by mid-week.

However, if Tropical Storm Alex does become a hurricane in the coming days, it will be far from the BP oil leak."

http://www.ctv.ca/CTVNews/TopStoriesV2/20100627/tropical-storm-alex-100627/

Hot damn! Those goats are smart!

Hurricane Obama's Katrina+: O'il's legacy*/O'narcissist's legacy**.

"*This is a slow-moving hurricane," he said. "You're looking at it, and you can't do nothing about it."

"*Anger. Anxiety. Drinking. Depression. Suicidal thoughts."

"**This is his [Obama's] sole legacy: a massive post-traumatic stress disorder."

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"*Oil spill's psychological toll quietly mounts

By JANET McCONNAUGHEY and MITCH STACY (AP) – 1 hour ago

NEW ORLEANS — The Gulf of Mexico oil disaster feels far worse to shrimper Ricky Robin than Katrina, even though he's still haunted by memories of riding out the hurricane on his trawler and of his father's suicide in the storm's aftermath.

The relentless spill is bringing back feelings that are far too familiar to Robin and others still dealing with the physical and emotional toll wrought by Katrina five years ago.

"I can't sleep at night. I find myself crying sometimes," said Robin, of Violet, a blue-collar community on the southeastern edge of the New Orleans suburbs, along the highway that hugs the levee on the Mississippi River's east bank nearly all the way to the Gulf.

Psychiatrists who treated people after Katrina and have held group sessions in oil spill-stricken areas say the symptoms showing up are much the same: Anger. Anxiety. Drinking. Depression. Suicidal thoughts."

http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gIXWYBTpLtSayJtg41LKXpxSxVPAD9GJQL780

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**O'narcissist:

"The "small people", the "rank and file", the "loyal soldiers" of the narcissist - his flock, his nation, his employees - they pay the price. The disillusionment and disenchantment are agonizing. The process of reconstruction, of rising from the ashes, of overcoming the trauma of having been deceived, exploited and manipulated - is drawn-out. It is difficult to trust again, to have faith, to love, to be led, to collaborate. Feelings of shame and guilt engulf the erstwhile followers of the narcissist. This is his sole legacy: a massive post-traumatic stress disorder."
http://www.globalpolitician.com/25109-barack-obama-elections

Hurricane Obama: Update.

"The hurricane center said there is a good chance Alex could become a major hurricane of Category 3 or higher with winds of at least 111-130 mph."

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"Alex moves into Gulf of Mexico, ports close

MEXICO - Tropical depression Alex moved into the southwestern Gulf of Mexico, prompting the closure of two key Mexican oil ports and was likely to regain storm status on Monday, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.

The storm was not an imminent threat to oil-siphoning efforts at BP Plc's blown-out Macondo well in the Gulf, the U.S. Coast Guard said on Saturday.

But Shell Oil Co shut subsea production at the Auger and Brutus platforms in the Gulf due to the storm threat. On Saturday, it evacuated non-essential workers from production platforms and drilling rigs in U.S.-regulated areas of the Gulf of Mexico oilfields.

The Mexican government kept the ports of Dos Bocas and Cayo Arcas, which handle 80 percent of all its export shipping in the Gulf of Mexico, closed on Sunday afternoon citing bad weather and strong surf in the area."

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/World/2010/06/27/14538386.html

Lamestream Canadian media just has to find something to grab, since overall the summit has been a success for canada. No bank tax, a commitment to reduce deficits by 2013, and even France pledged money for the maternal health initiative. So what does the Canadian media point out? Well the oilsands of course!

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/g8-g20/economy/harper-rejects-advice-to-eliminate-tax-incentives-for-oil-patch/article1620487/?plckFindCommentKey=CommentKey:3b82c53c-c5ee-40a0-9a8c-198d16100a1b

"The Canadian Press has learned that Prime Minister Stephen Harper is rejecting advice from his officials to eliminate tax incentives for the oil patch."

Except there's a couple problems with this statment:

1) It did not come from the PMO, but simply from "sources"

2) Accelerated CCA is not a subsidy

3) The fact is accelerated CCA for the oil patch is being phased out, and phased in for green/clean energy:

http://www.fin.gc.ca/n10/10-041-eng.asp

Not only that, but the Canadian media refuses to name these other "subsidies" that the oilsands get. Truth is energy companies are the most heavily taxed entities in Canada.

Wow I guess the mop and pail decided to completely change that article, and bury it off the front page shortly after it appeared. I should've done a screen capture.