This is a *huge* story: a pregnant Mom in Britain tripped on a pothole. On a private road. And she's right miffed about it:

"We need to get something sorted….Nobody is doing anything about it. I'm not sure if somebody owns (the road) or not, but nobody is coming forward."

The story gets even more disturbing: earlier this year, according to the intrepid reporters at the Sunderland Echo, two girls fell from their bikes on the same road.

Where's the outrage? Where? Where?

http://www.netcastdaily.com/broadcast/fsn2011-0827-1.mp3

World financial system

Leftist site Wonkette trumpets: "Michele Bachmann Asks White People, 'Who Likes White People?'

Problem is, Bachmann actually didn't say that.

Outsourcing the Future

August 27, 2011 5:50 P.M.

By Mark Steyn

For my own part, I’d bet that many parts of mid-century Britain will be a violent, brutish, Balkanized ruin. Let’s meet for lunch circa 2035 and see who’s right.

http://www.marksteyn.com/

EBD - Bachmann (one "l", two "n's") also didn't say that Hurricane Irene was God's curse on people who didn't agree with her tax plan - she was, you know, kidding; joking, like - but don't tell the outraged lefties, desperately trying to create a talking point: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P2miHtbSdvI

Ball-eh!?

Nobody, but nobody, does headlines like the British press…

Citizenship and Immigration Canada would like to invite you to participate in an online consultation on Immigration Levels and Mix.

This past July, Citizenship, Immigration and Multiculturalism Minister Jason Kenney, along with Parliamentary Secretaries Rick Dykstra and Chungsen Leung, launched a series of cross-country consultations on immigration issues. As part of this process, an online consultation is currently underway.

You are invited to submit feedback through an online questionnaire, which will be available until September 19, 2011. We are asking for your input on the right level of immigration to Canada – how many – and the right mix between the three immigrant classes to Canada – economic, family and protected persons.

Prior to completing the questionnaire, please read the following background document. This serves to give you a sense of some of the challenges and realities we face as we strive to best answer the difficult questions involved in managing Canada’s immigration system. The full questionnaire is available attached if you wish to view and/or print the document to plan your responses before submitting your feedback online. Please note that this is for reference purposes only; responses must be submitted using the online questionnaire.

A report on the consultations, including a summary of responses to the online consultation questionnaire, will be available on our website in fall 2011 or winter 2012.

The on-line consultation will be available at http://www.cic.gc.ca/english/department/consultations/index.asp from August 29 to September 19, 2011.

Thank you in advance for your input.

guess I coulda edited that down a bit, sry

The tide is rolling in. The leftists are determined to turn out children into pedobait. This past month has seen a scourge of stories on this topic. The toddler lingerie line, the 10 year posing seductively for vogue, the pole dancing classes for children and the recent conference for "minor attracted children" and now this:

http://pajamasmedia.com/zombie/2011/08/26/brave-new-world-arrives-ahead-of-schedule-sex-indoctrination-for-toddlers/

Kathy (FFoF) had a translated page link to a swiss site that was difficult to understand, but the gist was discernible about this a few days ago, the blogosphere has picked it up and the details are now in along with some excellent commentary at a number of sites.

Correction: the post at 11:45 should read "minor attracted persons" not "minor attracted children". The euphemisms are becoming ever more creative.

Oh my EBD, thank you so much for finding that clip.

I actually spontaneously applauded with the crowd.

Keep up the incredibly good work.

Mao Stlong* Lepolt.

"They are Beijing’s slaves."

H/T Mo Strong* is the uncle of Liberal leader Basement Bob Rae.

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"The City: Beijing"

"Ai Weiwei finds China’s capital is a prison where people go mad."

"Beijing is two cities. One is of power and of money. People don’t care who their neighbors are; they don’t trust you. The other city is one of desperation. I see people on public buses, and I see their eyes, and I see they hold no hope. They can’t even imagine that they’ll be able to buy a house. They come from very poor villages where they’ve never seen electricity or toilet paper.

Every year millions come to Beijing to build its bridges, roads, and houses. Each year they build a Beijing equal to the size of the city in 1949. They are Beijing’s slaves. They squat in illegal structures, which Beijing destroys as it keeps expanding. Who owns houses? Those who belong to the government, the coal bosses, the heads of big enterprises. They come to Beijing to give gifts—and the restaurants and karaoke parlors and saunas are very rich as a result.

Beijing tells foreigners that they can understand the city, that we have the same sort of buildings: the Bird’s Nest, the CCTV tower. Officials who wear a suit and tie like you say we are the same and we can do business. But they deny us basic rights. You will see migrants’ schools closed. You will see hospitals where they give patients stitches—and when they find the patients don’t have any money, they pull the stitches out. It’s a city of violence."

http://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek/2011/08/28/ai-weiwei-on-beijing-s-nightmare-city.html

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"Ai Weiwei attacks injustices in China in magazine article"

"World-famous artist accuses officials of denying people their basic rights and describes Beijing as a 'city of violence'"

"Ai Weiwei, the Chinese artist held by the authorities for almost three months earlier this year, has attacked injustice in China in a passionate article fuelled by his own experiences of detention.

He accused officials of "deny[ing] us basic rights" and compared migrant workers to slaves, describing Beijing as "a city of violence" and "a constant nightmare".

But one of the most powerful passages describes how people "become like mad" as they are held in isolation and how detainees "truly believe [captors] can do anything to you".

His remarks, in an article about Beijing published on the website of Newsweek magazine, are certain to anger Chinese security officials. They come days after it emerged that China is reportedly planning to give police legal powers to hold some suspects for up to six months without telling their families. Campaigners say the move would legitimise and potentially increase the number of secret detentions."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/aug/29/ai-weiwei-attacks-injustices-china

the various moonbat politicians, 'journalists' and entitlement seekers seem to all be determined to raise my pulse rate and blood pressure to the point that it won't be able to sit still long enough to clot...I suppose that's one small thing I should thank them for.

Ok Manitobans, Online poll

Should MPI be Privatized

http://www.winnipegsun.com/poll/should-mpi-be-privatized-2

I don't need to tell you how to vote do I??? ;)

Latest Mao Stlong* Lepolt.

H/T *Nephew:

"*Rae exhorts Liberals to chart new 'movement' Vancouver Sun"

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"China calls online rumors a 'social malady'"

"The Chinese government can't stand online rumors, and in a commentary today from state-run media organization, Xinhua, it made that abundantly clear.

According to Xinhua, a mouthpiece for the country's ruling party, the growth of microblogging services, like Twitter, as well as blogs, is helping to fuel "toxic rumors" that the government says, could lead to the rapid disintegration of the quality of the Internet.

"The rapid advance of this flood has also brought 'mud and sand'--the spread of rumors--and to nurture a healthy Internet, we must thoroughly eradicate the soil in which rumors grow," Xinhua wrote in a story published today in China, and translated by Reuters. "Concocting rumors is itself a social malady, and the spread of rumors across the Internet presents a massive social threat."

In an attempt to address the issue, the news agency called for "stronger Internet administration from the responsible agencies, raising the intensity of attacks on rumors.""

urlm.in/iyft

"*Rae exhorts Liberals to chart new 'movement' Vancouver Sun"

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Mao* here:

urlm.in/iyft

Of Mohammedanism and Bob Rae.

...-

"Libya: Algeria braces itself for terrorist attacks following arrival of Gaddafi family

Libya interim leaders give ultimatum to Gaddafi forces

Source: Gadhafi’s daughter gives birth in Algeria

Father slit throats of three daughters in ‘honour killing’ after they were raped by Gaddafi’s troops

Gaddafi ‘escaped rebel guns and fled to Sahara stronghold with band of loyal fighters four days ago’

Horrific burns of nanny abandoned in dictator’s mansion

Libyan ‘behind Yvonne Fletcher’s killing’ found dead

Friedman: A Premature Celebration in Libya"

http://www.jacksnewswatch.com/

Bob Rae:

"Bob Rae blasts Harper 'jihadis'"

http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Politics/2011/02/24/17396346.html

Another crack in the (U.S.)Lefist armour. Small Mass towns take on teachers' union.

http://biggovernment.com/cgregor/2011/08/30/lefty-mass-town-to-teachers-union-get-real-2/

Another crack in the (U.S.)Lefist armour. Small Mass towns take on teachers' union.

http://biggovernment.com/cgregor/2011/08/30/lefty-mass-town-to-teachers-union-get-real-2/

Ich Bin Ein Update:

EU socialism says, blahblah einagain mit der second longest crisis ever. Almost tied with 1938's Munich Crisis when Adolf and the maid appealed to Chamberlain to ...

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"Head of Euro-Zone Bailout Fund

'The Crisis Will Be Over in Two to Three Years'

Klaus Regling, the German CEO of the euro zone's bailout fund, the European Financial Stability Facility, is confident that the monetary union can overcome the current crisis. He considers the euro zone to be in a better position than the US when it comes to public debt, and accuses his fellow Germans of "hysteria." By Christian Reiermann more... [ Forum ]

Graphics Gallery: Essential Info on the Global Economic Crisis

Euro-Zone Rifts
Watchdog Worried About Europe's Banking Sector

The head of Europe's banking watchdog has called for the euro rescue fund to provide direct aid to ailing banks to help calm markets. The head of the IMF made a similar demand, exposing an apparent rift with EU governments on how to handle the debt crisis. Berlin and the EU have rejected such changes. more..."

http://www.spiegel.de/international/

lots of fancy patents and words here. but regurgitate is the word that comes to mind first.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-14114555

Interesting discussion about the Tea Party. It's beyond fascinating to see the Leftists using the same phoney straw-man arguments as the SDA trolls consistently do.

More cuts to the left-liberal arts.

The cuts were "unexpected" from "The Harper government's ...".

Of course, the "poll suggests".

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"Majority backs restoration of ‘Royal’ designations for navy, air force"

The Harper government's unexpected decision to restore the traditional names of the navy and air force has the support of a majority of Canadians, a new poll suggests.

On Aug. 16, the Tories announced the return of the Royal Canadian Navy and the Royal Canadian Air Force after four decades as Maritime Command and Air Command."

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/majority-backs-restoration-of-royal-designations-for-navy-air-force/article2146872/

" The release on bail of a violent fugitive who was included on a “most wanted” list has the federal Public Safety Minister thinking about changing the law."

Stupid,stupid,stupid. This judge must be smoking bad glue. $3,000 bail,this Walter ain't coming back.

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/politics/ottawa-considers-changing-law-to-keep-suspected-fugitives-behind-bars/article2147677/