I’m up to my ears in deadline work today. As if that isn’t enough, I actually received an email from some blogger I’ve never heard of, issuing a “challenge” for me to criticize some decision Harper is supposed to have made.
I suggest said blogger check Technorati, and find out how many people out there routinely refer to; disagree with; misquote; misrepresent; misattribute; misappropriate; and just plain rant about me, my blog and my opinions – before presuming that any such “challenge” is likely to generate a response.
I don’t care if you think it’s important. There aren’t enough hours in a day. I’m not making an exception for you.
Reader tips in the comments, and open thread.
‘Till later.
Bruce: I think the nutters learned to hate KFC and McD from the globephobes like Naomi “no logo” Klein who sells her books all round the world, does not write anonymously nor cover her books in brown paper.
I voted Conservative, only to find that the liberals had won the election anyway. Looks like they’re installed once again in the Defense Department at any rate:
http://cjunk.blogspot.com/2006/02/hirohito-cartoons-put-troops-at-risk.html
Hey he’s entitled …back in the day.
Your crown has reached above the forest canopy Kate and now you are attracting lightning.
Speaking of sparks and embers , Happy Valentines Day Kate, and all the great SDA commenters of the fairer sex.
“All depictions of Muhammad — or so we hear daily — are now and have always been forbidden in Islam. Art’s history disputes this. True, that strict taboo today is honored now by almost all Muslims, but old paintings of the prophet — finely brushed expensive ones, made carefully and piously by Muslims and for them — are well known to most curators of Islamic art.
There are numerous examples in public institutions in Istanbul, Vienna, Edinburgh, London, Dublin, Los Angeles and New York.”
In Art Museums, Portraits Illuminate A Religious Taboo
Ascent of the Prophet to Heaven, ca. 1550, Persian
DJ spite
You are a low life slurring idiot, who, just by posting your vulgararity, proved Kates point.
The stupidity of the left is an awesome force.
You bet that was my email, and my choice of language. What he does not disclose is that he had already received a reply to his first (rude) email indicating I wasn’t interested, and nonetheless felt compelled to send a second, and a third…
However, perhaps my choice of language was intemperate.
So, to Jonathon Ross, of TDHStrategies – I take it all back;
You may now go unfuck yourself.
gee kate….
hope i never meet you in a dark alley LOL
hahaha Kate I wonder if this is the same culmination point in that action?
No, spike, the only way you would be able stomach tolerating her would be in a dark…make that a very dark…alley
The sniping of a gutter rat, the anger of a sexually frustrated blogger from Saskatchewan.
And the tunnel vision of a diehard Reformer.
Yup. That’s Kate.
Good grief:
Harper ‘regrets’ publication of Muslim caricatures; group warns of danger to troops
http://www.cbc.ca/story/canada/national/2006/02/14/muslim-canada060214.html
“I regret the publication of this material in several media outlets. While we understand this issue is divisive, our government wishes that people be respectful of the beliefs of others. I commend the Canadian Muslim community for voicing its opinion peacefully, respectfully and democratically.”
And yet, he censures those media outlets with the balls to publish the cartoons that have hurt the feelings of Muslims. This pisses me off more than the Emerson/Fortier appointments. Let the press voice their opinion peacefully, respectfully and democractically, and don’t blame them for setting off a bunch of wacko pyromaniacs
who will loot and destroy and murder for any excuse they can find.
Kate, it looks like it’s time to flush this troll out from under his bridge and down the river of bannination.
tdh….
would like to meet you in a alley maybe pound a bit of sense into your senile grey matter on your shoulders. by the way thd the comment was’nt directed to you so why don’t you go FYS again.
happy valentines day kate
Yeah, TDH, easy to get under ones skin when you insist on pestering them. Like a gnat. What, your ego could not take being ignored? Kate — insects like this deserve to be ignored. ;)Happy Valentines day.
richfisher how exactly am i proving kate’s point now?
All i’m saying is that if i got an email challenging me at http://www.smalltownunderground.net i wouldn’t pull a hissy fit and go all holier than thow!
Latest Canadian Islamic Conference Press Release
Dr. Mohamed Elmasry is of the belief that Canadians require “remedial education”.
WHY CANADIAN REPUBLICATION OF DANISH CARTOONS IS WRONG
[By Dr. Mohamed Elmasry]
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Any publi…
I can’t stand it. It has to finish.
The moose walks into the bar and the bartender says “Why the long face”
CAW….
that must have been one on mel lastman’s mooses’
“Harper ‘regrets’ publication of Muslim caricatures; group warns of danger to troops”
Oh… my… God…troops in danger in a war zone??? Who wudathunk it???What a piece of garbage.So where were these asshats when a cross was placed in a bottle of piss, or the Virgin Mary was covered in elephant shit?? Hypocritcal asshats, every one of them.
Happy St. Valentine’s day Kate. Keep up the good work.
The Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoons Contest > via LGF
Taking the Kartoon Kraziness to a completely new level, and mocking the Holocaust deniers with their own insanity: Israeli Anti-Semitic Cartoons Contest. (Hat tip: David.)
Amitai Sandy (29), graphic artist and publisher of Dimona Comix Publishing, from Tel-Aviv, Israel, has followed the unfolding of the �Muhammad cartoon-gate� events in amazement, until finally he came up with the right answer to all this insanity – and so he announced today the launch of a new anti-Semitic cartoons contest – this time drawn by Jews themselves!
�We�ll show the world we can do the best, sharpest, most offensive Jew hating cartoons ever published!� said Sandy �No Iranian will beat us on our home turf!� >>>
http://www.boomka.org/
Excerpt:
“I know that unemployment is low in Israel, but does not justify your new venture. This will be my last time visiting your site, and assure you, that this business will not succeed.
the next time you start a new venture, please try to focus on what good will your product deliver to anyone. in your case it only makes me sad to see Israelis like you turn against an entire nation to make an extra buck. You are a LOOSER!”
The organizer’s response:
“A Whole Extra Buck? Where?! Where?!”
Kate:
You were quite upset at those Conservatives who questioned Harper’s decision to nab Emerson if I recall correctly.
I look forward to seeing what you have to say about Harper’s very uninspiring commentary regarding the now infamous cartoons:
http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20060214/wl_canada_afp/europeislammedia;_ylt=At8mII9DNxsQLczNjoiwnY5p9L4F;_ylu=X3oDMTBjMHVqMTQ4BHNlYwN5bnN1YmNhdA–
It would have been political suicide if Harper stood up and said “High-five for the Western Standard”, but he could have taken a smarter middle ground.
Instead, his comments are mostly pandering to the people like Elmasry, who as we know wants to now charge the WS with a hate crime.
I must admit I expected a more original and fresh approach from Harper than what we are seeing.
I know he has to behave like a Prime Minister, but with each passing day he seems less and less interested in his Conservative base.
Kate,
A lot of people are jeolous of your site, your logic and your writing. Instead of trying to engage your intelligence they have nothing more that rants and insults. Sad.
Thank you for all your efforts.
Have a happy Valentine’s Day.
shabadoo: There is this myth that we have freedom of speech in Canada. I’m not sure who perpetuates it, but it’s not the case.
Interesting communication strategy…
for a so called “communications professional”. His approach and debating skills leave me in absolute awe. (sarcasm off)
Ezra Levant, Western Standard:
“Cartoons don’t kill people; terrorists kill people.”
http://www.rapp.org/url/?C9KW3APO
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BBC NEWS | World | Asia-Pacific | Three Indonesian girls beheaded
Three Indonesian girls are beheaded and another badly injured as they walked to
a Christian school.
news.bbc.co.uk/go/rss/-/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/4387604.stm – 37k –
Harper lays out conditions for further aid in talks with Abbas
Terry Pedwell, The Canadian Press
Published: Tuesday, February 14, 2006
OTTAWA — Future Canadian aid to the Palestinian government will depend on its support for three key benchmarks, says Prime Minister Stephen Harper.
The government of President Mahmoud Abbas must renounce violence, recognize Israel and accept previous Israeli-Palestinian peace agreements, Harper told the Palestinian leader Tuesday during a telephone conversation.
“Future assistance to any new Palestinian government will be reviewed against that government’s commitment to the principles of non-violence, recognition of Israel and acceptance of previous agreements and obligations,” Harper said in a statement released after the phone call.
The demands are in line with a UN Security Council call for the militant Islamic group Hamas to commit itself to a negotiated settlement of the Mideast conflict.
Unless the conditions are met, Canada could cut off assistance to the Palestinian government, a Harper spokesman signalled.
“That is a possibility,” said William Stairs. “The prime minister said that providing assistance to a Palestinian government that doesn’t commit to those principles . . . would be difficult.”
“Any government that sits in the Palestinian Authority cannot have as one of its goals violence and the destruction of Israel.” >>>
http://www.rapp.org/url/?BBZN5GP0
What really irks me is that western muslim leaders are not publically condemming the terrorist acts carried out by their fellow death cult bretheren. This seems to mean that they agree with it. Until western muslims condemn this sort of terrorist action I will continue to hold all Islamists with contempt! And yes, the Mohammed cartoon with the pullstart shaped as a bomb totally suits all you muslims until you condemn this mentality!
Michael Wilson appointed Ambassador to the United States to replace Frank McKenna.
Good choice. Finally – substance replaces big ego show boats. I think he will be well respected.
Thanks CAW. I hate it when a joke is not finished. Speaking of jokes, doesn’t TDH understand frickin’ english? The fact that Kate allows him to troll around even after she told him she didn’t want any part of his juvenile game is more gracious than what I’d be.
so THD, I’ll be perfectly clear… go fornicate thyself elsewhere.
Back to the blogging battlefront, what is up with Kinsella and the lawsuits? A Liberal’s way of styfling free speech?
Affliction — good point. Perhaps they will wake up.
Maz2 — as usual hard to follow, but worth it in the end. Keep it up.
Since when is ‘F’ word criminal?
CHRISTINA BLIZZARD
…First, there was the tragic shooting death of native protester Dudley George in Ipperwash Provincial Park in September 1995.
Then two years ago Dalton McGuinty’s new Liberal government calls a judicial inquiry under Mr. Justice Sidney Linden to probe the death. So now we’ve had 18 months of testimony, scores of government-funded lawyers, 100 witnesses, a made-for-TV movie and a $13.5-million tax bill.
And what was the crucial testimony yesterday?
Whether or not a former premier used the “F” word.
Give me a break….
http://www.torontosun.com/News/Canada/2006/02/15/1443693-sun.html
Duh…
Social workers knew Sherry Charlie sent to live with convicted criminal
…Heather Harper told a B.C. coroner’s inquest into Sherry’s death that she and her supervisor were aware of an uncle’s assault conviction, but sent Sherry to his home in August 2002 partly because assault was not on a B.C. government list of warning offences….
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2006/02/06/pf-1428664.html
Islam’s shattered pact with modernity
FOUAD AJAMI
“…You are going to see more Salman Rushdie affairs. You are going to see more of these cartoons…”
http://podcast.thestar.com/index.php?id=256
“No comment” is a comment.
And “I don’t care if you think it’s important. There aren’t enough hours in a day. I’m not making an exception for you” is a response.
No, a response would have been to link to his post and answer his “challenge”.
I’d already made myself clear to this twit privately.
However, nearly every day someone, somewhere issues a like “challenge”, insult, ad hominem, etc. directed at me – …
I decided it was a good time to let them all know it wasn’t likely to generate the linkage they’re looking for. I do my own thing here. If others want to fret and froth at what I write, that’s their perogative. I’m not in the habit of getting involved in blog wars, though it seems few have noticed that yet.
response
Michelle Malkin on Islamist hacker attacks http://michellemalkin.com/
Cowboys are fond of each others…whoohoo!
Gives new meaning to ride ’em cowboy!
http://www.cnn.com/2006/SHOWBIZ/Music/02/15/people.nelson.gaycowboys.ap/index.html
I think of you, Kate, often, when I have a painful bowel movement.
Read ’em and weep, you Tory hacks:
http://calsun.canoe.ca/News/National/2006/02/15/1443591-sun.html
walt: “I think of you, Kate, often, when….”
Ohhh….. another one of TDH’s friends come over to help him out. What a couple of oxygen thieves!
Well I think this anonymous blogger may have a point. Granted, this is a conservative supporting blog. But it’s unlikely that anyone can agree with the policies of any political party all the time. Chances are, there will be issues that go against what one believes in. If this blog really reflects how you feel on issues then there should probably be some criticisms of the conservative party.seeing as most issues brought up by other party’s(especially the liberals) get attacked. Well unless of course the way you feel is ALWAYS the same or roughly the same as them. To realise true intelligence, one must be open to free thought. If a person closes their mind off to new ideas it will essentially retard their thinking abilities. One must also be cautious of letting their values and beliefs slip away in order to fit their role.
R.Tessier: “To realise true intelligence, one must be open to free thought.”
Well said!
This is funny! This is the same Kate that has tried to insinuate _something_ or other about other bloggers that use the “f” word in their posts or comments… lol.. but she uses it in her emails to others.
And from personal experience, I know that Kate can have a “potty” mouth herself.
Funny hilarious.
…i still wanna know the end to the moose joke…
Walt: “I think of you, Kate, often, when I have a painful bowel movement.”
Well now ya know how your mom felt…you little sh…oh neverm ind
😉
The lady says: No, to “hot air credits” (sarcasm…Wow!) This does not bring you closer to a yes.
No means no. Repeat it: No means N-O to Kyoto.
For too long in Canada, politicians could/would not say N-O. Repeat: NO to Kyoto. Learn how to say: NO.
Repeat no after, Ambrose: NO. >>
JIM MACDONALD
Wed Feb 15, 8:23 PM ET
EDMONTON (CP) – Canada’s new environment minister says she won’t support trading emissions credits with other nations or any other international deal that does not have a “direct environmental benefit to Canadians.”
Rona Ambrose said she does not see the trading of emissions credits with other countries as being a high priority in her mandate of “cleaning up the air Canadians breathe.”
“On Kyoto, I will say that our government will not be shipping hot air credits overseas. Our focus is on a domestic solution,” Ambrose told reporters Wednesday following a one-hour meeting with Alberta Environment Minister Guy Boutilier.
“We draw the line at ensuring that there’s a direct benefit to any of the legislative mechanisms or any of the international agreements that we are presently engaged in and that we will become engaged in in the future.” >>>
http://www.voy.com/178771/134798.html