Reader Tips

Reader Tips 81 Comments

A few really quick links to start off your morning;
Gay Taboo; Socialist Taboo; Leftist Taboo
Duke asks; “Is TIME a subsidery of the CBC?” (link fixed)
Who is Sheikh Syed Mubarik ‘Ali Gilani?
Advice for Borders: “Cowardice does not make you safe. It makes you a safe target“.
I’m still knee deep in sanding dust and base coat – use the comments for your own suggestions.
Urgh. And then, in the course of finishing a few touchups, a paint reaction – sending many hours of work down the toilet. I get to sand down half of my work and start again. Suffice it to say that trolls had better tread lightly here over the next few days. Someone’s temper will be short.

81 Replies to “Reader Tips”

  1. Re> MSM “cowardice” over the Muslim cartoons:
    Alexander the Great, Attila the Hun and Napoleon are having an average day in hell roasting away when Alexander decides to break the tedium with a game of �what if� between himself and the other despots.
    Alexander starts it off by saying � If I only had machine guns, I could have conquered Asia �
    Attila speaks up� �humph, I see you are still thinking small Alexander. If I had Abrams tanks I could have taken Europe, Asia and north Africa�
    Finally Napoleon speaks: � I see you are both still hostage to the limited strategic thinking of your ages. If I had the modern English mainstream media, no one would have ever known I lost in Russia or Waterloo.

  2. GTA? What is GTA? Oh, ya mean Toranna?
    Round ’em all up in the GTA. +
    Fleeing terror suspect arrested
    TORONTO – An alleged terrorist — with links to
    al-Qaida and Osama bin Laden — has been arrested
    in the GTA while trying to flee the country,
    Sun Media immigration sources say. +
    canoenews

  3. fleeing terror suspect arrested, with a suitcase of cash, oh if cash could tell where its been… and is there a laptop with all his confedarates names?

  5. “Abu Yousef Abu Quka” boobooed;
    Abu-Abu’s 72 virgins poofed.
    Islam: The religion of the sword and Abu-Abu boobooed. +
    Palestinian miltiant commander killed in blast in Gaza City
    Posted by Valin
    On 03/31/2006 6:04:01 AM PST � 4 replies � 72+ views
    AP ^ | 3/31/06
    GAZA CITY, Gaza Strip (AP) – A commander of the militant Popular Resistance Committees was killed on Friday in Gaza City, hospital officials said, and witnesses said he died in an Israeli air strike on his car. Hospital officials identified the commander as Abu Yousef Abu Quka. The white Subaru in which he was driving was reduced to a hunk of twisted, charred metal. Hundreds of people gathered around the burning vehicle after the attack. The Israeli military, which has killed dozens of militant leaders, had no immediate comment. Israel Radio reported that Abu Quka was a senior Popular Resistance… +
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606763/posts

  6. Belgium is lost to Islam?
    Islam: The religion of the sword and the body-snatchers. +
    Belgian Priest to Stand Trial for Hatred for Citing Fears of Coming Islamic Persecution
    LifeSite ^ | March 30, 2006 | John-Henry Westen
    Posted on 03/31/2006 6:02:12 AM PST by NYer
    BRUSSELS, March 30, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – A Catholic priest in Belgium known popularly as Fr. P�re Samuel is to be brought to trial for hate crimes according to a decision reached last week by the Belgian judiciary. According to the Brussels Journal (http://www.brusselsjournal.com ), the priest, who fled from Turkey under Islamic persecution, is being prosecuted for warning against Islamic fundamentalism.
    His offending statement: “Every thoroughly islamized Muslim child that is born in Europe is a time bomb for Western children in the future. The latter will be persecuted when they have become a minority.”
    After hearing of his upcoming trial the priest, who was suspended by his bishop but nonetheless remains a popular clergyman, repeated his statement and warns against “the islamic invasion” of the West.
    While that sentiment may seem bitter to some, it is a sincere conviction for many prelates coming from Islamic nations.
    In a startling statement which received very little coverage, the Patriarch of the Greek Melkite Catholic Church, stated in an interview published last October “According to me, after 11 September, there is a plot to eliminate all the Christian minorities from the Arabic world.”
    The Patriarch, who oversees some 20,000 Melkite Catholics in Syria, explained in an interview with the Italian magazine 30 Days, “Islam is our milieu, the context in which we live and with which we are historically associated. We have lived 1,400 years in the middle of them. We understand Islam from the inside. When I hear a verse of the Koran, it’s not something foreign to me. It’s an expression of the civilization to which I belong.”
    Regarding the ‘plot’ to oust Christians he stated, “Our simple existence ruins the equations whereby Arabs can’t be other than Moslems, and Christians but be westerners.” If, he said, “the Middle East is cleansed of all the Arabic Christians, the Moslem Arab world and a so-called Christian Western world will be left face to face. It will be easier to provoke a clash and justify it with religion.
    See the full interview in 30 Days:
    http://www.30giorni.it/us/articolo.asp?id=9596
    See more of Pere Samuel’s case from the Brussels Journal:
    http://www.brusselsjournal.com/node/936
    (news tip from Spero News http://www.speroforum.com )
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1606760/posts
    More:
    lgf: Eurabia
    10/9/2002: Eurabia. Here�s an excellent article by Bat Yeor on Europe�s decades-long appeasement of Arab aggression: Eurabia. …
    http://www.littlegreenfootballs.com/weblog/?entry=4369 – 308k –

  7. maz2 what are you saying that the average westerner has the forethought of a newt? I guess I’d have to agree.
    People think everything is static because they never read a history book to know that Islam has a long history of conquering Christian countries like Jordan, Turkey, Syria, Egypt….
    Course they treat us dhimmis nice and give us special taxes and kill any who convert from Islam to Christianity.
    I mean the crusades were fought after centuries of Muslim attacks and atrocities.
    Now who will they stone first me or Svend.

  8. So let me get this straight…
    While the Liberals were busy robbing us blind, under their watch,a Pakistani national,who was ARRESTED in the U.S.,decides he’ll use a phony name,comes to Canada and is given REFUGEE STATUS.
    He then moves in with his brother-in-law,who lives in Canada but is wanted in the U.S.for drug trafficking and fraud.
    WHAT’S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE??????
    And all you Liberal-lovin’lefties are convinced
    that this was good government?

  9. Does anyone think Giles Duceppe has been flying under the radar since the election? There was a lot of speculation before the election that if he didn’t do well, which he didn’t, that he may have to ponder his future.
    There has been so much going on with the Conservatives and Liberals since then, I was wondering if his future is being discussed in Quebec. Anyone know? Nealenews linked to a Toronto Star/ Decima Poll on the 29th showing Tory support rising nationally. It also stated that Bloq support in Quebec is about the same, as on election day, at 43%. Poll says Tories and Libs tied there at 20% and NDP at 13%, it doesn’t mention how, or if, those numbers have changed since. Still interesting Bloc hasn’t changed since Jan.23.

  11. Re: Globe and Mail. Here we go again. Leah McLaren wasted space with her attempt to critize Prime Minister Harper’s vest. Give me a break! If its a bullet proof vest or just a little reminder to Mr. Bush, regarding Afganistan, what ever. I sent her an email telling her that, her reporting skills were wasted at this paper, that she should get a job with the Inquiry! Who does she think she is anyways? Maybe she is trying to move up in the world and get a job with CBC.
    If anyone else disagrees with this style of reporting, let her know. I can tell you I seen alot of Canadian’s on holidays in Mexico that wore clothing (or less) that was way more repulsive! (speedo’s G-string’s on very bad bodies!)
    lmclare@globeandmail.ca

  14. Watch this develop.
    Is this incitement to violence/murder?
    Is the RCMP investigating this incitement to murder? +
    Prime target: Canadian PM assassinated in video game
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper should hope life doesn’t imitate art.
    A new top-selling video game kicks off with a bang — a few bangs, actually — with the assassination of the Canadian prime minister, sparking continental turmoil that only an elite group of soldiers can undo. +
    http://www.nealenews.com/
    Joel Kom, The Ottawa Citizen
    Published: Friday, March 31, 2006
    Prime Minister Stephen Harper should hope life doesn’t imitate art. …
    http://www.canada.com/ottawacitizen/news/story.html?id=18e3718f-61ec-4bf6-a785-89f8e8da2e14

  15. From CTV:
    “Canadian Harmeet Singh Sooden, who was held hostage in Iraq for close to four months, says he believes it’s “highly likely” that his rescue last week was the result of a ransom being paid.”
    “In his first interview since his release, the 33-year-old told Reuters that it was “highly unusual” for his captors to be absent, especially on the day of the rescue.”
    This would explain the apparent lack of gratitude of the Christian Peacemakers towards the Coalition forces who “rescued” their representatives in Iraq. The CPT paid for the release of their people; it wasn’t the result of detective work on the part of “special forces” or the Mounties or anyone else.
    Yo Defense guy! You wanted more proof? Here it is!
    BigCityLib–no truth but The Truth

  16. And by saying their kidnappers were paid off only encourages more of these hostage situations to happen.
    Way to put more innocent peoples’ lives in danger there Harmeet.
    Tool.

  17. Shabbadoo,
    I would be more worried about the various governments (including Stephen Harper’s Conservative Government) who semed to be ready to lie to turn this whole episode into a Heroic Victory for the Coalition. Also worried about the number of people in the press who swallowed their story whole, and the number of people like yourself (Conservative, in other words), who are content with being lied to if its Conservatives doing the lying.

  18. Re; the Sheik:
    Are any of these Sheiks, Mullahs, Imams, or Islamic clerics of whatever standing truly moderate as they often claim to be? When you go to their websites, or read about some of their background, associations, and pronouncements in the media, they all come across as a bunch of megalomaniac dictators.
    Why can’t we ban these dangerous individuals from western countries?
    It is sickening to read about these types of seditious/criminal immigrants having free reign in our countries, while honest, hard-working immigrants are deported without appeal for the slightest transgression of immigration rules.

  19. BCL, of course you are right. The captives’ release was actually a victory for the terrorists. Why don’t you go over there and get the scoop straight from the terrorists themselves, and then let us hear all about your experiences? That is, if you survive to talk about them. 🙁

  21. Bigcitylib:
    ‘…he believes it’s “highly likely” that his rescue last week was the result of a ransom being paid.”‘
    And you are saying that constitutes proof?? Have you completely lost your senses? Proof of what, that the moonbat former hostage is musing about something he clearly has no first hand knowledge?
    C’mon man…it’s one thing to be provocative or argumentative with respect your view vs. the majority views on this blog; it is quite another thing to advance points that simply make you look like an idiot.

  23. Dear Bruce,
    The evidence for this has been building since the “rescue” itself. Check my blog for more details, including this one: the “detainee” who told Coalition forces about the house West of Baghdad was released from custody after the hostages had been picked up. Think about what that means.

  26. BCL,
    I note that in your haste to spin this story you neglected to include the following statement from the CTV story:
    “Sooden did say that he had no evidence to back up his claim except for his “instinct”.”
    Oh well, a true Liberal never lets the facts get in the way of a good story. You should stick to talking about Harper’s vest like most of the other serious media.

  27. Google news…
    Grit MP faces protest at local speech
    Ottawa Sun – 13 hours ago
    High-profile Liberal Michael Ignatieff’s past
    views supporting the US-led war in Iraq and his position on torture dogged him during a speech yesterday at the University of Ottawa. “You just stand for what … +
    Iggy supports George Bush;
    Iggy supports torture;
    Iggy is “dogged”; Iggy faces protest…
    Bctylib said: “Think about what that means.”

  28. Dear Paul, you might least read my previous messages before you Blo Vate. This is just the latest bit of evidence that the “rescue” was a sham.

  29. Reginacon
    I guess we are all safe now that the Conservatives are in power. Now that we have “Andy of Mayberry” as our Prime Minister I sleep like a baby.

  30. This is just the latest bit of “evidence”…
    BCL, that is exactly my point. This is not evidence. The CTV piece clearly states that as does Sooden. This is National Enquirer innuendo and nothing more.

  31. steve d.
    Andy of Mayberry won’t be attending any Tamil Tiger terrorist fundraising dinners.

  32. BREAKING: FORMER JAMAAT UL FUQRA MEMBER STARTS BLOG TODAY, AIMS TO EXPOSE SHEIKH GILANI’S TERROR GROUP
    http://nationalreview.com/script/printpage.p?ref=/hanson/hanson200603310745.asp
    A well written article by Victor Davis Hanson but omits US complicity in dealing with Saddam during the 1980s.
    In part, the present situation is reflective of previous misadventures of western foreign policy in the context of the old Cold War. Not a bad article if you keep the glosses in mind.

  33. Joe Canuck said:
    “Are any of these Sheiks, Mullahs, Imams, or Islamic clerics of whatever standing truly moderate as they often claim to be? When you go to their websites, or read about some of their background, associations, and pronouncements in the media, they all come across as a bunch of megalomaniac dictators.”
    Joe, I have seen oodles of evidence that Sheikh Gilani of Jamaat ul Fuqra isn’t moderate, nor does he sound like a good Muslim, taking 30% of his brainwashed members’ income to buy himself every luxury he desires. This is testimony from a former JuF member who just today came out of nowhere to start a blog to expose his former cult.
    See my post; the URL, once again, is
    http://thecanadiansentinel.blogspot.com/2006/03/breaking-ex-juf-member-starts-blog.html
    This member invited us, in a comment on “The Politics of CP”, that he’s eager to answer any questions. His blog address is available on my latest post.
    The more we keep spotlighting the enemy, the more they will be busy looking over their shoulders and make mistakes, like supposed JuF trainee Richard “Shoe Bomber” Reid, and fail in their dastardly attempts.
    We must remain relentlessly vigilant.
    And, Kate: thanks for the link. It’s helpful not just to my blog, but also serves to make the enemy nervous, which is good. Let’s flush them out and frustrate whatever their plans may be.

  34. Good post Canadian Sentinel:
    My comments reposted in another thread
    maz2
    The critical distinction is here:
    “To force someone to remain in a faith they do not believe seems rather absurd as it negates the whole basis of sincere belief and seems closer to officially endorsing hypocrisy.”
    One could make the same comment in regards to equally odious systems of thought such as: National Socialism, Communism, insert other -isms as needed, which posit, in practice, that the non-adherent deserves extinction by virtue of being a non-adherent.
    In short, one is hardly free to choose one’s faith based on grotesque coercion, which sacrifices one’s life, livelihood, or station in the community.
    One might as well hang a sign about one’s neck and like town criers of old and shout: “Leper, leper.”
    One really has to question when protesters against the “Mohammed cartoon” go to the rather absurd proposition of marching in the streets to firebomb numerous cars in France, or carry signs
    bearing the inscription “GOD BLESS HITLER” in Iran.
    While the Mohammed cartoon was obviously designed to bait to the point of idiocy; the response of extremists to join in the idiocy is hardly going engender sympathy or demonstrate the dignity of their faith. Your faith either grows up or it will be dismissed out of hand.
    Given that the Muslim community were the originators of Al-Jabar or algebra that is taught to every high school student; they would be well served by applying a trifle bit of logic to their position and find it will have more traction in respect of world opinion.
    This would be akin to the rightly offended Christian, at the recent Jesus Blow Job cartoon, identifying the offender and all those who laughed at it, to be commended to crucifixtion.
    Hardly a demonstration of “Peace be with you.”
    If spiritual fruit is the objective; how pray tell is this accomplished by consuming religious nuts?

  35. Just to be firmly certain: I above accidentally omitted the word “former” when writing “member”. Be advised that the one to whom I refer is a former member of JuF and in fact goes by the moniker of “Fuqra Hater”.
    Not everyone gives in to the dogmas others try to impose upon them. This fellow certainly has a mind of his own, like most of us around here.

  36. BCL:
    I have made a point of following the “proof” you have cited on your blog. I do not consider either examples you quote to be “proof” that would meet any acceptable standard. Of course I’ve only spent 35 years separating information that is really BS from actual evidence that would be accepted in court, so what do I know?
    As to the putting forward the information to the effect that a suspect was picked up and subsequently was allowed to phone his buddies as being proof that the rescue effort was a fraud, consider the following. And for the moment we’ll assume that report was in fact correct.
    You are one of the special forces making the entry assault on the target house. You are aware of countless past examples of the Taliban “surrendering under a white flag, only to shoot and kill coalition forces when they broke cover to accept the surrender. You know that these Islamist terrorists have a history of reneging on promises.
    Do you really think that those brave men entering the house did so with the expectation that the captors were gone, that the place wasn’t booby-trapped or that an ambush was not likely? Or isn’t it more reasonable to believe that they were seriously anticipating at the very least the possibility of a firefight.
    I hate to say it, but your postings that appear to sneer at the notion that this was not a rescue and it was all a put up PR stunt are very unbecoming. And frankly, I think your ideology is interfering with your logical process.

  37. Bruce,
    The key point (which you would realize if you read my blog, or at least read some of my previous messages here), is that after it was known that the hostages were safe in Coalition hands, the Coalition released the detainee (supposedly a “ringleader” of the kidnappers)who told them about the location of the CPTers in the first place. That was part of the deal. This was, mind you, supposed to be one of the guys that murdered Tom Fox. And they let him go. After the hostages were safe in coalition hands. So did the “detainee” present himself, and wait around until the hostages were found, and and when their safety was confirmed, take his payoff?
    I sneer, dear Bruce, because the official line on this has been unravelling from day one. The story about Sooden is just another bit of twine coming loose. But, on the other hand, Sooden’s “instinct” tells him something funny was going on with the hostagetakers that day. Since he observed them closely for several months, I would take his view seriously.
    I give this another week or two before the whole official line falls apart.

  38. As-Salaam Alaikom – The standard Arabic greeting which means �Peace be with You�, the voicing of which DISARMS any person and is expected to be returned back by �wa-Alaikom Assalam (Abdullah Barakatu)� or Peace be with you also, Servant of God.
    It would appear that the extreme fundamentalists should return to the fundmental greeting in Arab culture. Heavens, what a concept.

  39. bcl
    I already conceded that you appeared to be correct in the original thread. That said, I’m not sure what more you could want from me.

  40. Andy of Mayberry? Thanks for that, I like it! See, we suffered thorugh years of liberal “leaders” like Goober and Ernest T. Bass. Now we have the responsible one in charge, the guy that always stepped up and got it done.
    Speaking of Ernest T., has anyone else noticed the resemblance to dimwit liberal Wayne Easter?

  41. “dear Bruce”
    Hey, bigclittylib, maybe you should stiffen that wrist a little…

  44. Just heard that the US has no intention of changing their upcomming requirment for US and Canadian citizens to have a pssport or passport-like document to enter and leave the US.
    This will spell big trouble for Canadian tourism in the future and will impact the convention industy big time.(it already has had an impact in the way of cancelled conventions)
    Altough the yanks had planned to do this they wanted the canadioan goverenment to give their input prior to the bill being passed. But the Canadian government was too busy trying to get elected to bother. And of course they were also too busy US bashing as well.
    This is a good example of a political party doing whatever it needed to do to get elected-the country be damned.
    So if you are impacted by this impending requirement you can thank the Liberals.Not only were they corrupt and inept(like the NDP in B.C.) but they put their own interests ahead of the interest of the country. As far as I’m concerned they should NEVER be elected.
    And anyone who votes for them is a MORON.
    Horny Toad

  45. Hey Kate:
    Which airline do you want to put the Christian Peacemakers? For a delicious piece of irony, let me guess “El Al”?

  46. BCL,
    You sneer because you cannot help yourself. You hold in contempt all those who dare to question or disagree with you. Above everyone else, how can you not know better than us?
    Soodens insticts are so great that he went over there in the first place. So great that he disdained any security.
    You do realise that he is a christian? How does that jibe with the rest of the liberal theology? Should’nt he be mocked and derided for his christianity?
    enough

  47. Update: Abu-Abu was not poofed by IDF. No. Abu-Abu was puffed by rival Islamist terrorists.
    Islam: The religion of the sword and car-bombs. +
    Update 3: Militant’s Followers Blame Palestinians
    Forbes – 5 hours ago
    By SARAH EL DEEB , 03.31.2006, 10:53 AM. A top militant with ties to Hamas was killed by a car bomb Friday, and his followers blamed security forces loyal to Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement for the assassination. … +
    googlennews

  48. The bigclittylier should go to irag with the CPS fools and undo the “fake” rescue. Well bigclittylier should go over there anyway, I hear they still need people for landmine duty.

  49. Horny Toad, personally I regret the new initiatives on border security that will require passports between America and Canada.
    My view is that Martin, Chretien, (and of course the ever-present Mafia) are responsible for this new necessity.
    If the US and Canada had just been able to remain on the same page about terrorism, immigration policy, and prosecution, I don’t think there would have been any need for the US to feel it necessary to secure our border from Canada.
    If everyone could have just stayed out of animosity politcs and maintained a resolve to demonstrate that our countries planned to be cooperative partners in the Anglosphere, we probably could have avoided draconian measures.
    Now, because of policy during the Liberal regime, Kate will be having to drag out her passport every time she heads to an American dog show.

  50. So BCL – if the CPT paid for the release (ransom) how come they didn’t do it three months ago?? It is pretty easy to find “coincidences” to back up a conspiracy theory – that doesn’t make it fact. Of course the CPT are going to try to get the “story” out that the “rescue” didn’t happen because they can’t stand the thought that “soldiers with guns” actually were the ones to rescue them. This is how they justify their “rescue”.

Proudly powered by WordPress & Skyrocket Themes

MENU

Navigation