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  3. Focus the debate on Bam the Dog*: Did Citoyen Dion kill Kyoto? That’s not fair.
    …-
    Dion Promises to Become More Personable
    Liberal Leader Stephane Dion wants to correct misperceptions about his character.
    Dion admits his leadership has been too low-profile so far, and is promising to become a more personable politician.
    In an interview on Radio-Canada, Dion said “I hesitated to put myself in the foreground of the debate.”
    The Liberal leader also says the party must “focus the debate on Stephane Dion, who I am and what I can do.” (cfra.com) …-
    *Bam the dog: Stephane Dion’s dark sense of humour
    According to the Globe and Mail, Stephane Dion was asked to tell a joke on a Quebec Talk show. He responded thus: “SD: Have you heard of Bam the dog? Show host: “No.” SD: “A car goes by. Bam, the dog!

  4. Dion Dithers.
    As IggyPoop said: Citoyen Dion, you didn’t get it done.
    …-
    Locals slam Dion’s handling of campaign
    Two days after Liberal humiliation, insiders describe months of indecision and poor planning – and chaos on election day
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070920.wdionoutremont20/BNStory/National/home
    “While the NDP and its star candidate Thomas Mulcair, who beat the Liberals’ Jocelyn Coulon by more than 4,000 votes, were working the riding all spring, Liberals in Outremont were begging Mr. Dion to name a candidate, Mr. Lapierre said.
    Mr. Coulon had approached Mr. Dion to run in Outremont the day Mr. Lapierre resigned. But he was told that they didn’t want him, Mr. Lapierre said.”

  6. 13 year old boy lands $6.5 million venture capital for his startup, hopes to clear $1 million revenue by end of grade 8:
    TiECON 2007, the big technology conference in Santa Clara, Calif., kicked off yesterday.
    The buzz on the expo floor was about Silicon Valley gaming startup Elementeo and its precocious 13-year old founder and chief executive, Anshul Samar. “We inject fun into education,” the fast talking entrepreneur confidently proclaimed, touting his new fantasy role playing board game which he believes will change the way kids learn chemistry.
    http://venturebeat.com/2007/05/19/elementeos-13-year-old-ceo-highlight-of-tiecon/

  7. just watched “enron: the smartest guys in the room” again.
    and who is at the periphery? voicing support and gratitude and mulling over appointing ken lay secretary of fukin energy?
    yep. the laddie from texas. dubya himself.
    gonna put the biggest crook in american business ever, into the most powerful govt position overseeing that area of business he is involved in.
    see the difference between right and left now?

  8. Huh,huh,huh:)
    I just watched a roomfull of union thugs meet with Hoffa II, or one, though its hard to tell a live commie crook from a dead one.

  12. The way I see it is this:
    The lucre filled brown envelopes distributed by the corrupt malfeasant Liberal machine of Chretien and Paul Martin no longer exists in Quebec, hence the other socialist party, the ND is the beneficiary at the ballot box.
    Taliban Jack should not read too much into the sole seat win.

  13. Calumniation by Weston. Greg Weston. He’s throwing calumny at the Librano$. But, it’s correct/true; and, it sticks forever to the Liberals.
    Of course, Citoyen AdScam Dion, the erstwhile Unity Minister, knew nuttink about the money-laundering, the crime and corruption, the rape-pillage of the Canadian tax-base by the Librano$, aka Chretien-Martin-Gagliano, et al.
    The regime of Chretien-Martin was indeed a kleptocracy. This is now an historical fact.
    Dion is culpable. The Gomery Report is a cover-up.
    …-
    Going beyond Dion
    “For years, the big Red Machine [AdScammer-Liberals] in Quebec was fuelled in large part with dirty money that suddenly dried up with the sponsorship scandal.”
    “Suddenly, the bucks stopped with the eruption of sponsorship scandal.
    The result for the federal Liberals in Quebec is now clear.
    No money. No mercenaries. No votes.” …-
    http://www.ottawasun.com/News/Columnists/Weston_Greg/2007/09/20/4510930.html

  14. daniel ryan – what’s your point about parity? Is there some kind of equation you are trying to make, ie, – that IF the Canadian dollar is equal to the US dollar – it means that we are EQUAL to the US in might, strenght, power, blah blah?
    It means that the US consumer can’t buy as many Canadian products as they used to; it means that we sell less to the US – our biggest consumer.
    That’s a serious problem.

  15. Fresh from the Quebec by-elections disaster Everywhere Man sets out on a brand new route to 24 Sussex Drive.
    Dion “called upon Prime Minister Stephen Harper to lobby the United States to free the Canadian citizen from Guantanamo Bay,”
    “The Prime Minister himself, must demand that Omar Khadr be removed from Guantanamo Bay detention facility to be transferred to the United States to be tried in a legitimate court,” Mr. Dion said Wednesday.”
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070919.wkhadrdion0919/BNStory/National/home

  17. @ET:
    “Parity” is finance jargon; it means equal in value. An old-fashioned variant is “par.” For common stocks, if the market cap is equal to the paid-up capital plus the contributed surplus, then it’s valued at “par.” For preferred stocks and bonds, “par” meant that the dividend/coupon rate and the indicated market yield (“yield to maturity” in the case of bonds) were the same. Back in the aulden days, currencies had par values, too, in terms of either gold or in a reserve currency.
    You may be interested to know that, under the old gold standard, the C$ was in fact valued at par wrt the US$: “From 1 August 1854 when the Currency Act was proclaimed, until the outbreak of World War I in 1914, the Province of Canada, and subsequently the Dominion of Canada, was continuously on a gold standard. Under this standard, the value of the Canadian dollar was fixed in terms of gold. It was also valued at par with the U.S. dollar, with a British sovereign valued at Can$4.8666…”
    After the gold standard was done away with, the C$ was briefly pegged at $1.10 US, but this peg didn’t last long. You may be interested to know that Canada is one of the few OECD countries whose currency has floated for most of the Bretton Woods era (1945-1971.) The rest of the countries in the Bretton Woods system ‘caught up’ with this practice as of 1971, when the system collapsed.
    [Quote from this webpage: “A History Of The Canadian Dollar.”]
    Oh, by the way: as of the time of this post, the C$ last traded, according to Yahoo! Canada Finance, at 99.92 cents US.

  19. McGuinty is squirming. Must be working:
    Ont. Liberals demand apology for PC ad.
    A new election campaign advertisement by the Progressive Conservatives is so “offensive,” party leader John Tory should apologize to the family of slain Toronto schoolgirl Jane Creba, Liberal campaign chairman Greg Sorbara said Wednesday.
    The ad—one of three new campaign ads released Wednesday by the Conservatives—features a teddy bear in front of a crime scene reminiscent of where Grade 10 student Jane Creba was killed in a deadly Boxing Day shooting in 2005.
    At the same time, the voiceover notes that 70% of people charged with murder in Toronto in the past four years were free on bail at the time—a fact it blames on Premier Dalton McGuinty.
    “I think most people are going to be offended, and if he was man enough he would simply send the Creba family an apology,” Sorbara said after watching the new Conservative TV spots.
    “This is getting into the John Tory-Kim Campbell era of negative ads when Mr. Tory was so embarrassed that he had to pull the ad.”
    Interestingly, Tory himself helped manage Campbell’s disastrous 1993 campaign, which included controversial TV ads that seemed to mock then-Liberal Leader Jean Chretien’s facial deformity. The ads prompted a public backlash that helped sink Campbell’s election hopes.
    “That was 14 years ago, and I think (Tory) is relying on the fact not very many people remember that,” Sorbara said.
    Conservative campaign director John Laschinger insisted the commercial was not referencing the Creba shooting. It’s a “dramatization of many situations” from the Liberal years, designed to remind people there are consequences to broken Liberal promises, he said.
    “The tragedy is that there’s many more families in Ontario that have lost loved ones in the last four years under Dalton McGuinty’s catch-and-release policy,” Laschinger said.
    The Conservatives have yet to issue a campaign ad that features their own party policy, the Liberals noted. Earlier Wednesday, McGuinty said that campaign advertising for the Oct. 10 election by the Conservatives and New Democrats had been “negative” and laden with personal attacks.

  20. …i see global warming has left Calgary again. Suppose to have Frost Warning tonight, Thursday September 20th. You know, almost fall.
    Same with the Flames, they’re playing cold.

  21. For too many years cdns have used the exchange on US dollars to make a profit. Now, these machine dealerships, tourist spots, and so many others, now realize that a dollar is a dollar. I wonder how long before restaurants, dollar stores etc take the sign off their tills, exchange rate 15%, and realize they are losing money.
    Maybe they will start to find ways to cut costs, improve productivity, other than to lay off workers.

  22. NASA kook Hansen that fabricated global warming data predicted impending ice age back in 1971.
    “NASA scientist James E. Hansen, who has publicly criticized the Bush administration for dragging its feet on climate change and labeled skeptics of man-made global warming as distracting “court jesters,” appears in a 1971 Washington Post article that warns of an impending ice age within 50 years.
    “U.S. Scientist Sees New Ice Age Coming,” blares the headline of the July 9, 1971, article, which cautions readers that the world “could be as little as 50 or 60 years away from a disastrous new ice age, a leading atmospheric scientist predicts.”
    http://www.washingtontimes.com/article/20070919/NATION02/109190067

  24. In Manitoba we have another group of native extortionists blocking roads and private property.
    Apparently Hollow Water Chief Ian Bushie couldn’t be bothered to go to meetings with the province over land use issues and let the deadline go by.
    More at The Broom

  26. Thanks for the Climate Change Test Charles…
    Almost stumped on question #9 as they all appeared to be false…..thinking cap required…. but I got %100

  29. Socialism: it’s natural end result.
    This is the socialism of Taliban Jack Layton-NDP, of Citoyen Dion, of Pinocchio McGuinty, et al.
    Socialism is the source of communism-fascism-nazism-islamism-enviromentalism-feminism, etc.
    …-
    In the Shadow of Horror, SS Guardians Frolic (Holocaust Museum reveals Auschwitz “Photo Album”)
    Last December, Rebecca Erbelding, a young archivist at the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum, opened a letter from a former United States Army intelligence officer who said he wanted to donate photographs of Auschwitz he had found more than 60 years ago in Germany.
    Ms. Erbelding was intrigued: Although Auschwitz may be the most notorious of the Nazi death camps, there are only a small number of known photos of the place before its liberation in 1945. Some time the next month, the museum received a package containing 16 cardboard pages, with photos pasted on both sides, and their significance quickly became apparent.
    As Ms. Erbelding and other archivists reviewed the album, they realized they had a scrapbook of sorts of the lives of Auschwitz’s senior SS officers that was maintained by Karl Höcker, the adjutant to the camp commandant. Rather than showing the men performing their death camp duties, the photos depicted, among other things, a horde of SS men singing cheerily to the accompaniment of an accordionist, Höcker lighting the camp’s Christmas tree, a cadre of young SS women frolicking and officers relaxing, some with tunics shed, for a smoking break. …-
    http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1899137/posts
    Auschwitz through the lens of the SS: Photos of Nazi leadership at the camp
    In January 2007, the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Archives received a donation of a photograph album. The inscription “Auschwitz 21.6.1944” on its first page signaled the uniqueness of the album—there are very few wartime photographs of the Auschwitz concentration camp complex, which included Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi killing center. Though his name does not appear anywhere in the album, the dates of the photographs and various decorations including adjutant cords on the uniform of the album’s owner, indicate that the album almost certainly belonged to and was created by SS-Obersturmführer Karl Höcker, the adjutant to the commandant of Auschwitz, SS-Sturmbannführer Richard Baer. Höcker was stationed at Auschwitz from May 1944 until the evacuation of the camp in January 1945. …-
    http://www.ushmm.org/research/collections/highlights/auschwitz/

  30. The Caledonia terrorists are slated to appear in court today. At that time the charges against them will be revealed. If it runs true to form, these miscreants will be released on their own recog and will promptly flee to their own reservations where their comrades in arms will protect them.

  31. Here’s the latest on the caledonia 9. Unless any of these people ar in breach of probation or have other charges pending against them, I can guarantee they will be free as birds by nightfall.
    Ronald COOK, age 31, of Akwasasne, New York, is charged with Mischief and Possession of a Prohibited Weapon
    – Greg POWLESS, age 18, of Ohsweken, is charged with Mischief
    – Stephen POWLESS, age 42, of Ohsweken, is charged with Mischief
    – Francine DOXDATOR, age 47, of no fixed address, is charged with Mischief
    – Teresa JAMIEISON, age 41, Ohsweken, is charged with Mischief and Assault Police
    – Sheranne McNAUGHTON, age 26, of Hagersville, is charged with Mischief
    – Skyler WILLIAMS, age 24, of no fixed address, is charged with Mischief and was arrested on an outstanding bench warrant for an unrelated matter
    – June Lynette JAMIESON-MARACLE, age 40, of Ohsweken is charged with Mischief
    – A 17-year-old female from Ohsweken is charged with Mischief

  33. CDN loonie broke $1.00 US a couple hours ago, currently heading for $1.01
    I’m opening a US account today. Whee! ~:D
    Wonder how long before Chapters catches on that we know they are screwing us on the book prices?

  35. Where is the thug who wielded the two-by-four plank seriously injuring a man? He was up to more than “mischief”, without someone intervening he may have killed the man.
    Again, it’s picking up hoodlums for show and letting potential murderers, out terrorizing taxpaying citizens, go hide in protected, untouchable territory.
    The politicians had better get their asses in gear on this issue or they’ll have to send in the Army and clear the deadwood.
    The Chiefs say they don’t agree with thuggery but they still protect thugs.

  36. The “chiefs” just used the OPP to clear out some of their own punks who wouldn’t follow orders, Liz J. Roundup was carried out with the chief’s permission.
    Oh, and BTW, the “chiefs” have no legal standing. None. So the OPP is taking orders from the punk’s bosses.
    How d’ya like them apples? I’ve got a BIG Conservative sign at my house, how ’bout you Liz?

  37. So looking at the list of ADULTS charged in Caledonia, the Indians can no longer blame it on the “youths” (1 17year old) 1 from New York-weapons charges(should be deported…) and 2 with no fixed address. Guess these one will be let out too,as free birds. Until the band and council get a handle on these outsiders disrupting otherwise peaceful reserves this problem will continue to erupt. So, with these arrests taking place off reserve, they should face the law of this land. No more slap on the hand punishment.

  38. Thugs? Librano$, too. Oui? Oui.
    Pierre says Citoyen Dion dropped his veil; all LPC members guilty of treason; naked puffin Dion is. Where is the excrement, aka AdScam loot, Citoyen?
    Blogger Adam has ’em; the fleas from the old, dead dog, Kyoto. Adam is bitter.
    …-
    The ultimate authority on how to lose Quebec
    Adam Radwanski, […]
    One comment:
    pierre lefebvre from Brossard, Canada writes:
    Evidence of treason by Liberals have come to bear through Adscan Gomery Commission, Option Canada and 1995 Referendum investigation and Black Books of English Canada by Normand Lester. All LPC membership, including Jean Lapierre, has been involved during the 2000-07 period. Last Monday the dike has ruptured and showed canadians that: `Enough is Enough`. Perception is reality and Dion is Dion. Francophone quebecois have spoken and LPC decoy using a veil was unmasked. …-
    http://www.theglobeandmail.com/servlet/story/RTGAM.20070920.WBwbradwanski20070920122617/WBStory/WBwbradwanski/

  40. MaryM: If I understand natives correctly, the tribal leaders can’t control the tribesmen. End of the story. That’s why we have american Indians traveling to Canada with weapons to take part in Canadian protests, and vice versa probably.
    If and as soon as any elected leader tries to calm down the militants, those declare the leader a white man’s puppet and void his leadership.
    They are not an organized group by our standards.
    They are not following the same protocols.
    Their culture and mentality are different.
    They are incompatible with our society just like Muslims.
    Bottom line: we should not be surprised by any development when it comes to natives (or muslim for that matter).

  41. The Canadian dollar’s march from Chretien depths of 0.63 cents only 4 yeras ago, to par, is good news — mostly. (Well, if lower is better, then would you agree with, say, a 10 cent dollar ? or 1 cent ?) Happy medium somewhere.
    Currency markets go up and they go down. Fact of life. They are driven by human nature, amongst other economic factors.
    If you want a scary read, try “The Weight Of The Yen” by R Taggart Murphy – 1996
    Could a high Canadian dollar cause deflation here ?? Yes, that’s ‘deflation’. If inflation is bad is deflation good ?? Depends who you are.
    If a major American produced item in Canada was $400k 2 or 3 years ago, it could now be purchased for only $300k. (dealers willing)
    Good for a purchaser today — bad for the 2004 purchaser — and the lender !!
    This made the local radio station this morning;
    Canadians are now realizing they can go across the border with their par lonney and save 4 grand on an ordinary vehicle —- 10k on a pricey SUV.
    This could get interesting. Say cheese. (which will now be drastically lower in price across the line — not just ‘lots’ lower)
    Many public sector pension plans have a Cost Of Living clause. Deflation simply means negative inflation.
    So, it depends who you are. New purchasers — happy. Old lenders — nervous.

  42. Aaron: Nothing that the Indians do or the politicians regarding Indian Affairs surprise me. What continues to amaze me is the lack of backbone this country has. McGuinty and the OPP are spinless.

  44. KD: Speaking in IT language that is my 2nd, there have to be two more columns in that database besides Mother and Father, i.e. Biological Mother and Biological Father. For a simple reason both f… p…, pardon, same sex parents may not be biological parents at all. By my standards that child would be legally orphaned, but who’s going to listen to me!

  45. Some sad news, Dave Tomlinson died on 18/9/2007 (more at http://www.nfa.ca/). Dave Tomlinson was active in the fight against C68 and was probably one of the most knowledgable people in Canada on the topic of firearms law. He will be missed.

  46. huh . . . Bush’s appointment has NOTHING to do with the DIFFERENCES between left and right, and your suggestion that it does is singularly ignorant. Whatit DOES have to do with is the frequently onerous practice of political patronage appointments . . . ever heard of a thug named Gagliano?

  47. irwin daisy- what is offensive is the deaths by shooting in Toronto. That’s a reality. The ads are simply telling the truth. Since when is truth offensive? Someone should ask the Liberals that question.

  49. *
    There’s a nouveau Sheriff in town and he’s got his own
    thoughts about keepin’ the peace…
    “The French National Assembly has passed a controversial bill
    tightening entry conditions for the relatives of immigrants
    living in France.”
    *

  50. Ground breaking study !!! – Men like porn online.
    Your tax dollars at work – keeping useless professors off the streets.
    “Psychologists at Wilfrid Laurier University and the University of Guelph in Ontario used a sample of 482 Canadian male and female university students, exploring their reactions to sexually explicit Internet material.”
    “Overall, the men had more positive attitudes towards online sexual content than women, and were more likely to explore unsolicited emails and pop-ups. In fact, the results “suggest that males were very receptive to receiving this kind of material,” the authors say.”
    http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20070920/online_sex_070920/20070920?hub=TopStories&s_name=

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