“Maude, pass the smelling salts.”
Because fact-checking is for the little people.
I find this hard to believe – “Rather’s allegations bear no resemblance to reality…”
It’s all Irwin Cotler’s fault – “In total, Schreiber has sought six judicial reviews, requested three justice ministers intervene and filed an injunction to stop his deportation.”
Yours in the comments.
Breaking News: “Canadian troops involved in Afghan shooting death.”
From it:
“An Afghan civilian was killed and another was injured in a shooting incident in Kandahar that involved Canadian forces, officials said Friday.
“The two Afghan men were travelling in a taxi on Thursday and approaching an International Security Assistance Force patrol convoy, ISAF officials said in a news release.
“The convoy included Canadian troops.
“The taxi “had ignored visual signs to stop. Warning shots were fired and the ISAF troops then carried on with their patrol,” the statement said.
“Both men were treated at a hospital where one died of gunshot wounds. The other man was transferred to the multinational medical unit at Kandahar Airfield and is expected to be discharged shortly….”
The rest of the story says that the troops followed standard escalation procedure – in other words, the taxi driver ignored the warnings.
Gritted my teeth and made a point of watching CBC-Pravda the other night to see what kind of spin that was developing on the KHS/BM affair. Wasn’t disappointed, however during one of the breaks was surprised to see CBC-Pravda giving away prizes to viewers for watching. That my friends is Liberal policy in action. Bribe people with their own money. CBC-Pravda can see the asteroid approaching.
Curious.. What is it that motivates the CBC to allow Convicts to talk to us at length in our living rooms from behind bars?
Consider the target…
Of course!! = TG
Cat’n’Mouses is now The Hunters and the Hunted with subpoenas. Next, put the witnesses under oath/perjury law.
Get ’em, Mr. Day, “wherever[whomever] they might be.”
No temporizing; strike them. Be St. George and smite/slay the dragons of the Librano$.
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OTTAWA – The Conservative government is refusing to say whether it will postpone the extradition of Karlheinz Schreiber to Germany.
Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day says a pending public inquiry into the Mulroney-Schreiber affair will have the power to subpoena witnesses “wherever they might be.”
Tories won’t say if they’ll delay Schreiber extradition …-
http://cnews.canoe.ca/CNEWS/Canada/2007/11/16/4661322-cp.html
If Schreiber is kept in Canada to testify, I think it imperative that his testimony focus on where the 20 million in commissions got spent. (I just heard that there were not supposed to be ANY commissions as part of this deal and that roughly 10 million went to Canadian sources.)I think this is far more important than whether or not Mulroney got $300,000 — which if it was part of AirBus would come out anyway. If we do not get to the bottom of the collusion that went on regarding the AirBus affair then this whole enquiry is a waste of time — since Schreiber’s conflicting testomony already lets Mulroney off the hook. Who was in Canada at the time? Who would have benefited from the AirBus contract? Are/were any of these people politically involved?
” human activity could lead to “abrupt and irreversible” changes in our climate unless action is taken. — Note the use of the word “could” . . . watch for weasel words in the latest IPCC.
If we are going to open things up regarding inquiries maybe we can find out what happened to the cancelled helicopter contract. One of the reasons we have lost so many good Canadians in Afghanistan is because the Chretien government cancelled the contract and left Canadian Forces in a position of vulnerability in a danger zone. There should be an investigation into this as a governments main purpose is to preserve, protect, and propigate the citizens that elect it. Part of the protection is maintaining an armed force capable of fulfilling this role. The Chretien government’s cancellation of the helicopter contract forced our soldiers to remain on the ground where they were subject to IED’s and RPG’s, this could in some areas be taken as criminal negligence on the part of the government. To make matters worse the Martin government committed our troops to the present action even though they knew that the DND was unprepared. (Green camo tunics in Afghanistan.) There are a lot more scandals involving a lot more money than what is tying up parliament right now that have to be investigated. Bring on a full inquiry but don’t let it stop at BM, lets really get to the bottom of everything.
Christian Conservative (in an above post) references the mysterious dismissal of Federation of Canadian Municipalities President Gloria Kovach. There seems to be a suggestion that Dion was instrumental in the firing. If this is true, it does not look good . . . especially for someone touting the “lets have more women in politics” line.
The helicopters that Cretien cancelled were replacements for the Seaking, so they would have no bearing on the Army. It was Mulroney who sold our Chinooks to the Dutch, so if you want to play the blame game, the previous Conservative government deserves it’s fair share.
Lindal: “I think it imperative that his testimony focus on where the 20 million in commissions got spent”
Agreed and we need to investigate is “commissions” code for bribes?
If they are bribes, why wouldn’t Canada sue Airbus for corrupting the tender process to our now private but oligopoly airline upon which commerce in this country is heavily dependant? Airbus by attempting to corrupt the process has put the proper selection of planes for our airline travel at risk. Why don’t we sue them?
Jack Layton, where are you now???
http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20071116/ap_on_re_mi_ea/saudi_justice;_ylt=AiZEnBuTPh3v5w4V4ABXJj7xrGIF
Bill Kill Gum Registry.
CanP uses “eliminate” in the head; but, kill in the first par/body.
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New bill would eliminate long-gun registry
By THE CANADIAN PRESS
OTTAWA – The government has reintroduced a bill to kill the controversial registry for rifles and shotguns. …- (canoe news)
check out Licia Corbella’s column in today’s Toronto Sun, talking about Liberals scandals and particularly, Chretien’s vindictive personal attack against Francois Beaudoin. He was president of the Business Devt Bank of Canada, and he refused to approve a 1.6 million dollar loan to Chretien’s friend, Duhaime (the Grand-Mere Inn guy) in Chretien’s riding.
The inn that Chretien once co-owned and that Chretien was still owed money for. Chretien at first denied he’d lobbied Beaudoin to give his friend the loan (and Chretien was PM at the time!) but later admitted that he had. Chretien forced Beaudoin out, got his friend a loan..and..tried to ruin Beaudoin.
http://www.torontosun.com/Comment/2007/11/16/4659939-sun.html
Licia asks – how come this and other Liberal dealings weren’t the subject of a public inquiry? Because they are Liberals.
How hard is it to find out the date of Thibault’s visits to KSH this spring ? Be interesting if they were around a certain mass mailing …….
Yes ET, I notice even Lawrence Martin in the Globe has mentioned the Francois Beaudoin case. I was stunned that he would even bring that up yesterday as I’ve always had him pegged as a Liberal toady. Credit where credit is due , good for him if he’s starting to write columns to achieve a better Canada with less corruption.
But why so late? Beaudoin would have single handedly taken down the Liberal government had the 4th Estate worked properly. He deserves the Order of Canada, he is a very courageous individual.
ET: because they are liberals
Once again ET you hit the nail on the head.
Licia Corbella’s column — isn’t it the truth !!??
Should post a comment on Kinsella’s ‘one-way’ blog. Need a screw driver and a pair of pliers to open it up.
Ottawa police zap officer with Taser to show device’s safety
An Ottawa police officer was zapped with up to 50,000 volts of electricity in front of CBC reporters Thursday in an attempt to demonstrate that the Taser that delivered the jolt is safe when used properly.
Staff Sgt. Mike Maloney, who was kneeling as his colleague Sgt. Mark Barclay shot him with the device, stiffened suddenly and fell forward silently with his knees still partly bent, twitching slightly for a few seconds.
When asked moments later how he was, he responded: “I’m fine. Do you want me to get up and run?”
The demonstration was put on hours after the release of a video showing the last moments of Robert Dziekanski, a man who died after being shocked with a Taser by RCMP officers at the Vancouver airport in October, renewing controversy over the safety of the stun guns.
Ottawa police, who have used Tasers for six years, would not comment on that incident.
But Barclay, who trains officers on when to use the devices and when not to, insisted that when used properly, the device can save lives.
“Sometime down road … you’re going run into someone who can take a tremendous amount of pain,” Barclay said. “And unfortunately, before the advent of the Taser, all we could do to get compliance of that individual was inflict more pain — more pepper spray, use more batons, more officers there, more injuries.”
The Taser causes muscle spasms that immobilize the person who was shot, allowing police to move in and subdue them. …-
http://jacksnewswatch.com/2007/11/16/ottawa-police-zap-officer-with-taser-to-show-devices-safety/#comment-86243
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The rain in Georgia falls mainly on the Georgians and the atheists and the agnostics and the pantheists and the Baptists and the just and the unjust. …-
Georgia on HIS Mind? (Atheists upset because Georgians prayed for rain — and got it)
Georgia Governor Sonny Perdue is the subject of much chatter around the blogosphere for leading several hundred Georgia citizens in a public prayer for rain. Georgia has been in the midst of a drought this year, which is ruining agriculture crops and causing water shortages. So Mr. Perdue asked for divine intervention on Georgians’ behalf. He and colleagues came together Tuesday to “pray for a storm.”
Sure enough, two days later, an unpredicted cloudburst dropped an inch of rain over the southeast. But the rain wasn’t everybody’s idea of a happy ending. The Atlanta Freethought Society staged a public protest against the holding of a religious observance at the seat of state government, saying the rain vigil violated the separation of Church and State. An AP headline sourly noted: “US South gets rain after a governor prays for it, but not enough to ease historic drought.” …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926881/posts
I just bought a #2 HB pencil from China. IT HAS LEAD IN IT!!! Who do I sue???
Lots of questions re the 300,000. Brian got and when he claimed it on his tax returns. Last century there were accounting rules one could follow. You claim the income when you earn it, not when you receive it. EG. You buy a 5 yr magazine subscription, and send your cheque. The magazine deposits your cheque and probably spends the money. However, it takes 5 years for that money to be claimed as income by the company. So, what if Brian got 300,000. but did not earn any of it for a few years, or months. Talk to an accountant. Same goes for prepaid expenses, and so many other things. Another thing is we do not know the year end of Brian’s companies. Unless he goes Jan-Dec, it could be up to two years before he claimed it. I would bet that Brian has all his bases covered. And if KS is telling the truth, and Brain did nothing to earn the money (thus suing to get it back) maybe he never had to declare it at all, claiming he would earn it in the future. Send this KS back to Germany, as that country wants its tax money, and they could keep him in jail at their expense, not ours.
The fact he will not talk if sent back says he is nothing but a fraudster, and is possibly threatening the libs to keep him here. What does he know and what will he tell. Maybe he is threatening to talk about liberals if he is sent back, and will clear Brian.
Here’s what you tell KHS – “you will testify, truthfully this time, or you’re on the next plane to Germany, a*****e. You have twenty minutes to decide, talk or pack your bags.
No deals for this twerp.
Anyone know when Schreiber has been jailed.
ie:- how many times?, for how long?, where?.
I have been trying to track this down.
The reason for wanting to know this is that surely records were kept of who visited him and I’m wondering which libs visited him and for how long each time.
My suspicions of there having been been some sort of ‘working together’ have been raised and I’d like to see if a time frame might be a useful starting point.
“I just bought a #2 HB pencil from China. IT HAS LEAD IN IT!!! Who do I sue???”
I presume that is sarcasm about suing Airbus. Your argument is invalid. It not the something as a concerted effort to bribe (I realize it is yet to be proved but we need to get Airbus to the witness stand) our procurement people at Air Canada and our politicians and bureaucrats with $20 million.
The Europeans such as Airbus and Total Petroleum in the Middle East play by different commercial rules all over the world than do our publicly traded companies. If Boeing did that the SEC would be all over them and the stock would plummet.
If there is substance to this allegation then we should not tolerate companies such as Airbus to do business in Canada. Ditto the Chinese or anyone else who do not trade on a level playing field with our commercial practices.
“It not the something”
s/b
it is not the samething
Rich, [just above at 5:55],
** The reason for wanting to know this is that surely records were kept of who visited him and I’m wondering which libs visited him and for how long each time. **
You are a natural detective. Excellent idea . . .
For a Natural researcher. Very worthy persuit.
I get sidetracked too easily. = TG
“Licia asks – how come this and other Liberal dealings weren’t the subject of a public inquiry? Because they are Liberals.”
And because of their media handmaidens. And because of unelected Senate appointments for life.
Re: “#2 HB pencil from China. IT HAS LEAD IN IT!!! — I didn’t think pencil’s actually had lead anymore . . . I thought it was carbon.
Shreiber has indicated that if he is shipped back to Germany he would refuse to testify. Well — why would he then testify while still in Canada if he knew that the next day he would be shipped off to Germany? Schreiber only has power if he retains his secret — I think it’s time to ship him back. It would be impossible to get credible testimony from him anyway. Sometimes you just have to cut your losses and I think this is one of them. I actually think Harper should back off of the whole enquiry and turn things over to an independent prosecutor (which we don’t have, but maybe he could put on in place.) I am hoping that not going forward with an enquiry is one of Johnston’s recommendations. There is nothing for the Canadian people in this.
Alan posts this reference to an article in the Sun about Chretien’s transgressions that have not received nearly the scrutiny that Mulroney’s have — even though nothing against Mulroney has been proven — and that part of the problem is the media. My sense on Duffy today was that some of the journalists are not totally comfortable with where this enquiry is headed. Hopefully they recognize their role in feeding the whole controversy. Also, yesterday, I got the impression that maybe even Martha Hall Findlay is starting to feel a bit ill at ease with the direction her party is taking. Nobody really cares anymore about Multoney’s transgressions — whatever they might be. I think Harper should send Schreiber off to Germany and ride out the storm. Surely most Canadians are not scadalized by issues such as “met Schreiber two days before leaving office.” Time to get some perspective.
Craig Oliver was on Duffy’s show tonight saying that heinzboy should be shipped to Germany asap. That alone makes me think we should keep him and let the canary sing.
Progress, Progress And More Progress
Winning: News from Iraq gets better by the day, but the media have done their best to downplay the turnaround and congressional Democrats have basically pulled the covers over their heads and pretended it doesn’t exist.
There’s an eery silence out there about what’s going on in Iraq. It’s almost as if the silence is, well, intentional. Here are just a few examples of what we’re talking about, pulled from last week’s developments:
• In Basra, Iraq’s second-largest city, British Major Gen. Graham Binns said that attacks against British and American forces have plunged 90% since the start of September.
• Iraq Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki reported that terrorist attacks of all kinds are down almost 80% from last year’s peak — thanks directly to the U.S. surge of 30,000 new troops.
• Amid growing signs that even Iraq extremists have tired of terrorism and killing, a Sunni religious group closed down the high-profile Muslim Scholars Association because of its ties to terrorists.
• U.S. Major Gen. James Simmons, speaking in Baghdad, said Iran’s pledges to stop sending weapons and explosives into Iraq “appear to be holding up.” Roadside bombs, the leading killer of U.S. troops, have plunged 52% since March, he added.
• Perhaps most touching, according to a report from Michael Yon, who deserves to be the first blogger to win a Pulitzer Prize, Muslims are asking Iraqi Christians to return to help build Iraq. …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927004/posts
As expected:
Climate change panel gives its final verdict: the future is bleak
Global warming may have “abrupt and irreversible” consequences and could cause the extinction of almost a third of all plant and animal species on the planet, the UN’s climate science panel will say today.
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), which shared this year’s Nobel Peace Prize with Al Gore, the former US Vice-President, will tell world leaders that they have only a decade to curb greenhouse gas emissions and prevent catastrophic warming.
Qaeda chased from last Baghdad bastion(Turn out the lights…the party is over…)
Khaleej Times ^ | 16 November 2007
BAGHDAD – An armed Sunni group has ended Al-Qaeda’s tight two-year grip on north Baghdad’s volatile Adhamiyah neighbourhood and is now in control, an AFP correspondent witnessed on Friday.
A local militia calling itself the “revolutionaries of Adhamiyah” took over the Sunni district on the east bank of the Tigris on November 10 in a swift and audacious raid that sent Al-Qaeda fleeing from its last stronghold in Baghdad. …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1926975/posts
It’s like World War Two all over again. On Thursday, Germany will transmit secret, enciphered radio messages that Britain will attempt to intercept and then decipher using Colossus, a rebuilt version of the 1940s computer that cracked Nazi war-time codes.
To add to the pressure on old Colossus, a machine the size of a truck that took 14 years to rebuild, modern PC operators will be racing to see if they can unscramble the encoded transmissions first.
My bet:-Schreiber will end up staying here after the gov’t agrees to an immunity deal and a guarantee that he will never be shipped to Germany, Schreiber won’t talk without it I bet.
Why would he ever testify here if he is facing deportation to Germany immediately following the proceedings ? The gov’t will be forced to do this because of the howling opposition supported by the rabid news agencies.
This one is a lose-lose and I see no way out of it.
My spirits could only be lifted by a complete RCMP investigation into Shawinagate, the Beaudoin attack,the Relocation Scandal and Strippergate for starters.
Maz,
all those positive conditions growing in Iraq including…
** • Perhaps most touching, according to a report from Michael Yon, who deserves to be the first blogger to win a Pulitzer Prize, Muslims are asking Iraqi Christians to return to help build Iraq. …- **
Yes, I agree with that blogger prize idea.
This growing senario framework where Nuke inspectors are less able to get current info on Iranian nuclear processing seems to be leading somewhere.
A possible vaporizing is adequate motive for Iranian mullahs to ease off. Seems Bush is determined to put America*s foot down.
More likely to be a conventional precision hit if it comes to that.
Trouble is, for every action there is a reaction. Bargaining and deal making is certainly the better way to go. Sure hope the Mullahs negotiate. = TG
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not to be missed…
jason cherniak visits the “land of the giants”.
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As received from a friend – may be Urban Legend – May be true…
POLITICAL PACKAGING
Judy Wallman, a professional genealogical researcher, discovered that Hillary Clinton’s great-great uncle, Remus Rodham, was hanged for horse stealing and train robbery in Montana in 1889. The only known photograph of Remus shows him standing on the gallows. On the back of the picture is this inscription: “Remus Rodham; horse thief, sent to Montana Territorial Prison 1885, escaped 1887, robbed the Montana Flyer six times. Caught by Pinkerton detectives, convicted and hanged in 1889.
Judy e-mailed Hillary Clinton for comments. Hillary’s staff of professional image adjusters sent back the following biographical sketch:
“Remus Rodham was a famous cowboy in the Montana Territory. His business empire grew to include acquisition of valuable equestrian assets and intimate dealings with theMontana railroad. Beginning in 1883, he devoted several years of his life to service at a government facility, finally taking leave to resume his dealings with the railroad. In 1887, he was a key player in a vital investigation run by the renowned Pinkerton Detective Agency. In 1889, Remus passed away during an important civic function held in his honor when the platform upon which he was standing collapsed.”
And THAT is how it’s done folks!
I just bought a #2 HB pencil from China. IT HAS LEAD IN IT!!! Who do I sue???
Just don’t use it as a moderator in your backyard nuclear reactor, everything will be fine…
Seriously though, as a former “graphite-stained wretch” draftsman I’ve inhaled/wore more graphite than most and I’m justt fiinee, thank you.
I won’t even mention all those crayons eaten and stuck up my nostrils when I was a child.
Nice to see the Progressive Conservatives have found their true home. Just curious what policies DeYawn has that they support. I didn’t know he had any.
There was a realization, said Ms. Parsons, that Liberal Leader Stéphane Dion was offering policy options that closely mirrored their own.
“As a political party you are always trying to find your differentiators [with other parties] and I found that when Stéphane Dion became the leader of the Liberal Party that that differentiator was harder and harder to locate,” explained Ms. Parsons, who lives in Truro, N.S., and had been party leader since 2005.
“Buenos Aires recorded this Thursday (November 15th) the lowest November temperature in 90 years.”
URGENT – WEATHER MESSAGE
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE CHARLESTON SC
[…]
A FREEZE WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 1 AM TO 8 AM EST
SATURDAY FOR MUCH OF SOUTHEAST SOUTH CAROLINA AND SOUTHEAST
GEORGIA.
COOL HIGH PRESSURE WILL SETTLE OVER THE AREA TONIGHT WITH CLEAR
SKIES AND LIGHT WINDS. TEMPERATURES WEST OF INTERSTATE 95 WILL
DROP TO BETWEEN 25 AND 30 DEGREES AFTER MIDNIGHT. FARTHER
EAST…LOW TEMPERATURES WILL DIP INTO THE 29 TO 32 DEGREE
RANGE…MAINLY WEST OF A LINE FROM RICHMOND HILL TO
SAVANNAH…BEAUFORT AND DANIEL ISLAND.
WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE IMMEDIATE COASTAL AREAS…SCATTERED TO
WIDESPREAD FROST IS ALSO EXPECTED.
A FREEZE OF 2 TO 5 HOURS IS EXPECTED IN MANY AREAS…WHICH IS
SUFFICIENT TO END THE GROWING SEASON. THOSE WITH AGRICULTURAL
INTERESTS SHOULD PREPARE NOW FOR A KILLING FREEZE.
http://my.telegraph.co.uk/reasonmclucus/november_2007/al_gore_wrong_again.htm
Al Gore Wrong Again
[…]
Ten years later residents in Argentina and Brazil are wondering if this winter will ever end. Buenos Aires recorded this Thursday (November 15th) the lowest November temperature in 90 years. Temperature in the Downtown weather station reached 2.5C. Since records began more than a century ago, only two days had colder lows in November. It was in 1914 (1.6) and 1917 (2.4). And ninety years ago the urban heat island effect was much less pronounced than nowadays. In Brazil’s southernmost province Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil temperatures fell to 2.3C. In Sao Joaquim Monday’s (Nov., 12) the temperature was -1.2 C with frost.
The culprit is a developing la Nina , a cooling of the water in the eastern Pacific along the South American coast, that some climatologists believe could indicate a return to the la Nina dominated situation that dominated from1947 to 1977. El Ninos, a warming of East Pacific waters. have been more common since then. Some climatologists believe the el Ninos may have caused what the IPCC calls “global warming”.
NASA has recently indicated that the circulation of the Arctic Ocean has changed from the counterclockwise circulation of the 1990’s to the pre-1990 clockwise circulation which could result in a cooling trend in the Arctic.
Such a shift would be consist with the projected cooling trend mentioned in the previous post.
See comment below for another warm location with a cold weather problem. …-
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not to disturb the loony left’s train of thought about those
poor taliban detainees… but two more canadian soldiers
have been killed in afghanistan.
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“Fight the Obesity Epidemic”! Madness is viral. It’s everywhere. “You can see the logic”.
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British woman banned from entering New Zealand because she is too fat
A British woman planning to start a new life with her husband in New Zealand has been banned from entering the country – because she is too fat.
Rowan Trezise, 33, has been left behind in England while her husband Richie, 35, has already made the move down under leaving her desperately trying to lose weight. …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927165/posts
When the couple first tried to gain entry to the country they were told that they were both overweight and were a potential burden on the health care system.
Robyn Toomath, a spokesman for New Zealand’s Fight the Obesity Epidemic and an endocrinologist said that obese people should not be victimised, but agreed with the restrictions.
“The immigration department can’t afford to import people who are going to be a significant drain on our health resources.
“You can see the logic in assessing if there is a significant health cost associated with this individual and that would be a reason for them not coming in.” …-
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1927165/posts