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  1. http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9E06E3D6123BF932A2575AC0A9659C8B63&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=print
    New Agency Proposed to Oversee Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae
    near the bottom:
    “These two entities — Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac — are not facing any kind of financial crisis,” said Representative Barney Frank of Massachusetts, the ranking Democrat on the Financial Services Committee. ”The more people exaggerate these problems, the more pressure there is on these companies, the less we will see in terms of affordable housing.”

  3. Vit
    I have Stephane Dionne’s unofficial political obituary on my site.
    I will be available for interviews after the grieving process is complete.
    Syncro

  5. CBC Reporter Neil McDonald caught in shameless lie once again:
    McDonald tells viewers that McCain supporters shout for the death of Obama.
    Here’s my complaint to the Ombudsman.
    Dear Mr. Carlin;
    On your CBC Newsworld program broadcast of Sunday, Oct. 19th, ‘reporter’ Neil McDonald, in a piece featuring former Secretary of State Colin Powell, re-stated a scurilous lie saying that supporters at McCain rallies had called for the death of Barak Obama.
    This is completely untrue and the most cursory investigation by McDonald would have prevented the CBC from again being shown as an unreliable and biased source of ‘news and information’. I cannot convey my disgust with McDonald. He has consistently shown an anti-American and especially anti-Republican bias in his reporting. He was called on the carpet by you recently and I’d say he’s had enough strikes. It’s time for Neil McDonald to be told to seek new employment as he is bringing the CBC into greater disrepute with each assignment.
    http://www.timesleader.com/news/breakingnews/Secret_Service_says_Kill_him_allegation_unfounded_.html
    SCRANTON – The agent in charge of the Secret Service field office in Scranton said allegations that someone yelled “kill him” when presidential hopeful Barack Obama’s name was mentioned during Tuesday’s Sarah Palin rally are unfounded.
    The Scranton Times-Tribune first reported the alleged incident on its Web site Tuesday and then again in its print edition Wednesday. The first story, written by reporter David Singleton, appeared with allegations that while congressional candidate Chris Hackett was addressing the crowd and mentioned Obama’s name a man in the audience shouted “kill him.“
    News organizations including ABC, The Associated Press, The Washington Monthly and MSNBC’s Countdown with Keith Olbermann reported the claim, with most attributing the allegations to the Times-Tribune story.
    Agent Bill Slavoski said he was in the audience, along with an undisclosed number of additional secret service agents and other law enforcement officers and not one heard the comment.
    “I was baffled,” he said after reading the report in Wednesday’s Times-Tribune.
    He said the agency conducted an investigation Wednesday, after seeing the story, and could not find one person to corroborate the allegation other than Singleton.
    Slavoski said more than 20 non-security agents were interviewed Wednesday, from news media to ordinary citizens in attendance at the rally for the Republican vice presidential candidate held at the Riverfront Sports Complex. He said Singleton was the only one to say he heard someone yell “kill him.”

  9. Iberia
    100 mil to underdeveloped countries. What are you lefties so hard up for cash that you would deprive the very people you suppose to represent?
    OOoops…stupid question.
    Syncro

  11. Re: $100 million for poor climate change. As always, this will involve Canadian manufacturers and engineers getting the money while the poor countries get the technology, (functional or not….).

  13. I just had a thought regarding “new” or “mos” or whoever he is.
    Any time he posts, just keep the first line and the last line and replace the remainder with “… blah blah blah …”. It’s not like any content would be lost.

  14. RE: Colin Powell. he’s always been a political general. Hackworth called him a decent ‘Perfumed Prince’. I doubt that there’s more than a handful of people who will be influenced by his ‘decision’.
    I expect this had more to do with his sex life than anything, given that Powell’s wife is a strong Democrat, and has probably been campaigning for Obama for months.

  15. Guys, guys…I see you got the Conservative talking points for this week: climate change is a threat and we must spend money to stop it, even if the money goes to other countries. Well good for you…Stephen Harper may yet go down as the most socialist prime minister Canada ever had. I’m looking forward to your support for having banks and the oil industry nationalized.
    And Vit, I think you’ve been spending way too much time playing with your Incredible Hulk doll.

  16. Alas not, Beria, I blew up all the dolls when I was experimenting with explosives as a child. Fortunately, I managed to never seriously injure myself, and so now I’m lucky enough to be left with the ability to put those skills learned then to use. And it’s fortunate for all of us too, because now those and other skills I have learned I put to work every day to help make the world a safer place for you to sleep. Good night everyone, pleasant dreams.

  19. Announcement Watch: Monday, Monday …
    Key word: “speculation”.
    …-
    Canadian Liberals:
    “Speculation is high that Dion will today announce his decision to step aside as Liberal leader, making way for a leadership convention in the spring.” (montgazette)
    North Korean Communists:
    “Sky News, UK – 1 hour ago
    North Korea appears to be going about business as usual despite speculation that there could be an announcement about the health of its leader Kim Jong-il. …”

  20. “For most people, this triggers a visit from a hostage negotiator.”
    …-
    “Stephane Dion: Beyond simply an idealist
    As we learn more about Stephane Dion, it has to be said that Canada dodged a bullet when the voters rejected the Liberal Party.
    OK, so maybe it wasn’t all that close when the results were tallied, but Stephane Dion’s behaviour since the election loss begs an important question. Just who thinks Dion would have made a good prime minister? I mean, the guy’s a nutter!”
    “Having succeeded at winning the position of leader of the opposition, Stephane Dion then barricaded himself in his residence at Stornoway — for a week!
    For most people, this triggers a visit from a hostage negotiator.
    So what has Stephane Dion been doing? Preparing for his new job, apparently:”
    http://stevejanke.com/archives/276025.php

  21. It’s true. Just what kind of a leader would barricade themselves into their home for a week after losing anything other than a perhaps a family member?
    Completely unbalanced.

  22. “British Muslim fanatic prisoners to be ‘de-programmed’ using controversial techniques to ‘cure’ them of beliefs”
    The Ministry Of Justice doesn’t know why, but Muslims are over-represented throughout the prison system – the 9,500 self-described Muslim prisoners currently make up over 11 per cent of the inmate population, around three-and-a-half times the proportion outside.
    “The Ministry of Justice doesn’t know why” – Idiots. Until so-called officials learn about Mohammad and the Islamic trilogy, we’re all in big trouble. Geez, after 1400 years you think we would have figured it out by now.
    http://www.thisislondon.co.uk/news/article-23574896-details/Muslim%20fanatic%20prisoners%20to%20be%20%27de-programmed%27%20using%20controversial%20techniques%20to%20%27cure%27%20them%20of%20beliefs/article.do

  23. Stephie Dijon has done his job, whether he realizes it or not, and that is to take the fall for the Lieberal downfall and being linked to the old gang of thugs. This will make way for the next coming of a Canadian Obama. Perfessor Dijon will keep a low profile until the natural governing party ascends to their rightful place on the throne and doles out his Senate seat.
    Lest you all think I am crazy, just recall the apparent memory (or lack there of) of the typical Canadian voter and how they can be swayed and bribed with promises never kept and shiny objects bought with their own money.

  24. Carbon Capture: Will the USA be captured by Mao Stlong-Soros-Gorbachev-UN, et al?
    How Black Carbon becomes Green Money, aka Green Shift.
    …-
    “Obama’s Carbon Ultimatum
    The coming offer you won’t be able to refuse.
    Liberals pretend that only President Bush is preventing the U.S. from adopting some global warming “solution.” But occasionally their mask slips. As Barack Obama’s energy adviser has now made clear, the would-be President intends to blackmail — or rather, greenmail — Congress into falling in line with his climate agenda.”
    “The strategy is most notable for what it says about the climate-change lobby and its new standard bearer. Supposedly global warming is the transcendent challenge of the age, but Mr. Obama evidently doesn’t believe he’ll be able to convince his own party to do something about it without a bureaucratic ultimatum. Mr. Grumet justified it this way: “The U.S. has to move quickly domestically . . . We cannot have a meaningful impact in the international discussion until we develop a meaningful domestic consensus.”
    Normally a democracy reaches consensus through political debate and persuasion, but apparently for Mr. Obama that option is merely a nuisance. It’s another example of “change” you’ll be given no choice but to believe in.”
    http://online.wsj.com/article/SB122445812003548473.html?mod=googlenews_wsj

  25. Announcement Watch: Ears and Eyes ready?
    Hope that Murphy guy from CTV doesn’t demand a redoo-doo-doo-doo?
    …-
    Canada:
    “Dion is set to speak at 2 p.m. ET.”
    (ctv)
    …-
    North Korea:
    “All eyes on N Korea ‘announcement’ – 6 hours ago
    While speculation has centred on a North Korean announcement related to the health of its leader, some analysts have said another possiblity could be ..” (aljazz)

  26. Q & A’s from Health Canada
    Q: The Stanley Cup was recently on tour in my town, and I kissed it. Do I have to worry about being infected by listeria?
    A: You are safe. The Cup has not been in contact with any Maple Leaf product in over 40 years.

  27. “”Imagine that Stephane Dion announces that he will quit the Liberal leadership today at 2pm”
    Sexciting Farce by the French Farceur, aka Citoyen Dion: “Survivor Stowaway, uh, StormaMay, er, Stonedaway, Stornaway. Meanwhile, Alfonso Gagliano is watching, listening, and ?
    …-
    “The bizarre plottings of Stephane Dion
    Something just occurred to me. Could Stephane Dion be planning to lead the Liberals through a second election?
    This is absurd, but in today’s Globe and Mail article, there are hints of a strange plan taking shape:”
    “Imagine that Stephane Dion announces that he will quit the Liberal leadership today at 2pm, as is widely expected (though no sure thing). But Stephane Dion also announces his decision to stay on until May as interim leader. The next Liberal Party convention is in May, and that would be the earliest opportunity to choose a new leader.
    Consumed with guilt, the Liberals allow Stephane Dion to stay on. Of course, this is no sure thing either:”
    http://stevejanke.com/archives/276037.php
    …-
    David said:
    “Yes. Sort of like Survivor Stornoway: 11 would be leaders;10 knives.”

  28. Spengler, Sharansky’s mistaken identity
    Reasonably, or not, we want to live forever. The first people to believe that God promised that it would endure forever became the standard against which all nations must measure their condition. From Ireland to Afghanistan, the identities of all tribes and nations became a response to Israel: Christianity offers a New Israel, Islam a competitor to Israel, neo-paganism a Satanic parody of Israel. The trouble is that Jewish national identity is not one national identity among many national identities. There is only Jewish identity, and a set of responses to Jewish identity…

  29. Agree wholheartedly, Texas Canuck.
    I always speculated that Dion was chosen as the fall-guy for the Libs, as they well knew that they would inhabit the political wilderness for a few years as a result of their shenanigans.
    In the whole scheme of Liberal things, Dion is and was inconsequential.

  30. (Via SWJ) Bill Gertz, Military report: Terms ‘jihad,’ ‘Islamist’ needed
    A U.S. military “Red Team” charged with challenging conventional thinking says that words like “jihad” and “Islamist” are needed in discussing 21st-century terrorism and that federal agencies that avoid the words soft-pedaled the link between religious extremism and violent acts.
    “We must reject the notion that Islam and Arabic stand apart as bodies of knowledge that cannot be critiqued or discussed as elements of understanding our enemies in this conflict,” said the internal report, a copy of which was obtained by The Washington Times…

  31. These are the people Taliban Jack wants to negotiate with, and ultimately surrender to.
    —————
    KABUL, Afghanistan — Taliban gunmen on a motorbike killed a Christian aid worker in the Afghan capital on Monday, and the militant group said it had targeted the woman because she was proselytizing.
    The woman, a British national, worked with handicapped Afghans and was killed in the western part of Kabul as she was walking alone around 8 a.m., police said.

  32. Love the Obama-Marx ’08 graphic — even better than the Carter-Brezhnev bumper stickers from 1980.
    Frank J. Gaffney, Jr., Spreading the wealth
    During last week’s debate, Republican presidential candidate John McCain struck upon a theme that polls suggest is resonating with American voters: His rival, Barack Obama, is determined to engage in the sort of redistribution of wealth that has long been the hallmark of the radical Left. As the Senator from Illinois famously told an Everyman questioner named Sam Wurzelbacher – who will forever be known as “Joe the Plumber”: “I think that when you spread the wealth around, it’s good for everybody.”
    The days following the third Obama-McCain debate have been filled with invective, much of it aimed at obscuring the extent to which Senator Obama actually embraces a redistributionist agenda…

  33. Interesting – it’s like two parallel worlds colliding.
    There’s the political world, which, for the Liberals, has only one agenda: Power. And the idealistic world, which, for Dion, has only one agenda: Truth.
    Dion’s Truth is in his theories, of The Green Shift, a document which is astonishingly naive in its ‘Christian Charity’ theme of Taking From the Rich to Give to the Poor. His definitions of ‘Rich’ are ‘the Industrialists’.
    Then, there’s his idealistic notion of Truth being vested in theories, in academia and not in the plough and the shovel.
    Put the two together, and he sees no need to step down and allow the Liberal agenda of Power, rather than Truth, succeed. Indeed, it’s almost immoral for him to allow such an agenda of Power to exist.
    Meanwhile, the Liberals who have no knowledge of or interest in such an irrelevance as Truth or Ideals, also have no knowledge of the realities of Canada’s ploughs and shovels. They are trapped in a fictional world of their own, based around the notion of an Elite Set of Rulers who govern the peasants.
    Fascinating – two parallel worlds. Both fictional.

  34. Another indication of China’s growing success:
    “China’s Islamic Crackdown has Begun”
    Several months ago I predicted that there would be a huge crackdown on Islam in China. This was right after Muslims in China had bombed some buses in China. Now the crackdown has begun as hijabs and Islamic beards have been banned, along with Muslims praying in public. Also students and government officials who are Muslims were not allowed to fast during the month of Ramadan as they were forced to eat. China has now joined Italy as the leaders in the worldwide battle against Islam . I doubt that many Muslims will be wanting to move to China anymore.
    “China Restricts Islam”
    CAIRO —With prayers banned in public areas, private hajj trips not allowed, teaching of the Noble Qur’an not allowed in private and students and government officials forced to eat during Ramadan, China in enforcing laws and regulations restricting the practice of Islam.
    islaminaction08.blogspot.com

  36. Jim Yardley, China Enacts Major Land-Use Reform
    After days of uncertainty, the governing Communist Party on Sunday announced a rural reform policy that for the first time would allow farmers to lease or transfer land-use rights, a step that advocates say would raise lagging incomes in the Chinese countryside.
    The new policy, announced by Chinese state media, is a major economic reform and is also rich in historical resonance, coinciding with the 30th anniversary of the land reforms enacted by the Chinese leader Deng Xiaoping, which were considered the first critical steps in the policies that have fueled China’s rapid economic growth…

  37. The Four Tops? Now that’s a group that appeals to my pedestrian taste in music. Definitely!

  38. John Steele Gordon, Speculators, Politicians, and Financial Disasters
    Fueled by easy credit, the real-estate market had been rising swiftly for some years. Members of Congress were determined to assure the continuation of that easy credit. Suddenly, the party came to a devastating halt. Defaults multiplied, banks began to fail. Soon the economic troubles spread beyond real estate. Depression stalked the land.
    The year was 1836.
    The nexus of excess speculation, political mischief, and financial disaster—the same tangle that led to our present economic crisis—has been long and deep…

  39. And remember, China allows private property rights, something we in Canada still don’t have.
    China has actually never allowed a monotheistic religion to gain control. Such a practice enables idolatry, idealism and also ‘groupism’ and the Chinese, closely connected to the pragmatism of the land, and local regionality, didn’t follow such paths.
    So, it isn’t simply a reaction against Islam; it’s a rejection of monotheistic worship and groupism – an act that separates people into separate Identity Groups. The first identity is your region, which is a part of China. China has been trying to make ‘China’ the first identity, but the regionalism in China is too strong for that – and that includes the many regional versions of Chinese. But even so, this regionalism isn’t worship of a singular Power.
    The Chinese may have lots of spirits and interactive Forces of action (yin/yang; dark/light; cold/hot) but are cautious about monotheism or a Singular Agential Force.

  40. Aristotle and MRIs:
    R.R. Reno, Brain Science and the Soul
    We often hear that modern science requires us to reject traditional Christian views of the human person. The argument goes something like this: If we can see the physical process by which ideas are associated or feelings felt or decisions made, then surely we must admit that human beings are nothing more than physical entities. The concept of a soul, so we are told, is irrelevant.
    Well, it turns out that science now points us in a different direction…

  41. Nanos, the pollster say: Ontario wanted in.
    …-
    “ONTARIO BREAKTHROUGH
    Harper and the Conservatives can rightly claim victory.
    They increased the numbers of seats in the House of Commons and improved their showing in battleground Ontario where they surpassed the Liberals in popular support for the first time in 20 years.”
    “with his 144 seats, he does indeed have the stronger mandate asked for.”
    “Tories prove they’re no turkeys
    By NIK NANOS”
    http://www.ottawasun.com/Comment/2008/10/20/7140351-sun.html

  42. AssPress say:
    “Associated Press researcher Xi Yue contributed to this report.”
    …-
    “Tainted feed kills 1,500 Chinese dogs bred for fur
    BEIJING (AP) – Some 1,500 dogs bred for their raccoon-like fur have died after eating feed tainted with the same chemical that contaminated dairy products and sickened tens of thousands of babies nationwide, a veterinarian said Monday.
    The raccoon dogs—a breed native to east Asia whose fur is used to make trim on coats and other clothing—were fed a product that contained the chemical melamine and developed kidney stones, said Zhang Wenkui, a veterinary professor at Shenyang Agriculture University. All of the dogs died on farms in just one village.”
    http://www.breitbart.com/article.php?id=D93U7RH80&show_article=1&catnum=0

  43. Remember how the Media went on and on about Harper taking part of the summer off to sulk when he didn’t get the election results he wanted? What about Dion the sulker?
    Not sure if Dion is a McGill professor – he spent most of his teaching years at the Université de Montréal and before that at the Université de Moncton. He also took a sabbatical at the Brookings Institute in the U.S.
    I will only sympathize with Dion when he apologizes for all the names he called Harper during the election. As an academic he set a terrible example of how to argue against an opponent.

  44. ET,
    I think China realizes the danger of Islam and is reacting to it. The Christian church is doing quite well there, with some restrictions, but not a lot of interference.
    Islam, on the other hand, is a subversive and militant political ideology. Unlike the west, they realize this and are doing something about it.
    I was in Hong Kong during the Olympics and believe me, the Chinese were just waiting to crack down on Muslims after the outrageous suicide bombings and killings. Dozens were murdered.
    The bulldozers are out and rightfully so.

  45. Dion is staying until May.
    Blamed the fact that the CPC had more money and thus were able to distort the message, on what would have been the biggest tax cut in Canadian history, and that’s why they loss. Liberals, arrogant moreso even in defeat.

  46. Who can feel any sympathy a wiener who blames the Conservative ads for his defeat? It’s all the fault of Conservatives having money to buy ads, he and his party are otherwise perfect and have the right to govern no matter what!
    He also states the Liberals HAVE to win the next election! Holy cow, what arrogance.
    So we now know how POWERFUL ads are, they can take down a wonderful leader and his wonderful party.
    Let’s start the advertising fund pronto.

  47. Exactly. The funds for those ads came from the individual contributions of tons of Canadians. This is not even third-party advertising, so where does Dion get off in saying this was not kosher.
    To say that the Liberals didn’t indulge in negative ads is ridiculous. Not to mention the N.D.P. which painted Harper as the future leader of a fascist government in its French ads.
    The Liberals had all the time in the world to explain their programme and Dion and his candidates couldn’t do it. Their web site to which we were constantly and only referred was shallow and unworkable.
    I have to wonder if he is staying on for the extra money as Leader of the Opposition for a few more months.

  48. Nicole Gelinas, Storm-Proofing the Economy
    We can’t prevent Wall Street turmoil, but we can make it less destructive…
    …The reason for the crisis is simple: when you lend money to people who can’t pay it back, they won’t.
    All right, it isn’t that simple. But it isn’t inexplicable, either…

  49. I think that Dion is staying on because of those two parallel worlds that I mentioned above.
    Dion lives in one world, a fictional world whose agenda is the Discovery of Truth and the Dispensation of Truth. He believes he’s found Truth in his Green Shift.
    The Liberals live in another world, equally fictional, whose agenda is: Power. That’s all. They are indifferent as to how this is achieved. Lies, manipulation, bribes are all acceptable and even necessary. The electorate, understood as witless peasants, require such handling.
    So, Dion is staying on. Why? Because he has discovered Truth. And he wants to dispense it. His agenda, I suspect, is to defeat the Conservatives at budget time. This will cause an election, and Dion’s Truth, just like his Clarity Act (which he still claims is his rather than Harper’s idea)…will win.
    Heh.

  50. Announcement Watch:
    “The reclusive leader” say, ““I fully accept my share of the responsibility,”” (g-m).
    SDA gets results:
    “STAY STEPHANE STAY!”
    http://www.smalldeadanimals.com/archives/009802.html
    …-
    “Possible successors to Kim Jong il
    “Following are profiles of some possible successors to the reclusive leader, who intelligence sources have said suffers from diabetes and heart problems.”
    (reuters)

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