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  4. The Castle of the Ice Fairy! Well, maybe it’s one of Assange’s hideouts! Actually, Hugo Rifkind in the Spectator says that although he’s never met the man, seeing him in the media, he thinks his handshake would likely be ice cold. From what I’ve seen of him in the media, he is one of the most slovenly looking people I’ve ever seen. Same with his partners. It proves how stupid blonds are when 2 (not 1) swede honeys seem to have found him attractive. With his strange accent and mien, I find it hard to believe he is really an Aussie.

  6. Knight: “CAIR Says Poster Warning Against Helping FBI is Misinterpreted”
    Yeah, “Don’t talk to the FBI.” is so damn hard to understand isn’t it?/

  8. It is a good picture of him. I gather his cancer treatments are done and he’s been given a clean bill of health. Even though I can’t stand the NDP, I will admit I was pulling for him to beat the cancer beast.

  9. Now for some good news:
    Edmonton radio station says no to censorship:
    http://www.k97.ca/indexwhite.asp?id=164&mn=25&cc=1
    While some of K-97’s content may be controversial, we respect the right to free speech for all Canadians and songwriters. That’s why K-97 has decided to go against the grain…yet again, and hold a “MONEY FOR NOTHING HOUR”. From 8pm – 9pm on Friday, January 14th, 2011 K-97’s Todd James will be playing the Dire Straits “Money For Nothing” unedited and non stop for the entire hour to express our deep concern about this decision and the precedent it sets.
    For more information contact:
    James “Gruff” Gushnowski
    Program Director
    K-97 FM
    (W) 780-437-9293
    jgushnowski@newcap.ca

  11. Just sent an email to K-97.
    Probably would not listen to this station and do not listen to this type of music, but that being said, I wish them well.
    Somebody has to start standing up to the socialist revisionists.

  16. The right’s pathetic reaction
    By Diana West
    The suppression of the facts is by no means the most dangerous aspect of any Big Lie. After all, facts don’t go away even amid efforts to suppress them. All sorts of inconsistencies, impossibilities and clues remain behind, and sometimes in plain sight, for anyone who cares to look. The real threat the Big Lie poses to society comes when it is not stopped in its tracks, exposed and trashed for what it is – a lie – but rather accepted, accommodated and, indeed, treated as if it were the truth. At that point, a Big Lie is a big success, having created an alternate reality that turns its very targets into hapless accomplices.
    http://www.wnd.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=250721

  17. For those following the Mark Kelley thread, SDA regular Jeff has kindly e-mailed me the text of his original e-mail to Mr. Kelley. I have updated the posting accordingly.
    In point of fact though, the main person asking for the original e-mail was a Far Leftist blogger who was adamant that the CBC did not have an especially liberal bias. Uh huh, sure.

  18. Rev. – Diana West is wonderful. Re. your comment, here is one of Theodore Dalrymple’s most (to me) memorable observations:
    “In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, not to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is…in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.”

  19. The European Union has sent millions of diaries to schools which list the dates of Muslim, Hindu, Sikh, Jewish and Chinese festivals – but omit any mention of Christian celebrations.
    In an extraordinary move, three million 2011 notebooks were printed at a cost of £4.4million to the taxpayer. Around 350,000 of the diaries have already been shipped to schools in the UK alone.
    There is no record for Christmas, Easter or Lent – despite bureaucrats carefully listing the EU’s self-styled ‘Europe Day’ on May 9.
    http://tinyurl.com/62y3jxy

  20. Humiliation?
    The natural end result of the socialist/communist Separatist Coalition: Death.
    …-
    “the execution of some 20,000 Polish officers in the Katyn Forest.”
    “Putin comes clean on Katyn massacre”
    “Vladimir Putin, the real ruler of post-Soviet Russia, has acknowledged his country’s responsibility for one of the Second World War’s horrendous massacres — the execution of some 20,000 Polish officers in the Katyn Forest.
    In the mid 1960s, when I was based in Moscow for the Toronto Telegram(, the paper and I were criticized for saying the Katyn Forest massacre was the work of the Soviets and not the Nazis.
    In those days, it was widely believed the Germans had killed between 16,000 and 25,000 Polish officers, each of whom had been shot in the back of the head, some with hands tied.
    Mass graves held up to seven layers of those who were executed.
    It was a monstrous war crime that, from my perch in Moscow, seemed obviously committed by the NKVD (predecessor to the KGB) on the direct orders of Stalin. That’s what I wrote.
    Although Stalin had been repudiated by Nikita Khrushchev, the Soviets were still unable to admit that Katyn was their doing, and insisted the Germans did it. Extraordinarily, elements in Canada’s external affairs department either echoed the Soviet line, or refused to concede that it was a Communist atrocity.
    When Hitler invaded the U.S.S.R. in 1941, the Katyn mass graves were discovered. Allied officers who were prisoners of war were taken to the site to confirm that the Poles were massacred by the Soviets.
    British officers mostly refused comment — Stalin was, by then, an ally.
    When the Red Army drove the Germans out, the Soviets brought journalists (including the New York Times to the site to be persuaded that the Nazis did the killing in 1943. Perhaps fearful of being expelled if they annoyed the Soviets, Moscow-based journalists resisted challenging Soviet claims.
    In the mid-1960s, debate still seethed as to whether Nazis or Soviets committed the unspeakable war crime.
    In my (relative) innocence, there was no doubt: An NKVD war crime. And so I wrote.”
    http://www.torontosun.com/news/columnists/peter_worthington/2010/12/30/16710961.html

  21. “Transcript: Interview with Prime Minister Stephen Harper”
    “PN: In 2008, your government proposed that the system of public financing of political parties be ended. We know where that led. The opposition parties didn’t like it, they proposed a coalition and your government decided to put it on ice, I guess for a while. And yet, last week we hear from Elections Canada that last year taxpayers footed the bill of $27 million to parties, so is it an idea that you still think has merit and would you propose it? Would you campaign on it?
    Harper: We’ve been pretty clear that we don’t think there’s really strong justification for this direct subsidy to parties. There are already considerable incentives within the financial arrangements for political parties to encourage people to give money to political parties. Tax donations are receiptable, small modest amounts are receiptable. It’s also the case that parties get assistance on rebates when they spent money on elections both nationally and locally so we have never seen what is the argument for simply giving a cheque to a party in which a party has made no effort to go out and raise any money. Our view is that there is a role for some public finance but it’s got to be tied to parties’ own efforts or the willingness of voters to actually contribute this money, and that’s not the case here so it remains our position that that particular subsidy be repealed. But I don’t think it’s any secret: It’s not going to be repealed unless there’s a Conservative majority government because the other parties for all kinds of reasons will not accept something that is more reasonable.
    PN: Is it something you’d campaign on? Is it something you’d propose?
    Harper: It will be a clear plank on our platform but as I said voters shouldn’t hold out any hope that we’re going to get any support to do this from the other parties.
    PN: Back in August, you were up in Whitehorse. As I recall, you made a very, very clear statement there that whenever an election happens, and you weren’t pushing for it, that voters would be left with a stark choice: either a Liberal-NDP-Bloc Quebecois coalition or a stable majority Conservative government. Why do you think we need a majority at this point?
    Harper: It’s not a question of whether we need it or don’t. I’ve always taken the position that we will accept whatever mandate the voters give us. If the voters decide to elect a minority Conservative government, I’ve received two of those mandates, I’m proud to have received those mandates, I’ve worked as best I can and if we ever receive another such mandate I’d be proud to undertake those responsibilities for Canadian people. I don’t think the other parties will accept that. I think what we’ve seen is that it’s pretty clear that next time if there is not a Conservative majority, the other parties will form a different government. Last time they waited too long and it was too late. Next time, they will do it right out of the gate, which is why they’re threatening an election. It’s not because anybody wants an election. I think it’s clear the public wants all political parties to focus on the economy. The Canadian economy is doing well so we have no reason to be upset and Canadians are pretty satisfied right now. But at the same time, you know things are fragile and another election, another round of parliamentary antics — I don’t think are in anyone’s interests. I think the incentive for the election is ultimately a coalition but I’ll make that argument if I have to. I hope cooler heads prevail and people look sensibly at the interest of Canadian people, which is continuing to focus on the economy.
    PN: And you think that if the result of next election is another Tory minority, they will almost immediately.
    Harper: The day after.
    PN: Really?
    Harper: Yes.
    PN: Even before they get a chance to defeat you in the House of Commons?
    Harper: Day after. They will deny it every day of the campaign. The day after, they’ll do it.”
    http://news.nationalpost.com/2011/01/12/interview-stephen-harper/
    http://www.bluelikeyou.com/2011/01/13/babies-tortured-to-teach-obedience/#comment-58786

  24. Normal mild winter on the Great Lakes. Brit commentator is their usual over the top. How do I know its mild? Erie freezes completely in a typical winter, especially coastal areas. The lake’s not even frozen close to shore yet, hence the spray.

  25. Haiti: Left-liberal “cesspool”.
    “Don’t give up on Haiti”
    Globe and Mail
    “Haiti been misruled for so long by drug lords, kleptocrats and voodoo cults that it lacks the ability to rebuild itself even with aid donations.”
    “*The only greater cesspools are in Africa.”
    …-
    “*Why Haiti can’t recover”
    “Of all the words I’ve read to describe post-quake Haiti, the most apt is “dystopian.”
    Haiti is not only the poorest nation in the Western hemisphere, it is also the most wretched and dysfunctional. By nearly every measure — stability of civil society, corruption, GDP, per capita income — Haiti is in the bottom 10% of nations worldwide. The UN’s human development index pegs it at 145th of 169 studied. The only greater cesspools are in Africa.”
    http://fullcomment.nationalpost.com/2011/01/13/lorne-gunter-why-haiti-can%E2%80%99t-recover/

  29. This is interesting.

    Vic Fedeli moves forward towards provincial Vic-Tory Video.
    http://www.baytoday.ca/content/news/details.asp?c=40331
    This is great. He’s coming from being a liberal mayor of North Bay to Conservatives MPP aspirations – it’s a good day. All the best Vic. He’s been sucessful business owner before politics and a sucessfu elected official even if one didn’t agree with all his views, he never was ‘closed’ to discussions. Having known him on a business-aquaintance level, we wish him the best.

  30. PET Cemetery Prediction: Iggy & Liberals’ Election Burial in April*.
    Our location? Canada: A Liberal wasteland*.
    Our ghosts? Ad$Cam Chretien/Martin, et al.
    Liberal Iggy: Not a Ghostbuster.
    “The latest Liberal setback came when Windsor-Tecumseh federal Liberal riding association president Barry Fowler announced Thursday that the riding’s candidate, Patricia Brough, had resigned.”
    “Liberal insiders say the Windsor West association has struggled with turnover of executive members after years of turmoil that goes back to the leadership rivalry of Jean Chretien and Paul Martin Jr.”
    “Is Windsor now a Grit wasteland?”
    http://www.windsorstar.com/news/Windsor+Grit+wasteland/4107527/story.html
    …-
    Iggy & The Wasteland:
    “*THE BURIAL OF THE DEAD.
    *APRIL is the cruellest month, breeding. Lilacs out of the dead land, mixing. Memory and desire, stirring. Dull roots with spring rain.”
    “Eliot, T. S. 1922. The Waste Land”
    …-
    http://www.bluelikeyou.com/2011/01/14/bring-it-on/#comment-58800

  31. “*’Why will no one listen to us any more?’ wails AGW propagandist”
    AGW Progress Report:
    “New Snow, Ice, Rain Storms Aim for Midwest, East”
    “Part of a storm system that recently brought heavy rain to Hawaii will be the next major snow, ice, rain and thunderstorm event for Central and Eastern parts of the nation next week.
    The storm will plow through the Northwest with rain, flooding problems, and heavy snow in the high country, later Saturday into Sunday.
    As the storm traverses the northern Rockies it will encounter colder air over the northern Plains and the Upper Midwest, where it will put down mostly snow Sunday night and Monday.”
    http://www.accuweather.com/blogs/news/story/44386/new-snow-ice-rain-storms-aim-f.asp
    …-
    *AGWailers:
    “Bob Ward is sad. Very, very sad. “Why won’t anyone listen to us any more?” he wails at the Guardian’s Komment Macht Frei.
    One or two helpful commenters have tried to explain the reason. But unfortunately, as Richard North has noted, at Komment Macht Frei freedom of speech is not encouraged. See how many of their comments have been deleted.
    Poor Bob isn’t the only victim of “Climate Change” apathy. Ryan Maue at Watts Up With That has found numerous further heart-rending examples of green activists who just aren’t being listened to any more.
    People, what is your problem? Didn’t you know that this is the third hottest year in the entire history of the universe? Don’t you care any more that it’s all totally our fault? Are you really so sick and selfish that you don’t agree any more that our landscape should be carpeted with wind farms and our economy bombed back into the Dark Ages so as to bring global CO2 levels down to the correct, UN-mandated level?
    I look forward to your explanations. And they had better be good. After all, as Al would say, this is serial!”
    http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/news/jamesdelingpole/100071961/why-will-no-one-listen-to-us-any-more-wails-agw-propagandist/

  32. During Obama’s speech at the university memorial in Arizona, T-shirts were given out by people employed by the university.
    Here’s a link to the screen shot of the “Together we Thrive” idea that was said to have nothing to do with Obama’s electioneering… from Judi McLeod at….
    http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/32138
    Obama Lies.

  33. I joking and regrettably suggested my wife should take out a BC NDP membership so she can vote on their leader. She is so busy, I was certain she would not get around to it. This morning Mike Farnsworth’s campaign phoned to ask if she would like to join so she can vote for Mike Farnsworth.
    Here is the kicker … They told her “you don’t have to pay the usual $10 membership fee because some one has made a large donation to cover membership fees”.
    This seems unethical to me and possibly illegal or against NDP policy.

  34. Probably a bit late in the day over there in Canada on this comments thread, but just seen this link at Tundra Tabloids to a 3 part video of a Coran show on Christians in Islam.
    http://tundratabloids.com/2011/01/muslim-persecution-of-christians-around-the-world.html
    Knight99 way back at 10:25 You might check the Tundra Tabloids site for a link to Pat Condells latest offering on CAIR, you may find it amusing, if of course anyone is still reading this thread …

  36. Sry marc…I should have checked your link before I posted. Glad to see a Canadian journo calling out Obama on his poor taste.

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